User blog comment:Windhelm Guard/Help me create a back story for my character/@comment-6365350-20130707112555

Alright here goes off the top of my head:

Elpin Ice-Eyes was born in Dawnstar on the 17th of Heartfire in the year 192 4E, his Father was a blacksmith working in the Imperial Legion and a devout Talos worshipper, his mother had died during childbirth and so Elpin had a very close bond with his father and worked with him, learning the skills of a blacksmith (smithing). Eventually when Ulfric and his Stormcloaks began their protesting the Thalmor swooped in to crack down on Talos worship, unfortunatley Elpin's father was one of the victims. Elpin at first wanted to enact revenge upon the Thalmor but was dissuaded by Tolkin, an imperial officer who was a close friend of his father and who had acted like an uncle for Elpin. Instead he joined the legion and trained as a legionnary, learning the skills of war (One-handed, Block, Heavy Armor) He served under Tolkin for a time, travelling to distant lands like Cyrodiil and High Rock. Eventually Tolkin passed away and Elpin was on his own. Having been away from Skyrim for so long he decided to ask his new officer for leave to go home and was granted his request. Upon crossing into Skyrim from Cyrodiil however he found himself in the middle of an Imperial ambush and was captured and bound by his fellow legionnaries and thus began his reutrn to Skyrim....

Well how was that?