Ah, you're still at the beginning :) Awesome. What I tend to do at the beginning is do the main guest until the point where I have to go to the High Hrothgar. I don't go, I just start doing side guests and I do the main guest after I'v levelled up to at least 40 or 50 :D I just started a new game, too, and that's what I'm doing now. Level 5 at the moment I believe... But on my first playthrough I got to like only level 30 and at that point I had already done the main guest so I didn't want to continue on that character anymore :/ Started a new one.
Anyway, by "security guard" I believe you must mean Lydia? Gosh she's such a bitch. Kept giving me attitude, so I alwatch ditch her. The problem is, I like to make my home Breezehome in Whiterun, which is where my husband lives also, so I'm pretty sure he and Lydia are having an affair because I leave them home and just go off doing guests with some other dude. Oh well.
I don't really care for Imperials, nor Redguards. They're too... I don't know. Normal? :D Nords I like because basically I'm a nord, myself (living in the North and all). But next to High Elves, Orcs are my second favorite. I like to be an Elf lady and then marry an Orc gentleman. One of the big burly ones, you know?
Okay I'm sorry for talking so much, it's just that the second someone mentions Skyrim I can't stop talking because no one I know plays it and I'm obsessed so when I get the chance to talk about it, I will grasp onto that opportunity with all my might. But I'll stop now, don't worry.
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Haha. You can talk about it all you like. I love it! I'm nearly done on level 3. I stole a horse, and tried to make my way to the grey beards, but it's so damn difficult. I just can't do it. It's not like it's possible for me to cheat anyway. It's on the Xbox too. Yes! I mean Lydia. I keep her with me so I don't have to do so much fighting, and she can help carry my stuff. I didn't know you could get married in the game. Haha. That's awesome. Haha. I wonder if you can have a gay/lesbian relationship. Hmm... I should really try harder in the game, but I want to relax in it and live a normal life, not the Hannah Montana one with dragons and shit. Haha. I just went for a swim in the water, and went down waterfalls and everything. Then I died by a tiger or something, and that was really mean of him. :( Haha. :D xx