Caligus and the previous Westmoor regime were friends. This is King Jor's regime, which took over from Queen Micna following a rebellion. Jor was not part of the rebellion itself. The rebels all quit, I think, after being investigated for OOC clanning and multi-accounting. (I'm a bit fuzzy on that whole sequence of events.) After the rebel regime toppled, Jor's party moved in and took over.
Jor somehow managed to alienate most of his realm, probably due to his diplomatic choices in being friendly toward Caligus, and not liking the Sultanate. After he was protested out of office, the current ruler moved in. He immediately canceled all alliances, reset diplomacy, and went neutral for a time. A week or so later, Westmoor issued some "give us land or else" manifestos to both Perdan and Caligus. Caligus said "get stuffed", so Westmoor declared war on Caligus and attacked. Westmoor failed spectacularly in several attacks. Perdan's answer was "We're too busy right now to deal with this. We're not even going to discuss it until our current war is over." Westmoor was too busy losing battles to Caligus and Sirion to consider declaring war and attacking Perdan.
