World of Warcraft Role Playing Characters

Just out of curiousity, for those of you who were on World of Warcraft for a while or still playing it. Have anyone of you ever thought what character would you be in terms of making a person in that world with a purpose or stands out above the generics. or would they be just a blacksmith or herbalist? Im just curious to the imagination of people and how often they think of their characters. what kind of history do they have. are they young or old. did they have a major impact on the world itself or none at all? id like to hear about your characters in the game in terms of name, race, and background.

I tend to base my WoW characters on characters from other media, so the backgrounds, personalities, and skill sets pretty much write themselves. For example, I have toons based on Red Sonja (female human warrior), Skeletor (male undead death knight), and Madmartigan from Willow (male human warrior).