Merc cleared his throat to get everybody's attention, then signaled for his men to seize the knife and return it to Scorpio, which they did promptly. "It seems that several of you have neglected to turn in all of your weapons, but I suppose that was a lost cause. Anyways, we shouldn't be so hasty about decisions such as this. We have not yet heard Lord Zattiri's opinion in the matter, as I'm sure he's in some form of shock after such a sudden and violent turn to these negotiations. I'm also fairly certain that not only would this anger both the snake Lord and myself, as I am in strict opposition to unnecessary bloodshed, it also wouldn't satisfy Zattiri in the slightest. The war woul still go on, meaning that this a very unnecessary and very stupid tangent. Shall we get back to the actual discussion of who's on what side?"
He glances down at his notes. "From what I can tell so far, we have only one alliance established, which is between Ivan and Nyran. Everybody else , excluding Zattiri, appears to have no actual opinion on the matter, choosing to be a mercenary or just are completely neutral."