About the whole thing is that during the time I have been visiting, the girls have been Pseudo-Jap Hentai Death Soldiers, nvde Barbarian Warriors, straight up rogues and thieves, dodgy merchandise saleswomen, adventurers and explorers, and we are STILL exploring, and STILL changing and there is more to be got out of this game than any other I've played.
(Even if it is a *touch* crashy)...

Quite a game, huh? Lothran′s done his share of exploring as well, but now it′s more about upholding the connections he has to his friends and favorite places. As well as guarding Bruma, when he feels he should help out

It is awesome.

Yeah, I never know what's coming next. For me, it's one strange character after another, biting off a chunk of game and running with it. There are so many different roads you can take, and so many different ways of looking at it...

So lately I'm bouncing from the extremes of the angry murderer/cutthroat Etta, to the innocent feral wood elf (Wild Elf), to the naive but incredibly dangerous Kara Whey (a student/battlemage who uses no weapons, always obeys authority, has very low Health, but has the ability to create custom Destruction spells on the fly.)

In the past few years, I've traveled with:

Fortja, who was the Nord Knight Crusader of the Nine, Champion of Cyrodiil, Archmage, Arena Champion, and Master of the Fighter's Guild.

Paxelle, who, without ever killing anything, became the Hero of Kvatch, closed nearly a dozen Oblivion Gates, and won her way into the Arcane University.

Martine, who was cursed by Sheogorath to never be able to use anything which was not freely given to her, and who ultimately raised the curse by becoming Sheogorath.

Desdaemone, who used no magic, weapon, or armor except that which she Conjured.

Linaea, a water nymph, who lives in Lake Rumare.

Melodia, the traveling Altmer Alchemist. (Sinderion doesn't know how lucky he is.)

And my strangest character (and one who shall return again...) Echo, the hapless dead-is-never-dead-enough heroine, who is cursed to be resurrected over and over, with a completely random set of skills and attributes, a vague memory of that which came before, and a story that has yet to be completed or understood. (Echo is the only person in Cyrodiil to have noticed that there are no children, for example. Nobody believes her when she tells them. They think she's crazy.)

...And dozens of other characters I can't think of at the moment. I'm grateful to them all.

Can′t help notice there glargg, you have only female characters amongst those you listed. Have you never had a male?

Ohhh, where do I start....



Monroe, my Khajiit shadow, the character who got me into Oblivion since I dreamed about him before creating him, he found everything to be a game, he also felt nothing, which was creepy when I played as him...*shivers*...he vanished when he entered the realm of madness.. He used the Bow, coupled along with a dagger and several poisons! He will also kill, well anyone that looked at him the wrong way.

Kent, My Orc CoC, was a waterfall of emotions, after a certain event happened he would lock himself in his house and drink his sorrow away, he got better! He was also my first Warrior

Grell, my elderly Nord Paladin, he was simple and was the character who would not loot a thing from human bodies, instead he would position them in a peaceful way, lay their weapons next to them and say a prayer.

Tobias; My redguard! Ah, never entered cities, lived off the wild, and had a pile of 20+ dead imperial soldiers at his doorstep any given day, also used the bow, and was always shirtless!

Fawkes, my Orc mage, I played him so much! He was my experimenter! His room was filled with magic related stuff, and he spends his days creating all kinds of magic! He is the person who you would thank for making the magic text book you are carrying.

Jericho, well he is the reason why I'm still finding myself playing Oblivion xD

There are WAY more, but I'm sleepy.

Yes, but most of them haven't turned out interesting enough to register on my long-term memory. Or my long-term memory isn't as long as it used to be...

I had one Male Morrowind character who was a lot of fun. His name was "Lucky Lucius," and he was an Imperial rogue-type.

I had an Oblivion character named "Humperdincus" a couple of years ago; he was an up-tight, humorless fellow who completed the Knights of the Nine. I had a lot of laughs with that character, as he was so absurdly "noble."

And then last year, I brought Fargoth to Cyrodiil.

I've been playing PC games since the late 1970s. Most of those games have male protagonists, and are designed around a young-male "world view." I always found it refreshing when a game gave me a choice, and I found that choosing female characters opened up a new perspective for me. Since the days of Baldur's Gate, I nearly always create female main characters when the option is available.

...And, of course, since I play in 3rd Person as much as possible, there's the matter of who I'd rather be looking at for two hours at a time, but that's another story...

That′s absurd in itself, a character with that name who has no humor!

All hail Fargoth, the new Emperor!

I guess you have to make your characters look like your wife then, unless you want trouble in paradise

The poor guy gets no respect. I mean, put him in a suit of armor, and you have...uh...Maglir. ...Oh.


She doesn't confuse my game playing with anything important. She just rolls her eyes, and asks me when I'm planning to take out the garbage!

Upon which you answer, "I′ll just throw it into this Oblivion gate"

If only it were that easy.

My first epic character was Severus Snape. For over 700 hours we traveled together on his scholarly explorations. Severus was a social misfit; cynical and arrogant on the outside, he secretly wanted to be accepted and respected by others. He had a lifelong crush on Falana Hlaluu. I can still hear his clipped and cultured voice making some pithy comment about the lowball offer some merchant made for his high value loot.

The second was Sarrah; the girl next door. Sarrah's frustration at wanting to find love and only finding violence eventually sent her into manic-depressive mood swings. Sarrah loved dramatic things like elegant dresses, daedric armor, and Benirus Manor in Anvil. Sarrah was a prankster, and very creative. She invented dozens of mini-games. She took her frustration out on the Daedra. With over 500 hours, she died in an Oblivion plane when a Dremora Archer's arrow sent her sliding off a bridge into a lava flow.

Angel is a child prodigy Mage. She has never worn armor or carried a shield. She has a gentle nature and makes heavy use of illusion magic to avoid having to kill whenever possible. Of course it isn't always possible. At those times, she is an elemental destructive force. She has tremendous curiosity and is the first character I have ever had (including Daggerfall and Morrowind) that joined the Theives Guild. She's not really a thief but she likes to trespass out of curiosity and she sometimes peeks in people's pockets just to see what they are carrying. I don't visit her as much as I used to but we have spent over 300 hours wandering the forests, towns, marshes, meadows and mountains of Cyrodiil.

So many good ideas in this thread. It's overwhelming. IN a good way, of course. A lot of these characters I didn't even know about.

The memorable characters for me have been the ones that I created to go against the grain.

Blossom, the Orc who maxed out Personality, from a start of 25, which is the lowest starting stat on the books. She also maxed Speechcraft and Mercantile to get there. She didn't like wearing armor, so all defense came from rings, amulets and a circlet (mod-added) with enchantments.

Salacia, who used Restoration as her main offense, and would never use a weapon (although I did give her a drained staff for a while to block with, as the stupid game won't let you use a shield on its own). Another no-armor build, as she really needed that 100% spell effectiveness.

I don't really remember much about Primo, the default male Imperial I tried the game out with. He was a sword-and-board Jack of all trades, and did all the quest lines, and found all the "places". He never really developed a personality, other than blandness.