Varric has always been a fan-favourite for Dragon Age fans, but when the wise-cracking Dwarf appeared in promotional material for the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard sporting a long mane of hair and a beard, fans went even wilder for him.
Despite his popularity, Varric has never been romanceable in a Dragon Age game. Ex-BioWare creative director Mike Laidlaw revealed this is partially because Varric's original writer Mary Kirby doesn't enjoy writing romances, and the team wanted a few companions who weren't available for romance.
Of course, we know that every companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a full-fledged romance attached to them. Alas, Varric isn't listed as a companion, though he does at least appear in the game's opening section of Minrathous.
Corrine Busche (game director), John Epler (creative director), Ali Hillis (voice of Lace Harding) and Ashley Barlow (creative performance director) recently sat down with GameSpot for a game of Friend, Romance or Banish, a sort of PG version of another well-known social game.
It went as you'd expect, with the more controversial characters like Solas having more nuanced answers. Epler says he would have to banish Solas because after working on...
