Too many fan service cameos can 'ultimately cheapen the arcs and the authenticity of these characters' says Dragon Age: The Veilguard's game director

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Morrigan looks down upon the player — (Image credit: Electronic Arts)

Over just a few games, Dragon Age has produced a lot of well-loved characters, so it's no surprise that fans are constantly asking if their faves are going to show up in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. But look, they can't all show up, BioWare says.

During the Q&A portion of The Veilguard's preview event earlier this month, the team was asked how BioWare decided who to pull from the existing cast and bring into Veilguard as side characters or cameos.

That does track with all the returning characters that we know are coming to Veilguard so far. Everyone was quite jazzed to see Morrigan again, and her involvement makes sense given her relationship to the elven gods. We've also recently learned that your prior game protagonist The Inquisitor will make an appearance, not surprising since they've got an interest in stopping Solas' whole world destruction bit.

This seems more aimed at everyone who has desperately wanted Zevran, the Antivan Crow party member from Dragon Age: Origins, to turn up in The Veilguard. Yes, we're going to visit parts of Anvita and yes the Crows are getting a bigger presence than ever before. But he cameoed in Dragon Age 2 and it was already a stretch then. We've gotta let him retire. If Dorian Pavus isn't a whole side character though I will definitely have words with someone.

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