I love skyrims factions, we have
The Companions, your presence in the story doesn’t matter besides to see everything, and then they make you leader. The members went from saying "why did anyone let you join" to "why the fuck are you our leader?" If i hear that fuckass eld say "i didn't expect them to allow me to join, but seeing you i guess they let everyone in" one more time hes getting cooked on my sword istg
The Dark Brotherhood, your presence is the downfall of the sanctuary, you will play the final quest and then reload to a save before you started it like everyone does, because weirdly the serial killer club is lueges nicer to the player than the Theives Guild members are, with less missions and more murder you can really find a family in them, before they all die
The College of Winterhold, your presences is vital, you have one magical lesson, then you must stop the world from ending, you go into a book its long and weird but cool
The Bard College, wait what do you even do here? They don't even teach you music! There's not really a story, a null experience with nothing before or after changing. I can't remember a single remarkable quest or story thread from them
The Danwguard, you hunt vampires, its baller as hell the whole time, the vampire lady you rescue is the most popular companion. She will still block doorways and never stops randomly saying her dialog but thats skyrim companions for you
The Thieves Guild, everyone is an asshole to you, and you have SO MUCH shit to collect for them you earn your stay as leader, they hate murder but will call you an asshat at every turn without fail no matter what you do. Everyone hates your guts the whole time like the Companions, I cannot stress the constant sass every character in the ratways tosses at the player no matter what
The Imperials/Stormcloaks, does anyone actually play politics in this game? I sure as fuck didnt, ive played this game for my whole life and ive never once joined either side and wholly pretended they didn't exist, often killing the soldiers carrying prisoners just to free them and loot the soldiers
Oh and the Thalmor, you can't join them, but you will fucking hate them and the roaming gangs are easy kills with little to no game repercussions