I would join Thieves Guild. Realisticly in SKyrim you want somebody to watch your back. I wouldn't be completely devoted though. I would want to explore, but I would only do so with a versatile adventuring party. I would use a bow and maybe some spell scrolls I bought or "found". No way in Hell do I want to get close enough for someone to stab me. I wouldn't be a douch though, like I'm not in real life. I would help people who needed it if I FEEL like it, unless they are really being wronged. And if you're a douch, don't be surprised when your posessions are "misplaced". Maybe I would kind of be like an "Outlawish" or something. I don't want to follow other peoples rules, but I am very reasonable. I don't disobey out of spite. But if something is reasonable and there is a law against it, screw the law. The law is equally applied to all ideally, but really it just cuts down on the amount of people who do what that law is limiting. Everyone willnot and cannot be stopped.

So no Gods No Masters. I would already steal from people who make themselves a target, so helping Thieves Guild comes naturally. And I follow law if it is reasonable. I will help people if I feel, or always for somethings I won't stand for. Racism, sixism, and religious superiority I won't stand for. Those will make you a target. If you show any of those and notice your items "Misplaced", think about your life and what you say. For racism, I have no qualms about you dieing. I wouldn't kill you my self, but it might "happen" somehow. Eh @Drake Malice?

So even Robin Hood can make second-hand death threats?

I'd be a nord poetist or artist.
I am dutch, and germanic men used to live there. Which would fit a nord.
I am also a tall one so....

The poetist or artist is because people say i am very artistic and creative.

Thats not a defence. The DB and its members don't care if the contracts have wronged their client or not, just if their client performs the Black Sacrement and can pay.

But performing the Black Sacrament is taboo, requires a Human skeleton/Heart/Flesh, and costs money. Someone had to EARN your ire to be worthy of such a thing

Err, no. Some people can do that just because they hate the target.

So getting paid to slay someone as an assassin is different than being paid to kill someone as a soldier/guard/etc?

No it is not. IMHO, Assassins, soldiers, mercenaries are the same kind. They are tools to take others life. My only problem with your method is that your leader The Night Mother doesn't filter incoming requests, She's just there to trade souls.

Ahahaha! Damn you! I sitting here peacefully sipping my coffee when I came across your post. Now I have some cleanup to do . . .

Edit:

"No gods or kings. Only man."

Couldn't help thinking about Bioshock. How cool would it be to play Jack in Skyrim.

Ah but life seems to be less valued in Tamriel in comparison to our realm. It is very akin to the Midevil days when very few people felt so strongly about death. So if any of you were born on Nirn and grew up in such a place your value of life would be far less sacred

But still the problem persists, by posting the first post, you are implying that you take something very important to a person by someone's order without any questions/doubt whatsoever IRL. That would most likely get you into trouble. (unless I'm misinterpreting this thread's meaning)

At this point you are just confusing me

It's hugely different. A soldier fights enemy combatants. He is aware that it's either kill or be killed, as does his enemy. Everyone is on board with the rules of the game. An assassin who surreptitiously kills an unarmed woman who's done nothing worse than piss someone off is in a much lower tier of humanity.

How so? Will it matter to the victim as they lay bleeding on the ground how they were felled or by what enemy? No to them Death will still be Death. Taking life in honorable combat does not change the outcome. Though Nords will say honor=Sovengarde you can see in Sovengarde plenty of soldiers from both sides. The only real difference is that Soldiers can make the "excuse" that it was for a good cause but no man has the right to state that, while an assassin will plainly convey that it was for the money

Tjihii, i censored my naughty, naughty thoughts

Um, how should I phrase it? This thread's purpose is to reflect your life on Tamriel right? It's not about "I'm gonna be that kind of person" right? So if you're a DB assassin in Tamriel, what kinda life are you living IRL?

I beg to differ. There is not much differences between an assassin, a soldier and a mercenary. An assassin can be hired to assassinate a leader so that change in leadership would not spill as much blood as soldier's way. A soldier can also get an order to execute someone whom his leader despises. They're essentially the same, they're a tool, a blade, a sword and shield who will spill blood at their leader's word.

The thread reflects you IF you were BORN in Tamriel which means your limits and morals would be tweaked a bit

You can put on the blinders and rationalize your virtual life as a cold-blooder murderer all you like. To those of us who value life, the difference could not be more obvious. Night and day.

Yes, that is why I asked the question. If you are a DB in Tamriel, what are the equivalent of that life in IRL? your first post certainly doesn't imply above sentence and your story sounds like one of those "If I were born in Tamriel I'm gonna be a ..." (ie. what you wanted, not what you are)

Well growing up here and growing up on Nirn would be different enough to ensure you would not have ..."matching?" jobs. Like a Farmer in Tamriel would not automatically be a Farmer in our realm

Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned inside out
And I liked to take a minute just sit down son,
And tell you how I became the Jarl of a town named Whiterun!

Going back in your family history a hundred years would give you a better idea of what you would probably be in Nirn. I would be a Smith, maybe a Stable owner, but my family has quite a few religious people, so a priest of Zenithar or Kynareth would be a good estimate for me. Not doing what your parents did is a fairly recent idea, and our modern society allows us to not follow the paths that are ancestors were literally born and raised into.

Honestly by that logic i would be a Carpenter...and i would kill myself

I suppose, but won't it still be hard to know how exactly you would turn up if you grew up at nirn? There's too many variables say, your family was assassinated by the DB would you still work for them? I for one won't, even if I did it would probably to destroy them from the inside like that guy from oblivion. No offense though, perhaps it's just me overthinking things I have the tendency to do so. As for me I'd probably become a mage since I am neither athlethic nor willing to break law to become assassin or thief. And a healer since I am studying to become a doctor

Oh goodness no! Why would I want to create a lady who's not really in shape anymore, and who would rather sit around a tavern eating chips than go out and adventure? I think playing "me" would be pretty boring.

Plus there's no televisions or Netflix, or Internet in TES games. That means I'd wind up staring at the wall quite alot!