The Dorian Pavus DA4 Thread - A Potential Companion?

I don't think any of our companions in DAI should return as companions in DA4 for the simple reason that they would either be way too powerful or have to explain how they suddenly dropped in ability. I know they did that with Anders in DA2 and  Varric in DAI but I think that was enough.

Dorian is far more likely to be an advisor or simply a quest giver. In view of the crystal he gives to every Inquisitor bar those he hates, he would make a logical bridge between the Inquisitor and the new PC. However, the fact is he could potentially have walked out on the Inquisitor near the end of DAI but before the final showdown with Corypheus, so that does seem to rule him out as the link to our previous PC. As an independent advisor on Tevinter culture it would be possible to work around the differences in his relations with the Inquisitor by having him refer to a friend/lover without being the direct link to them.   That said, the comics seem to have him still working with the (shadow) Inquisition, so who knows?

I'm hoping we don't have too many characters as companions that have previously been introduced to us in the games or other media. May be one from each class should cover it, if they want there to be that sort of link. Then other slots filled by totally new and interesting people of whom we have no prior knowledge.

Further thought, what if one of our quests near the beginning is to rescue Dorian?