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

You see if this is the final line up then where is Davrin (okay may be he isn't a companion) and where are the dwarf character(s)? None of them seem to fit. Also if my theory is correct and the tall central figure among the living people is a placeholder for the PC, then there is no obvious archer character, yet we seem agreed that there is a dwarf lady archer shown in the other picture. Leaving out Skellington, then from left to right they are:

small petite female who probably a mage (human/elf?);
qunari female warrior/rogue/mage?;
rogue male character (human/elf?);
PC;
Shotgun male/female human/elf (too leggy for dwarf);
Crow assassin (male/female, warrior/rogue);
Tall guy - human/hornless qunari, male - warrior/mage

So it cannot be an accurate representation because there are no dwarves.

I could see Isabela showing up (especially if we go to Rivain/Antiva/Llomerryn) as part of a quest, but I doubt she'll be a companion again. And I wouldn't want her to be, honestly. I love her but I'm all for getting to know new characters. And she's been in the comics, she was the poster girl for Heroes of Dragon Age for a while, she was in multiplayer... she's giving Varric a run for his money lol.

So no difference from how he ended up? 

I can see these eight being companions what they will actually look like will be in the final product so guessing here they will be mages, warriors etc. as for the other companions of the older DA's I think they will show up as either advisors or in a cameo but heck time will tell

I seriously hope Harding isn't a companion. There's nothing to her character and it seems the only reason people want her back is to romance her, which is pretty poor justification to take up a companion spot. Besides, the returning companions are never written well.

As for the companions, there are obvious factions that will probably be represented: Mortalitasi, Lords of Fortune, Antivan Crows, Grey Wardens, Ben-Hassrath. Skull/fire face is Mortalitasi, Captain Goldbeard is a Lord of Fortune, Lucanis for the Crows (as well as the one book representative a la Cole), likely Davrin for the Grey Wardens, Female Qunari for Ben-Hassrath.

Beyond those, a Dalish elf seems plausible. There's also a slave, Laetan mage, or a Siccari for lower class Tevinter representation. I would hope an Ambassadoria or Kal-Sharok dwarf would be the dwarf companion if we only get one again.

Fair enough. After all Aveline and Merrill are the only DA2 companions I actually like.
That said I'd argue Fenris is trustworthy, as in he is brutally honest about his views so you at least can trust him to act in certain ways. Same with Sebastian. But yeah Anders, Isabela, and Varric you can only trust them to not be trustworthy. 

You can also make the case for DAO Merrill, DAO Isabela and DA 2 Cassandra.
Especially DAO Merrill was so bland in DAO that no one has thought that she will be a DA 2 companion.
Of course Bioware will flesh out Harding more if she becomes a DA 4 companion and romance.

Also in my opinion the DA 4 party needs someone from the Inquisition who represents them.
So do you have any better ideas than Harding? I don´t.

I'm happy with this. We're in a new bit of Thedas that's far away from the last bit we were in. I want to see the range of characters reflect that. 

It's always been very surprising to me that we didn't have an Orlesian companion in DAI given half the game is spent there. 

Yeah, you're kinda right about Fenris. In fact, I had a mage Hawke who did his recruitment quest, but then parted ways with him afterwards, treating it like one of many other jobs, since she did not trust him not to do something funny. Sebastian is... well, he advocates for selling out the party's mages to the templars and that's a line that even Fenris doesn't like to cross. Sure, he's kinda predictable in his adherence to everything the Chantry tells him, but his "nice guy" appearance might fool some people at first. Did not work for me though.

The Inquisition still exists, just as a Shadow Inquisition now. We see and hear about them in the comics and Tevinter Nights, all of which take place after Trespasser. 
That's one reason why the comic characters would be better than Harding. They're still Inquisition, but recruited after he left and the old Inquisition came apart.