So will we be getting Varric back? Plus good news about dorian.

Well based off those we have met from Tevinter: Dorian; Halward; Felix, Alexius and Calpernia - there does not seem to be a standard accent. Actually this would make sense considering the Imperium is such a large place. Dorian and Halward are from Qarinus in the north, Alexius and Felix from Asariel in the south-west and Calpernia from Minrathous. Correct me if I'm wrong but, with the exception of Alexius (who has an accent I can't place), they all sound native English speakers. Dorian, despite the ethnic origin of his VA, sounds very English upper class. That, of course, is also true of Vivienne, even though she originated from the Freemarches and has spent the last 20 odd years of her life in Orlais. Incidentally Ramon Tikaram is a very talented actor when it comes to accents. I have seen him in many different roles and he can change his accent convincingly depending on where he is meant to be from but on the whole when not required to change it for the role, he does sound very much like Dorian, so I take that to be near enough his natural accent.

If a small country like England can have such a variety of dialects, then why not Tevinter? That's the thing really; everyone thinks they know what a British accent is but that is not the case and back in medieval times even someone from the aristocracy would have taken on their local dialect to some extent. I remember reading that you would have known Sir Walter Raleigh was a native of the west country by his accent. I expect much would depend whether you came from native Anglo Saxon or Celtic stock or traced your ancestry to the Normans. From what I recall, King Richard the Lion heart was a French speaker who much preferred his lands on the other side of the channel to England. If you came from Cornwall, that even had their own language, your accent would reflect that even when speaking English, much as it does in Wales or Scotland today.

Of course, this would make it much easier for the team at Bioware when casting for roles as they don't have to ensure the VA can do a particular accent. They would probably also want to avoid the situation they had with the Dalish, where I seem to recall they were all originally meant to sound Welsh, like Merrill, in DA2 but then couldn't find enough VAs who could do the Welsh accent so settled for Irish instead. However, Merrill had already been cast so she had to remain an anomaly.  Then the Devs reverted to Welsh for the agent of Solas in Trespasser, which was most confusing considering he was a city elf not Dalish but may be that was to show they were really an ancient elf in disguise.   It's anyone's guess.

Oghren, Anders, and Varric we’re all terrible so I have to disagree on their choices being “not that bad”.

The main problem I have had in the past with returning characters is their justification for it:
Oghran - can just about get this one because he was trying to get away from the responsibilities of marriage to Felsi. However, in terms of how my particular Wardens got on with the DAO companions, Zevran would have made more sense because we were always best buds if not lovers and he didn't have anywhere else to go. I personally found Oghran vulgar and annoying but being a practical Warden Commander I took whoever was willing to join. Fairly useful as I fighter until I replaced him with Sigrun and/or Justice.

Anders - If he had ever revealed to us just why he was so determined to get to Kirkwall, it would have made some sense when he reappeared there. I thought he was in Amaranthine to try and get his phylactery back and, whilst he often talked of leaving the Wardens when he got the chance, the epilogue suggested, after making representations to the College of Enchanters in Cumberland, he eventually accepted his role and was happy in it. So rather surprised but pleased to learn he was joining me in Kirkwall; started to worry when I actually met him though. Thought he was possibly an imposter, only to discover he was in fact a hybrid of Anders and Justice. That explained a lot. Still he was very useful as my main mage companion.

Varric - Why did he have to tell his story to Justinia personally? Didn't she trust Cassandra's word that she had done a proper investigation? Or, taking the other lame excuse for dragging him there, if the Divine wanted to personally meet her favourite author, wouldn't that have been more appropriate when she was back at Val Royeaux or even on route there, not in the middle of an important peace conference? I liked Varric in DA2, until the end when he didn't approve of me "letting dangerous people run amok", when I thought I was saving innocent mages from an injustice. Not their fault Anders went bonkers and blew up the Chantry. He kept getting himself knocked out in DAI, so I left him behind once I had a replacement rogue, or immediately if I was the rogue. So much of the time he was effectively an adviser that stood in the corner and arranged card games for light entertainment. Didn't hate him; just found him superfluous much of the time. In a way I'd rather he'd not been around because then Hawke would never have appeared either. Not happy with a lot of things about the way they were portrayed (have since discovered I probably made the wrong choices in the keep to properly represent the way my Hawke did things).

So up to now, the appearance of previous companions has been rather underwhelming so far as I have been concerned and has generally led to disappointment either because of who they are (Oghran), how they changed (Anders) or over familiarity with the character already (Varric). This is why I'd rather they had a completely new roster next game, although I wouldn't mind seeing Harding again, as she wasn't a companion and we only scratched the surface when it came to her backstory, so there is a good chance of developing her more in the future.

I hope not, if i can't eat cheese wheels off his hairy tits then i don't want him. Plus he was meh in inquisition i'm afraid to say.

" “According to the telemetry, Dorian wasn’t an active companion in very many peoples’ parties,” Gaider says. “He was also the least-romanced of the romanceable NPCs, percentage-wise. I don’t think numbers really matter to those who loved him, however. He struck a chord with a lot of people. "
www.thegamer.com/dragon-age-inquisition-dorian-david-gaider-interview/


I always thought that Dorian has one more popular party members and romances. And even boring Blackwall beats him as least romanced character i am sorry but WTF?!?!

The problem was so many people bought into the Adoribull romance, they said they didn't want to get in the way of it with their Inquisitor, even if they wanted a gay relationship. This is presumably why in the epilogue to Trespasser, the Dorian/Bull romance got way more slides than the Dorian/Inquisitor or Bull/Inquisitor one, which I personally felt was something of a slap in the face to people who did romance Dorian, like me. Remember he gives the communication crystal to the Inquisitor whether lover or friend and, according to PW, gives one to Bull as well, so I couldn't even count that as something unique to my romance, unlike the dragon tooth that is shared between the Inquisitor and Bull.

This is also why I will be particularly annoyed if Dorian isn't a main contact NPC in DA4 because otherwise they could have left him down south with my Inquisitor. Instead, no matter how things were left with his father, he inherits his wealth and seat in the Magisterium and becomes a major player in Tevinter politics. If that was done simply because not many chose to romance him rather than keep him available for the plot next game, it will be very disappointing. I am hopeful, though, that the crystal was given for a reason that is plot related in DA4 (although of course he doesn't give it to a hostile Inquisitor but there are ways around that.)

Yeah I am gonna be honest I am not a huge fan of the other mages. Solas is very picky and stubborn and Vivienne insults the other characters and puts them down in cruel ways. Which she does for no reason. I get her not liking Sera since she is the absolute opposite of what vivienne is but why go after blackwall and even insult cassandra for her views. So dorian is by far  the most common mage I have in my party...besides myself.