Dark Brotherhood quest line. Always good for some excellent dark humor, plus they always end badly for the person in charge. Lucian might have had a gruesome death, but Astrid has him beat, I think.
Oh, and Babette is probably my favorite character. 300 year old vampire child? Awesome.
you can see dragons anytime i have not even gone up to high hrothgar and have already fought and killed not just a dragon but a blood dragon (the next level higher) i am level twenty by the way i think it goes by levels how often you see dragons i used to never see them but now i see them all the time
Going to High Hrothgar happens after fighting Mirmulnir. You need to do that fight to unlock the random dragon spawns. Your level determines the type of dragons you find. Early on it's just Dragons, then Blood Dragons and Elder Dragons. Those are the ones I've seen so far, may be others, though. I didn't do the main questline until about level 10. Up to that point not a single dragon. I did the Mirmulnir fight and then they started appearing everywhere. I literally eat two dragons before breakfast!
Just got the game yesterday, lvl 12 breton mage character. My highlight of gameplay so far was battling 3 dragons simultaneously in The College of Winterhold courtyard. Is this a staged event or a random encounter? But it was amazing. The 3 dragons dominated the central area while the other mages and I dashed around the surrounding walkways, using the pillars for cover and throwing everything we got at them! It was a very colourful and intense battle, it was beautiful. Courtyard is fulla bones now, but definitely worth it! There is only one thing that scares me... bears!
Three dragons you say? Ha, bring it on.... A bear? RUN!