BonesOfTheEarth

Someone is following you in roleplay. You ask them to stop stalking you. They continue to follow you. You give them one last warning to back off. They don't say or do anything, and just continue to follow you. You attack them for your own safety. This is on a public road.

Are you the defender, for giving good warning and fighting out of concern for your own personal safety? Or are you the attacker, simply for swinging the first blow?

Edit: In Towns and Cities, stalking is(for the most part) a crime and you would have Defender Default in those cases. On the road, where there is no law, is where I ask.