User blog comment:Xyzdragoncannon/The teaser is out, we have exactly 1 day/@comment-26129433-20150220182253/@comment-4814368-20150220224816

I think the music angle for Bard is too close to Sona thematically. I think they'll go the route as a storyteller instead of a musician. The fan created Virgil champion actually sounds like it could be related.

That being said, Sona's background does leave room for a narrative connection. A lot of folks were saying the image could be related to Ionia, where Sona is from. Also, from her lore:

"Sona has no memories of her true parents. As an infant, she was found abandoned on the doorstep of an Ionian adoption house, nestled atop an ancient instrument in an exquisite case of unknown origins."

Could this new character be her parent/creator?

Absolutely complete tangent, but maybe when around this new character, Sona would gain the ability to actually speak aloud.