To start, I'm not asking how many followers I can have at one time. I know that's been asked before a few times.
I'm wondering if there is a finite number of followers available through the world who will follow me? It seems like there is at least one in each towns inn, and then some others around based on quests. I've had a bad habit of killing them off (Unrelenting force over the cliff, so sorry Lydia) and not realizing it, but I prefer to just continue on and not reload from a save.
At some point, if I kill them all off (on acccident, of course), will I run out of people who will offer to follow me?
Best Answer
There are some generic NPCs that you gain by completing quests, such as the Dark Brotherhood Initiate that may respawn, assuming you can somehow kill them in the first place.
It seems that those initiates are immortal, according to the wiki.
So no, you can't run out of followers.