Indeed. (Though I'm not expecting Lothering and the Korcari Wilds to be present, to avoid disappointment).
I wonder where the mages and templars' camp/bases will be present, and if they'll be simple camps (they could be if the con let art of the templars attacking a camp of mages was referring to the hinterlands).
Oh definitely, but it certainly would be cool to visit those areas, especially since Lothering was the childhood home of Hawke. I'd love to see the spot that Bethany/Carver and Wesley die at, in a really weird way, but that's probably too far east if they were heading for Gwaren.
As for the factions, I'm thinking mages myself. It's quite close to Kinloch Hold and could potentially have interesting reactivity depending on how you handled Connor.