the hilarious thing is that my warrior who stole like 2 things and was never caught got thugs sent after him while my thief who pickpockets everyone from the rich to the beggars while detected has never seen them :facepalm: .
UPDATE: I ended up sprinting away from Whiterun, into the farming area right out front. I stopped to try and take em on one at a time and Farkas just runs out of nowhere and annihilates one of em. I manage to kill one as well.
yeah happened to me! you should be able to get a note off of one of them when you kill them that sometimes says who sent them. i remember the 3 guys that wanted to kill me were not easy. i had to use my ice form shout to save my butt. and i love how the guards do NOTHING! why can they assault me but i can't hurt random people. i remember i ran to a guard and stoof there like "what! i have the guards to protect me!" ... they stood there as i got pummeled.