D&D Roster

I got into role-playing fairly late compared to some of my friends (26). I was brought in for a new campaign/table formation when one of my friends who was also curious enough to try invited a handful of us and it just evolved/devolved from there depending on your interpretation. At its pinnacle we had a dual DM system (one for combat, one for story) with 8 players on hand. With one make up of this group or another we're run 4 various campaigns using the original DM's homebrewed world rules. An interesting slant cobbled together from his and 2 others' 3.5, Vampire: Masquerade, and White Wolf experience.

My character development, as I was more or less left to my own devices for flavor text, was usually based in concept before I chose anything particular. Sometimes it was a saying, sometimes it was based on a persona I borrowed from another medium, and very rarely I built around a party slot. I typically built odd-fitting characters unique in their backstory or rationale (highly encouraged by my professional writer DM). Though lots of concepts never made it to fruition, my 'created and played roster' includes:

D&D (4e)
Durwynn Barzulcarn - Dwarf Bard
Ivan Kulbinov - Halfling Artificer
Tempest Longtooth - Shifter Barbarian
Midoriyama - Human Monk
Warrick Essecker - Dwarf Ardent
Tornin of the Wastes - Dragonborn Knight
Nicoyachi - Goliath Shaman

D&D (5e)
Varyn - Half-Orc Barbarian *updated*

Expect short write ups on each of them as I go.