{{Trail}} [[Category:Skyrim-Characters|Creation]][[File:SR-menu-Character_Creation.jpg|thumb|right|The new you]]

'''Creating your character''' is the first decision that you must make when playing Skyrim. Although you are presented with a wide variety of options for altering your character's appearance, the only decision that affects subsequent game play is your chosen '''[[Skyrim:Races|race]]'''. Your character's capabilities are more strongly affected by how you choose to play the game (and by choices made when you [[Skyrim:Leveling|level up]]) than by your initial character creation.