Not actually sure about any of this so far, but I voted according to the most likely.

Altmer or Breton (stats & appearances yet to be revealed so...)
Focused on completing the story for the (or one of, as it may yet be) er satz Mages' Guild
Pure Mage
Not answering the morals question. Morals are too subjective.
Male

I like Mages, and my last Oblivion character evolved in ways I wouldn't have expected. I wonder how this game will do.

Race - Redguard

Focus - Whatever takes my interest.

Archetype - Mix: Combat/Stealth

Naughty or Nice - Nuetral. Even I don't know what I'm going to do next.

Gender - Male

Going for an agile warrior type class, able to ambush the first unsuspecting foe before going toe to toe with the rest.

Son i am disapopint. Thor was the son of Odin, hence "Thor Odinsson" or Thór óeinson if you will (and if u can read that) in good ancient norse.

As for me

Race: Nord
Archetype: Combat/Magic combination (combat oriented)
Naughty or Nice: Mostly naughty, but with a good side! (I like killing things and i like the dark brotherhood)
Gender: Female

Name: Not so sure.

Why?: I played through morrowind and oblivion just like that and i'll play through skyrim like that (Tradition) also because women are pretty and they have boobs you can look at and you don't have to be bored to do that! but depending on how much roleplay value the game will have i may end up playing as a male at some point. (ofc i haven't played a male in the elder scrolls series since i was playing argonians in morrowind) i just hope that you'll be able to make male characters look fierce enough like a damned berserker in this game... otherwise i'll never play one.

Race: Breton (I just always play Breton for my first run -shrug-)
Focus: Completing the Main Quest (I'd like to see the story before it's too prevalent over the interwebs)
Archetype: Battlepriest (Mainly healing focus with a bit of blunt weaponry tossed in for good measure)
Naughty or Nice: A Hero! (Again, going through the main quest, though I shalst be weary of Khajiit. Those damn cats got me tossed in jail!)
Gender: Male
Name: I literally just make one up on the fly.

The one thing I am 100% about is that it wont be a Jack of all trades.

My Oblivion character was one of them. Did not touch the game in years after that misstake.

I am on my first run through Morrowind, doing main, imperial legion and mages. Love it to bits and planning my next run while I play.

Topic in hand.

Male Nord warrior blade. Main and fighters. Will do what I feel right and have fun doing it.

Breton Battlemage
though i was a bit confused by what your opitions in Allignment and Purpose.

I generally play my first character as an extension of myself, ie do what I feel like and how I feel like it. So poor old Warnard won't have a purpose, other than to be my avatar.

My first character is myself with "improvements", so that I can survive. So, an old, wiley woman with high endurance who is heavy into alchemy.

Probably do the same as in Oblivion, it was a a fun build, depending on whether the game has choices like in FO3/NV or if it has a singular path like Oblivion I might create another character afterwards.

But first character is a female Bosmer that specializes in archery, stealth, daggers and some magic on the side to complement it, will probably play it neutral, some "evil" stuff here and some "good" stuff there.

Next character after that will likely be mage with lots of support skills but no daggers/bows/blunt or sword weapons for her.
Might be an Argonian.
Will likely be "evil" or go for the darker side of quest resolutions.

Khajiit
Steal Everything
Stealth/Magic
Evil
Male
Name:Dar'Randrii

I was enraged when i saw all the Nord Bandwagoners, Saw that stealing everything was 3rd from the bottom. and saw Nuaghty was last except for the IDK's. then I was placated because i saw khajiit had more votes than bosmer and altmer. then i was further Enraged when this guy said.

I want my name to be feared. make the streets run red with the blood of innocents. cut down the champions and heroes of the people. When people speak of the Dovahkiin i want them to spit the word out with malice and hate. I will burn and murder the familiees of those who oppose me. pillar and plunder all of skyrim. i will recruit smart, worthy, cunning and strong. AND I WILL CONQUERALL OF SKYRIM!!! MUAHAHAHAHAAA. oh and kill archmage, dont forget him.

I really have no idea what my first character will be. I'm not playing a Nord first, just because I don't want a Nord to feel lost in Skyrim. (I never play the local race in any of the games first for this reason)
My play style, I also don't know, I know I'll either play the MQ or explore.
One thing I do know is my character's alignment: good, like all my TES characters. (I only know the Oblivion arrest dialogue from youtube videos/posts here/my friends playing.)
Gender: I usally pick the character's race first, then gender, so I haven't decided.

Male nord, pure combat, and a total bastard. He'll only join organizations and factions that involve lots of fighting, killing, and are strong. Will also be responsible for slaying Alduin.

Ninja http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns? Wow

A norn has to be one hell of a ninja. She dosen't need to jump roofs, throw stars, do summersaults and fight samurais. She just decides your destiny like that and you're dead.

Wow, almost 600 votes. That's actually a pretty decent sample of how people intend on playing Skyrim for the first time! :rock:

I'm glad to see that my beloved Dunmer come in second place here

At least not first place this time. See you in Skyrim, Dunmer. :cookie:

Pure warrior Nord, the hero and dragon hunter of skyrim!

Race - Imperial
Gender - Female
Focus - Main quest
Archetype - Combat/Magic (only Healing/Curing)
Naughty or Nice - Helping everyone
Weapons - Not sure but probably shield and axe

Basically a paladin build and being Mr. Nice Guy

Race- argonian
Gender- Male
Focus- Dark brotherhood (or skyrim equivalent)
Archetype- pure stealth
Naughty or Nice- evil to the core
Waepons- daggers and bows

Gotta love being the minority . Orsimer are so unappreciated, they're my favourite race now. I can't play as anything else, it feels odd.

Dude, I only wants to take BIG ax and have my way with the world!...as a Nord. I know, I know! Soooo typical, but oh so satisfying

I will probably make dozens of characters because I always get bored of a character after a while. It is the same for OB and FO3. And i willl most likely be evil...I can never seem to resist the temptation to cold-bloodily murder the random peasents wandering around. Beggars are a favourite. So...anyway...

Gender: Male
Race: Imperial or Altmer or Dunmer (or Kaajhit? or Argonian?) - Might try argonian to look more DRAGON-born
Class: Combat/Stealth - pobably along the lines of Legolas...or...
Magic - probably along the lines of Voldemort/Darth Sidious...or...
Stealth - ninja/bounty hunter-style assassin
Name: Interosseous Malleolus or Majungatholius
Good or Bad: Good question...probably neutral-very evil. I will try to be good...but is never a very successful attempt. There will undoubtably be atleast one character (probably later on) which will aim to kill every human character npc in the entire game...done it with FO3 apart from random and respawning hostile npcs and characters you can't kill. :shrug:

Well...that was quite vague! :blush:

I might go with an all- combat, warhammer- hefting Nord barbarian if the setting really puts me in the mood to, but otherwise I'll make my usual first character, nimble male Altmer Spellsword with mostly Combat and Magic spec, but a small bit of stealth for light armor and dodging. Basically, Bladesinger in d&d terms . I'll probably be mostly good and generally set out to help people, but Ill be ruthless to enemies and untrustworthy types though.

Race - Breton

Focus - Exploring

Archetype - Mix: Combat/Magic

Naughty or Nice - Nice, though somewhat irritating

Gender - Female

Mainly because she's my usual character and that's the way I usually end up playing them anyway! It's hard to say exactly what archetype she'll turn out to be; it normally ends up being a dual speciality of longsword and archery with a side-order of magic for healing and occasional fireballs, but I always think I should at least experiment before reverting to form... In terms of the good/bad thing, it'd be nice if there wasn't a constant moral guardian keeping tabs on the number of assaults and so forth, especially if the assaultees are bandits and other reprobates: my character will be essentially good but will happily bend the rules when it'd simply be idiotic to follow them for their own sake.

Focus will be on exploring, seeing new things and meeting people and doing whatever quests appear along the way. Of course I'll do the main quest too, but it's something I usually approach with less enthusiasm, either getting it out the way as quickly as possible or putting it off and never finishing it.

I'm not entirely sure whether I'm really describing my character or myself sometimes; I guess as with a lot of people there's not necessarily a clear line where one stops and the other begins... :unsure:

Orc, Male.

The only thing I know about the character is that it will smash things with hammers.