So im curious to know, that race and class youve chosen to play and why youve chosen them.
also i want to know, who did you follow in the beginning in Helgan, while fleeing the dragon? was it Hadvar the Imperial solider or was Ralof, youre fellow prisoner and Stormcloak solider?
Where has that taken you into the game?

For me, i chose to be a Wood Elf, my current class is Mage and in the beginning, i chose to follow Ralof. Following him, then led me to Riverwood.

Ralof, the legion did try to cut off my head after all. Also ralof helped me up when I was down, it wouldn't be right if I left him to fight by himself.

Khajit Rogue, stealthy, dual wielding swords, etc.
I followed Ralof.

Redguard, Heavy Armor + Axe and Board. Followed Hadvar.

Breton Mage, followed Ralof but still have to start the civil war questline.

I didn't know you could follow other people. I thought you could only follow the Imperial.

What? We had chance to follow Ralof too? o.o I missed that part and followed the imperial dude. >< I play as nord.

I thought this with my first character until I noticed on my second character there was a second path :/.

Bosmer, Thiefy-type. Followed Ralof. I'm not nuts enough to follow the guy who keeps calling me 'prisoner' and probably wants to put my head back on the block!

Nord, Strider. One-handed (dual swords), Heavy Armor, Sneak, Archery, Smithing, Alchemy, a lil' Restoration.
I followed the imperial guy because I was in [censored]in' panic and did not realise the other option, just tried to get out alive.
He told me to join the legion, and I was a guest in his friend's (the smith) house in Riverwood.
I refused to join the legion then I started to kill imperial patrols along the road to Whiterun and free Stormcloak prisoners.
Around Windhelm I met a group of Stormcloak scouts and they gave me a quest to join them. So I went to Windhelm and talked to Ulfric..

Breton, I sorta fancy that she's descended from the last Champion of Cyrodiil that I played in Oblivion, although she hasn't cast a single spell yet. She's more of a Huntress. Skilled in Blade and Bow, and more than capable of ambushing prey.

She followed the Stormcloak, fellow prisoner Ralof, through the initial dungeon, seeing as the Imperials were about to lop off her head.

Lately she's having a change of heart about supporting Stormcloaks over the Imperial legion, though.

Argonian warrior. The execution start made me follow Ralof.

Orc warrior. Heavy armor, sword and board. Followed Hadvar, sided with the Legion, and just banished Alduin ten minutes ago. I'm debating whether or not he can do The Companions... He may just smith to Dragonplate, weed out bandits, complete his Dwener library, and hunt elk, deer, mammoths, giants, and dragons for the rest of his days. Who knows? :] Definitely making another character for the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild, and a third for the College at Winterhold.

Breton mage, choose ralof since well the Empire did a bad first impression.

Imperial Hunter/Ranger

I followed Ralof because he didn't try to cut off my head. That, and my character is supposed to be half Nord, and returning to Skyrim to escape those imperial puppets.

..haven't started the war questline with this character yet though, so may well end up fighting for the imperials anyway.

Nord warrior. I went with Ralof although I did have to reload as I accidently went with hadvar the first time as I didnt know there was a choice

Aaah yeah everybody says that Thalmore are the real evil guys in the background but at the beginning the imperials wanted to behead me without any reason!
Or at least as I remember one of them was barking something about me, being innocent and that I'm probably there because of a mistake, but ooh sorry they still have to execute me.

My class has evolved somewhat. I have roleplayed a small backstory where my character could use minor thu'um before the events of helgen, so He was a Nordic Thu'um Warrior similar to "Tongues" in the TES lore. I wanted him to also be able to use lightning magic, so he could technically be classified as a Spellsword at that point. However, I have recently switched from mundane weapons to bound versions, so now, I call him a "Storm Sorcerer" (specializing in Lightning damage only). By End-Game he will be summoning two Storm Atronachs at once while using the shout, Storm Call, as well as the spell Lightning Storm with Cost reduction gear. Not even a Breton could survive that!!

I followed the Stormcloaks of course. Both the Thalmor and the Imperials have no right to impose their authority over the Nords. I am thinking about joining the Stormcloaks, but my character has more pressing matters to attend to right now.

The game has taken me to High Hrothgar. I am learning all of the thu'um words (aka Dragon Shouts) before finishing the main quest. So for now, I am living at the top of the seven thousand stairs on the throat of the world. (It is a good workout for my horse's legs.)

My own suspicion is that Europeans will tend to follow Hadvar, whilst Americans will tend to follow Ralof...

I followed Hadvar.

My suspicion is that you're wrong.

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i see

i suspect that you don't know very many actual Americans.

Dunmer dual wielding warrior, went with Ralof and joined the Stormcloaks finally.

My last reroll was an Imperial thief who followed Rolaf.. Yes I know I'm a treacherous, thieving gold hoarder.

Wut?

I'd like to hear your reasoning on this.