Mike Laidlaw confirmed the news of a human protagonist for DAIII on Twitter, though he didn’t seem too happy about it. I share his sadness about it, as playing a lovely female Qunari-gone-rogue-warrior would have been a dream come true for me. 
I’m guessing that the decision was again made for the sake of voiced characters. As I predicted.
Sorry, for those who love elves and dwarves, but long term I’d like to see all four races playable. Future plans!
Mike Laidlaw @Mike_Laidlaw Today, I confirmed that DAIII’s hero will be human, with varied, detailed backgrounds. Largely, for story reasons, but also customization.
Concept Art for Dragon Age III
Nerdy But Flirty 
Definitely cautiously optimistic at this point. I loved Origins, have mixed feelings about II. Then with the news about the human only character? I tend to play as human regardless but having the option to play as other races typically means that I will playthrough a game 3-4 times if not more. Guess we’ll see how it goes!
I had mostly negative feelings about DA2 lol as I mentioned in NUMEROUS blog posts. I prefer to play as an elf (and would loooove to play as a qunari) so the news was disappointing, though not unexpected. That’s why I’m cautioning ppl who are hopeful that ME4 will have a choice of alien characters. They just dont think it’s worth doing all the extra voice work. I am hopeful about the fact that the character will have different backgrounds depending on what we pick… that sounds closer to what I liked about Origin and may create a need for multiple play-throughs. Fingers crossed!