This is not an hack & slay game. Please keep that in mind. If you play the game like that, you will have not much fun.

You can't attack NPCs. It's as simple as that.

And : You *need* to talk to every NPC.

Of course you can find wild animals in the area, but remember : This is not an hack & slash game ! Killing is not the goal of this game !

It is rather story-driven. Hence the required talk to NPCS.

But - you'll get occations for fighting more than enough - much much later in the game.