Rulers of the Realm Above,
A band of violent dwarves known as the Mithril Souls plot war against my people and realm. Their cave is within the territory of the canal.
I propose one of three solutions: you order them to cease their warlike ways and patch together a peace, you remove them from your territory, or you grant us leave to enter the Canal and settle a war that they have begun.
It is contrary to the rules that dictate the relations between sovereign nations that a warlike people be allowed to strike from the territory of one territory to another. Any student of history will tell you that such scenarios often lead to war between nations that were once at peace.
Prince Rinaldo Montezzi