[Stealth kills]

I got sick of the damned lunatic preaching in Whiterun so broke into his house and one shotted him while he slept. The guards still noticed. So I killed them. And then had to kill lots of other people.

Didn't matter how I tried to kill him, the Whiterun guards somehow always know.

 

What I do find annoying with sneak is quite often your allies (even your horse) will show you up as detected when you aren't to the enemy. Makes it kind of confusing sometimes.

It's always ok with just my follower, but can bug out with a temporary follower and is worse with two of them on a mission.

 

I hated him so much, but what i did was stand behind a rock and sneak and then snipe him from there, people noticed that he died, but no one though it was me :P Sneaking is screwy haha

[A psychological question.]

Staying put will get you no where, and the cave feels like it's going to be an enclosed space where I would be stuck, so going forward on the bridge would be the best choice in my opinion, and hey, maybe it's not endless after all :)