I've been saying the same things as Aztek as well...he summed it up nicely.
SaleHope never gave you the castle. So your fixed analogy isn't even close to accurate. You attacked the castle as soon as Papal Guard disbanded, while the fief lord was still in control of the fief. He had no intentions of giving it away to you, he joined our faction and was going to hand it over to us (albeit during/after you had attacked the castle).
You attacked a castle, you attacked a castle, you attacked a castle. That makes you the aggressor. Could I make it any more obvious?
Give us the castle, and we end the war.
We obviously have a different point of view than hero_party, so I'm going to stop repeating the same things over and over and over again (after this post). And will likely be done posting in this thread.
Ding dong the witch is dead!