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

Actually there is no real difference. If you went the Mage path, then she survives. If you went the Templar path and let her go, she survives. If you went the Templar path and fought her, she leaps off a cliff into a waterfall at the end of the battle and you never see her body, so there is every possibility should could have survived. This is also true of her entry in WoT2, which leaves her outcome as ambiguous. Would also mention that Calpernia was not her real name but one she took for herself, so she could even pop up under a different name, which would certainly make it harder for her progress to be tracked after the Temple of Mythal. If she also rejected the Venatori as a organisation, she might also have wanted to adopt a different identity. For all we know, may be the "Viper" is now her pseudonym.

I can't really think of anyone from DA2 that would really qualify as memorable enough. Well, there is one, Feynriel, but sadly he has different outcomes that probably mitigate against that possibility. If they could find a way around that, he would make for a valuable companion though; a Dreamer on our side to counter Solas. That would be awesome.

Since I can't see into everyone's mind, I really don't know where that person was going with this. Whilst Dorian continually harps on about being a "pariah" and seems to rather revel in it, so far as I can tell thing the majority of Altus in Tevinter have against him is that he is "out and proud" about his sexuality, whereas you are meant to go with the status quo in public and then do what you like behind closed doors (particularly with slaves). So may be the poster was taking the view that Dorian's father did, that he should have conformed to the rules to keep the family line going but to be honest there are no shortage of mage children in Tevinter and his father could have adopted someone willing to tow the line as his heir. Presumably there must have been near relatives that would have been suitable.

Honestly, though, I hardly think Dorian's open sexuality as sufficient grounds to describe him as a "traitor". However, having an affair with a Qunari spy would qualify, even if that individual claimed to have been rejected by them. Nevertheless, so far as the writers of the game are concerned, that didn't seem to bother the folks back home (and make no mistake they must have heard about it), since he ended up having his seat on the Magisterium confirmed (which could have been stripped from him like Alexius if they thought he was a liability) and being made the official Tevinter ambassador to the Exalted Council. I don't care how much Dorian downplayed this and claimed it was because they didn't respect the Council, you don't make someone your official ambassador to anywhere unless you think they are going to represent your country properly and work for their best interests.  Mind you, judging by their poor show overall in defending their country in recent years, the intelligence network must be pretty useless, so may be they didn't know what he was up to with the Iron Bull.

Those stupid oppressed people, always thinking and whining about their oppression.

That's the nickname for the female Qunari character that has appeared in much of the concept art and people hope is going to be a companion in DA4.

Sorry, she slipped my mind. I had been hoping for Charade in DAI but we got Sera from the Jennies instead. However, since it turns out Charade is from the Jennies as well and is currently based much nearer to Tevinter, seeing her up in Tevinter itself isn't beyond the bounds of possibility, particularly as Tevinter Nights seemed to hint at a Jenny presence there. I have to admit she would make a suitable connection with both DA2 and DAI.

Well, I recall he did become a hero in the epilogue to DAO didn't he? Still he's probably too obscure a character and too far back in the timeline to count as a tie-in character between games.

Okay who are you guys talking about? I don't remember anyone talking about dorian this way. Is it comics?

So much about intentionally missing the point.

Well, you do have to make up a nonsensical after-the-fact justification for siding with Meredith so templar fans don't riot, eh?

She is an Amell and this isn´t that bad especially if you play the Human Mage Origin in DAO.

I would love Bevin to be an Companion. So we have connection to DAO as well.

Imagine the outcry from the Varric fans if he turns out to have a big role and be unromanceable. Or alternatively killed off in the first half-hour.

That brings me to the question: if they were to kill off a returning character, which character do you think they'd kill off? Answering with Solas is cheating.