Some snippets from the upcoming magazine article have been posted by Game Informer -
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...on-age-ii.aspx
It confirms that there is indeed full PC voice-over. Seems Hawke was in Lothering during DA1 and survived the Darkspawn attack. No word of how old he/she was at this point - but possibly reasonably youngish if DA2 spans 10 years.