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[IHaveReturned1999]

I like the ideas for giving the elves a homeland and then you having to deal with the problems that would arise with the various factions in contention.   That would certainly be preferable to what has happened up to now, for example with DAO, where you were given a boon, told in the epilogue there were potential problems and then in the next game informed it didn't work, having never been given the opportunity to at least try and make a success of things.   It wouldn't work as a separate game because of the lack of interest among the majority of players.   However, integrating it into a main plotline would be a possibility, certainly when it comes to undermining both the activities of Solas and the Qunari.  Then you would be coming at the problems either as a person with an actual stake in it, as a Dalish or City elf, or as an interested outsider, who is involving themselves out of pure self interest or a genuine wish for it to succeed.    There wouldn't be a perfect happy outcome because there never is with such things and it could even fail entirely if you made bad choices (or deliberately wanted to undermine it) but at least we would have been given a shot and there would equally be the possibility of ending up with something permanent in the setting.     I would be happy if we were offered this as a plotline, not necessarily the main one but certainly running in parallel.  
 
As for a potential location, well you could have Tevinter offering to let the elves re-populate Arlathan Forest provided they agree to remain a nominal part of the Imperium as a sort of client state, paying taxes and the like, because they would provide a useful buffer against the Qun on that side of the country.   If the Qunari are really striking against mainland Tevinter in force, then then their armies are going to be spread pretty thin, particularly if the Qunari have managed to organise slave rebellions to coincide with their assault.     So giving concessions in return for guaranteed support against the Qun, could have potential.  There would also be a nice irony if it were actually Tevinter who were the ones to give the elves that opportunity and if the histories are to be believed (I never know what to believe in this setting), Tevinter initially made friendly overtures to the old settlement there but their envoys repeatedly ended up dead, likely because the elves were acting pretty much like the sentinels in the Arbor Wilds, so in the end they got fed up with people constantly getting killed and did something about it.    It is not as though Tevinter aren't capable of working with other races, look at the dwarves, so long as it benefits them in some way.   Undermining the Qunari in eastern Tevinter would seem to qualify.

I just take everything from Tevinter and leave them to the mercy of the Qunari.

[Qun00]

I know that lore debates are the heart of this thread, but how about something simple like "Do the Dalish shake hands?"

When Morrigan talks about how she struggles to understand social rules and asks the Warden "Why so much touching for a simple greeting?" I tend to answer with "I wouldn't know. I'm not human".

I've never seen or heard about a Dalish elf shaking anyone's hand in the games and books, so I didn't want to risk it.

[Shechinah]

I know that lore debates are the heart of this thread, but how about something simple like "Do the Dalish shake hands?"

When Morrigan talks about how she struggles to understand social rules and asks the Warden "Why so much touching for a simple greeting?" I tend to answer with "I wouldn't know. I'm not human".

I've never seen or heard about a Dalish elf shaking anyone's hand in the games and books, so I didn't want to risk it.

 
I imaging it would be a cultural custom that would differ from clan to clan although the Dalish do seem to have more in the way of verbal greetings. I find the thought interesting and I find myself liking it quite a lot especially because of how I find it fascinating how cultural differences can create these little but still significant differences in behavior.
 
Also, I have my own lack of fondness towards social touching. Heh, I think my reaction to Morrigan's question was something along the lines of; "I know, right?!"  

[IHaveReturned1999]

I think the the Ancient Elvhenan correlates more so to Ancient Egypt, Nubia, Kush civilizations as well as Ancient India and China because they're the most culturally advanced civilizations of the Ancient World.