DA 4 Companion Speculation Thread (time for the new Scribbles and DHMG!)

Okay, I'm super excited to be back speculating about companions. That is one of my favorite memories of the time leading up to the DA:I release (DHMG, anyone?)!

Here's my thinking on the companions: I cannot believe that the shot of the 8 people that they included as the final shot doesn't show all of our companions. It has to. I mean it doesn't have to but I just think it's so likely that it does.

But it does mean that something doesn't line up because if those are the companions, then some of the characters in the other shots aren't included.

Let's say that these are the 8 companions just for argument's sake:



Let's take them from left to right:

(far left):  sexy Crow lady - I'm not sure if she shows up anywhere else in the concept art.  She is either a human or an elf (too tall for a dwarf and too short for a qunari); has long loose hair; and is robed or lightly armored with bare arms and legs; the only possible candidate is that she's the faux Isabela from the underwater pic, but that's unlikely to me (I tend to think that's actually Isabela - I'll explain below); I'm more inclined to think that she's a older (or updated?) version of the Crow Lady (we know the Crows will show up because they are in multiiple concept pics - like the one with the fat lady on the litter);  for now, I'd guess she's a human rogue, maybe Crow assassin


(2nd from left):  thicc'ems the qunari - clearly this is the same qunari as is seen in the action shot with four heroes; she's wearing the same armor and has the same horns and hair; she is dual wielding knives in that picture, so I'm going to say that she is a qunari rogue


(3rd from left):  pouches - this guy is a human with close cropped hair; he's wearing light armor/clothes with lots of pouches and scarf; he also appears to have a knife on his back; he doesn't exactly match up with anyone, but I wonder if he is just a more recent version of the guy in the four hero group shot (see the spoiler above); they have similar-ish clothes and are both dual wielding rogues; I think he's going to be a scruffy human rogue

(4th from left):  tall mage lady - I believe that this lady has two options:  the less interesting is that she's the PC since she's prominently featured and slightly forward; the more interesting is that she's a companion.  She could every easily be the lady conjuring light in the tunnel party pic (see spoiler below).  Both are female human mages with shoulderlength blonde hair and similar gloves; You know who else is a tall blonde human mage in Tevinter?  Maevaris, that's who.  I wonder if this is her?  I'm going to say it is because I want it to be.  So Maevaris, human female mage


(4th from right):  The Gunner? - Okay I'm officially stumped by her.  It's definitely a lady.  She seems to be wearing tight leggings and thigh high boots under a short tunic with a large voluminous hooded cloak; she's holding -- a gun?  I mean, i don't want it to be a gun and there are literally no other concept pics with any firearms; but it sure looks like a gun.  The only other option is that she's holding a thick squared off sword?  I don't know if we see her anywhere else.  She theoretically could be the the white haired (non-qunari) lady from the first spoiler pic above, but that feels like a stretch; I'm stumped.  But I'm going to tentatively say she's a human (or elf) female warrior - maybe a Fog Warrior?

(3rd from right):  Tevinter Battlemage - I'm convinced that this guy is a Tevinter Battlemage; he is clearly a mage; and he's shorter than the other guys; and his robes are clearly Tevinter in origin.  The final person that i haven't talked about in the first spoiler pic above is an elven Tevinter Battlemage; I think it's him -- so elf male mage

(2nd from right):  Thick Arms Tall Guy - He's super tall with pale skin and slicked back hair; he's wearing a robe with bare arms with spiraled lines on them; if you look at the pic in the tunnel (2nd spoiler pic above), the guy on the far left who is slightly out of frame matches him pretty closely; both are very tall; both have pale skin; both have similar clothes with thick bare arms; and both have spiral patterns on their arms (in the primary silouhette group shot, the look like bangle, but in the tunnel shot, they look like tatoos; finally in the tunnel pic, he is wearing clothes that look vaguely qunari (or maybe Avvar in origin); I'm going to say that he's either a human or hornless qunari and he's either a warrior or a mage (shaman); There are Avvar in the mountains near the Anderfels, so since we know there are Grey Wardens involved, it's not out of the realm that we'll have an Avvar with us.

(far right):  Veilfire Face - This guy is absolutely 100% the necromancer shown in the next pic.  The exact same headdress; the same veilfire obscuring his face; he's commanding a dragon and skeletons in the next pic; he has a skeleton face; he's an undead necromancer for sure; some kind of spirit


So where does that leave us:
Warriors - The Gunner?, Thick Arms Tall Guy (Avvar?)
Mages - Maevaris, Tevinter Battlemage, Veilfire Face
Rogues - Sexy Lady?, Pouches, Thicc'ems the Qunari

I'm sure that some of that is wrong.  A few things throw me off.  We wouldn't have a ranged rogue in the group.  Thick Arms Tall Guy doesn't actually look like a warrior, but I just can't see anyone else who fits that bill.  And Dorian is absolutely 100% shown in action shots (not just as an advisor):


And the girl in the underwater shot looks alot like Harding; and so does the girl with the bow in the tunnel pic (the second spoiler pic from the top).  She's just barely crouching and is only as tall as the human guy on his knees; she's got a long reddish braid; she's pretty; and she's got a bow.  

So how do we account for both of them?  Are they advisors?  Are they additional companions?  Is there a sideplot where you play as the Inquisitor for a bit?

That last idea is intriguing -- What is the underwater picture shows the Inquisitor's party -- Quizzy is in full armor at the top; and his companions are Dorian, Isabela, and Harding?
But then that doesn't explain why Dorian appears in generic party pics (like the last one above) and why Harding shows up with two characters that I believe are also main party members.

Finally, I want to address this pic:

All I can say is 10/10 would bang.  Give me right now.  I want it.  Although he's almost certainly just a version of the PC.