[quote=@Zweit]The earliest one I remember was way back when I was a wee-babe Zweit trolling around RP chatrooms. A spunky half-demon thief character named Ryo, with long braided hair being her only consistent physical characteristic. Possibly inspired by too many YuYu Hakusho reruns. Ryo didn't have a story of her own, but was adventurous enough to plug into almost any fantasy group RP. Sometimes a friend, sometimes a foe, equally as prone to leaving her companion's pockets empty as she was in stealing from the enemy.
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Mine was also a half-demon. :sun

His name was Aleksandr. and he looked more like Ashitaka from [I]Princess Mononoke[/I] -- down to the gloves, large cloak, and some purple crystal dagger hanging around his neck. There were some stylistic differences as I described him in written word, but the inspiration was there. He specialized in Tavern Medieval/Fantasy games on Neopets.

My best friend at the time and also the person who introduced me to online role plays, would play some short elf girl named Ova who followed Aleksandr around ruthlessly, to his embarrassment. Ova was very outspoken, loud, and obnoxious while he was more of a mysterious, brooding-type. It was a fun time.