[Jiggymike]

We do not deny the claim of Yelloea. Our only statement of defense is that when we opened negotiations, we had no intention of attacking and merely wanted to delineate our borders. However, after reviewing the available information, we decided that Yelloea was a threat to all nations, including ourselves, and that the most prudent course of action would be to attack with a small force we had hidden in one of his provinces. Lycus, the Prophet of Moria, regrets going back on his word, an act we consider to be gravely wrong. We cannot expect other nations to trust us after this incident, but our number one concern is our survival, and we felt that Yelloea's threat to this was greater than our need to keep our word.