Robert Arryn vs Vassal

By player1132297, in A Game of Thrones: The Board Game

Robert Arryn's house card power says you can remove it and your "opponent's" lowest power house card from their discard pile from the game. In a battle against a vassal, what constitutes your "opponent"? Is it the vassal or the commanding player? Vassals have no discard pile. Would the commanding player have to discard from their house discard pile? Or does the Robert Arryn card have no effect when engaging vassals.