you shouldn't get aggro when you're next to the Aetheryte in bozjan

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

I was talking to one of the Ironworks people in the initial zone to progress the quest line when a mob someone had dragged into the camp attacked me and interrupted the dialogue, forcing me to fight the thing and then restart the conversation with the quest NPC.

So no, not even the opening zone is truly safe, at least not if you are speaking to one of the NPC's near the exit/entrance to the camp.

I was not amused by that incident.

I had that happen to me once while opening lockboxes. Someone dragged one of those early enemies into town. A Nimrod? Or a Nephyts? I can't remember.