I think the origin characters are all pretty interesting and odds are I will be doing multiple plays of the game with all of them in my party. But I have very little interest in playing as any of them - unless this last one really blows me away.

They are advertising that this new one is a different way to play and I am thinking that the little hobgoblin guy, not the dragon, is actually the companion. Maybe a shapeshifter or a bard with a very sinister twist on bardic inspiration or something? In the video his eyes are red, then all of the sudden the dragon's eyes glow red. Or maybe the hobgoblin is a villain we eventually face and the dragon was framed or something - so he is trying to clear his name?

I am also a little confused on the lack of good origins/companions given that most people who play games end up going down that path. But given the adjustments Larian has already made I am starting to think that the origins (outside of the ones who are blatantly good or evil) can kind of go both ways at this point, depending on the decisions you make or instructions you give them.