I really get sucked into it, like I'm actually there. In my main play through I was a female human rogue.
In my current play through I am playing a female human mage called Karliah Trevelian. Like her family Karliah also believes in the Maker. As a mage she lived in the Ostwick Circle, a relatively quite place; however Karliah often found ways to amuse herself in between satisfying her thirst for knowledge both mundane and arcane.
Although the Ostwick Circle was a relatively peaceful and stable environment, it was not without it's politics and she quickly learned how to turn situations to her advantage. Her charm and witty sense of humour help mask her more vulnerable side, living in a circle full of Templars she was always careful not to let them see any kind of weakness if she could help it. It was not that she hated Templars or that any of them had mistreated her, she understood why they were needed and respected the order. In fact there was one Templar that she was quite taken with, but could never bring herself to tell him.
Karliah believes that mages need some kind of institution whereby they can learn and practice their craft in safety, but with more freedom than they currently have. She also believes that the Templars need to be reformed without resorting to the use of their "lyrium leash" to control them. When her own brother chose to leave the Templar order, she was aware of his struggle to come off lyrium. This together with her mother's worry that going cold turkey could kill him; prompted her to seek out a way of getting her brother the lyrium he needed, so that he could be gently weaned off it. Her father being of a military background, hates politics and under hand methods, he didn't approve of Karliah using her connections with smugglers to obtain lyrium; however even he reluctantly allowed it given the circumstances.
Err...sorry for the wall of text, I guess I kinda got carried away.