Thinking about how fun it would have been to actually have proper origins and play through Varric’s recruitment of your Rook as a pre-prologue. Not only would it give you a stronger connection to your backstory/faction, but I think it would’ve helped sell that Rook and Varric were supposedly pretty close, which, frankly, there simply was not enough time to establish. Having to explore the fallout of your character’s “big decision that led to their leaving” might have aided in allowing the player to truly identify with any regret Rook may hold with the decisions they made. Truly such a missed opportunity!!!
Agreed