@Thatsmyspot
Good day to you Sir.
First of all please be nice to me since English is not my mother tongue, so I may accidentally misuse some words trying to explain.
At early stages,
DoA and
SFU shared provinces,
SFU and
NoT did not share provinces but they're adjacent to each other.
While
DoA and
NoT did not share a single province at early stages but is a single province apart between them,
believe me I was there.
So
DoA and
SFU are trying as hard as they can to
establish Dominance on every province they shared.
While
NoT and
SFU members who are adjavent to each others provinces are also making threats on each side, and that I
assume is when they SEE each other as potential enemies.
NoT knowing
DoA had been in battles for dominance against
SFU,
maybe just maybe takes advantage of the situation and takes on
SFU while some of they're quality players are in contact/battling
DoA members.
There was
NO tribal hugging made.
There was only strategical planning and taking advantages.
And note that
SFU was once a rank1 tribe also.