That seems to suggest that each race might only get a single origin. I hope that was only a mistake of him misspeaking.
I think that can't be the case, since we already have 2 origins for humans: Ifan ben-Mezd and Lohse.
To answer the OP: A, I've always considered origins to be predefined characters. Actually, the fact that you can custom their appearance, name and even class gives me more than enough freedom.
