Character Roulette Answers

The SO's grandfather died this weekend, so I had a rather hectic weekend. End result, I'm a bit late with these.

The Characters:
1 Laisa Toscane (Vorkosigan)
2 Duv Galeni (Vorkosigan)
3 Kareen Vorbarra (Vorkosigan)
4 Cavilo (Vorkosigan)
5 Steggie the Stegosaurus (Vorkosigan)
6 Thomas Theisman (Honorverse)
7 Cordelia Ransom (Honorverse)
8 Peter Grant (Rivers of London)
9 Spock (Star Trek)
10 Marvin the Paranoid Android (HHGTTG)
11 Aino (Kalevala)
12 Tali'Zorah vas Normandy (ME)
13 Susan Calvin (Asimov's Robot stuff)
14 Speaker to Animals (Ringworld)
15 Ilia Volyova (Revelation Space)

I only got two questions in my solicition post, so I'll be answering the example questions and the questions I tossed avanti_90 here.
The Questions:
( and Answers )