Sven can go jump off the throat of the world. Faendal is my choice.

In all seriousness, Faendal.

I mean, Sven still lives with his mother...

Well, erm, no. But his grey hair and lined face suggest it (elves live long in TES, so I take 200 in elf years as late middle age). Although since you will be hard pressed to find a male character in Skyim that looks under the age of 40, this could be deceptive.

I marry her quite frequently - having access to the riverwood trader at home is quite convenient.

Occasionally, I pick Faendal as a Steward just because he's available. Of course I let him watch.

Anyay - Sven is probably the only character in Skyrim that's even more useless than Nazeem.

That is so corny. You should write Hallmark cards.

My impression, having done both sides a couple of times, is that Camilla's interests appear to lay more with Sven than they do Faendal. So, Sven wins.

I already feel sorry for her.

What was that about Bretons?

In Tamriel, children take on all genetic traits of their mother unless there are yearsb of interbreeding (Bretons). Also, the whole 200 year old thing isn't that creepy as Mer mature at a much slower rate than humans, making him for all intents and purposes around the same age.

Get a letter from one of them, take it to the other, they will take the first letter and ask you to deliver theirs instead. Pickpocket back the first letter and turn in both to Camilla.

a redguard

because once u go red

I say something like that, except with the Empire. Once you go crimson, you don't go back.

Also is your emblem....a bear Kratos? lol

indeed a bear kratos

once u go red... why would u want anything else

well... i think one would visit ur cloud district very often

Faendal is a badass, plain and simple. Whenever he's my follower, he kills half of Skyrim, while Sven is killed on his first mage battle in my experience. Faendal also has the added bonus of not living with his mommy.

Neither. They're both lying, conniving bastards.

Sven seems like a dou-chebag, really.

Faendal will leave your service if he sees you attack Thalmor, so Sven always gets the woman.

Faendal Lives like a man he should get someone better then Camilla.

He does?! Wow, I didn't think they had faction allegiances like that.

He doesn't. Followers have a tollerance level. Faendal has 0 tollerance for any crime and will turn on you or leave if he sees you commit one.

So I guess if you attack the Thalmor first then it's a crime.

If you use archery then go with faendal. You can pay him the gold for archery training. After you do the training ask him to join you and look in his inventory

Sven is also a little fairy boy... I would have killed him if his mother didn't seem to depend on his uselessness.

that's not what the op was asking.

you silly goose.

Neither. You can accept both of their quests and pickpocket the letter back when one of them takes the opposites letter away. You can then turn in both of the letters to Carlotta so she will dislike them both. This was probably unintended because the dialogue is the same and it also makes both Sven and Faendal dislike you. You can still go back to one of them though and tell them you ousted the other person even though you ousted them both, and it will change their reputation from negative to positive and you get a follower of your choice. So Camilla hates both of them and one of them likes you.