Other NPCs

Besides friendly characters such as prisoners or merchants you can find several other, innocent non-playable characters in the canyon. Most of them are not aggressive and will not get in your way as long as you are not bothering them.

Innocent NPCs can be identified by the missing alertness indicator (the exclamation mark above enemies' heads). Even after spotting the player they will not show it. They will also have less red in the color of their sprite.

Slave
Slaves are innocent workers, mostly found in the first area of the canyon. They are unarmed and are not supposed to be be killed. They will usually flee from you.

Horse
Horses can be found throughout the canyon tethered to nearby hitches or similar wooden posts. They might try to kick you if you get to close behind a horse. They can not be mounted and are mostly just there for decoration. They can be killed but will not drop anything useful. Horses can be released without hurting them by melee attacking them while they are still hitched. If a horse is shot or hurt otherwise they will also try to break the rope in order to flee.

Rabbit / Hare
Rabbit / Hares can be found everywhere in the canyon, usually in and around high grass. They will try to flee from combat and cannot attack the player. It is possible to kill them but they will not drop any loot.

They count as small NPC and are therefore harder to hit with most ranged weapons.