Okay, so I plan to play a Breton and a Nord character. I have a bit of a backstory with the Breton: They (have not decided on gender) are a minor noble from High Rock. They had to leave when their home was destroyed by a rival family, killing their entire family (Elder sibling and parents included). They spent a few years with a family friend in Cyrodiil at a priory/church in Cyrodiil. That is all I know on the Breton for now and have nothing on the Nord.

Problem is I have nothing because they have no build for them, maybe I will make more of a backstory for them when I know what to do.

here is an idea for the Breton but it might only work if you have already been playing the game a while and know the ropes. I have a fun character that is a conjuration/archer/melee/alteration dynamo. At first she wore some light armor and started using a bow (noble girls often practice archery) as she wanted something to use from a distance, and started using a sword. She developed her skills and graduated to using bound bow, dual wielding bound sword, and utilizing summons and her swordmaiden. I think she also uses Illusion but can't remember offhand.

This could work, but then the Nord would have to be a warrior-type with support magics (maybe frost destruction).

So are you wanting the playstyle and backstory to be tied together?

Yeah, makes it easier to build the character when the playstyle/build fits the story for the character.

I played an Imperial build that could fly just fine as a Nord. The character was based on the folkloric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(ghost) (and had a matching "reaper" archetype), with the backstory being that he was a Vigilant who was ambushed by a group of vamps and werewolves working together to hunt Stendarr's own. The werewolves turned him, then they killed him, and the vamps bound his soul back to his dead body, so he was both undead, and a werewolf. Kind of an ultimate spit-in-your-face for a Vigilant. Instead of becoming a monster, he commits himself to serve forever. He played with some Illusion, Alteration for armor, and used battleaxes. The perk calc is in my sig.