1

Raiders are taking refuge in their lands

2

Ownership of a resource site is disputed

3

A usurper or criminal is being sheltered there

4

A troublemaking religion is based there

5

Their rulers have a political claim on the throne

6

A diplomatic marriage is going sour

7

A past war’s savagery has left deep scars

8

Their culture is supplanting local beliefs

9

Their immigrants are gaining great influence

10

They broke off an alliance or important pact

11

They lured away an academy or great temple

12

Border tariffs and taxes are blocking trade

13

They drove a terrible beast into this land

14

A Working of theirs caused problems here

15

They woke up a great peril from the past

16

They’re cooperating with an enemy group

17

They’re suspected of backing assassinations

18

A spy ring is suspected or has been found

19

They refused to give aid for some current need

20

They’ve been hostile to an allied group