D'hara could invade! Try and type that with a straight face. Even if Luria weren't invading, try and say it with a straight face.
With 3 nobles and no gold, why not? It'd be just like reclaiming a rogue region.
Except that this one was fed and it loves us, as opposed to starving regions that hate us and that don't have lords until the eternal referendums end.
Yea, I know, we coulda handled those better...