I usually go for Redguard because I find the Adrenalin Rush ability very helpful in the beginning. My preferred star sign would be Atronach because I don't use magic that much. It has one major downside though and that is it leaves your character unable to restore magic points when resting.
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I'm Canadian so I pick the Nord race because there 50% resistant to cold and "Nord" in french mean "North" and I live in the north my name NIIB uP [b]North[/b], so yeah...