Beta 12b: Trapped! quest

[Hedrachi]

Got down to the second floor of the place, took two steps and BAM, stepped on an alarm trap. Two bandit lords appeared next to my Fighter, but soon as enemy rogues showed up all the neutral assassins, thieves and the assassin lord dragged the merchy into the fight. I -think- none of the neutral npcs attacked the hostile ones since near as I could tell all the neutrals had 100% health after I'd dispatched the bandit lords and 15 or so of the bandits they'd summoned. But sadly, surrounded by a swarm of bandits I wasn't able to get to the merchant in time so no ego store for me. While I recognize that the merchy being friendly to my "Reunited Kingdom" *cough* Fighter should run to my rescue, I gotta ask why the neutral npcs did too.