Portraits: Armand Van Tassen, Anataeus, Captain Gelt

Armand Van Tassen: House Colvan? That’s unfortunate.
Armand Van Tassen: I will have to lodge a formal protest.
Anataeus: Shall I begin developing weapons for a counterattack? Something like a flame grenade with—
Captain Gelt: I doubt that will be necessary. It’s not uncommon for Houses to renegotiate territories this way. 
Anataeus: But... they’ve taken over multiple buildings of ours without any resistance...
Captain Gelt: They’ll stop pushing forward soon and attempt to reinforce the new borders. That’s how it goes with this sort of thing.
Armand Van Tassen: We should push back at least a little bit.
Armand Van Tassen: We wouldn’t want to look weak, after all.
Captain Gelt: I’ll execute a limited rearguard action with forces stationed in the area.
Anataeus: That’s... that’s all?
Captain Gelt: Listen. House Colvan doesn’t want a full-on battle any more than we do. We’ll trade a few streets and that should be the end of it.
Armand Van Tassen: I believe young Taros Colvan is the head of that family now… likely he is keen to test our response.
Armand Van Tassen: I will send a message to him and we will settle this like honorable Houses.
Captain Gelt: Taros? He was a bright boy...
Armand Van Tassen: Yes. I’m sure he’ll listen to reason.