[lwarmonger]

Sauromatia denys the allegations that it is responsible for an earthquake or two in Marverni's northern realms. Aside from a dearth of earth Gems (Sauromatia is in no way an earth nation unless it breaks into the blood stone business, and I haven't yet), it also doesn't make sense to attack such a limited portion of the Marverni empire with such an ineffective spell... especially before I completely finish off Agartha and Abysia. Why risk a war while I am still distracted? Some other nation has launched such an attack on Marverni hoping that Sauromatia will get the blame. The Witch Kings hope that Marverni's Druids see reason before it is too late.