You mean they shouldn't have sent their trains and nukes at you? Hmmm, an interesting thought, what should they do with them? Would you recommend they noble a load of small villages in your territory maybe?
Presumably they were supporting this other player you speak of to stop you from moving into the area but I guess they're not going to be supporting barbs any time soon.
I'm always learning the game but I posted it as your Duke didn't seem too happy when I nobled some small villages in K44, I just assumed therefore that there was some sort of tribal rule on 700 point barbs, I think he just called it a shitty village instead
I don't recall anyone else in Drama finding the need to noble them in the past for relocations but I could be wrong. Maybe you could let them in on your tactics as well.
Good to see geo helped you with a bigger village in the area though, I'm hoping he offers me one soon as I nobled a smallish inactive in K42 recently and he sent his nukes at it and nobled it.