1. A female Nord. She looks beautiful and I really enjoy being her, but her innocent look makes it feel wrong to play the darker questlines.
2. A male dunmer. He looks cool and I believe him doing the evil questlines and it just feels as he is a real character.
The problem is whenever I play the girl Im feeling like I don't really behave like she would behave. While when I play the dunmer I miss her.
Now I thought about maybe playing both simultaneously. But then Im not sure if I can really do this. If I'd do it, then I'd have to make them have different playstyles of course. My dunmer definetly has to be a thief that does not rely on any crafting, magic or gods at all but only his own skills. He is not the typical evil character, he is just a thief. He doesn't want bigger power, he doesn't want responsibility. He will never be seduced by power or kill for fun, he is just seeing it as his job.
My Nord, in contrast, I always connect with faith, destiny and seducement by power. She's searching for a reason in her life and wants to be strong enough to stand her own and defend the ones she loves. She is the character that I want to play the main quest and also the Dark Brotherhood questline with because the DB is always something special for me in Elder Scrolls games and I can't play it with a character that does it just for the money, but I also can't do it with one that is insane and has no real reason for doing what he does. But how do I create a character that is suited to the brotherhood as well as the main quest and thereby, isn't a stealthy thief like my dark elf?
I was thinking about making her curious about necromancy to save the ones she loves or loved. But I did this in Oblivion too and I don't know if I should do it again. So Im thinking about making her more of a mage, but then again I already did this with a female breton until I got bored. But maybe that will change if I have two characters? Then again, Im no friend of robes and Im not sure if I can do it with just magic, no weapons.
Other problems are that with my dunmer, I would not have that many things to do. He can join the Thieves Guild, he can go on his own burglaries, but what else? He wouldn't join the Companions, nor the College of Winterhold, and the Brotherhood and Main Questline would be "reserved" for my other character. I can imagine him doing the Dawnguard side of the DLC though.
Do you think this whole "two character thingy" could work? Or should I rather make one character that has the complete freedom of doing whatever I want?
It's difficult.