He's my favorite. He can only be killed by the player when he takes a knee, but he has a healing spell and really high regeneration so he rarely goes down. He uses a summoned familiar and flesh spells, and he has a high casting speed when given staves. Weakness to element poisons were a godsend. Plus being a Nord, he fits very well into my vision of the stereotypical Dragonborn. 

Yeah, good points all around.  I completely overlooked Belrand, but he would have been arguably a better choice than Illia. 

Does he use frost or fire consistently, or switch it up? 

I see that you have fallen prey to the great Blank Reply as well, Phil :D

Shit, this always happens when there is a chat session  Thanks for the heads up, Tim

 For the Imperials, Dibella is a goddess of refined beauty. But to the ancient inhabitants of Atmora, the beauty of the Moth is of a different sort. For a people who gave pride of place to bold deeds and open war, the beauty of cleverly spoken words acquired its own potency, and the mystery of transformation – from the lowly larva to the enigmatic night-flying moth – its own power. Those who follow the ways of the Moth embody a cleverness both in their words and in their craft that reflects this ancient and little-understood totem.

Rather than a stereotypical sweet-talking seducer (which would seem more Imperial than Atmoran), my Moth-inspired character is patterned somewhat after Rasputin, the famed mystic and charlatan who gained the trust of Russia's royal family. Rasputin, according to the linked bio, became “synonymous with power, debauchery, and lust” - an interesting way to imagine a primitive version of Dibella.

I think my original comment was in praise to this interpretation. It's inspired and may make me rethink how I view The Moth.

Yeah no problem. It happened to me several times.

I love this and will be trying it out soon. Basing the build on Rasputin a bit was inspired! Great stuff. Reading this got me really excited to start a new character.