I'm new to modding and trying to put together a mod that you begin the game as Mehrunes Dagon's Champion. I want to be able to start the character at his shrine (maybe even ask player at start of new game if it's a normal playthrough or to start there?). I've accomplished every other aspect of the mod, npc's and such. I was just wondering if anybody knew how to create an alternate start and maybe even link it into the main story from the creation kit (may not need to link it to the main story if I can make it an optional start, in that case I'd probably make it more of a chaos profile deal)? I ask because resources I find online aren't much help on this aspect that I've come across.

PS... this is on the creation kit. I have no money for softwares, so if I need to use another, let me know if it's free or I'm fighting a lost cause.

The Player's starting position is controlled via a Quest Alias... If memory serves, it is MQ101, and the Alias 'PlayerStartMarker'...

The problem is that this Quest sets a lot of other things, and simply skipping it can cause issues (which is why people advise against using COW to jump straight into the game).

I would recommend downloading Arthmoor's "Live Another Life" Mod, and maybe taking a look at the Scripts in that (assuming he's included them), since he'd have to deal with that problem.