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

I'm seeing people say this is a crow everywhere, I guess because he's on a roof, but he's not wearing crow armour. Mind you crows really shouldn't have a uniform anyways, Damn silly thing for assassins to do. In the wigmaker job Illario Dellamorte changes into party clothes to blend in i seem to recall.

Looks more like Tevinter clothing to me. Siccari? Whatever group Tarquin and the Viper belong to?

That's mostly based on how much attention has been given to the Crows, in TN, in the latest teaser tales, in the concept art. However, I am more inclined to think the figure drinking on the roof is an ex-Crow (Lucanis) and thus representing whatever faction has been hiring him up to now, having gone over to them entirely.

As you say, Illario attempted to blend in when joining the party but Lucanis just favoured black so he could blend with the shadows at night (he thought Illario looked like a tourist rather than a native). Also he likes to move around up high ("If the Vints ever learn to look up, you're screwed"). So I'm hoping that the figure on the roof is Lucanis and his faction is something other than the Crows.   I must admit I was rather pleased when it seemed in the latest tale that he was considered dead by the Crows because that means he is no longer working for them.

Does anyone find it curious that in the latest teaser there is nothing shown of the Qun or even a solitary Tal'Vashoth (lady)? Of course, if one of the factions we work with is the Ben'Hassrath, they are not a new group that we haven't encountered before. So going by that logic it does mean that the three figures showcased in the video must be representing new factions that we either have only heard of through rumours, the War Table missions or other sources outside the games.

Yes, I like watching Jackdaw's videos but don't always agree with the conclusions he makes.  For example, he seems convinced the fairy tale castle is in Antiva.  I still think it is in Tevinter, probably Minrathous, given the magical emanations it is giving off.    Thus the rest of that cityscape would be Minrathous as well, just a different part of the island from the neon light district we are shown straight after it.   You have to remember that Antiva City was devastated by the 4th Blight and not long after that the Qunari invaded, after which the country was caught up in the conflict with them for the best part of two centuries, so they haven't really had a lot of time to rebuild on the grand scale we see in those images.  (Of course it is possible that the latest writers and designers have forgotten that fact).

Since PW said the original concept art could not be taken as definitive about companions and neither the 8 person line up or the 4 person line up had any dwarves, I prefer to look at more recent clues. To be honest the 8 person line up always struck me as something of a placeholder as several of the people look as though they were influenced by characters from other games and didn't look like people from Thedas at all.

It seemed odd to me to release those extremely short stories just before the latest teaser trailer if they weren't in some way related. So I started thinking about the fact that we are told the trailer showed some of the locations and factions we would be encountering, so may be the short stores were connected to factions as well.

Jackdaw did suggest that the first person, whose legs we look through, may not be our PC but a Warden (blue and white on clothing). So that would tie in with Evka's story.

Then we have the man in black on the roof, who could be connected in some way with the Crows but could equally be presumed dead by the Crows and have taken up with the group he was working for in Tevinter. I could be wrong about this but I think he is Lucanis and represents a new Tevinter faction. Since faking his death means he would now be a former Crow, that would still allow for the actual Crow lady to be in the line up.

Golden Brown may be connected to Tarquin and the Viper. They could still be a Siccari in that case or Kal-Sharok dwarf. Even a Lord of Fortune might have been persuaded to work for them for the right fee. Of course, just because this group are opposed to the Venatori, doesn't necessarily mean they will be allies. They could be part of a faction in opposition (for whatever reason).

That would leave the Arcane Archer to be linked with the story about Strife and Irelin, which makes sense because those strange triangles appear in both the artwork for the story and on the bow. Thus some other new faction. There does seem strong evidence that this will be the Executors and they are responsible for the strange magic that the two elves discovered in Arlathan. If not and the two figures in the artwork are meant to be Strife and Irelin, then they must be Executors because the wavy line triangle is their symbol.

So that was my reasoning for their inclusion. As the latest stories and teaser did not have any Qunari in them, it would seem they are holding back our Qunari Lady as a surprise reveal later. I linked her to the Ben'Hassrath simply because we know from TN that they are working with the Shadow Inquisition through Varric and with him being so prominent in the trailer, I feel that they must appear at some point. Of course, HarleyQun could be a free agent who works for no one but herself but I'm sure she will be in our companion line up.

Likewise, glow head because it seemed an odd image to include in that original line up if they weren't thinking of using him. However, it is equally possible they decided to rule him out at a later stage. I suggested he could be a Mortalitassi but he doesn't necessarily have to represent a faction.

Lastly the Crow Lady. She has appeared in the original video, in the 25 year book and in some promo artwork. So it would seem like she might be a character. As with the previous two mentioned, I suppose we shall just have to wait and see.

Yeah, from outside game material we only got Cole last time right? Not saying they couldn’t all be from the books/comics, but I’d be surprised if we have more than 1/2 companions from them.

Don't forget Feynriel. Unlike Connor, who could be dead, Feynriel was only potentially made tranquil, which we know now can be cured, or possibly a dreamstalker. The latter could still work with us against Solas because the demon feels it is in its interests to do so. For example, being a dreamer gives you much more advantages when there is a Veil than when there is not. Feynriel would have been a very interesting companion because of being a dreamer and having demonstrated just how far his reach could be (from Tevinter to Kirkwall), so could be a good way of explaining how we could block Solas from locating us. However, I suspect they are going to go for a clean slate where companions are concerned, so they don't have to explain away different choices. This would also be true of Connor, Bevin or the prisoner unfortunately.