Originally Posted by JDR13 
Interesting..
To be honest, I couldn't even remember who he was until I followed your link.
He figures prominently in the mage origin but makes a minor reappearance later no matter what origin you went with. The girl in the elf ghetto is like that too for the city elf origin.
I really like that they went with the completely different origins with wholly different scenarios and characters. I can't imagine Bioware ever doing that again though.