Oh wow... first char I made, long before flying and all that, was just a grey feline thing with lighter grey liger spots. I inventively dubbed it Tearless. XD I just wanted to see the maps at that point; I'd been having a lot of trouble getting the game to work and was all 'screw it, I don't know who or what it is, but it's good enough!" I climbed the impossible mountain in Fluorite with it, and was proud of myself. That being back when standing on that mountain was a serious achievement because there were no wings.
First real character I made was a dark brown, silver-maned lion named Kivuli; still have him, though he's changed and developed a bit and gotten several generations of preset since then.
Ah, the memories.