The leader replies, "I am Count Jasenko the Second of the Great House Wolinsk! Boril Miltchev is a coward and pretender and must be put down!"
Elya glances at you and mouths, What?
You narrow your eyes. "Who the hell is Boril Miltchev?"
"Might we get your names first?" the one on his left politely asks. His accent is thick and difficult to place. It's certainly not from Kanton or Krorid.
Elya speaks up. "I am Elya of Stiedry, Queen of Kanton."
Murmurs rise up from the men behind the count. He raises a fist, signaling for their silence. "What the hell is the queen doing down here?"
"Royal business!" you call back.
Jasenko hesitates, then replies, "I have no quarrel with you, Your Majesty. My issue is with the pretender who claims my title. He is illegitimate! He has no claim!"
"I'm afraid I don't… know who that is," your sister says.
"After my father, Jasenko the First, was slain outside of Wrido, Boril launched his cowardly rebellion! He is my cousin, and cites a previous—now illegitimate—treaty that my father had with him, saying that Boril would succeed him!"