Let me just say, Erandur is amazing.
2 things happened in riften today, one being Erandur saying, "Riften, blah blah blah, hope nothing bad happens while we are here." Boom! Dragon attack.
Then later, as we exited to get a book for Urag, Bandits raided? the town, it consisted of 2 bandit chiefs, a bandit outlaw, and a bandit.