Strange AI Issue

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So, I mod Morrowind a lot, and I have run into a strange problem regarding NPC behavior.

 

Basically, some friendly NPCs go hostile whenever they witness combat.

 

In Balmora, it happened with the destruction trainer Marayn Dren when I tried to sleep and an ash ghoul appeared. In the "Arrange a Meeting" Mages Guild Quest, it happened to Minabibi Assardarainat, when she asked me to cleanse the tomb and I proceeded to attack an enemy in the next room.

 

While these NPCs went hostile, they did not attack, simply attempted to flee. I only knew that they were hostile because they would attempt to attack for half-a-second, then proceed the flee attempt. Also, I am unable to rest due to the presence of a hostile. Leaving the cell for eight hours and coming back does not even work. While I know I can use spells or console commands, I should very much like to resolve this legitimately.

 

I turned off all of my plugins and still this bug occurred; I do not think any of the few master files I am using is causing this alteration in behavior.

 

Does anybody know what sort of mod or knock-on interference may cause certain NPCs throughout the game to act this way? Thank you so much in advance for any help.