I think everyone has a few characters which they threw in the bin after just a little while (or if you're seriously unlucky, you had to trash a developed one) so I figured, why not make a thread dedicated to these characters? Perhaps even the character didn't work for you, but someone else may find it interesting and adopt that character

My first failed character was actually my first character ever LOL, it was a Breton mage inspired by my Mage in Oblivion. What I didn't count on was Destruction magic not being nearly as effective as Oblivion's, but I carried on, after all, a challenge keeps things interesting. What I didn't count on was that if I killed a chicken, the Civil War, the Great War and the return of the dragons would all be put on a quick haitus so that the residents of Tamriel could reign down death upon me. Time. And time. Again. I got fed up and deleted the character and started again as a Nord

I am trying my darndest to think of a failed character, but I'm surprised to find I haven't had any in Skyrim. I've had at least three in Oblivion though.

Perhaps a thread should be made there? I can hardly ever come up with good Oblivion characters, maybe you'll provide the inspiration

The thought crossed my mind, Anglo. Yeah, I might do that.

I've had really good luck making female characters in Oblivion, but have had a couple failed males. Overall I've made 4 females for every 1 male in that game. In Skyrim it's the opposite; I've got more males than females. No fails in Skyrim though, not yet anyway.

If by "failed" you mean abandoned early on, that would've been the Nord I made, in a moment of madness.

I never liked stereotypes in Oblivion, there was no way I would like them in Skyrim. That character, was a mistake.

I don't think I've ever had a failed character, or maybe I'm misunderstanding the concept. I've had a lot of abandoned characters. This usually happens because for one reason or another I lose interest in the character. Sometimes it's because I have another too-similar but more interesting character. And I never delete my characters, unless they die in a dead-is-dead attempt. So I can always go back and rejoin them at a later time, and I often do.