No one was ever afraid we wouldn't get monks, half-orcs and what else in the final game. Not sure where are you even getting that info from.
The forums. Sure the vast majority of people knew, but occasionally I read some post of someone saying:"we've been in EA for X years and still no this or that, I bet they decided not to put it in the game!" It's those people to whom I wanted to say:" chill buddy, Larian got this".
