One of the biggest criticisms I and many other Dragon Age fans had about The Veilguard was that it failed to carry over most of our decisions from the previous games in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series. In fact,

The developers of The Veilguard touch on the challenges of living up to expectations and what the future of Dragon Age may hold.

The Butcher of Treviso is present mostly in name for a good deal of Veilguard 's story, even during some important Treviso specific quests. It would have been very easy to make a grim, stoic Qunari warlord, the likes of which have been seen many times over in the game.