Wish I had gotten more time with Lydia.

She never made it through the first dungeon. Got caught in the cross fire of a poison dart trap, and never moved. Left her for dead. A few months (of Skyrim time) later, I got married to Ysolda, and returning to my house on my wedding night, I discovered Lydia lying dead, naked, on my bedroom floor.

I took it as a warning that my new wife did not approve of me selecting female companions to adventure with. The body disappeared a couple weeks later.

I generally don't use companions - as a Mage I use summons instead, No guilt over accidents, and I refuse to reload to save a killed NPC. Lydia guards my stash of Dwarven crap, which she loathes.

I don't get why people reload when their companions die. I mean, if you all complain about immersion and stuff etc., shouldn't you let the game take its rightful course? I've had 4 companions die on me. Lydia was killed by a Falmer Gloomlurker, Uthgerd the Unbroken was killed by me when I transformed into a werewolf for the first time, Marcurio I just murdered. But Vorstag....I cried about him ..He was my best bro for 20 hours. I shall systematically exterminate all Giants from this point on.

I'm a Breton but I'm drawn to Jenaasa or whomever Dunmer assassin chick from Whiterun. She is not only "the Shadow at my back" but she reminds me that we are cut from the same cloth. Sure, sometimes I need to tell her to hang back while I go sneak around and slit the throats of an entire room full of tricks, hos, bustahs and scallywags like I'm Ice T at the playa hatahs ball, but I wouldn't quest with anyone else. Thinking of giving her the full time gig (amulet of mara style).

It was her companionship that led me to reconsider my pre-game decision to join the Stormcloaks. My time with her has changed my opinion of the Dunmer and I fear for their fate in a Nord governed Skyrim.