I also think Larian need to move away from this idea that ALL the companions have to be origin characters. Its not a smart idea. Part of the enjoyment of RPGs lies in meeting characters that you don't know exist at the character creation screen. This goes back as far as I can remember - whether its meeting Ammon Jerro in NWN2 or Nordom in Planescape
I totally agree here. I was always excited in the original BG when I found a character with a portrait as it meant they had a greater chance of being a companion. They did say before that you will be able to recruit randomly generated companions like in DOS:2, we can only hope that they will make that system a bit more complex.
