The Dorian Pavus Thread

"PC Gamer: Fair enough. What is your criteria for determining
which characters do come back? Actually, not simply from the dead, but I
mean from game to game.  Why would Varric make the cut and not somebody  else?

Mark Darrah:  That's a good question. Some of it's based on just what the writers are excited about writing.

But also, we look for a certain amount of  balance between the character. There's a bunch of things that we're  trying to do for balance.

You want a certain degree of balance between  the classes. You want a certain amount of balance between the genders  and

then a certain amount of balance between the romance options.

If you've had a character in a previous game that was a romance option  typically we won't bring them back because they carry a lot of extra
baggage with them. You're not going to have a romance option come back  and certainly not have them

be a romance option again because there's a  lot of baggage that comes with that.

The player might get angry as well. “But they're in love with my previous  character forever and ever and ever. How dare you?”

I think there's  validity to that. You can start to cross off a few characters because of that.

We often don't bring back characters, at least not as followers,  if they were previously romance options.

You might see them. Alistair  comes back because we can do cameos and have them

have an influence on  the story.

But additionally, some characters, Varric's a very good character because  one of Varric's primary motivations is he's the guy that's got your  back.

He's your friend. He's a very good character to have because it's  good to have someone in your camp no matter what. That makes him a very
attractive character. It makes him an interesting character to have  because he offers a nice counterpoint to a lot of other kinds of characters.

The other thing that causes us to bring someone back is someone that we're  just simply not done with. That the arc is incomplete.

Isabella between  Origins and Dragon Age 2 is a good example of that. We introduced her,  but there's just a lot more to be done with that.

That's actually  usually how we choose. Often characters move. We don't reuse followers very often. Obviously, we are reusing Varric.

We typically promote  secondary characters between games.

PC Gamer: Right, so someone graduates from being a quest-giving NPC to being a companion.

Mark Darrah: Yes. "

www.pcgamer.com/dragon-age-inquisition-interview-on-fan-feedback-romance-returning-characters-and-the-open-world/2/

Second Mae comic adventure is finished so its not that important for DA 4.

Third you didn´t need to know Mae from the comics everything that is from significance is DAI and Trespasser.

In my personal opinion she would be the perfect candicate for a companion. She fits easy in every possible world state.