Originally Posted by KapitanUnterhosen
Isn't Riverwood that tiny little village with half a dozen wooden cots we've seen in the previews?

There's 7 of those and then just 5 "cities"? That's it? Sounds like it's going to be even emptier than oblivion.

Five major cities and four smaller towns (capitals of each of the nine holds), plus seven smaller villages:

Major Cities:
Solitude - Haafingar
Falkreath - Falkreath
Whiterun - White Hold
Windhelm - Eastmarch
Riften - The Rift

Towns:
Morthal - Hjaalmarch
Markarth - The Reach
Dawnstar - The Pale
Winterhold - Winter Hold

Smaller Villages:
Riverwood
Shor's Stone
Ivarstead
Karthwasten
Helgen
Rorickstead
Dragon Bridge