Unfortunately, we don't know a whole lot about the pre-existence. This is a great discussion topic that you bring up, though. First I'd like to address this question:
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Because I was not born into an lds family but am a convert, does that mean I stood on the fence line?
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I don't think that really has anything to do with it. As an example: Does that mean that Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and several other prophets were "fence-sitters" as well? You may respond that the Church wasn't restored yet when they were born, so it's not an accurate comparison. What about Elder Uchtdorf?
Okay, as for the rest of your inquiry, allow me to share with you the Doctrine of Wingnut.
I like to think of the "war in heaven" as a high school football game.
- You have the players on the team (those who were super-valiant)
- You have the coach (Jesus Christ)
- You have the cheerleaders and the kids sitting in the first few rows on the 50-yard line (these are the cheerleaders and/or the people right behind the super-valiant front-liners)
- You have the people who sit on the top row of the stadium eating nachos and hot dogs, talking with each other, but not really paying attention (might this be some of us?)
- You have the rebels who are smoking pot under the bleachers (these might be the dictators and murderers you spoke of, but they still showed up)
- You have everyone in between (I suspect that this is the population of the world at large)
- You have the visiting team, and their lame-o fans on the other side of the field (Satan and the third part that fell away)
None of us
really know which group we fell into. Our patriarchal blessings can often give us insight, though.