Larian went too far in making everyone so extra special and connected to the story. They completely omitted the backbone of any cast, the knight in shining armor, without any extravagant backstory or major condition. The down to earth good character that would have put all the evil and morally grey characters in context. The Ajantis or Edér of BG3. Or the light hearted adventurer who helps people they come across. The Coran of BG3, completely missing. Or how about the mercenary type who's not heavily invested in anything who's just trying to make their way, like Safana. A normal character who is cool simply because they are. There is no frame of reference. There's just a weird cast of edgy unusual characters who are competing who's the most edgy. With all of them being heavily involved in the story somehow against all odds.
That's way too bland for my taste. All of those will be bad origin characters (fighting against dark impulses is the whole theme of the story). Well, some of those might work as companions. Problem is the new additions are limited so they had to make choices. Two of those were a tribute to old games (and having played PoE2, you do know that characters can drop in power for one reason or another). The unique ones (that we know of) is Halsin and Minthara.
Halsin does strike me as a genuinely good guy, willing to help others and being down to earth. I would not call him 'edgy'.
Then again, I do like edgy characters and feel absolutely no shame of it.
