Okay, let's see if I can revitalize this as I could use some advice. I have spent about a dozen hours in the Hinterland, but am still only level 6 or 7. Decided to go do something else, and headed to the Fallow Mire. Did ok until I got to the second rift. Getting my booty kicked. My main character seems like the priority target for the bad guys. Being that he is a squishy mage, that's bad. I get the feeling I shouldn't be here yet maybe? May back out and go to the main quest city (forget the name).
By the way, doing a support mage for something different. barrier, stuff like that. Ended up being a lot like Solas. I need to find new companions so I can dump him pronto!