I'm going with a sword & shield Imperial (maybe since the Empire is declining he tried to sneak into Skyrim from Cyrodiil?).

I think combat is fun that way, and the trailer made me realize I will have dragons breathing fire at me

How did I manage to fail and post this in Oblivion? *facepalm*

Closing this as you made http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1190082-what-will-your-first-character-be-like/page__view__findpost__p__17679336