Seriously, the border runs right through the middle of my village. I was the way across town to pick up some horseshoes from the blacksmith when those imperial bastards came through and picked me up for illegally crossing the border.

They tried to execute me because I walked across town. WTF

I was escaping TES IV: Oblivion!

A Bosmer down in Valenwood asked me to bring him the Holy Fork that contains a strong magical power and is supposed to be located somewhere in Skyrim. I'm wandering around looking for leads.

In short my Argonian grew up in Black Marsh, moved to Leyawiin and ended up in a gambling debt with some Khajiit smugglers, to repay this debt he was forced to accompany a Khajiit caravan up to Skyrim that was packing Skooma and other wares, he crossed the border and got caught in an imperial ambush in which the Khajiit caravan died but he was captured.

Wandering merc. Wandered into the wrong place.

I crossed with Ri'saad and his caravans, unfortunately I got caught in an ambush while hunting for a meal.

Chasing a dragon that stole my parents.

Kinda abadoned that though.

You put some thought into that. I like that :thumbsup:

My Dunnmer, was trying to leave, he didn't feel welcome in this land.

My Bosmer, was escaping from a, rather messy affair, with a nobles wife.

My Altmer, was chasing down the Nord who stole his horse.

My character was hit on the head and has amnesia. He had to make up a name for some guard in some little town. He has no recollection of the Skyrim civil war or any of the Tamriel history of the last 200 years. He has no idea who this Stormcloak guy is, who the Thalmor are, and does not know anything about the war between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion.

my character was racist and feeling out of place in cyrodil, so he went to skyrim so he could gripe about elves amongst friends.

:biggrin:

My Orc Garosh gro-Helskrim used to live on a planet called Azeroth, and he touched a little Blood Elf child and is now on the run. :run: :sadvaultboy:

Ulfric stole my sweetroll. The heartless bastard. :nope:

I was just hiking in the mountains and didnt realize I was that close to the border.

Why is it illegal to cross the border though? Skyrim is a protectorate of Cyrodiil, at least in theory, right? Should be free to pass.

Like most Argonians born under the sign on the Shadow, My character was raised by the Dark Brotherhood to be a Shadowscale. However after he came of age he started to notice that the Dark Brotherhood was falling, and fast, so he decided to fake his death and start a new life. He lived in Cyrodiil (Where the sanctuary he lived most of his life was located) for a few more years but he couldn't get used to normal life. One day as he was heading to work at the Blacksmith he heard of someone who lived near by who has been trying to contact the DB for a few days. He thought this meant the the Brotherhood had fallen and decided to seek this person out to try to get the contract off of them to do himself. The person wanted a women assassinated, they had angered this women and she had a lot of connections so they fled to Cyrodiil to keep them selves safe but they wanted to return to their family in Skyrim. On his way to Skyrim he happened to get caught in an imperial ambush and was being taken to his execution.

Just trying to get away from my nagging wife.
Figured a war raved country would be better.
Sorry for lack of imagination

My nord was the border guard..... The Imperials were going for the "No witnesses left" message...

My argonian sticked a note on a guard's back wich said "kick me" but he didn't know the guard will later patrol near a giant's camp

Always interesting to see other people's characters and role play

My first Skyrim char is my main from Oblivion, Ekal a wood elf (female). Loving the world of Nirn so much, she accepts the Dragonborn's fate and is reincarnated to save the day once again. She crosses the border because she is after the Thalmor in Skyrim, but ends up by mistake on the wrong side of her map, thus ending in the Imperial trap.


Trait - very quiet, enjoys tranquility and wandering in the forests. A bit savage; she will destroy whatever she judges evil or a threat to good.
WOC - katana, or any unique one handed blade.
Armor - light, not too covering while not too exposing. Like the Falmer armor (her fave).
Likes - Cheese. Soon, all cheeses of Skyrim will be stolen.
Companion - she is waiting to find her companion and soul-mate Aleph (can't wait for the Creation Kit) because she knows he will join the "mortal experience".
Eyes - Red
Hair - Black
Actions - Killes Alduin. Saved Paarthurnax and warned the Blades she would kill them if their paths crossed again. Destroyed the dark brotherhood. Sneaky, but not interested in the thieves guild. Hates some of the Daedra, but loves others (like Sanguine and Azura). Is Azura's champion.

Second char:
Zorlix. High elf, male. Had a huge dispute with his racist family (he is not racist) and left everything - the easy life, the wealth, for freedom. He fled to Skyrim. Sadly, he was caught crossing the border a bit drunk (hey, a man has to drink and eat whatever he finds, when hungry and thirsty).

Trait - Eager to fight for a cause, especially for injustice towards races. Violent when in a brawl. Sneaky. Polite with polite people. Can lose control sometimes, but he works hard so this doesn't happen.
WOC - aggers, bows.
Armor - light.
Likes - finishing tasks, being busy, helping others, stealing from the rich, dark elves in particular (he finds them strong).
Companion - Janessa.
Eyes - Amber
Hair - Black
Actions - Thieves Guild. Stormcloacks (though he is still not sure this was right). Is going to see the Grey beards soon. Married to Janessa.

I was crossing that damned road to buy pot from my favourite Nord pusher!! (XD)

I actually have a bit of a back story for my current character. Haven't really had that before in TES games. (Odd, I know.)

My Redguard is aspiring to be the best Swordsman on the continent. Originally being brought up in Elsweyr he started traveling the world in order to hone his skills.
Eventually this adventure brought him to seek challenges in Skyrim.

There he got mistaken for assisting the Stormcloaks. Wrong place, wrong time.

free healthcare

I left Cyrodiil looking for excitement and adventure. For a year i'd heard many great things about Skyrim, and wanted a piece of the action. How disappointing it turned out to be...

He's a Shadowscale, was crossing the border in order to get to the last remaining Dark Brotherhood sanctuary in Tamriel.