Which characters DO you want to return in DA 4?

He doesn´t even exist in some player world states and most important not in the default setting aka not using the Keep. Sorry but Kieran was never possible as possible and therefore in even the future will never be a companion in a DA game. But i guess that you have never played the DA series without importing your save.

Will the boy in the crater from DAO make an appearance to save the day?

Maybe you should said Bevin who is way more likely than Kieran will be.

By the way i personal never want to romance neither of them because i still see them as kids. So yes i didn´t romance MacCready in Fallout 4 for this reason.

One more reason to be annoyed with the player choices in this franchise. So so much wasted potential with the kid. Morrigan as a loving mother is really cool writing and great character development. Sigh.

Yes I'm still upset about most likely no Morrigan in DAV.

Yeah with Gaider gone, maybe I should hope she never returns and gest ruined by the current writing team...

Sliver of hope is she will play a major role in the final game. Until then sad face from me.

They haven’t said anything about any of the DAI cast besides Solas and Varric.

I think it’s just to avoid spoilers if it helps. They did say there a ton of cameos.

fair point

We had The Pearl in DAO. The Blooming Rose in DA2. DAI took the day off. DAV, don't know? I like for them to return. I know my main character will want to relieve some stress after a day of fighting the baddies.

I still feel it would be a waste to not have Velanna appear to appear. She could be part of Davrin's personal quest.

While cleaning up my DA documents I found the following:
9:52 Dragon
Alistair 42
Anders ca. 54
Aveline ca. 52
Bethany 41
Blackwall 51-57
Carver 41
Cassandra 48
Dorian 41
Isabela 51
Josephine 38-40
Morrigan 47-52
Nathaniel 51
Sebastian 43
Vivienne ca. 55

Dorian, for obvious reasons.

Sera, to see how she has matured in the interim. Also to prove she’s not Andruil or however the theory goes. I would seriously hate that to be true.

Vivienne, because her story felt unfinished in Inquisition. I want to see her wining and dining magisters for her own ends, whether as the divine or the first enchanter of the restored Circle, with the option to ally with her or not.

Morrigan, although I’m tempering my expectations on this one. I just think she’s neat.

Merril, would like to have someone pro-Dalish (that’s not a player character) back.

Sten, because he’s cool and also the Arishok.

Any of the Grey Wardens, whether it be Alistair/Loghain, the Awakening crew, Blackwall, etc. if the faction is returning in a big way, it’d be nice to see some familiar faces.

Isabela and Fenris might also be interesting, but I’d be fine with them staying out of it too.