| Surely its a scamp. You should avoid them till level 3, and use a silver (at least) sword. I had to run from one of them for a long long way once, exactly behind caldera (there's a daedric temple nearby, yurch, where sandstorms roam the earth).
Or pick up a soul gem and enchant your weapon with a light lightning damage, and they'll fall even if you've just exausted the charges. |