I've read quite a bit here and dios on this topic and still not 100% clear on this. My take is villagers only hunt mages and only non mages in cabal raids/retrievels or if one attacks you. But you can't initiate combat outside of cabal ra/re. What about seeing a non mage on eastern say that has been attacking you often. This could have been in a cabal ra/re or a random area in a different session. Do you alwsys just wait to they strike you?

“You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.”
―Robert Alton Harris

This should be fairly obvious by reading the tablet and plaque in the village. If you have more doubts, ask your leader IC.

In that specific scenario if you realistically think they are after you then you can strike first. What you shouldn't do (Jerry) is if you see that warrior ranking with non enemies is run up and attack them.

The line in the dirt is that you don't hunt non enemies actively. Hunting being a proactive thing. Like if they are sleeping in their guild just move on.