Oh so it wasn't the Council? It was really unclear who the background people were in that scene. Well if it was other people actually involved in what happened I'm less divided on what I think of it, I'll just enjoy Elijah's wholesale attack on the witches (and their followers) for playing them. It's still pretty dark but it doesn't set off me 'but...if Elijah's going to start killing humans, especially uninvolved ones, this should be a bigger deal' issue.