Assassins are good to take around if you’re a stealth build yourself, as they are the less likely to blow your cover than other followers. Under that condition, we’ve listed them both as yay. However, if you aren’t using a sneak build, you should probably avoid these two.
Training: One-handed, archery, light armor, sneak
Requirement: Join Brotherhood, spare his life during main questline
Marriage: No
Location: Dawnstar Sanctuary
Yay!: Cicero has similar skills to the Dark Brotherhood Initiate, but he makes more entertaining comments as he follows you.
Training: One-handed, archery, light armor, sneak
Requirement: Join Brotherhood, complete “Hail Sithis” quest.
Marriage: No
Location: Dawnstar Sanctuary
Yay!: Initiate’s have the same skill set as Cicero, which comes in handy if you’ve killed Cicero. You can choose between a male and female initiate.
Each of these followers offers their services for a mere 500 gold. In most cases, dismissing these followers means you’ll have to pay another 500 to recruit them again.
Training: Destruction, restoration, one-handed, light armor
Requirement: 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire him
Location: The Winking Skeever in Solitude
Yay!: Belrand is a mixture of warrior and mage, with an ability to heal. This makes him an extremely useful ally for nearly any build.
Training: Two-handed, block, archery, light armor
Requirement: Convince his father, pay 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire him
Location: The farm in Rorikstead
Nay!: If a follower specializes in two-handed weapons, we prefer they also dabble in heavy armor. This is not the case with Erik, so we would avoid him.
Training: Archery, sneak, one-handed, block, light armor
Requirement: 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire her
Location: The Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun
Yay!: Janassa is one of the few followers with five skill specialties. She is primarily an archer, with enough back up skills to make for a good melee warrior. Specializing in sneak makes her a valuable ally for players that like to use bow-centric sneak attacks.
Training: Destruction, restoration, conjuration, alteration, sneak
Requirement: 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire him
Location: The Bee and Barb in Riften
Yay!: Marcurio is a good choice for players seeking a mage but who aren’t a member of the College of Winterhold.
Training: Two-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire him
Location: Candlehearth Hall in Windhelm
Yay!: Stenvar is a great tank due to his heavy armor, block, and two-handed skills. He can also deal damage at a distance thanks to his archery skill.
Training: One-handed, heavy armor, block, archery
Requirement: 500 gold
Marriage: Yes, if you first hire him
Location: Silver-Blood Inn in Markarth
Yay!: Vorstag is quite similar to Stenvar, only he specializes in one-handed weaponry. A solid warrior. Plus, he can be found drunkenly dancing, so there’s that...
These characters will follow you only after you’ve completed a quest/task/favor for or relating to them. The size and difficulty of the task varies, so we’ve factored that into our yays and nays.
Training: Two-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: Agree to kill the leader at Broken Oar Grotto
Marriage: No
Location: Many places in Solitude. We found him in Jala’s house.
Nay!: Ahtar is a good tank build, and his default weapon is his executioner axe. However, he can be quite difficult to track down, and because he’s nothing too special, we would avoid him.
Training: Two-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: Beat him in a brawl
Marriage: Yes, if you first beat him in a brawl
Location: Wandering the streets of Morthal
Yay!: Benor is a great tank, and his task is simple. As such, we recommend him.
Training: One-handed, heavy armor, archery, sneak
Requirement: Use speech skill, pay her dowry, or complete a small quest
Marriage: Yes, after she becomes a follower
Location: Training in the orc stronghold of Mor Khazgur
Nay!: Unless you are an orc yourself, you’ll have to complete a quest before you can converse effectively with the residents of Mor Khazgur. Considering that in addition to the work you need to do for Borgakh in particular, we suggest passing on the orc. That, and her skills of heavy armor and sneak seem contradictory.
Training: One-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: Beat him in a brawl or buy him a drink
Marriage: Yes, if you first do the above
Location: Silver-Blood Inn in Markarth
Yay!: Cosnach is a tank build that prefers shields, so we definitely like him. Plus, drunkards are always entertaining.
Training: One-handed, block, archery, sneak, light armor
Requirement: Complete a short quest for him
Marriage: Yes, if he has become a follower
Location: Training in the orc stronghold of Dushnikh Yal
Yay!: Ghorbash’s light armor, sneak, and archery skills make him a good follower for stealth builds who haven’t joined the Brotherhood.
Training: Enchanting, Alchemy, Smithing, Archery
Requirement: Complete “Love Triangle” in his favor
Marriage: No
Location: Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood
Yay!: Sven is one of the few non-combat followers. Of course he can fight, but his real purpose is to round out players who don’t share his unique skill set.
Training: One-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: Beat her in a brawl
Marriage: Yes, beat her in a brawl
Location: The Bannered Mare in Whiterun
Yay!: Because Whiterun is one of the first locations you’ll find in the game, and beating Uthgerd in a brawl is easy, we recommend her as a follower.
Training: One-handed, block, heavy armor, archery
Requirement: Clear his dungeon
Marriage: No
Location: Hillgrund’s Tomb in Whiterun Hold
Nay!: Warrior followers are common, and most don’t require you clear an entire dungeon first before joining you. As such, we recommend you leave Golldir and his problems alone.
Training: Destruction, Restoration, Conjuration, Alteration
Requirement: Clear her dungeon
Marriage: No
Location: Darklight Tower in The Rift
Yay!: Illia is a powerful mage and a great choice for those who don’t have access to the followers in the College of Winterhold. Just make sure she doesn’t get too close to the enemy, for she has no armor skills.
Training: Speech, Smithing, Enchanting, Alchemy
Requirement: Complete the side quest “Rise in the East” given by Orthus Endario.
Marriage: No
Location: East Empire Company at the Windhelm docks
Nay!: Adelaisa has a rare skill set for a follower, and is recommended if you are already completing her associated side quest. However, there are a couple other followers with similar skill sets that are easier to obtain (such as Sven).
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anil-kumar - July 4, 2012 9:24 a.m.