Hirelings
Belrand
Found: Winking Skeever in Solitude
Fighting Style: Spellsword
Prefers: One-Handed, Light Armor, Destruction, Restoration
Notes: Can conjure familiar; Can Marry
To Join: Hire for 500 gold
Max Level: 40
Vorstag
Found: Silver-Blood Inn in Markarth
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Can Marry
To Join: Hire for 500 Gold
Max Level: 40
Jenassa
Found: Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun
Fighting Style: Archer
Prefers: Archery, Light Armor, One-Handed, Block, Sneak
Notes: Can Marry; Can duel-wield weapons
To Join: Hire for 500 gold
Max Level: 40
Stenvar
Found: Candlehearth Hall in Windhelm
Fighting Style: Knight
Prefers: Two-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Can Marry
To Join: Hire for 500 gold
Max Level: 40
Marcurio
Found: The Bee and the Barb in Riften
Fighting Style: Mage
Prefers: Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Conjuration, Skeak
Notes: Can Marry
To Join: Hire for 500 gold
Max Level: 40
Erik the Slayer
Found: Rorikstead
Fighting Style: Barbarian
Prefers: Two-Handed, Light Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Can marry; requires quest before available as a follower; Can Marry
To Join: Do favor quest and hire for 500 gold
Max Level: 40
Housecarls
Jordis the Sword-Maiden
Found: Home in Solitude
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: must be thane of Solitude to be available; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in personal home
Max Level: 50
Argis the Bulwark
Found: Home in Markarth
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: must be thane of Markarth to be available; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in personal home
Max Level: 50
Lydia
Found: Home in Whiterun
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: must be thane of Whiterun to be available; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in personal home
Max Level: 50
Calder
Found: Home in Windhelm
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: must be thane of Windhelm to be available; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in personal home
Max Level: 50
Iona
Found: Home in Riften
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: must be thane of Riften to be available; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in personal home
Max Level: 50
Favor
Ahtar the Jailor
Found: Solitude Jail
Fighting Style: Knight
Prefers: Two-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must complete “Kill the Bandit Leader”
To Join: Recruit at Solitude Jail
Max Level: 30
Benor
Found: Guardhouse in Morthal
Fighting Style: Knight
Prefers: Two-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must defeat in a brawl; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit at Morthal
Max Level: 30
Cosnach
Found: Silver-Blood Inn in Markarth
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must defeat in a brawl; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Markarth
Max Level: 30
Borgakh the Steel Heart
Found: Mor Khazgur
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Sneak
Notes: Must convince to marry before available as follower; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Mor Khazgur
Max Level: 30
Ghorbash the Iron Hand
Found: Dushnikh Val
Fighting Style: Archer
Prefers: Archery, Light Armor, One-Handed, Block, Sneak
Notes: Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Dushnikh Val
Max Level: 30
Uthgerd the Unbroken
Found: The Bannered Mare in Whiterun
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must defeat in a brawl; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Whiterun
Max Level: 30
Sven
Found: Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood
Fighting Style: Smithy
Prefers: Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing, Archery
Notes: Must complete “A Lovely Letter” in his favor
To Join: Recruit in Riverwood
Max Level: 20
Faendal
Found: Riverwood
Fighting Style: Archer
Prefers: Archery, Light Armor, One-Handed, Sneak
Notes: Must complete “A Lovely Letter” in his favor
To Join: Recruit in Riverwood
Max Level: 30
Roggi Knot-Beard
Found: Braidwood Inn in Kynesgrove
Fighting Style: Smithy
Prefers: Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing, One-Handed
Notes: Comes with named shield; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Kynesgrove
Max Level: 20
Derkeethus
Found: Darkwater Crossing in Eastmarsh
Fighting Style: Archer
Prefers: Archery, Light Armor, One-Handed, Block, Sneak
Notes: Must complete “Extracting an Argonian”; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Darkwater Crossing
Max Level: 30
Annekke Crag-Jumper
Found: Goldenrock Mine in Darkwater Crossing
Fighting Style: Archer
Prefers: Archery, Light Armor, One-Handed, Block, Sneak
Notes: Must complete “Kill the Bandit Leader”; Can Marry her daughter
To Join: Recruit in Darkwater Crossing
Max Level: 30
Mjoll the Lioness
Found: Riften
Fighting Style: Knight
Prefers: Two-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must complete “Grimsever’s Return”; Can Marry
To Join: Recruit in Riften
Max Level: 40
Kharjo
Found: Outside Dawnstar, Windhelm, or Riften in a caravan
Fighting Style: Warrior
Prefers: One-Handed, Heavy Armor, Archery, Block
Notes: Must complete “Amulet of the Moon”
To Join: Recruit at his caravan
Max Level: 30
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