My follower is attacking someone. Can I get him/her to stop

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I was fighting a dragon and civilians were getting in the way, I guess I accidentally hit one of the civilians. Now he has gone aggro on me and Lydia is trying to defend me. I just want to avoid him and not kill him. How can I get Lydia to stop attacking him?

Best Answer

You could use a calm spell to get them to stop fighting and fast travel away. They should chill out after a few in-game days have passed without them seeing each other. Alternatively, if you have an entrance to a different cell nearby (indoors -> outdoors, one dungeon level -> different dungeon level, etc), you could try going through and fast traveling before the NPC can give chase. The safest bet is to reload to an earlier save, though.