Welcome!
Take a look at the basic video tutorials from epic games -> https://www.youtube/user/UnrealDevelopmentKit/playlists Especially the blueprint tutorials, because you will need blueprints for your project.
After that start a project with the 3rd person bp template and directly jump right into the fun -> create the character + animations, create all needed meshes,ā¦ 
Some useful links:
https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/
https://wiki.unrealengine/Main_Page