Lomasa-Mikin Tensions Frayed

Scholars and intellectuals alike in the northern regions of Fastheld are concerned that House Mikin may be heading for a collision with House Lomasa that it will not be able to survive. These collective maestros of political thought have been cataloging each incident between a Lomasa and a Mikin over the last several months, and have concluded that the number of public slights lodged against the House of Bulls by the Mongoose House is quite alarming. Similar incidents have been witnessed from House Seamel, yet in comparison to those of House Mikin the number has been far less. The title of Duke, it seems, has not been holding the same amount of political weight for Nobles of House Mikin than it does with other Nobles, which is causing a great deal of concern within the socio-political circles of the Empire. Should relations between House Lomasa and House Mikin continue to sour, and should any altercation occur between the economic power of the Bull and the still wounded Mongoose, it is suspected that the latter would be trampled in the ensuing stampede, and quite literally left for dead by the other Noble Houses. Even House Kahar, House Mikin's current lifeline, could not hope to risk being caught beneath such hooves.