Diplomacy

Allies, non-aggression pacts, enemies and targets: how your alliance records its relations and colours them on the map for all members.

In the Diplomacy tab your alliance records how it stands with others. All members can see the entries; only members with the diplomacy right can add, delete or recolour them (see rights).

The four lists

Next target – shared attack targets: a whole alliance, a single player or one castle (entered as coordinates xxx|yyy).
Enemies – alliances you are at war with.
Allies – friendly alliances you have a pact with.
NAP's – non-aggression pacts: alliances you don't attack and that should not attack you.

Colours on the map

Each list has its own colour, used to mark the castles concerned on the map – the same for all members. By default enemies are red, allies light blue, NAPs purple and targets light grey; members with the diplomacy right can change the colours. On top of that you can mark players and alliances privately ("Mark on map" on their info page).

A matter of honour

Entries are one-sided: if you list an alliance as an ally or NAP, it is not told and doesn't have to confirm anything. And the game enforces nothing – it won't stop anyone from attacking an ally. As the game itself says, keeping alliances and NAPs is a matter of honour.

Every change is logged with a name in the alliance chronicle, e.g. "Y added the X alliance as an enemy". That way you can always see who entered what.