Fastest PVE character from 1-20?

Topic says all.

Probably under 5 hours, though I've only seen it done in 24. If you rushed Ascalon, had someone rush you to a high level area, then power leveled with 300% exp scrolls, it could be done pretty fast. But I'm not nearly rich enough to find out around how long it would take.

Whats the fastest profession?

the way he says it the only way is to get powerlvled by others, and if thats the case it dont really matter what you are :P

does ascencion automatically take you to lvl 20 regardless?

Corbin - nope. All Ascension does is giver you 50K xp as well as whatever base xp you get for killing the critter.. oh and the 1K xp if you manage to get the bonus. But no, it doesn't auto-set you to level 20 anymore.

Make a monk to guaranteed a group for all the missions, or a warrior to speed up the running sections....

My warrior got there the fastest. I could solo a lot of high level areas and get uber exp. It's amazing how much exp you get soloing margoyles if you are levels 10-15.... lol