3. What was the first thing you decided on, the character's name, appearance, personality or their role in the story?
For Mimble it would be appearance, then name, then role and then his personality sort of evolved afterwards.
I had to remake him a few times, as the friends I was playing with at the time kept moving to different Data Centres, so his apperance was set quite early. Although the distinctive outfit came much later in the story.
As he was (and is) the WoL, his role in the story was largely dictated by the MSQ, but he certainly brought his own unique spin to proceedings.
Humble had his name first, as I researched Hellsguard naming conventions first, then his appearance, role and then personality developed over time.
Again his role as WoL was dictated by the main narrative of the game, but he definitely experienced things quite differently than Mimble in a lot of ways.
His personality did not turn out quite as intended, as he was initially supposed a lot more confident and assertive, but somehow that didn't fit with how the character developed.