"The Stolen Lands are disputed territory. Brevoy can't appropriate them without raising protests from each of

"The Stolen Lands are disputed territory. Brevoy can't appropriate them without raising protests from each of the neighboring states. However, if some brave people were to found independent states on that land, it would be another matter entirely. My hope is that you and your future neighbors — Baron Hannis Drelev and Captain Maegar Varn — will become our allies. But even your neutrality would introduce a powerful counterbalance to the aggression of the Noble Houses. Maybe, with your help, the inevitable division of Brevoy can occur without too much pain."