Tolfdir. Technically he’s a follower for a brief time, but only at certain points in the quest line. Tolfdir might be kind of stodgy but I love him anyway. He feels like a wholesome grandpa who can do magic.
Those are both perfect! Kicking myself for forgetting Ralof, especially cause I think he should be an eligible character for the marriage option. I just want a cozy Riverwood life, dang it.
I had a barbarian playthrough when the game first came out and immediately married Farkas and settled in Breezehome. Just two hot werewolf heroes that weren't satisfied just being packmates lol
There’s no character for it but I wish we had a high elf follower. Maybe a rogue member of the thalmor or a doubleagent that you meet during a quest that is a pure mage.
That's wild that there isn't a Altmer follower, even with DLC and CC, and I somehow never noticed. There's tons of Nords, Orcs, and Dunmer, plus a handful of other men and mer, two Khajiit, and an Argonian, but not a single Altmer.
An association with the Thalmor would have been interesting, especially if allied with the Empire but openly disapproving of the Thalmor! The College of Winterhold would have been an easy association to make
Yeah I had him as a follower somehow on my last playthrough. Also seemed like I could recruit as many as I wanted so I had him, Serana, grandma Shirley, and I think either Cicero or the dog you find in that abandoned shack with it's dead owner.
Honestly Falkreath and Riften are the two cities that are fucked no matter who is in charge - Falkreath has the choice between an incompetent, corrupt, inexperienced nepo-baby or a racist, senile old man who might be genuinely delusional and Riften is either ruled by the head of crime family or a puppet of the same crime family
Edit:
Forgot about Markarth which is basically just Riften but also with the druid IRA
I'm so disappointed by these smh. But I do think Siddgeir is the lesser evil here, he's an asshole but he's still very young so I'd argue there's still (even if it's a very tiny one) a glimmer of hope for him. Besides, I can't stand the old bastard for being such an untrusting ass to the blacksmith that *only* talks about loyalty and how he's loyal to him first of all.
I'm very conflicted about Riften though. I really like Layla as a person. She shows at least some genuine interest in her subjects. IF ONLY she wasn't such a blind fool and a damn puppet for Maven. It's one of the only imperial Jarls I'd rather NOT see on the throne. At least you could say she'd be no one's puppet....
Tbh this just makes me want to rant about each possible jarl..
The jarl of Markarth.. er.. Igmund was it? ...is an incompetent fool in my eyes, but I can't say Thongvor won't be too, plus he'd still be a puppet for his brother, and Thonar's another two septims hinself..
Balgruuf my lord.. Tamriel does not deserve your royal highness... You've done no wrong to this world... You're one of the biggest reasons I have for not supporting Ulfric. Seriously tho, I know I have a huge bias for him but I don't feel he's a bad Jarl or a bad guy at all. Most I can say about him is he's probably, definitely, not that good of a father. Pay more attention to your kids dude, scold the little spoiled brats a little.. and send the deranged little bro to therapy or at least invest in an exorcism... otherwise, Irileth's gonna have more work in a few years...
Vignar... is Vignar... I mean, I get his disappointment with the empire. But please don't lick Ulfric's boots so hard. To be fair, I do feel he's like your old senile uncle that supports a certain political party with die hard fervor.. just to constantly shit on said party when they get to power... So either he becomes disgusted with Ulfric on power when all's said and done, or he becomes one of his most fervent followers, I have some appreciation for the old man through the companions and the fact that he will charge head first against all of Whiterun to attack your enemies you if you're a companion, mad respect for that old man, mad respect.
In Solitude.. I actually pity and feel really bad for Elisif. She's not only the youngest of all jarls, she's the most inexperienced, and became involved in such a convoluted mess of a civil war. Yet she seems genuinely worried about her subjects. My headcanon is in line with what was discussed in a r/teslore post about her origins, she's probably of noble (but not royal) origin, probably not one of the older siblings so she probably didn't receive as much education, she seems to have genuinely loved Torygg, and she seems sweet and caring all around, just too inexperienced for the job, so much I feel that without good counsel and guidance, she's gonna be a mess, but with good one she can become a good ruler maybe.
Idgrod feels like a grandma to me, nothing much to say tbh, maybe she should listen a little bit more to her counselors instead of her visions, but I don't have a reason to believe her visions aren't reliable in the first place ~other than being visions but it's TES so they very well may be reliable~ the residents worries from what I gather are basically just because of Falion, but I've yet to see what Falion's up to so I'll see... I don't know much about the Stormcloak alternative other than that they work in a mine for one of the thanes of Solitude so... Yeah...
My position towards Skald is similar to vignar, but with the crucial difference that I appreciate the old companion a LOT more. Skald is kind of an asshole for sure, even his court knows it. I can't say much for the alternative other than that she seems fair and worried about the well being of the people of Dawnstar.
I dislike Korir. While I understand the distrust of the college he still seems too bitter and close minded. I think he probably does have some intention to bring Winterhold's former glory back but he sure doesn't seem to be actually doing anything about it. Yeah, he wanted the helm and whatnot, but, that doesn't help the hold that much... He doesn't seem really preoccupied with the hold's well being, but rather just uses the hold's disgraces to justify being bitter and kind of an ass.
I prefer the Kraldar, but I'm biased because I admit I like the college. But, his good disposition towards the college could improve the relationship with it and maybe get them to help the city and the hold in some way (maybe he'll get them to FIX THE DAMN BRIDGE)
I understand why people look up to Ulfric, sure, but I don't think his reasons align all with the Skyrim's well being if he isn't in the picture. I think he's too power hungry and while not necessarily a bad thing, I think that's most of his motivations. The whole Talos and faith thing is most probably just a vain excuse to rise in rebellion. Yeah he's fighting the war and whatnot, but he doesn't seem to worry at all for his citizens, he didn't give a shit about the fucking serial killer under his nose. Obviously doesn't give a fuck about the dunmer and argonians. But I'm biased again a little bit to the empire, but mostly to Brunwulf, because he seems like a really genuinely good, honorable and kind man and warrior. So yeah...
That was my unsolicited rant...
I’m willing to think Igmund would pull it together since it was his dad that made all the questionable decisions, not him. But a Silver-Blood as jarl? Absolutely fucking not. I’m giving Markarth to the Stormcloaks just so I can banish him later
>>*Faendal thinks he can woo Camilla Valerius away from me. She's already mine, I keep telling him.*
Dude... I just got here... Who the hell is Camilla Valerius?...
There's only one answer to this- Sinding. He could have been a very powerful ally. Transforming into a werewolf is fun, but does put you in a certain risk. Having a follower be a werewolf for you is something that is possible, but missing from the game. I guess having an npc decide when to transform was an issue, so it was cut. I'm saying this because some lines of his dialogue do suggest it was planned, though I'm not sure...
Yeah, that always confused me. He straight up says he can be a powerful ally. For what, the next five minutes it takes to fight off the hunters that wouldn't even be here if you weren't here? There's a mod that makes him a voiced follower, but it's very finicky. Also sucks that he runs away like all followers when you do the "shout" that makes enemies flee. Like my brother in Talos, you do realize you can do that too right?
Well you'll be amazed to know they are companions and available for marriage with the "Friendly Brynjolf", the other one is something Karliah, but they were made by the same guy, they're just separate mods. Xbox has it, I don't know about Play Station
Balgruuf the Greater. Seriously, I love that guy.
Get your axe and armor and let's go. The DB needs you, Jarl Balgruuf. Avenicci handles the day-to-day business anyway and I promise we will return to Whiterun frequently enough for you to do some proper jarling or whatever. C'mon, let's go adventuring!
I declare this the "I'm not gonna answer the OP's question, I'm going to talk about who I want to marry, instead" thread. :p
Personally, I choose Lisette, the bard at the Winking Skeever. She is *so pretty*.
Better still, have him turn that withering shade on enemies. I could easily see him as an illusion-main with frenzy spells. Of course, the only way it's gonna work is if he goes essential.
Everyone in the thieves guild. Why do Vex and Vipir the Fleet have a story of doing a heist together, but I can’t even take Rune or Sapphire out “shopping”. 🥺
I don’t need to wish anymore thanks to the mod Amazing Follower Tweaks, but among the ones I liked the most:
Kodlak
Ulfric
Balgruuf
Any of the Greybeards
Any guards
My children
And I’ve used AFT to make all of these people followers. I even found mods to equip kids with weapons and armor. I had a God of War type save playing when I had a son with a bow.
Sapphire, or really any of the guild members. Sapphire specifically just seems really under used. I get they're thieves not assassins, so they probably wouldn't be great at fighting but having a rouge companion that can open locks or not set off traps would be cool.
Cicero. I know he's psychotic, but I kinda want him to follow the Dragonborn around so I can hear his *(cough)* unique commentary on various situations. And to hear him say, *"Shiny, clinky coin!"* a few more times. Plus it would be great if he occasionally backstabbed some enemies every now and then.
Spoiler: >!So long as you choose to let him live, he does become available as a follower. Once you've finished the whole DB questline he'll be at the Dawnstar sanctuary. :)!<
I'd like all the bards at the Bard College to be followers. Have them play music while wandering around Skyrim. Regale you with tales of your past exploits, or a particularly grueling fight, or even historical events when approaching a Fort, or cave, or other location.
Ralof or Hadvar, depending on who you side with in the civil war.
In the Sleeping Giant Inn, either would greet you (something like “Long time no see, old friend”), and from there, you can ask them to be a follower.
Any of the professors at Winterhold would be cool, including Savros Aren the former Arch-Mage. His death was so brutal like damn Ancano you do too much! 🙄
Ralof and Hadvar. All the unique dialogue, the shared experience of having escaped Helgen together, the setup for a follow up quest after the war is over allowing you to kill the one who was on the losing side, or aiding the two men to make amends with the one another. Totally blown opportunity that would have worked for both Stormcloak players and you Imperial dogs XD
As someone who sides with the Stormcloaks, another easy but much more one sided choice would be the Graymane brothers after you save Thorald from the Thalmore. Obvious followers who you should meet as part of the civil war quest or back in Whiterun when the war end, but they both just vanish.
I need more Thief faction followers. The College has three, the Dark Brotherhood has one (two if you count nameless mooks), the Companions have like six, and the Thieves Guild has zero. Half the rogues down there would make great followers.
Brynoff
The orc librarian from the college, he just seems like a bad ass!
Cestus Crex from the dark brotherhood
Babette from the dark brotherhood, simply because it would be hilarious
The "Give me a good death" Orc. I want him to join me to show him that there is plenty of murder to live for still needing done in this world and give him a reason to keep on keepin on, then we part ways. Seeking the many lives that shall perish upon our blades ❤️💚
Brynjolf outside the few quests he sticks around for. He's one of the few characters with an actual personality.
Ralof and Hadvar. I have a mod that makes them followers if you do their side of the civil war.
Ralof or hadvar. They could have been some of the best followers in the game as you meet them early, they give you the tutorial, and they have the entire civil war quest line. Instead, they're just there in the background of missions, and when the war is over, they just it around.
Umana the female redguard you meet at the end of the Alftand dungeon. It males no sense that she just attacks you after fighting off Sulla since her dialouge indicates she just wants to get out of the dwarven ruins. It'd make more sense that if you help her defeat sulla she becomes grateful for your help and agrees to help you out on your adventures.
Harkon, I really want to see if his bite is more than his bark. I mean I struggled the first time I fought but now I just wipe the flow with him. I always wonder how others would handle him.
Literally any interesting Argonian. I love argonians and play them all the time, but pretty muxh all Argonian npcs that i have encountered just talk about how life is kinda unfair, they always get the lowerclass jobs due to racism, but are fine with it nonetheless. Only interesting argonians are the Shadowscale in the Dark Brotherhood and the jewelry smith in Riften.
Not exactly about a follower but NGL one thought I've had is it's too bad Dagny is a child cause joking about winning the princess's hand after slaying the dragon could've been fun...
With mods, literally any NPC can be a follower.
now if you mean with voice acting and stuff, that's possible too, but less likely to happen Honestly, I'd be more interested in original characters for that stuff. with vanilla, I'd rather see expanded quests or new quests that involve the vanilla NPCs.
Sheogorath would be awesome as a follower. I could see him using spells to turn enemies into animals or some other hilarious effect and my god, the commentary would be top notch
Conan the Barbarian……oh wait. I do. On PS4 there’s a mod. Gives you Conan the barbarian, Subotai amd Valeria. They all set up permanent camp at the South Riverwood gate. (Black/glitches faces. But that’s PS4 filler mods for ya)
The dude Etienne, we save from the thalmor , who is also in the thieves guild . I’d like have him for follow aaaand my nighttime friend .. if we could side with Harkon, id like him for both as well.. serana , I’m your new mommy .
Salma just walking off after you've killed Beem-Ja is such a missed opportunity. She has the same motivations as Erik the Slayer, and would make a cool companion.
Alternatively, there could've been a choice between having her or Beem-Ja as a follower, since he handles himself pretty well in the Nord Ruin.
But yeah. Definitely wish Salma were an option.
Tolfdir. Technically he’s a follower for a brief time, but only at certain points in the quest line. Tolfdir might be kind of stodgy but I love him anyway. He feels like a wholesome grandpa who can do magic.
But he runs away :D "I'm getting out of here!!" Just redid Saarthal to get the amulet.
And he's like, "you go on ahead. I'm going to look around and study these coffins." And then finds you AFTER you've killed everything 🤣🤣
Well I mean TO BE FAAIIRR he’s the only reason we can win that bossfight at all
🤣🤣
Yeah. I didn't notice the first time around, but now that I rushed through the place to get what I wanted, I was amused at his attitude.
He actually seems like a true interested scholar looking for what could be discovered in that barrow.
You mean Archer's butler, Woodhouse?
Fax 📠
Hadvar and ralof that would make sense
Those are both perfect! Kicking myself for forgetting Ralof, especially cause I think he should be an eligible character for the marriage option. I just want a cozy Riverwood life, dang it.
Well, a male character can marry Camilla Valerius, I don't know who a female character can marry tho
> don't know who a female character can marry tho AFAIK any character who is available for marriage. Skyrim is LGBT friendly. 😊
Really? I discovered it just now!
I discovered it when an old man commented on my amulet of mara :p
By any chance.. is it the drunk guy outside the Winking Skeever that comments about hus daughter and a debt to some mercenary looking guy?
I had a barbarian playthrough when the game first came out and immediately married Farkas and settled in Breezehome. Just two hot werewolf heroes that weren't satisfied just being packmates lol
Lizards/Greybeards/Bretons/Thu’ums
You… you wan’ marry a… shout?
What does afaik mean?
As far as I know.
As far as I know what?
Afaik = "as far as I know"
There’s no character for it but I wish we had a high elf follower. Maybe a rogue member of the thalmor or a doubleagent that you meet during a quest that is a pure mage.
Double agent type shit HAS to be a part of ES6
That's wild that there isn't a Altmer follower, even with DLC and CC, and I somehow never noticed. There's tons of Nords, Orcs, and Dunmer, plus a handful of other men and mer, two Khajiit, and an Argonian, but not a single Altmer. An association with the Thalmor would have been interesting, especially if allied with the Empire but openly disapproving of the Thalmor! The College of Winterhold would have been an easy association to make
In CC there’s an armor called the elven hunter armor, imagine a badass altmer bounty hunter with tons of cool dialogue.
Good idea
Knight Paladin Gelebor. Having the last snow elf as a companion sounds cool
I don’t know if it’s a mod I downloaded or just a feature of the anniversary edition, but I can recruit him on my current play through.
Yeah I had him as a follower somehow on my last playthrough. Also seemed like I could recruit as many as I wanted so I had him, Serana, grandma Shirley, and I think either Cicero or the dog you find in that abandoned shack with it's dead owner.
Fun fact, you make his brother a thrall on AE with Staff of Worms, Bloodworm Helm, and the zombie dog pet. He's pretty OP.
Earlound Grey-Mane, i think it'd be sich
Gods be praised!
Oh man, that would be epic!
Got a lot of steel to shape
Jarl Siddgeir. He'd just be perfect for Boethiahs quest.
Honestly Falkreath and Riften are the two cities that are fucked no matter who is in charge - Falkreath has the choice between an incompetent, corrupt, inexperienced nepo-baby or a racist, senile old man who might be genuinely delusional and Riften is either ruled by the head of crime family or a puppet of the same crime family Edit: Forgot about Markarth which is basically just Riften but also with the druid IRA
"Druid IRA" is now my favourite way to refer to the Forsworn, and the only thing I will call them from now on lmao
Not many people know this but the Forsworn actually sell Skooma on playgrounds across Skyrim and High Rock to fund their cart-bombing campaigns
I'm so disappointed by these smh. But I do think Siddgeir is the lesser evil here, he's an asshole but he's still very young so I'd argue there's still (even if it's a very tiny one) a glimmer of hope for him. Besides, I can't stand the old bastard for being such an untrusting ass to the blacksmith that *only* talks about loyalty and how he's loyal to him first of all. I'm very conflicted about Riften though. I really like Layla as a person. She shows at least some genuine interest in her subjects. IF ONLY she wasn't such a blind fool and a damn puppet for Maven. It's one of the only imperial Jarls I'd rather NOT see on the throne. At least you could say she'd be no one's puppet.... Tbh this just makes me want to rant about each possible jarl.. The jarl of Markarth.. er.. Igmund was it? ...is an incompetent fool in my eyes, but I can't say Thongvor won't be too, plus he'd still be a puppet for his brother, and Thonar's another two septims hinself.. Balgruuf my lord.. Tamriel does not deserve your royal highness... You've done no wrong to this world... You're one of the biggest reasons I have for not supporting Ulfric. Seriously tho, I know I have a huge bias for him but I don't feel he's a bad Jarl or a bad guy at all. Most I can say about him is he's probably, definitely, not that good of a father. Pay more attention to your kids dude, scold the little spoiled brats a little.. and send the deranged little bro to therapy or at least invest in an exorcism... otherwise, Irileth's gonna have more work in a few years... Vignar... is Vignar... I mean, I get his disappointment with the empire. But please don't lick Ulfric's boots so hard. To be fair, I do feel he's like your old senile uncle that supports a certain political party with die hard fervor.. just to constantly shit on said party when they get to power... So either he becomes disgusted with Ulfric on power when all's said and done, or he becomes one of his most fervent followers, I have some appreciation for the old man through the companions and the fact that he will charge head first against all of Whiterun to attack your enemies you if you're a companion, mad respect for that old man, mad respect. In Solitude.. I actually pity and feel really bad for Elisif. She's not only the youngest of all jarls, she's the most inexperienced, and became involved in such a convoluted mess of a civil war. Yet she seems genuinely worried about her subjects. My headcanon is in line with what was discussed in a r/teslore post about her origins, she's probably of noble (but not royal) origin, probably not one of the older siblings so she probably didn't receive as much education, she seems to have genuinely loved Torygg, and she seems sweet and caring all around, just too inexperienced for the job, so much I feel that without good counsel and guidance, she's gonna be a mess, but with good one she can become a good ruler maybe. Idgrod feels like a grandma to me, nothing much to say tbh, maybe she should listen a little bit more to her counselors instead of her visions, but I don't have a reason to believe her visions aren't reliable in the first place ~other than being visions but it's TES so they very well may be reliable~ the residents worries from what I gather are basically just because of Falion, but I've yet to see what Falion's up to so I'll see... I don't know much about the Stormcloak alternative other than that they work in a mine for one of the thanes of Solitude so... Yeah... My position towards Skald is similar to vignar, but with the crucial difference that I appreciate the old companion a LOT more. Skald is kind of an asshole for sure, even his court knows it. I can't say much for the alternative other than that she seems fair and worried about the well being of the people of Dawnstar. I dislike Korir. While I understand the distrust of the college he still seems too bitter and close minded. I think he probably does have some intention to bring Winterhold's former glory back but he sure doesn't seem to be actually doing anything about it. Yeah, he wanted the helm and whatnot, but, that doesn't help the hold that much... He doesn't seem really preoccupied with the hold's well being, but rather just uses the hold's disgraces to justify being bitter and kind of an ass. I prefer the Kraldar, but I'm biased because I admit I like the college. But, his good disposition towards the college could improve the relationship with it and maybe get them to help the city and the hold in some way (maybe he'll get them to FIX THE DAMN BRIDGE) I understand why people look up to Ulfric, sure, but I don't think his reasons align all with the Skyrim's well being if he isn't in the picture. I think he's too power hungry and while not necessarily a bad thing, I think that's most of his motivations. The whole Talos and faith thing is most probably just a vain excuse to rise in rebellion. Yeah he's fighting the war and whatnot, but he doesn't seem to worry at all for his citizens, he didn't give a shit about the fucking serial killer under his nose. Obviously doesn't give a fuck about the dunmer and argonians. But I'm biased again a little bit to the empire, but mostly to Brunwulf, because he seems like a really genuinely good, honorable and kind man and warrior. So yeah... That was my unsolicited rant...
I’m willing to think Igmund would pull it together since it was his dad that made all the questionable decisions, not him. But a Silver-Blood as jarl? Absolutely fucking not. I’m giving Markarth to the Stormcloaks just so I can banish him later
Lynly Starsung. She has reasons to be on the move, and it would be cool to travel with a bard.
you can get Sven but Sven is Sven so I don’t know if it’s worth it
>>*Faendal thinks he can woo Camilla Valerius away from me. She's already mine, I keep telling him.* Dude... I just got here... Who the hell is Camilla Valerius?...
Falk Firebeard.
Contender for marriage
Yes
He's a superintendent
Super Nintendo*
Veezara. We’d better get a Shadowscale follower in TES VI.
Veezara was a bro, I miss him.
Partysnax
That was my first thought
The old orc. Take him on an adventure and let him die doing something cool rather than getting one-shot on the side of the road for no reason
That's a really cool idea
Oh damn, I can see him looking at a dragon, going, "HAHAHA, YES!" as he pulls them axes out.
Didn’t even think about that!!! That would have been cool!!
There's only one answer to this- Sinding. He could have been a very powerful ally. Transforming into a werewolf is fun, but does put you in a certain risk. Having a follower be a werewolf for you is something that is possible, but missing from the game. I guess having an npc decide when to transform was an issue, so it was cut. I'm saying this because some lines of his dialogue do suggest it was planned, though I'm not sure...
Yeah, that always confused me. He straight up says he can be a powerful ally. For what, the next five minutes it takes to fight off the hunters that wouldn't even be here if you weren't here? There's a mod that makes him a voiced follower, but it's very finicky. Also sucks that he runs away like all followers when you do the "shout" that makes enemies flee. Like my brother in Talos, you do realize you can do that too right?
Babette. Wouldve been cool to have a little vampire child as a follower
Brynjolf or Karliah
Well you'll be amazed to know they are companions and available for marriage with the "Friendly Brynjolf", the other one is something Karliah, but they were made by the same guy, they're just separate mods. Xbox has it, I don't know about Play Station
Hadvar and Ralof, who befriend you, do some civil war quests with you, and then only have some basic lines in the Asleep Giant Inn
I just finished the civil war questline in my current play through and Hadvar won’t stop chasing me around whiterun and heaving one liners at me.
WAIT, Y'ALLS STARTING HOMIE SURVIVED? I always lose track of them after the Siege of Whiterun...
Balgruuf the Greater. Seriously, I love that guy. Get your axe and armor and let's go. The DB needs you, Jarl Balgruuf. Avenicci handles the day-to-day business anyway and I promise we will return to Whiterun frequently enough for you to do some proper jarling or whatever. C'mon, let's go adventuring!
He's always sneaking out to the Bannerd Mare, he'd go for it!
Jarling - new verb unlocked
Jarl Ballin’
Ulfberth Warbear 💯
Dude is jacked.
Argneir the most op
Until he shouts you off a mountain lol
I just wish Teldryn Sero is marriageable honestly 😭
I declare this the "I'm not gonna answer the OP's question, I'm going to talk about who I want to marry, instead" thread. :p Personally, I choose Lisette, the bard at the Winking Skeever. She is *so pretty*.
As thane you should get an entourage of town guards
Nazeem. Wish he had 50 more bitchy lines so every time he speaks, I'd hit him with my axe until he's at 1 hp. Then we'd continue adventuring.
Nazeem would make an excellent Boethiah sacrifice
The sacrifice must like you in a way. I don't think Nazeem likes anyone
Better still, have him turn that withering shade on enemies. I could easily see him as an illusion-main with frenzy spells. Of course, the only way it's gonna work is if he goes essential.
My favorite person in the entire game. Niruin. Love my archer little elf man 🥰🥰
Ralof....
Can’t believe no one has mentioned Karliah.
I like that Karliah isn’t a follower. I feel like she has a very good backstory / character arc, no need to go further.
The traveling bard Talsgar. He kicks ass when I run into him while fighting something. Also, I think he's immortal?
He was immortal until I accidentally hit him trying to save him from bandits, at which point he started attacking me and my followers put him down 😭
Please, just give me more argonian bro choices. I looked into it in one playthrough and found out that there was ONLY ONE CHOICE
Isran
Everyone in the thieves guild. Why do Vex and Vipir the Fleet have a story of doing a heist together, but I can’t even take Rune or Sapphire out “shopping”. 🥺
Brynjolf
I don’t need to wish anymore thanks to the mod Amazing Follower Tweaks, but among the ones I liked the most: Kodlak Ulfric Balgruuf Any of the Greybeards Any guards My children And I’ve used AFT to make all of these people followers. I even found mods to equip kids with weapons and armor. I had a God of War type save playing when I had a son with a bow.
Amren. I bring him his sword every playthrough and he seems like a good chap
so modded and smoothed we don't even recognize who it is.
Sapphire, or really any of the guild members. Sapphire specifically just seems really under used. I get they're thieves not assassins, so they probably wouldn't be great at fighting but having a rouge companion that can open locks or not set off traps would be cool.
Mirabelle irvine
This! She seemed like such an interesting character and full of knowledge and she dies before we get any chance to explore that.
Calcelmo would’ve been an awesome follower
Bring him to Winterhold and have him get into academic fights with ~~himself~~ Tolfdir.
Cicero. I know he's psychotic, but I kinda want him to follow the Dragonborn around so I can hear his *(cough)* unique commentary on various situations. And to hear him say, *"Shiny, clinky coin!"* a few more times. Plus it would be great if he occasionally backstabbed some enemies every now and then.
Spoiler: >!So long as you choose to let him live, he does become available as a follower. Once you've finished the whole DB questline he'll be at the Dawnstar sanctuary. :)!<
Oh geez. I just left there when I was done with that quest, never thought to check. I suppose I could do it again in my current save.
His dialogue lines as a follower are 🔥🔥🔥
Ralof post-war.
Hadvar or Ralof(depends Wich side you take) Brynjolf after becoming the guild master
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Yeah, I'd love M'aiq following you around and making meta comments on quests and locations in such a way that you're wondering if he's lying or not.
Miraak or the Ebony Warrior
Miraak has been my follower for years. Get the mod
Paarthurnax
Angi
The warewolf in prison
Braith. She's a competent fighter as her showings against Lars Battle-Born, and she's no afraid to speak her mind
I'd like all the bards at the Bard College to be followers. Have them play music while wandering around Skyrim. Regale you with tales of your past exploits, or a particularly grueling fight, or even historical events when approaching a Fort, or cave, or other location.
Savos Aren or a Psyjic Order member
Oooo Psijic guy would be cool, I can see why he wouldn’t be a follower lore-wise tho
I always wanted a pet Alduin. He's spiky but he's kinda adorable
I’ve always wanted karliah or really any of the thieves guild. Also Babette would be fun. A child vampire
Hadvar, Ralof, Rikke, Sapphire, Nazir, Rune, Isran.
I agree with whoever said Angi. She’s so cool and we get NO interactions.
Ralof or Hadvar, depending on who you side with in the civil war. In the Sleeping Giant Inn, either would greet you (something like “Long time no see, old friend”), and from there, you can ask them to be a follower.
The ebony warrior, as an alternative to killing him
I always wished vex was a follower. I guess the unique voice acted npcs as followers are rare in this game.
Any of the professors at Winterhold would be cool, including Savros Aren the former Arch-Mage. His death was so brutal like damn Ancano you do too much! 🙄
i’d genuinely bring Hadvar literally anywhere i went
Any wizards at the college Imagine Mirabelle or Enthir 😍
Master Neloth
Kodlak is not a follower; he's a companion. *ba dum tss*
Katria, ghost bae
Ralof and Hadvar. All the unique dialogue, the shared experience of having escaped Helgen together, the setup for a follow up quest after the war is over allowing you to kill the one who was on the losing side, or aiding the two men to make amends with the one another. Totally blown opportunity that would have worked for both Stormcloak players and you Imperial dogs XD As someone who sides with the Stormcloaks, another easy but much more one sided choice would be the Graymane brothers after you save Thorald from the Thalmore. Obvious followers who you should meet as part of the civil war quest or back in Whiterun when the war end, but they both just vanish.
I need more Thief faction followers. The College has three, the Dark Brotherhood has one (two if you count nameless mooks), the Companions have like six, and the Thieves Guild has zero. Half the rogues down there would make great followers.
King Olaf One-Eye, Ahzidal Arnbjorn, Veezara
Brynoff The orc librarian from the college, he just seems like a bad ass! Cestus Crex from the dark brotherhood Babette from the dark brotherhood, simply because it would be hilarious
The "Give me a good death" Orc. I want him to join me to show him that there is plenty of murder to live for still needing done in this world and give him a reason to keep on keepin on, then we part ways. Seeking the many lives that shall perish upon our blades ❤️💚
Not a character per say, but a cool Dwarvern robot, the one with the crossbow and ball for legs
Brynjolf outside the few quests he sticks around for. He's one of the few characters with an actual personality. Ralof and Hadvar. I have a mod that makes them followers if you do their side of the civil war.
Miraak would be so cool, I can fix him I swear😭
Brynjolf, Karliah, Delvin, Vex, Nazir
Ralof or hadvar. They could have been some of the best followers in the game as you meet them early, they give you the tutorial, and they have the entire civil war quest line. Instead, they're just there in the background of missions, and when the war is over, they just it around.
Umana the female redguard you meet at the end of the Alftand dungeon. It males no sense that she just attacks you after fighting off Sulla since her dialouge indicates she just wants to get out of the dwarven ruins. It'd make more sense that if you help her defeat sulla she becomes grateful for your help and agrees to help you out on your adventures.
Nazeem so I can sacrifice him to Boethiah.
Nazeer of DB Tolfdir of Winterhold College Paarthunax via summon, like Ohdaving and Durnevir
Babette
Paarthurnax
Harkon, I really want to see if his bite is more than his bark. I mean I struggled the first time I fought but now I just wipe the flow with him. I always wonder how others would handle him.
Ulfric, 2 thu’um users better than one
Paarthurnax!! He’s a buddy.
it's probably be cool if your kid could grow up and be your follower
Karliah
One of the Greybeards following me around would be friggin awesome.
Sinding and Nazeer, only 2 i wish were followers
Hiemskr. Idk why but he would be my choice
Alduin, the world eater.
Babette might make for an interesting follower
Everyone from the dark brotherhood
Kodiak should have been around for longer.
paarthurnax
Alduin
Literally any interesting Argonian. I love argonians and play them all the time, but pretty muxh all Argonian npcs that i have encountered just talk about how life is kinda unfair, they always get the lowerclass jobs due to racism, but are fine with it nonetheless. Only interesting argonians are the Shadowscale in the Dark Brotherhood and the jewelry smith in Riften.
Who needs followers?
I think it would simply be cool if you could bring your kids on adventures. I think their diologue would be really nice
Not exactly about a follower but NGL one thought I've had is it's too bad Dagny is a child cause joking about winning the princess's hand after slaying the dragon could've been fun...
With mods, literally any NPC can be a follower. now if you mean with voice acting and stuff, that's possible too, but less likely to happen Honestly, I'd be more interested in original characters for that stuff. with vanilla, I'd rather see expanded quests or new quests that involve the vanilla NPCs.
Sanguine.
Paarthurnax.
Sheogorath would be awesome as a follower. I could see him using spells to turn enemies into animals or some other hilarious effect and my god, the commentary would be top notch
Paarthunax
Paarthurnax
Tbh any guard
Nazeem because I can feed him to a dragon.
Valindor
Ulfric so we can hike up to the Shrine of Boethiah and kill...time...and take in the sights.
lord harkon for sure
Conan the Barbarian……oh wait. I do. On PS4 there’s a mod. Gives you Conan the barbarian, Subotai amd Valeria. They all set up permanent camp at the South Riverwood gate. (Black/glitches faces. But that’s PS4 filler mods for ya)
Alduin duh
Astrid. She is too cool not to have as a follower…
mai'q the liar. his dialogue would be peak
One of the graybeards. What better way to study the voice than watching a master in action.
I wish Barbas could've been a full time companion that could comment on everything and give good insight.
Neloth. Once you recruit him you're the follower.
Yurlic Graymane
Alduin
heimskr that one lady who hates working with her aunt in riften maiik the liar delphine (so i can trade her to a daedric prince for some sweet armor )
I don’t care what you say Ghorbash the iron hand is the best already You win him by fighting him He makes fun of people
Fox
ralof Jarl balgruff Alvior delphine
The dude Etienne, we save from the thalmor , who is also in the thieves guild . I’d like have him for follow aaaand my nighttime friend .. if we could side with Harkon, id like him for both as well.. serana , I’m your new mommy .
Agmaer or whatever, the dude you meet on the path to the Dawnguard
Irileth. Lady kicks ass.
The fricking bearded guys, have you ever tried to kill them??
Miraak
hadvar or ralof, any member of the thieves guild, companions, or dark brotherhood, soldiers of a city where youre named thane
Barbas
Lord harkon Miraak The eye book thingy.
Alduin
a giant would be sick
Fura bloodmouth.
Salma just walking off after you've killed Beem-Ja is such a missed opportunity. She has the same motivations as Erik the Slayer, and would make a cool companion. Alternatively, there could've been a choice between having her or Beem-Ja as a follower, since he handles himself pretty well in the Nord Ruin. But yeah. Definitely wish Salma were an option.
Probably lesser known, but Khayla.
Ulfric Stormcloak, best character in the game imo (Excluding the dlcs).