[Elanorea]

Oghren is the only returning party member. Some others make cameos though. You can talk to your party members when you find conversation triggers - objects that you can click on (like the cask behind Oghren at the Keep). I liked the Origins system more, but I think this works pretty well too.

And yup, I've heard about Darkspawn Chronicles, but it's the only DLC I haven't downloaded yet. It just doesn't sound very interesting tbh.

Anyway, I managed to somehow mess up my AddIns file so now the game no longer recognizes Awakening as being installed... so I'm stuck with Origins. Started my fourth playthrough (and my first male character), though I'm kinda losing interest in the game. Might have to take a little break.