So I have a couple of old faves, some I still use, some I do not, and one character that I have DNR notice on because I liked the arc of their story so much I never want to fuck around with it again. So...

[list][*] [b]Karliege/Kassian/Karlus[/b] (I change his name a lot if you haven't noticed) is probably one of my favourite characters to write as, earning him at least 4 or maybe 5 different incarnations over 11 years of RPing right the way from his first appearance in 2009 or 2010 on oldguild, to literally right now because I am currently playing him in an RP on this site. Stuff changes every time I use him, but his core shtick is that he's always a somewhat scarred and traumatised mage who has only made his situation worse through his own actions, normally meaning he has made some kind of terrible eldritch pact with a being beyond his comprehension. He also showed up as an NPC in a pen and paper D&D game I once ran, I have plans for short stories involving him, hell maybe even a novel one day if I get my act together. I really like writing as him because he's always intelligent and sensitive, but completely misguided in what he's trying to do, and often oblivious to the fact he's playing with fire and headed down a horrible, horrible path. He's a good person, with good intentions that ends up doing something terrible.[/list]
[list][*][b]Sarcen[/b] is probably the character I have the most incarnations of, around 7 or 8, although they all existed on oldguild except for one which was more of an NPC really. This character was primarily a way to explore the other side of eldritch bargains as they were always a demon of some sort bound to someone else that the character normally despised and would do everything in their power to sabotage and drive to despair. Kinda like a malicious genie or a sentient monkey paw. Me and a friend used this dynamic in numerous oldguild RPs. Getting them to actually be useful normally meant tempting them with something they wanted, which would normally be something horrific. I did things with this character that broke site content rules on numerous occasions, ultimately resulting in a whole thread delete by mods for a 1x1 I did with said friend above. As a responsible and relatively mature adult now, I am very glad that stuff is no longer on the internet. I kinda outgrew the character as I'm not a 15 year old edgelord anymore, but I still feel tempted to use them as an NPC or side antagonist sometimes because the character loomed so large in my early RPing.[/list]
[list][*][b]Rolnak[/b], a character I only played once and will never resurrect. The angriest of boys, his arc of slowly succumbing to a degenerative brain disease was fulfilled over the course of 3 years in the same group RP. He died before guildfall so most of the posts are all gone (I still have some saved), but he's still the only character I brought to a satisfying conclusion. I tried to continue that RP afterwards with a different character, but it didn't feel right. Then guildfall happened, we lost pretty much everything, I lost interest and bowed out, and that RP ([url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/545-feral/ooc]Feral[/url] for those interested) limped along for another two years. It lasted 5 years, the original DM dropping out, and the entire site being burned to the ground. Anyway, Rest in Peace buddy, still miss you.[/list]

I have a load of other characters I really like, and have played on multiple occasions, but these are the ones that really stand out to me.