How can I talk to Odahviing again?

I have trapped Odahviing in Dragonsreach, and it seems that I must free him so that I can ride him to the next dungeon.

The problem is, every time I free him, everyone else in the room starts attacking him. Since the Jarl (who is invincible) is in the room, and the dragon itself is invincible, this enters a neverending cycle of one of the two of them dying, crouching for a moment to recover, and resuming battle. I can't talk to Odahviing while he is fighting.

What am I supposed to do?

Solution 1:

I couldn't wait in the room with Odahviing because of "nearby enemies", so in my attempt to make the Jarl leave, I went to another zone, waited there, and returned. Afterwards, I was able to wait in the room with Odahviing. This also resulted in not everyone immediately attacking him once he was free, which solved my problem.

I think it must have been a glitch that never cleared Odahviing as an enemy when he was captured. If this happens for anyone else, try zoning back and forth to see if it is solved.

Solution 2:

Yeah leave the big room wait a view secs and come back then do it (MAKE SURE YOU DID THIS AFTER THE WIZARD ANNOYS THE DRAGON) Good luck, im sure this will work if people are still having these problems :)