Laurens was just wrong because she hasn't been in Madina long (at least, I don't think so) and that's what we say in character.
Out of character, the real IC reason was because we didn't like the way he was acting so we forced him out - it's just a nice little secret between a few Lords who could get rid of him. So if you hear in character that he was forced out, someone has been 'lies'
Another is how they're "threatened" by their southern neighbors and have no friends in the region. Ignoring the fact that the reasons D'hara and Terran are so hostile is due to all those raids when those realms were to young to defend themselves.
Raid? What raid? Those were tea parties! You were invited, people got drunk, things got out of hand!
But yeah, Madina is in a teeny bit of trouble right now. Currently debating our options, so stay tuned, folks!
OOC, the only options I can see for us is to give in. Everyone hostile is too close to Madina for us to be defiant and say "no, we want Candiels back". The northern theocracies are too far away and probably don't care about Madina to help it. So that leaves the Lurians, who can't really help much.
