I was on my way to the throat of the world when it was dark, and I decided to wait for morning to travel so I could see the beauty of my surroundings. When the wait was over, there was about five hired thugs after me. I do not know why, but they told me they were going to kill me and started after me. There was no way I could take them all at once, so I started into a pattern of fight a little, then run away healing. Then 2 wolves started chasing me too. So I kill about half the thugs and and 1 of the wolves in this manner, when I hear a certain sound.....I turn around and and there's a dragon flying towards me! My immediate thoughts were OH [censored]! So I decided its best to finish the people off if I'm going to be dealing with a dragon and I turn to fight them, but there's only one person left and he's being mauled by a bear! Lucky for me, the dragon decided not to attack (instead it circled above menacingly until I got in town, then it left), and I decided to fight the bear. Bad idea. I had the tiniest bit of health, no magic left, and no stamina left, when I finally (just in time, one more swipe from the bear and I'd have been dead) reached a small bridge and there was a guard there. I helped him finish the bear after healing some.

What happened with the dragon?

I was walkin in the forest with beautiful music playing with a bautiful scene. Suddenly, the music stops. I look aeound, and pull my axe out. Suddenly i hear a howl and get attacked from behind by a wolf. Scaryyy.
(as u can tell, i haven't progressed too far in the game lol)

it decided not to attack. It just circled above me until I was in the town and made scary noises.

Nice! That actually sounds really epic man. My whole adventure so far has been one amazing moment, and I've only encountered the first dragon so far... I'm so excited to see how things escalate though.

it was the first non quest related dragon I encountered too.

Dude that's sweet! My first random dragon encounter was really exhilarating, but not quite as epic as yours (except it was funny because during the first attempt in the middle of the fight a "fugitive" all of a sudden appeared and gave me an axe, then a few minutes later some guy appeared wondering where the fugitive went... all the while I'm being mauled XD)... oh my gosh. This is the greatest game I've ever played hands down, as I knew it would be! My biggest, biggest wish is that there was a co op option though.