[@my Lalia] Well, that was the whole point of Zak deciding it best to exterminate the line. If Krone sends one letter and notices no response, he'll just send another or worse he'll tell them in person. Doing nothing would be a bad move.

Of course, if a certain cousin fell pregnant then the Karstaggs happened to die... the entire estate falls to the child, with his mother acting as regent for it and being the only influence on the child, meaning it would be raised an Unalim rather than a Karstagg and giving the Unalim family a unique influence over the future of the Karstagg estates, effectively transforming the Karstagg estates into a puppet branch of the Unalim family. Marrying a member off to the Heir of the Karstagg family was obviously a power play, although not ideal to have to kill them all for it would draw attention, it is far safer than allowing the play to fail and face a conflict with them and possibly the other family wronged by the incident. While neither are powerful enough to destroy one of the greater lords, it would be a nasty inconvenience. Of course, circumstances have also arisen which are drawing peoples attention elsewhere. A chance to perform more daring moves while everyone's attention is held elsewhere hue hue.