I've always been a huge fan of how Bioware tips their hat to their previous installments by always rolling over a companion character from the previous title. So with that in mind i wanted to start a thread were we can all collectively geek out and share theories an ideas for future companion characters. Feel free to comment on my ideas or throw in some of your own. I also added my justifications for why they should be in the next game.
Iron Bull: If they were going to roll over any of the current companions, it has to be Hisraad of the Ben Hathreth. Not only was he by far the most popular character because of his hilarious dialogue but his story was probably the deepest of all the companions and regardless as to whether he remains loyal to Qun or not, can easily be written into the next installment and visually, its just freaking cool seeing him fight by your side, its a video game, the whole point is for it to be fun and visually satisfying.
Secret Character: With that said a really cool feature to throw into the next installment would be the acquisition of a secret companion based on your decisions from DAI, such as being able to recruit Krem as a companion if the chargers survive Iron Bull's personal quest or being able to recruit Fiona if your inquisitor sided with the Redcliff mages.
Dagna: Two big reasons to have Dagna as a companion, the first is that Dragon Age has always given us really great NPC Dwarves but really owe us when it comes to Companion Dwarves. Ogren was slightly entertaining but his brutish nature made him really two dimensional, Sigrun.... sucked, and even though Varric was one of the coolest characters they've come up with to date, i felt really shortchanged by the fact that he was the only Dwarf Companion for two back to back installments. The second reason is because with her weird enchantment skills it would be great to see her introduced as the first Dwarf that fills the function of a mage, essentially giving her a unique class specialization that falls under the mage tree but it really just a mage version of the artificer specialization.
Scout Harding: Reason 1: She is a personal favorite. 2: It would be nice to have several Dwarf companions in addition to several companions from other races so make building your group that much more fun and interesting (i like my group in game to have a representative from each playable race personally) 3: finally a Dwarven archer who uses a real bow lol.
Ariane: For those who don't remember her, Ariane is a companion character to the Warden in the Witch Hunt DLC. She is a Dalish Warrior. Bioware has never given us an Elf Warrior to play with in a main title, so its long overdue if you ask me. Id personally like to explore more lore about the Emerald Knights and her being a Dalish warrior, discovering knowledge on the knights could easily be part of her companion quests.
Saarebas: A Qunari Mage with its own skill tree reflecting the Qunari's physical way of using magic would be awesome. They could even write in her Qunari keeper as a non playble NPC who just tags along but never says anything because he's watching the Saarebas like a hawk. I think this would work really well if he was actually 8 feet tall like the final boss of the Trespasser DLC.
Human Male Blood Mage: I'm talking straight up evil to the core, sacrificing babies and summoning Demons like its going out of style. They've never given us a morally black companion character before and i would love to play with the idea of the Devil being in their mists trying to corrupt my main character at every turn.
Human From Rivain: Rivain is one of the Nations of the DA Universe that is rarely mentioned it would be great if they throw in a character from this nation such as a spymaster rogue to balance out the Comp i'm proposing a little more.
Dalish Archer: Never had two Dalish companions in a single game before. It would be great if he came from a clan that had very different customs or even a disliking toward Ariane's Clan so we could see some of the cultural schisms that exist within the Dalish community. This would be particularly interesting seeing as Solas has been built up as the big bad of the next installment. Have Arianne be pro Thedas and this Archer be pro Elven immortal empire restored and see the in game character drama unfold.
So that' pretty much my dream set up for DA4. Tell me what you guys think.
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) but I'm confident BW can handle it nicely. Maybe something like how they did it with Alistair/Morrigan/Leli who romanced the HoF, but with more 'Oomph' and sugars and cupcakes 
