What are some of the memories you have of your first Morrowind character?

Here's mine... the year is 2003, I just got the Platinum bestseller edition for the Xbox from my Dad as a gift, and I was hooked. My first character's name is not something I can remember right now, probably was my real name, but I remember being a bald Imperial. I literally chose the starting face from the Imperial race, because I was then clueless as to character customization. I did think the bald aspect of my character was cool though, it reminded me of Agent 47 from the Hitman series, and I basically went into playing the game trying to find work as an assassin, a contract killer for hire. Well, I eventually became more of an adventurer than a hired killer, and I even went on to complete the game about a year or two from when I first started.

I remember my first impression of Morrowind's game world was the feeling of instant immersion, and that everything around me felt real. Morrowind may appear dated nowadays, but to me, it was then one of the most impressive games graphically. I have been playing it on and off for several years, up to Oblivion's release, in which I shifted my focus toward that. I did still play Morrowind from time to time though.

I was 14 years old when i first played morrowind,i think my first character was a nord mage, i dont remember much of all things i did back than , but overall i just wondered around,explored the world while being confused with the amount of quests,lore and information this game brought to me.
I remember doing some silly things as going under trees and houses,while raining,gathering followers from many side quests and leaving them at my stronghold so it would look more lively,sleeping on a top of the mountain so creatures wouldnt attack me etc...

It was one of the first days in August 2004 when I installed Morrowind and started to play it. The graphic blew me away since the best looking game I've seen until that time was Deus Ex.

It was that same year that I first played D&D as well and I wanted to recreate my Halfling rogue in Morrowind. There weren't any Halflings in MW and the two stealthy races were Khajiits and Wood Elves. I didn't want to play some stupid cat so Wood Elf it was. For some reason all the male faces were ugly, but I found a reasonably good looking female one so I went with that. For birthsign I picked shadow because it sounded ideal for a stealthy thief, only to later discover how useless it was. I selected custom class:

Name: Shadow Thief (very original)
Specialization: Stealth
Attributes: Agility and Speed

Major skills:
- Marksman
- Light Armor
- Sneak
- Security
- Speechcraft

Minor skills:
- Acrobatics
- Athletics
- Mercantile
- Short Blade
- Illusion

All things considered, it was a pretty good character. llusion was a waste of a skill slot, but I started with 50 in Marksman, 45 in Sneak, and 60 Agility & Speed. I did rather well in combat, though of course I died several times.

For example I remember the first time I came across a daedric ruin. I sneaked closer and saw a strange white-grey creature with some purple energy inside (a Storm Atronach). And naturally my first thought was "I wonder if I can kill that." So I sneak closer and stab it with my trusty Steel Wakizashi. "Your weapon has no effect." "What? Oh [censored]! It's angry! Argh! I'm dead!"

Anyway, back to earliest memories. I gave Fargoth his ring, bought some Chitin gear from Arrille and then took the Silt Strider to Balmora. It was so big. I talked to the driver and he gave me the tourist information, but it was still a bit confusing. But once I manged to orientate myself I quickly found Caius. I joined all three guilds (Mages, Fighters, and Thieves) but then I went back to Seyda Neen.

I remember having to reload several times in Addamsartus. The mage was pretty brutal, though I could handle the other two well enough. I did the local quests then I went exploring along the souther shore. I went as far as Vivec, but something about it frightened me. It looked like a series of fortresses and I was afraid that some kind of guards would spot me and kill me. So I went back.

I remember running into that highwayman who wanted a kiss. Then I went further north towards Balmora. Didn't have any issues, but one of my later trips was quite memorable. The first time I walked through the foyada near Fort Moonmoth I remember thinking that that was the sort of area where I didn't want to walk through during the night. And on my second trip from Seyda Neen to Balmora it was night. And a storm came up. And I took a wrong turn so instead of moving towards Balmora I was moving towards Red Mountain. Fun times! and it was during that trip that I first saw an Alit.

I also remember how I was looking through the crates in the Balmora temple and there was a magic item. Oh boy! But then for some reason I had to reload and when I got to the crate again the item wasn't there. Oh, the disapointment I felt.

I remember collecting Petty Soulgems because I thought they were valuable. I also remember the frist time I had 10.000 gold. I felt so rich! I would eventually get to 1.6 million gold.

The first time I entered the Red Mountain area was when I escorte Viatrix whatshername to the shrine. I didn't linger for long, I got out as quickly as I could.

I broke into the Hlaalu vault and looted it. I was so happy with my new glass armor. But then as reward for my next Hlaalu quest I got half a suit of Glass armor and suddenly I felt a bit bad.

I remember my first visit to Hla Oad. I picked up Rabinna and followed the signs to Balmora. Of course that was the long way around. I got lost in the swamp and while I could handle myself, Rabinna couldn't. Found Hlormaren, but didn't explore it. Found an ancestral tomb and thought it would be shelter. But as it turns out the shelter already had residents. There were two people inside and they charged at me the moment they saw me. When they came closer I saw they were vampires so I turned around and ran back out.

Later, when i was level 25 I bought myself a nice Steel Crossbow and a bunch of silver arrows and made my way back to that tomb. Eat silver, bloodsvcking scum! :chaos:

I'd write more, but I don't have the time right now. Maybe later.

She didn't get all that far (it took a couple years for me to focus on the main quest enough to actually beat it <_< ), but my very first character was a spear-preferring Nord Barbarian (though I think I remember trying out swords and hammers with her as well - yes, using spears with a class that didn't have that as a major or minor skill was stupid, shut up. ). There are a few nice bits I remember - getting a nice view of the game's graphics my first time out of the boat... running across a guar along the road from Seyda Neen to Balmora, thinking it was kind of cute in a reptilian sort of way (and being scared out of my wits when it attacked after I got too close)... walking into Balmora and realising just what the game could do to make a town look real... whew. Defenitely got me hooked, and took away any lingering disappointment I might have had in expecting it to be more like Daggerfall.

As hard as it is to believe, I actually did play a couple of other characters before I conceived of the one who stars in my fanfic blog. My very first one was a female Nord Archer. Normally I go right to Wood Elf characters but those black insect-like eyes on the Wood Elf vanilla heads creeped me out.

The Nord archer, whose name I can't remember, didn't make it very far. She got lost on her way out of Seyda Neen and wandered along the Bitter Coast. She ended up taking a nap and woke up when she was being attacked by a rat and a Dark Brotherhood assassin. She killed the assassin but ended up being killed by the rat. At that point I was feeling quite frustrated with the game that I would eventually come to love.

Shortly after I exited the game, my husband told me about the Better Bodies/Better Heads mods and showed me how to install them. Leaving my poor Nord lying dead in the Bitter Coast, I made a Wood Elf mage/archer hybrid. Her angular face and shoulder-length wavy hair were not as pretty as those found in face and hair packs I would install later but she looked much better than if I had just used the vanilla heads and hair.

That mage/archer went on to complete the main quest, went over to Mournhold and got stomped by a goblin in the sewers. And I left her there.

A while later the character who I would end up playing for years began to take form.

Hmmm...Interesting thread. This is the first time I've thought of those two short-term characters in a long time. I wonder if they are still lying there in the Bitter Coast/Mournhold sewers. **ponders** Nah, I'm sure they were each eaten by rats a long time ago.

When I first played, I was a wood elf with not so long hair and completely black eyes. It took me a while to realize I was shorter than others which was frustrating at first but after playing Morrowind for a while, I found it more adventurous than the other races. Anyways, I remember having the steed as my constellation sign. Also I was stealing from other peoples' houses as much as I could so I could sell my wares and get richer. I went even so far as to kill traders and get everything in their shops and sell everything they had except the things I wanted from their shops to get my money up even more for great items in other shops or training or spells.

I got confused between Vivec and Ebonheart. Not sure how, but when I left one and came to the other, somehow I didn't recognize the difference in structure....

My first character got killed a lot, an awful lot. When I finally killed all those dudes in that 'club' place and got me a home, I was finally on my way. That was way back from now.

I started as a Nord Knight, didn't follow Caius Cossades' advice, and jumped right into the main quest. So at level 12 I ended up inside the Ghost Fence charging up Red Mountain to find myself getting slaughtered over and over by the same Ascended Sleeper. It was at that point I noticed I hadn't even explored half the map yet and said to myself, "I bet I'm missing some stuff I should have done before coming here." At the time I had no idea just how much I had skipped and I still laugh at myself every time a new character passes through that area.

Bald Imperial Knight, bravely went into the ruin outside of Seyda Neen and was killed by that mage [censored]

Are you talking about the character who didn't understand what Fargoth was trying to make very obvious, followed by going into Arrille's Tradehouse and trying to pick up an item to take it to the counter? The one who died in a hail of magic and flying fists?

Hell if I can remember that. I got the game for review, and did 4 pages on it--unheard of, at that time. It's since become more common, if not everyday.

My first character was an orc battlemage i believe on the GOTY edition for xbox i don't remember what i had bought as his equipment but he ended up with ebony armor which since then i have not got ebony armor for any other character also i forgot the name of him.

My very first character was either an Imperial or Breton. I guess he was Breton. I just chose something that I thought most looks like me. I had no idea what I was supposed to pick from the skills list, so I just chose something. I don't remember much, but he never got far. I wasn't ready to play the game yet.

After half a year or something like that I started a lady Bosmer named Levianor. It was with her that I tried to shoot the silt strider because I thought it's an oversized monster. She was good with a bow - or is, I think I still have her on a flash drive. Should look at her one time to see how badly I constructed her.

She remained mainly in Balmora, had a base in Luck Lockup. All the things she didn't carry she left there. She joined Mages Guild, House Hlaalu and The Blades. Some quests were ver hard the first time round, like going to that Dwemer ruin and retrieve the box. I spent literally months finding the box there - I never noticed the upper level. Getting to the ruin was hard in itself, the caster on the bridge was very hard for her. Once he finally fell after a few dozen tries, it felt very rewarding.

I remember her getting the necessary Hlaalu quests done to get to Crassus, who send her to Caldera to serve Odral Helvi.

I remember her defeating Dagoth Ur in the end. o.O She went through the whole main quest, and I don't even remember much of it. Except that I [censored] my pants before every single dungeon, and sometimes even on my way there. I disliked being exposed in the wilderness, and I almost feared dungeons! Always feared what was going to come. And that lighting and bizarre voices... They still kinda frighten me.

Aahh... that name alone brings me back to the good ol′ days. Talk about immersive game :foodndrink: :twirl:

Well what can I say? Only made one character and not that long ago either. Was an Oblivion veteran before I got Morrowind so it really didn′t blow me away. Still liked it though, it was nice to explore an entirely new area with all-new (for me) people and animals and stuff to do. Different weapons, magic handled differently and not to mention silt striders!
Later on I took on Solstheim where my Nord still resides in Thirsk, waiting for me to return once again...

Bosmer archer named "Legolas".


Yeah... I'm not too proud of it either.

My first character was Imperial heavy fighter, back in 2005 when I was 13. I was, of course, unfamiliar with the game and I have chosen some wrong skills, completely not needed for that char like Enchanting and Axe, and probably Spear. I remember getting killed by a rat at Red Mountain, doing main quest, finding Ice Blade of The Monarch and things like that. Eh, good old timea, I wish my Morrowind-related memories get wiped so I could truly experience it again.

I remember my first character was an orc. I don't remember his name or class, but he was an orc. The very first thing that impressed me about the game was the sheer amount of items there were. I remember that first room in the excise office with all the tutorial items. I was so excited that I could take pretty much anything that wasn't bolted down and take it anywhere I wished. On my first character, I remember finding Keening without doing the main quest and wondering why this weapon killed me when I tried to use it. So I kept it as a trophy in my house. I also remember running to Ghostgate with all the cliffracers after me and then, once there, trying to steal all that wonderful glass armor. Good times. ^_^

I made a redguard because they had the most long blade points and I wanted to make a fighter. no clue what the name was. but i was just blown away by the detail of the game.

Ohh the memories...

I had a dark elf spellsword with the shadow birthsign, I remember thinking "invisibility 1/day, sounds worthless but I'm probably underestimating it, I bet its really good later on." I didn't know that merchants re-stocked their gold, so I thought there was a limited amount of money available in the game.

A friend of mine told me about the console and god mode, because I was bad at the game I always had god mode on.

I gave fargoth the ring when he asked for it, but when he didn't reward me, I claimed that "he stole my ring!" and killed him, it took several tries though because my fatigue was low. Oddly enough the guards didn't notice.

I remember walking past fort moonmoth, I saw the sign pointing to ghostgate, and started walking that way, and then an ash storm started and I got scared and ran away.

That's all I remember, other than that I saw that my character svcked with only 40 magicka, and how worthless the shadow really was, so I restarted. I don't remember my second character.