Hi,

I have a question on how to get a housecarl and steward to stay at my Hearthfire house I built in Falkwreath. I currently have Mercurio as my follower and Jordis as my wife. Lydia from Whiterun is "sworn to protect me" but there is no option to have her be my housecarl or steward to help guard my house, wife and kids . I have read you can have a housecarl and steward plus the wife and kids all at the house. How do you get them all? I like Mercurio as my follower since he is magic and I am melee and I won't accidently hit him in battle. He asked if he could be my housecarl and I said no since I wanted him to follow me. What options do I have for housecarl and steward?

Thanks

I think you need to be at the house with Lydia for the dialog to pop up. You only get one chance for her to be steward so be sure its what you want. she will follow you again but i like to leave my steward at the house for security. The housecarl is given by the Jarl so you have no options.