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

Than let's hope she will not taken out.

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It would be possible to bring him back because he is never actually dead in any play through. He either went to Tevinter, was made tranquil, which can be reversed and then he went to Tevinter, or was possessed and could have ended up in Tevinter, where may be someone exorcised the demon. To be honest they could even have him possessed in the end no matter what and so he is a Dreamstalker, a somewhat sinister but highly useful companion against the Dread Wolf. For example, his presence means the whole party is shielded from the Dread Wolf's gaze.

That's why I thought they might opt for a Dreamstalker, which would be really cool if he was genuinely opposed to the Dread Wolf for reasons of his own. You see if the wrong sort of spirit was used to reverse his tranquility he could end up a Dreamstalker and he could have overstretched himself in Tevinter and also ended up possessed.

Not that I have anything against Feynriel. I'd love for him to be just a regular Dreamer companion but I was just imagining the most likely scenario that would only need one outcome that could fairly easily be explained. Even as a regular Dreamer that business with the mind control at a distance of many hundreds of miles was pretty creepy and worrying. Even if he did save that girl from rape, he was effectively stalking her in her dreams himself. It would be a shame to waste such an interesting concept as Feynriel.

I agree. I think they look the most interesting at this point, 7 in particular because it is not clear exactly which race he is but I think he could be a mage.

A more likely reason for Cole not being a companion again would be the split between Human-Cole and Spirit-Cole is too big to just ignore and would be a nightmare to write for. Unless they pull another Oghren and revert his character so he can go through his arc again.

I would rather have one of the multiplayer characters return. They were a more interesting group anyway.

I'm hoping for no returning companion personally.
I've enjoyed npcs getting promoted to companion (cassandra, isabela, merrill) and companions returning as npcs (leliana, morrigan etc), but I've found companions returning as a bridge companion in the next game to be less satisfying the 2nd time.

And I'd agree that it seems likely this time around.

Cassandra and Vivienne - DISQUALIFIED - Due to being Divine, heads of the church and leaders of holy armies can't go frollicking off on their own.

Iron Bull - DISQUALIFIED - Due potential Death, if they wanted to leave it open they would've done it off screen like Calpernia's dive off the cliff.

Blackwall - Unlikely
cons
- since leaving blackwall in prison most likely results in his execution, as the execution he interrupted was for his same crime, he is probably disqualified due to death. But it's an off camera death and the keep only said you choose to leave blackwall behind bars, so they could use him if they really wanted to.
- he's a romance, which they prefer not to bring back as a companion.

Varric - Unlikely
Pros
- always alive
Cons
- already been a bridge companion
- is the viscount of Kirkwall, comes with responsibilities and the need to stay in the free marches.

Solas - unlikely
Cons
- he's the antagonist, with most factions of Thedas working against him
- romance
Pros
- but swtor had an antagonist become a companion in a later storyline with another baddie, DAO also had you recruit loghain in the endgame against the archdemon, so if Solas isn't the only/main antagonist of the game then he could also be a companion - but I wouldn't say it was likely.

I'd say the following 3 are the most probable

Dorian -
Cons
-Romance
-member of the magisterium with responsibilities and power
-co leader of the lucerni faction of Tevinter reform with responsibilities and power
Pros
-Always alive and in Tevinter
-plotlines investment: Venatori familiarity, Tevinter reform, qun vs Tevinter,

Cole -
Cons
- profound character variation based on player choices, you can influence Cole to be more human or more spirit like. If you encourage him to be more human them he even loses the ability to make people forget him. This would require writing two different versions of the character, doable with an npc cameo, a mammoth effort for a companion.
And I don't think ignoring the choice and converging the two branches to the same place would particularly satisfy anyone.
Pros
-always alive
-plotline investment: Solas, whose pain he might sense even if he didn't join the Inquisition.

Sera -
Cons
-romance
Pros
-always alive
-is a red Jenny, a loose organisation with groups all over Thedas who like to help the little people. So even if she never joined the Inquisition she may have reasons to be in Tevinter, just like she found a reason to travel to val royeux from denerim. Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights had an elf in a red coat operating a secret passage whose entrance was under a monument, a burnt Vhenadahl tree, meant to remind the slaves of the price of rebellion. They were helping an assassin get through the city to their rich blood mage, red lyrium using, slave abusing, target.

But even the most likely companions have their cons, and whilst they could bring in someone from another game (eg Tallis, Velanna, Shale), they could also just - not have a bridge companion. If you've got Dorian and Solas as major npcs and someone promoted from npc to companion (eg harding, calpernia or charter) do you really need a bridge companion too? Particularly if we have npcs with adviser level content again?

Just because DAI had 1 bridge, 1 promoted, and 1 book companion doesn't mean that every game has to have the same line up of pre-existing characters. ( Da2 had TWO promoted npcs and dao:a only had a bridge companion).

Since da2 and dai both have 3 pre-existing characters, and dao and awakening both have 1, I'd say it's fair to expect 1-3 companions that aren't new in da4. But it could conceivably be in any combination.

The statistics of prev games:

This seems likely, although if anyone were to return it would be Shale who was going to Tevinter at one point to research changing back to something squishy. Once she discovered it wasn't possible, she might well have stayed on. Whilst she featured in Asunder, we don't really hear what happened to her after Wynne's death, so she could have headed north.

Some of them had interesting backstories and Sidony has already appeared in Tevinter Nights but they don't really count as returning companions since none of them were and people will only be familiar with them if they did multi-player (or read their entries in WoT2).

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