This build is inspired by the real-life Varangian Guard, bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor who mainly came from the Scandinavian area to get battle experience working for the Eastern Romans.
Accordingly, my Varangian Guard is a Nord who served the Empire in Hammerfell by guarding the elite of Sentinel during the Great War. As a loyal Nord, the Empire’s betrayal of Hammerfell by signing the White-Gold Concordat was too much for him to bear, and he - along with most of the Varangian Guard - sided with the Redguards and renounced their allegiance to the Empire. In my head canon, the Varangians were highly influential in the success of the Redguard resistance against the Aldmeri Dominion. At the start of Skyrim, the Varangian Guard hears of a rebellion in his homeland, and he decides to head back to assist his kin in repelling the disgraceful Empire he once served.
The Varangian Guard
Race: Nord
Weapons: Windshear, Targe of the Blooded
Armor: Alik’r Hood, Blades Armor, Steel Imperial Gauntlets, Steel Shin Boots
Disclaimer: IMO the Empire is better but for this character in particular his backstory means he hates the Empire with a passion.