Lomasa-Nillu Economic Ties Severed

EAST LEG - In the wake of the recent Council of Six meeting, House Lomasa has apparently issued a missive to the Empire as a whole that details a somewhat dramatic severance of all trade and economic partnerships with House Nillu, as well as the intent to pursue new trade ventures with the other Great Noble Houses of Fastheld.

Considering House Lomasa's traditional 'hands off' attitude towards the political arena and the misgivings of Nobles towards the actions of errant House Lomasa members, such drastic action is being seen as somewhat unusual indeed, prompting discourse across the realm as to what may have motivated such a sensational decline in Lomasa-Nillu relations.

The missive, however, sheds some light on the decision, detailing Duke Lomasa's reasons as being founded in a general failure in propinquity between himself and the Duchess Sahna Nillu, citing a number of threats, hostility, and general animosity from the House of Bears, resulting in further issues of diminishing trust, and the usual breakdown of diplomatic relations that all cascade from such a rapid decline in statecraft.

The document goes on to list a number of offenses that House Lomasa claim have been inflicted upon them by elements of House Nillu, including several minor wounds among a few larger ones, such a general lack of respect of peerage, and an equal lack of remorse for such actions.

It concludes with the Duke Lomasa declaring a stalemate; that the House of Bulls will no longer pursue any form of diplomatic communication with House Nillu until restitution is given, with the Duchess Nillu apparently being challenged to make the first moves towards reconciliation if any future ties are to be reestablished.

The far-reaching consequences of this decision have not yet been felt, however, for while the weight of the action has sent ripples in the political lake, it will take some time for those ripples to spread across the Empire as a while.

Many in House Nillu and House Lomasa who, until this point, maintained amicable personal relations beneath the scope of their Duchy, and now left wondering if loyalty to their House will destroy such relations and create ever further hostility between Bears and Bulls alike...