User blog comment:Jimeee/PS3 release dates for Dragonborn, Hearthfire and Dawnguard - Euro Update/@comment-6599948-20130219214020/@comment-6599948-20130219234554

no for real if you dont protect your house in hearthfire bandits will come (even if you have a steward,housecarl,or nanny etc.) and kidnapp your wife or childern. then the next you go home 3-2 bandits will be there waiting or fighting your steward or housecarl etc. and once you kill them one of them will have a ransome letter to start the quest