Party of 3, a Warlock, Wizard, and Ranger. The two I'm focused on are the Warlock and Wizard (named Olsen and Sabal, personalities described below) who have been butting heads for a while now. I'm half expecting it to turn to PvP unless I do something, to stop it. OOC discussion between players is the best course of action but I'd also like an in-character reason as to why they get their act together and find ways to advance the plot without arguing every session.
At a minimum you need to have that OOC discussion and find out whether the bad feelings between characters are also bad feelings between players, or if they’re both enjoying role-playing it (and if the third player is enjoying being a third wheel to their fire and ice quarrel).
That's already specified in the OP. "Olsen's player privately told me that if Sabal used enchantment magic on Olsen again to remove his free will, Olsen might attack Sabal. This would obviously ruin the party and campaign." Any time you have a player privately communicating with the DM about something they see as a problem, it's a player problem, not a character problem.
Or not. Players might just consider it metagaming to discuss character relationships with each other out of character. Or it could be as you say, but Sabal’s player thinks it’s all in fun and doesn’t know Olsen’s player isn’t enjoying the rivalry. It’s best to get it out in the open among all players, not keep having these assumption-laden one-on-ones.
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Or not. Players might just consider it metagaming to discuss character relationships with each other out of character. Or it could be as you say, but Sabal’s player thinks it’s all in fun and doesn’t know Olsen’s player isn’t enjoying the rivalry. It’s best to get it out in the open among all players, not keep having these assumption-laden one-on-ones.