Dark Elves are relatively balanced in terms of stats and abilities, but they lean towards either swords or destruction magic, so one of those.
The dark elf is very good for spells.
Syndelius is a good dark elf name i personally think
No, the wood elf is a race already included in a standard version of Oblivion.
After you are sent to jail a dark elf will come and give you a letter, when you follow the instructions you will need to complete a challange the your in.
In Oblivion, the playable races are: Humans - Imperials, Bretons, Redguards, Nords, Elves - Dark Elf (Dunmer), Wood Elf (Bosmer), High Elf (Altmer), Orcs, Khajiit (cat people), Argonians (lizard men). Non playable races include Sheogorath(his own race), dremora, daedra, and a lot more. In Skyrim, you can play the same races as you could in Oblivion.
i like the imperial and sometimes a wood elf
On Oblivion the easiest way to get your stats up is to be a Dark Elf and close AS MANY Oblivion gates as POSSIBLE and get a lot I repeat A LOT of TRANNING from the best people around but you will need a lot of GOLD so be prepared. (If you need a easy way to get gold ask the question and I will answer.)
Dark Elf, Khajit or Argonian
Small!Dark ElfLight ElfWelfRiver Elf --- MorganBurrowing Elf -- DroversForest Elf --- several types
Jagar Tharn is an Imperial name.
Lance, Carter, Rusty, Cutter, Spruce, and Perry.
A Daedric Bow OR If you have the Shivering Isles expansion pack, you can get a Madness Bow. There is also a relatively powerful bow you can get in the main Shivering Isles storyline that has a random spell effect upon strike.