is it your first play? then take the assassin. it's as easy to play as a well armored orc (would not choose the nord) and you get rich quite soon.
if it's not your first play... i played these characters recently (and still play them while switching between the chars every couple of days): a khajiit concubine with a handy dagger, some illusion and speechcraft, an evil nord shaman - some kind of destruction casting frysehag, a medium armored orc shield maiden, a breton runaway slave.
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/MGEScreenshot25.png
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/MGEScreenshot80.png
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/ahmerra3.jpg
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/nyome013.jpg
i also had some classical chars with mod-races like an unseen-assassin.
http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/mwscreen/MGEScreenshot35-1.png
hope this will help your inspiration.