I share the same sentiment. During my first play through I wasn’t looking online at all, didn’t hear anyone else’s opinions, I just wanted to experience the game totally organically. I was left at the end feeling “that’s it?”
and I remember towards the end having this realization of ‘my character could totally disappear from this game and it would be the same’. Like Neve or Harding could easily do everything Rook does, Varric really didn’t need Rook at all. Playing as Rook, it feels like we are just watching everyone else’s lives pan out but not really be a part of it.