David Gaider wrote...
BPearl12 wrote...
I think your mom is almost guaranteed to die. Moms never fair well in fantasy stories. I'm guessing either Avaline or Wesely won't make it either. If after escaping Lothering your next destination is Kirkwall someone with Templar connections would be the most valuable companion. Having Wesely or his wife along would make sense.
I think the final answer of who lives and who dies might surprise you. Might surprise everyone, in fact. 
You're an Evil, evil man, Gaider. You could give Priestley a run for his money. As to just who's going to be around? BioWare and their damn tricky writing team has knocked me on my butt before with characters portrayed a certain way and then BAM, they either die or aren't available as romance options. (*cough* 'Samara' *cough*) That being the case, I won't get my hopes up on "Anyone" other then Hawke getting all the way to Kirkwall. Since I love the idea of the sibling character of Bethany I hope she's one of the survivors, but...*shruggs*
Truth be told, another hope I have is that Aveline survives. Though I was a huge Leliana **** in Origins, I always lamented the fact that we didn't have a strong female character like, say, Ashley Williams from ME1-2. Aveline seems like she's ment to fit that mold of the Hard, though compassionite, combat savy female character. If her Templar hubby dies, there's a good chance she will become a romance option later in the game, which would be an amazing opportunity for a deep, complicated love story between her and Hawke. Still, given how early it is, and how evil and devious the Writing team is, I won't be jumping to any conclusions.