This afternoon I was northeast of Whiterun. I had just finished a dungeon (The Grotto, or something like it), and I was walking to another dungeon, which turned out to be a dragon shout wall/attack by blood dragon.

Anyway, just before I got there, I was suddenly jumped on/attacked by 3 enemies. Lydia and I killed them, and then I searched the bodies.

Found a note on one of them - they were a special hit squad from the Thalmor. I kept seeing Thalmor when my Orc warrior kept running his cursor over them but didn't understand why. I had never seen Thalmor so close to Whiterun.

Turned out I have done something that really made the Thalmor mad, and so an assassination order was published on my character.

I did complete the quest line where you investigate the killing of a person in their city, and eventually are in an underground prison where you meet the Forsworn (not trying to give anything away here). But, I guess I screwed a lot of high-ranking people in that town - so that must be payback from them.

It will be interesting to see if they keep coming lol. Anyone had this yet - I'm sure someone did that quest and seen the results?

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Well I had the thalmor after my MQ character (called Dovakiin) after completing Diplomatic Immunity.

I've had something similar happen, I was playing as my Agent character, Sabrin, and I cam across some hostile Thalmor Justicars so I toyed with them, I kill the two Knights and the mage was the only person left, I fired some random arrows away from me, when the timing was right I snuck up on her and slit her throat.

I've met "Orc" "Redguard" "Wood Elf" "Argonian" and "Khajjit" so far on my travels. I have a Redguard and Orc character and they all called me Milk drinker.

I killed that Orc, or one like him. I'm playing as a Nord and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some Orc insult me in my homeland. Stupid Orcs, they think they're toughtest among men and mer, but he wasn't tough enough to stop my Ebony swond from piercing his torso.

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It's a funny old system...I accidentally smacked a couple of guards in a fight with a dragon, and ended up paying nearly 4000 in fines early in the game. Just recently, I trashed a Thalmor patrol and released a prisoner, just outside of Whiterun, and only got fined 1000 coin, and made more than twice that from the booty off them.

My 'Orc' is or was (I should say) female....and one of the few foes who didn't get blown away by a Shout, staggered her, but didn't fling her backwards.

that reminds me of the vininus family in the winking skeever in solitude. One night i stole an item from the son, and he sent thugs after me. So i went back and killed him. But his dad(inn owner) saw me in act, so i killed him too. few days later, their daughter(minette vinius, child) sent thugs after me for killing the dad. So, i killed her, but she is invulnerable. So i DL-ed the killable children and sent minette to the void

The irony of calling the orc rude with a username like that. It can potentially be very offensive...

I've been called a milk-drinker millions of times...
What? It's not my fault i'm a ladies man.

I've never had thugs sent after me, and i've stolen and killed plenty.

One guy sent thugs after me when I took his stuff.
After he died in an event that had nothing to do with me.
He must really like his books to send people after me from beyond the grave.

Well after all ghosts can do anything they want....