I have no idea what you guys are talking about, please back it up. This was just a mess of circumstances. The defection of the Western Marches was unannounced and the Ambassador made a mistake. How do you assume this is malicious? We all wanted peace too.
The war started in the first place because Luria learned that D'Hara was planning to neutralize Luria, because they believed Luria would invade.
From the very start, every time we have tried to get an agreement about anything, they have always tried to get us to give them more, more, more.
Then, after the most egregiously overreaching proposal so far from D'Hara is flat-out rejected, Rynn just says, "Oh, OK."
The next day, we hear that a D'Haran army is still on its way,
and LV lands defect to D'Hara. And we don't immediately get a promise of the LV lands being returned: oh, no, this is "just what D'Hara needs to be able to fight Falkirk more effectively!"
So you tell me: Why the
hell should we assume that it's anything
but malicious?
