the bandit that dies because of cowardice, lives again! when he does, if you try to run up and not go right and fight the leader and his cohorts, the game freezes - he cries out "Oh no it's them!" (game freeze here). Also, he seems to revive himself regardless, 2nd time playing it thru for secondary quest was when the game froze on me. i saw him revive on the first time through and tried to talk to him, but he doesn't do anything.
Also, when he dies, it's really cool, cuz the blood is splattered over the top companion's health gauge. pretty epic. :)