Concerning the cities of Steadfast Shield

Someone laid siege to a player in my alliance who had been inactive for less than 30 days.  The player was not suspended, and we had hope that the player would return.  We objected.  I imagine most people would do the same.

I have no issue with rill's suspected immorality of my actions, since she isn't directly contesting my claim.  She is my friend, and I'd prefer that you don't insult her.  

I created this post so that people were aware that I had claimed Titanium Tower and Cobalt Castle.  I didn't want to have to break sieges and then apologize and explain that I was going to siege the cities. That would create lots of messy work for me, repeating the same thing to those who showed an interest in the cities over and over.  I decided to approach the problem in a more central way, by posting it on the forum so that I didn't have to repeat myself.  I never expected any players to morally question my motives, nor did I expect that I would be framed for multi-accounting.  In retrospect, I should have realized that these are the illyriad forums, and that you can't escape from being framed for something when you post in the politics and diplomacy forum no matter how you approach the issue.  

Silly me.