I'm aware of the civilian thing, and will be addressing it.
As to the tower leading to Bleak Fallows, yeah, those bandits are notorious for being unreliable. I don't know what it is about them, but they are the only ones that I've personally witness do the infamous re-agro thing.
On a side note, your user name struck me as an interesting choice. My wife is actually close to wrapping up writing a novel (alternate timeline Earth where magic and the gods of all the various pantheons of all of Earth's actual cultures exist in a very tangible sense) and one of more important characters is Níðhöggr.
Hello dkatryl, same situation here. Except the guys in riverwood not react on my submit (just turn non hostile and walk away), I also experienced the same issue from the other npcs. The bandit stand guard in front of the Embershard Mine; one forsworn from the camp near Rorikstead; and the Thalmors who are sending the arrested stormcloak soldier to their place.
All above npcs are just stop attacking and walk away, no matter how many times I‘ve tried or add bandit faction on them. I were using the 08SEP version of your mod.
Thanks