Nathaniel is excellent, and I will say more about him later, as he is my answer to a future question.
There is a much better-developed Dalish character in DA2, about whom I hesitate to say more. ;) And you do get a little more in the Dalish origin, although so far it's the origin I find least interesting -- it actually connects more strongly to DA2 and the Witch Hunt DLC than it does to anything that happens in Origins, and I wonder if that leads to the underdevelopment.
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There is a much better-developed Dalish character in DA2, about whom I hesitate to say more. ;) And you do get a little more in the Dalish origin, although so far it's the origin I find least interesting -- it actually connects more strongly to DA2 and the Witch Hunt DLC than it does to anything that happens in Origins, and I wonder if that leads to the underdevelopment.