Couldn't one say that the endings of Dragon Age Origins "conclusively tied off this protagonist" with regards to the Warden? In fact, much more conclusively than the events of Trespasser did the Inquisitor b/c the Warden had no real hanging plot threads by the end. They slayed the archdemon, and either lived to be a hero or died in the attempt. Their goal was accomplished. And yet the Warden, if alive, still returns as Warden Commander of Amaranthine to experience a whole new, mostly unconnected adventure.
The story of the Inquisition, and our role as its leader, is concluded. If you consider the protagonist to be the Inquisitor (or the Inquisition itself) then its possible to say "mission accomplished". The person behind the Inquisitor role(Trevelyan/Lavellan/Cadash/Adaar), however, has more to deal with still, as the DLC itself shows with the fervent planning in the basement that all PCs see no matter their choices.
I'm not trying to be overly literal here with this slide. I think this differentiation btwn the Inquisitor and Trevelyan/Lavellan/Cadash/Adaar is a valid interpretation b/c it would actually be keeping with the theme of how the Inquisitor (and the Herald of Andraste) was becoming a symbol that was almost a separate entity from the actual person behind it. Many companions commented on it: Varric, Cassandra, Vivienne, etc. And there was a general theme of people wearing a mask or Becoming the Mask throughout the entire game. It wouldn't surprise me if the dev team also thought of the Inquisitor in this way on a meta-level. And, due to this, its entirely possible for them to say they want to "tie up" the Inquisitor as protagonist in DA3 and still have Trevelyan/Lavellan/Cadash/Adaar playable in some capacity in DA4.
tl;dr that slide doesn't rule out being able to play as your Inquisitor at some point in DA4, imo.
I've wondered that. Trespasser did tie up a lot of stuff - the Inquisition, the rifts, most of the companions. Solas (And Dorian, to a lesser extent) was left hanging, and the obvious question of how to handle him was introduced. But the arc presented in Inquisition, of why the Breach happened, who made it happen, and what happened to the people who stopped it - that was mostly resolved.
I mean, part of what would make this so absurd (assuming we never see or play the Inquisitor again.) is how unnecessary it is. It's not really a continuation of Inquisition's arc - that was all Corypheus and the Breach and the emerging Inquisition. Solas was related, but (Before Trespasser) it was a small and vague relation that could've been expanded upon with a different character. Trespasser could've been solely about the Qunari and the fate of the Inquisition. We could've battled through Qunari forts instead of elven ruins. We could've been aided by some "mysterious benefactor" who never reveals himself, instead of an old ally who stops to monologue us at the end. At the very end, someone could ask the Inquisitor "what will you do now?" and one of the replies could've been "I've got an old friend to find."A new story could've been hinted at, without being dropped straight into the Inquisitor's lap. The story Inquisition gave us would've been tied up for good, and the Inquisitor could ride off to find some new adventure. It's not much different from what they did to the Warden.
It still would've felt a little hollow, because the question of Solas would still remain, but they would've solved all the story lines they had going without dragging any others into the spotlight.
But they didn't do that. They did tie up the Inquisitor's story... and then they dropped a whole new one in their lap.
So, maybe that is how BioWare sees it - the story of the Inquisition is over (And it is - The Inquisition's diminished, the Mark's gone, we're unlikely to see most of the companions in anything but cameo roles in the future.), but that's not necessarily the story of the Inquisitor. Because honestly, I know I don't have as much faith as I used to in BioWare, but I can't believe they'd be dumb enough to drop a plotline like that on a character and then completely remove them from the story - it'd be like if the last Star Wars movie ended with some rando on the other side of the galaxy assassinating Darth Vader while Luke cried over his severed hand.
But, maybe that's just wishful thinking.
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