Ivar was the character I made to replace Darvin when he decided the party had gotten too evil for him. Ivar definitley fit in, though - evil alignment all the way. He was my first chance to play a psychic warrior and the first character I made with the XPH (3.5 rules rather than 3.0). I only got to play him for one session, then over a year later I updated him for another single session thing. The latest incarnation got to do War Mind, which gave him some pretty sweet abilities (especially sweeping strike!)
Ivar grew up in the Underdark where he toiled away and practiced fighting skills and psychic powers, basically like any gray dwarf. Eventually he gave up on this life to go to the surface where he would be unique and awesome. Some think his clan exiled him, but either way he ended up as an adventurer / mercenary in the roofless lands of light (he never did get used to the sun). Eventually he met up with an ogre named Mar, and they remained companions through many other adventuring companies (who quite often died in their sleep, strangely enough...).
Despite the intention to never return to his homeland again, Ivar is still very much a traditional duergar in alignment, sentiments, goals, and religion. A dour, pessimistic outlook filled with toil is a perception Ivar shares with most of his kin. He prefers a plan of action if he can, but isn't much for taking orders now that he's free of the heirarchy of his clanhold. Ivar is definitely not against ruining others to get what he wants, and he's very greedy. He remains pretty devout to the gray dwarf deities, Laduguer and Deep Duerra.
Dates played: once summer 2004, once Thanksgiving break 2005
Class levels: Psychic Warrior 5 / War Mind 9
Sweet traits: The latest incarnation has him at ECL 15. He had a lot of the best psywar powers (Hostile Empathic Transfer, anyone?) and very useful abilities from War Mind (the various "Chains" he could use to buff himself, and Sweeping Strike that he never got to use when I played him). Of course he had psionic feats like Greater Psionic Weapon and stuff.
Sweet gear: he had a really sweet deep crystal maul named "Willcrusher" and really awesome mithral full plate.