Which characters DO you want to return in DA 4?

So no one has a link to any source that says Yuri Lowenthal used the R word to describe Sandal and that being the reason he wasn't in DAI?

If you are going to come on to a message board like this and essentially accuse an actor of using such a slur in a public form like a Con, I think its morally irresponsible to do it and not have anything to back it up. That isn't something you just put out there.

Didn't Sandal make a cameo appearance in the Envy dream in DAI?

That reference in Trespasser might just as well have been him, it had all the familiar traits, just not his physical presence. I think it likely he was originally meant to be with Bodahn at the Winter Palace because I'm sure Bodahn mentioned somewhere about being invited there in DA2 but it was more likely they decided not to bother with it because whether his voice actor was out of favour or not they probably felt it was an unnecessary use of resources. Then people were asking why he wasn't seen in the main game, so they made that bit up in Trespasser to satisfy them.

This beautiful bastard right here !

Ser Barris, I haven't played the templar route yet, so my vote is purely based on his hotness

I'm talking about thing Flemeth put into the eluvian not drinking from the well.

No thanks. I would rather have anyone else make a reappearance before her. 

As few as possible

I wouldn’t have an issue with Dorian npc appearance given the likely setting but yeah agree i’d Prefer few past characters.

I hope not. 
Ideally the annoying dwarf has fallen into a sinkhole between games and Mae is just an NPC.