So, after outleveling Faendal and relegating him to Steward (he's too cool to just leave in Riverwood), and getting tired of J'zargo's weak spells (although his durability was great), my girlfriend asked me what other followers there were, and I looked on my phone. She's level 48, so the options are limited in terms of leveling.

Requirements? She wanted someone that exceeds the level cap and preferably an archer or mage, but would rather have a mage.

I got one... he doesn't exceed the level cap, but he has a very high level cap (60).

Teldryn Sero

She gave him Miraak's Sword and Miraak's Staff (as well as the Sanguine Rose that he occasionally uses). Needless to say, he's awesome! Perhaps my new favorite follower. Unique dialogue, unique appearance, actually having default armor that is good for him, he's just plain awesome. He uses decent spells, mainly fire with some ice, and I have seen him use Flame Wall (unless it was a glitch). His damage output is great, and he dual wield's Miraak's gear and is good in pretty much any combat situation. He's not quite as durable as J'zargo in full enchanted ebony, but his damage output and overall cool personality makes up for it.

Anyone else used him? What are your opinions?

Illia is good with frost magic.

You should be worried. Your girlfriend will soon have a huge crush on Teldryn and claim she would marry him instantly should she ever be mysteriously transported to Skyrim.

Jokes aside. Teldryn IS awesome. Good fighter, good dialogue (even a bit of a backstory), and (as an extra bonus for Dunmer fans like myself) it doesn't exactly hurt to look at him.

Murcurio was always the mage I rolled with he did some really high damage spells and with Miraak's gear and super awesome staff's he turns into a monster mage that steals all your kills.

You've finally discovered him...

Only follower I ever use now except for Frea when I do DB full quest.

I love Teldryn. Beth did a great job with him. His voice acting his great, his lines are great, and he's useful. I got really entranced when he told me his story the first time. I was on the edge of my couch.

I picked up this guy after my last one "broke." Unfortunately for me, he can kill things faster than I can. I gave him good gear too, that probably doesn't hurt. So I think he is enough protection for me to change from being an archer to a mage.

There was one time when I travelled back to Solthsteim and he was missing. I went back and found him in the Raven Rock jail cell. It was very strange.

Ha, nice. That's pretty cool from a RP standpoint.

Anywho, I used Marcurio. He's okay if you don't mind his cockiness or friendly fire. But T.S. is just more interesting to me