Nigh Unanimous

A large number of important individuals had gathered deep in the Martial Union headquarters in the capital town of Vargard.

The seating arrangements were structured strangely. 

A hundred and eleven seats faced the speaker's podium, each occupied by a Martial Master.

There were two more sections of seats on either side of the Martial Masters, facing each other, occupied by various different non-Martial officials within the Martial Union. Commissioners, managers, directors, and so on and so forth.

Although they didn't have any real authority, they did have the right to spectate and voice their opinions, offering a non-Martial perspective.

"I presume that everybody knows why this emergency meeting has been called." The speaker calmly remarked. "This assembly has been called for one and only one agenda."

A moment of silence lingered in the air.