I came up with several original characters when I was a lot younger, when I created the concept of a future earth dystopia where, in order to survive harsher environmental conditions, humans have altered themselves to take on some physical aspects of different insects. Then I canned the ideas and didn't develop them further 'cause they were too cheesy and cliché, but at the same time I haven't forgotten about them. Now that I understand more about what makes a good, interesting story, maybe I'll do something with them one day if I can get off my arse.
My WoW avatar (in version 4.3, you can change the appearance of your armour, yay) is the only character I've "made" lately (from a selection of available parts). Although she only has a name (Vasundhara), no backstory, and very little personality, aside from the fact that she's a small, weak-looking dwarf with the ability to kill almost anyone (provided they're PvP flagged).
My friends were playing on a roleplay server, so I joined them on it. I don't want to stump up the £15 to move servers on top of what I already pay in subscription fees, plus I'm among one of the better PvPers on the server and would like to keep it that way. Roleplaying on WoW may be fun for some, but nerdy as I am, I simply find doing it to be far too strange - Watching others do it provides some entertainment though, and at least my character now looks the part. "Re-designing" her and finding different armour that more or less matched was fun:
It's a trap!