To say that the war happened because of Skalk is not true. Skalk was bought because of the war, not the other way around. The war would have happened even if Skalk had not been bought. It definitely would have played out differently, though.
Skalk isn't what he was talking about. A noble from MI (Mart's character) bought a region that was Hammarsett's out from under Coria right after Coria TOed it, then refused to return it. It absolutely made for one of the more interesting pieces of politics on AT lately and had the potential to blow up the entire northern alliance. Most interesting thing that's happened there in ages if you ask me (and yes, I am biased by where I play).
Working for a software company, I can understand the urge to simplify things. This is one of those edge things that not many people will ever get the chance to use, but that doesn't make it any less interesting when it does happen... Just saying.
