History NightmareFuel / TheElderScrollsVSkyrim

** That contract can even be from someone the Dragonborn hasn't even met. If it's a bug, it's still quite disturbing to think about. Someone you have never even seen or met in person, hires vile thugs to get you.

** The hired thugs can be this in first (and other) encounters, and they can appear anywhere at any time. Imagine sitting in your camp on a beautiful spot surrounded by beautiful and peaceful nature. You are feeling safe here. Then come along a few or more thugs, and they are calmly walking toward your camp, toward "'you.'" They will say that they are there to "teach you a lesson", before attacking the player. Reason? Because someone has decided to hire them to hunt you down. Trying to escape, won't help, as they are willing to go as far as they need to get to you. You thought you were safe going to an inn in a village or town? Wrong. They can stand outside the door waiting for you as you are leaving the inn, giving you a nasty surprise if you're not expecting it. If you try to get back inside, they will be there too, and you will be forced to kill them, as they will attack. One of them (could be the leader of the gang) has a contract that you can take from them after they have been killed, telling them to "teach" said player a lesson, it could be for theft, repeated tresspasses, or murder. But whoever wrote the contract, openly admits that s/he has no qualm about letting the thugs kill the Dragonborn, even for the smallest of theft. The thugs will try to kill the player anyway, though it's stated that they don't have to. After an encounter with the thugs, no one will blame you for nerveously looking around the next time you sit in your camp, where they appeared.

** The hired thugs can be this in first (and other) encounters, and they can appear anywhere at any time. Imagine sitting in your camp on a beautiful spot surrounded by beautiful and peaceful nature. You are feeling safe here. Then come along a few or more thugs, and they are calmly walking toward your camp, toward "you." They will say that they are there to teach you a lesson, before attacking the player. Reason? Because someone has decided to hire them to hunt you down. Trying to escape, won't help, as they are willing to go as far as they need to get to you. You thought you were safe going to an inn in a village or town? Wrong. They can stand outside the door waiting for you as you are leaving the inn, giving you a nasty surprise if you're not expecting it. If you try to get back inside, they will be there too, and you will be forced to kill them, as they will attack. One of them (could be the leader of the gang) has a contract that you can take from them after they have been killed, telling them to "teach" said player a lesson, it could be for theft, repeated tresspasses, or murder. But whoever wrote the contract, openly admits that s/he has no qualm about letting the thugs kill the Dragonborn, even for the smallest of theft. The thugs will try to kill the player anyway, though it's stated that they don't have to. After an encounter with the thugs, no one will blame you for nerveously looking around the next time you sit in your camp, where they appeared.

** Hired Thugs
* The hired thugs can be this in first (and other) encounters, and they can appear anywhere at any time. Imagine sitting in your camp on a beautiful spot surrounded by beautiful and peaceful nature. You are feeling safe here. Then come along a few or more thugs, and they are calmly walking toward your camp, toward you. They will say that they are there to "teach you a lesson", before attacking the player. Reason? Because someone has decided to hire them to hunt you down. Trying to escape, won't help, as they are willing to go as far as they need to get to you. You thought you were safe going to an inn in a village or town? Wrong. They can stand outside the door waiting for you as you are leaving the inn, giving you a nasty surprise if you're not expecting it. If you try to get back inside, they will be there too, and you will be forced to kill them, as they will attack. One of them (could be the leader of the gang) has a contract that you can take from them after they have been killed, telling them to "teach" said player a lesson, it could be for theft, repeated tresspasses, or murder. But whoever wrote the contract, openly admits that s/he has no qualm about letting the thugs kill the Dragonborn, even for the smallest of theft. The thugs will try to kill the player anyway, though it's stated that they don't have to. After an encounter with the thugs, no one will blame you for nerveously looking around the next time you sit in your camp, where they appeared.

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