I'm thinking about taking a single character through Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. Not necessarily doing the main quests for all these games, just playing in each game until it makes sense for the character to move on.

So there's only a few years that separate MW from OB . Then it's 200 years from OB to Skyrim. Given that, I'm thinking race should probably be some kind of Mer - leaning towards Dunmer.

The hard part is thinking about playstyle. I'd want this character to not be such a badass that he would feel that starting off in each new game is totally beneath him. If he's a power-hungry Telvanni mage, for example, that would be cool in Vvardenfell, but then why does he bother heading to Cyrodiil and rooting around in caves or forts?

I basically want a character/playstyle that I can justify a continuous sense of exploration.

Anyone else done this? Any ideas?