Yeah especially if I remake, Im a breton now no idea why haha. Making a Nord, blond haired, steel eyed named Sigmar "Something", looking at norse names now hehe. Want something that means
dragon and protector or something.

I think they are an honorable lot, and correct me if Im wrong the companions are the ones who freed skyrim right?

A true servant of Talos will follow the Empire, The Empire he founded.
Thalmor are your main targets they are "Enemies of the free world."
Gear up in your steel plate and Weapon of choice (Recommend Skyforge steel).
"Polished and ready!"

Funny that so many of us are having fun RPing such a character.

My Paladin is Heavy Armor, 2H weapons (I use Hammers) Restoration, Archery and Smithing/Enchanting.

Smithing and Enchanting are not terribly serious.

I play Thalmor KoS, no dastardly anything, No Deadra, have to help those less fortunate. She has yet to take a side on whole Civil War thing, and as such, I try to rescue all prisoners that are being escorted by the Imperials/Stormcloaks.

Im thinking of an honorable Knight code of honor kinda thing, not sure archery fits into that. But I dunno, lotsa old mythological hero types used bows.

Good idea to think on.

Sigmar Torstein
Sigmar Fjorln
Sigmar Light-Hammer
Sigmar Lightbringer

Need a name haha.

I would just kill the dragon outside Whiterun for the quest. Then do the Stormcloak stuff. Then maybe go through the rest of the MQ. It at least lets you start using the powers.

Always wear an Amulet of Talos and be a Stormcloak, that's clear. Some certain mission in Markath involving the Forsworn could also interest you. You can also invent some sort of ceremony to do in his temples (like my (male) Warrior, which is favored by Dibella, did in Her Temple...something involving the priestess and very skimpy armor... (Tsun's one, obtained via console) ).

This is a bit of a D&D take I believe (at least I think that's where I get that from), but try to buy acquire (legally of course) a horse as soon as possible and make your character bound with it, i.e. take good care of it, protect it, make sure it doesn't die, etc. It could add an interesting layer of role playing to your character as any Paladin I've played or seen played in D&D before had a mount that they bounded with strongly.

Yeah wish I could armor a horse haha, plus make sure it stayed safe outside a dungeon or whatever. Plus why do we not have fighting from horseback?

A little team like Mount&Blade can make it work wonderfully, but not bethesda? Clearly a let down there.

Don't know.
I didn't look that much into their lore.
All I know that they are hollycrapillion years old and that everyone in Skyrim thinks they are awesome.

Also, don't wish to spoil it much, but name of a good weapon you could use is...



Archery?
I simply love when people wish to RP as some class and then they can't live with flaws of that class and have to cover them somehow.
What they don't understand is that then classes start to lose their flavor and RPing a class is pointless in that case.

I went with Dragonbane as a last name, seemed fitting

Dawnbreaker is upgradeable?!?

Im IN!

In my opinion, I think as a Paladin you should be the one who end the war without bloodshed so please read this

http://www.rarityguide.com/articles/articles/1094/1/Skyrim-Walkthrough-Part-16-Season-Unending/Page1.html

I think this should be the best way to be the Hero of Skyrim >_>? Any idea?

I'd be interested to know Talos' view on the civil war actually. I don't see it written anywhere that Talos wanted mortal worship. He could have the view that people dying for the right to worship him was stupid.

Yes and No, in general God/goddess lore they survive off of prayers, like the way pixies and fairies do (by believing in them)

No god wants bloodshed but for their very survival they need prayers.



Yes Talos did create the empire however as corrupt it is now because of the Dominion i don't see him being to proud of the very thing he created. Talos creates Empire, Empire gets wooped by Dominion, Dominion bans Talos worship, Empire decides not to side with the rebels to gain Talo's blessing... Yea don't see how that wouldn't p/o a god.

I think you've misunderstood something - paladins aren't "cheeky", speech is a strong point of a paladin but not like you say it - paladins are confident in their faith which can make them persuasive and impress people, they don't do "cheeky" attitudes.

And as I recall D&D style Paladins usually favor greatwords, I think the using a two handed hammer is a WoW lore thing.

I did wonder about that. I've seen this concept in different lores of different fantasy books/movies, but didn't know it applied to the ES universe.

Paladin 101

What is a Paladin? Since the days of Dungeons and Dragons RP, a Plaladin is a true hero to the innocent, and a true bane of anything evil, dragons, warlocks, necromancers, demons. When dealing with lesser lowlife, Paladin's should persuede them to stand down, as unnessacary bloodshed should be avoided. However, against true malevolent entitiies, they take it too the street.

What can they do? Mostly excel at psycologocal warfare (being able to persuede or intimidate), being at there best against undead foes, smiting evil (with magic/holy power or with martial prowess), reassuring and bring a glimmer, or a raging fire of hope to the victims of evil people. Rousing his followers and troops into an unrelenting force of courage.

So what skills should I use? 1h or 2h, your choice, Block, Heavy armour, Speech, Destruction, Restoration and Illusion. Smithing and enchanting would also help get and enchant the gear you want. Focus on self and target healing spells for restoration, fear and rally spells from Illusion and shock damage spells from destruction (you can chose fire and frost if you wish, but shock just sees more paladin'ish IMO) If you're goinf foe 1h and shield, load up on block perks, power bash, block runner and elemental damage are essential.

What gear? Steel Plate armour, nothing say Paladin more than a winged helmet (pity it's not open faced), shield of Ysgramor, and a good steel sword. If you're going 2h, either a Nord Hero Greatsword. Amulet of Talos.

Enchantments? Anything that boosts magicka and stamina and magic resisntance for armour, weapons, shock or fire damage.

Shouts? Unrelenting Force, Storm Calling, Marked for Death, Call Dragon and Dragonrend.

Now, Paladin, go forth and smite, fight, bring hope to the masses of Skyrim

As far as I know, yes.
Also, you might wanna ditch Conjuration in that case and pick perks needed to get Ebony Smithing.
http://skyrimcalculator.com/#18420, an updated version in case you wish to use Dawnbreaker.

And don't worry about dragons since you are melee, they land pretty often and stay long enough for you to slay them.
Also, you'll get Dragonrend shouts latter, so even that little problem will be gone.

Also, a tip about Dawnbreaker...

This is true, but until Talos himself returns....Death to the IMPERIALS (if your playing a Paladin of Talos)

I can quite imagine Talos being saddened by the fact his 'sons and daughters (Stormcloaks and Imperials) are spilling eachother's blood over the right to worship him. I think a Paladin of Talos wouldn't take sides in the civil war on Talos' orders, but take the fight directly to the Thalmor. I can very well see this becoming DLC, Skyrim's answer to Oblivions' Knights of the Nine.

Awesome thread btw

Great thread. 40+ hours in on my level 28 Nord Talos worshipper. Not quite a paladin, built first and foremost to be a humble smith caught up in great things, has evolved in to a battlemage for Talos, who sees himself as a "maker". Lots of smithing, with enchanting and conjuration fitting in nicely.

Roleplayed as a itinerant wandering hero for a long time, uncertain what to do with the gifts of the Dragonborn so he went about the land learning and helping, leaving off the main quest after High Hrothgar. Had Lydia as a steward for a long time, but reluctantly let her leave my service and guard my home after I sided with the Stormcloaks. Pretty dramatic stuff in the Battle for Whiterun, I'd say. Jarl Balgruuf is something of a father figure who sets you on your path early in the game, and then you have to turn against him. It's dark, but definitely works to add a lot of depth to the character.

I did join the Companions, but we've parted ways since they asked me to become a werewolf.

Usually fight with a 1H sword or axe, and a conjuration spell (flame atronachs connected to the forge's fire, I figure), switching to restoration or occasionally a shield if the melee is too intense. Ebony armor makes for a great look for a Talos worshipper.

If I build up as 2h Paladin... >_> uh... Athas? LOL I wanna look like him darn cool

no offensive magic only self or healing u may banish undead and daedra no others