Best Character Writer of the Week: aniuby

**coz1** · 08-10-2006 17:30

A great choice and I too hope he has the chance to stop by and see this given his rather perilous career at present.

Congrats, Alhazen!

And I'd also like to take the chance to say thank you to stnylan for starting to track the past winners in the first post. A great help, to be sure!

**fj44** · 08-10-2006 17:36

Congratulations, Alhazen!

**Duke of Wellington** · 08-10-2006 18:28

Congratulations Alhazen.

***Veldmaarschalk*** · 08-10-2006 20:05

Congratulations Alhazen

**VILenin** · 08-10-2006 22:29

Well done Alhazen, hope you get the chance to post more in the near future!

**crusaderknight** · 08-10-2006 23:33

Congrats!

**Fulcrumvale** · 08-10-2006 23:40

Congrats!

**Amric** · 09-10-2006 03:38

Congrats!

**stnylan** · 15-10-2006 22:43

I think it might be a good idea east_emnet to have another nomination on standby, as it may well be that Alhazen is currently unable to devote any time to the forums. I suggest we wait until Tuesday, though, just he case he does pop back in, before actually posting a second nomination.

Does that seem reasonable people?

**coz1** · 15-10-2006 23:27

Sounds like a good plan, stnylan. I see Alhazen has not been by for about a week, unfortunately. Hope all is well with him, to be sure.

**Rensslaer** · 16-10-2006 03:20

Congratulations, Alhazen!

VERY well deserved! Sorry you may not see this for a few more days.

Hope things are going relatively well in Afghanistan. We pray for you every night at dinner.

Rensslaer

**Nil-The-Frogg** · 16-10-2006 06:56

Congrats Alhazen

**cthulhu** · 16-10-2006 08:14

Well done, Alhazen.

I hope all is well with you.

**east_emnet** · 17-10-2006 00:25

Originally Posted by stnylan

I think it might be a good idea east_emnet to have another nomination on standby, as it may well be that Alhazen is currently unable to devote any time to the forums. I suggest we wait until Tuesday, though, just he case he does pop back in, before actually posting a second nomination.

Does that seem reasonable people?

Seems reasonable to me. The only problem is that is that I am rather busy at the moment and I don't think I have the time to look for the next nominee. Is anyone else willing to?

**stnylan** · 17-10-2006 07:28

Originally Posted by east_emnet

Seems reasonable to me. The only problem is that is that I am rather busy at the moment and I don't think I have the time to look for the next nominee. Is anyone else willing to?

I would be willing too, if no one has any objections.

**Snake IV** · 17-10-2006 07:32

Originally Posted by stnylan

I would be willing too, if no one has any objections.

I was just about to suggest you for the job.

**Rensslaer** · 17-10-2006 16:08

Yaay, Stnylan!

We are in good hands.

Rensslaer

***Veldmaarschalk*** · 17-10-2006 16:48

If there is one guy who seems to read everything it is you, so I can't find a better one for this job then you

**stnylan** · 17-10-2006 18:55

Thank you for the vote of confidence! I have made my decision, but first a small piece of housekeeping. As coz1 noted a few days ago, I have now edited into the first post of this AAR a Catalogue of Winners, similar to that which exist in the other weekly award threads, so that it is easier to avoid recent duplications, though as this matures I would expect second and third awards eventually to occur.

Now, with the boring bit out of the way I would like to introduce the character of Lieutenat Robert Taylor, who might be considered the founding operative of the nascent intelligence service of the Confederate States of America. Learn about his world, its history since 1861, and Lieutenant's continuing challenges and accomplishments as he surely forges a legend, in RossN's ever memorable Deo Vindice: A CSA AAR, where our good lieutenant makes his first appearance on page 14. Read it, and you will not be disappointed.

Very many congratulations RossN!

**RossN** · 17-10-2006 19:27

Wow, well what can I say other thank you stnylan!

I'm truly amazed at recieving this award!

Taylor grew out of two things - firstly simply getting the Doomsday expansion with its system of espionage and secondly coping with the very different style of a HoI2 AAR. Most of my AAR's tend to focus on fictional (or at least fictionalised) monarchies - it's a style I enjoy as I can combine national policy with character writing. I'm proud of the Bonaparte-Romanov (Canada), Falconi-Falieri (Byzantium), Fitzgerald (Ireland) and D'Alema (Spain, North Africa, Egypt and so on) dynasties and I would say this is my most comfortable style - even my Tuscan republic AAR ended up being about an Imperial family!

A HoI2 AAR is very different. For one thing the politicians are, in most countries, not monarchies (removing the family intrigue aspect) and are well known historical figures which prevents the sort of character freedom in CK, Victoria and even EUII. So having historical leaders appear in the flesh - as narrative characters that is - is fraught with difficulty as it is so difficult to capture a character most of the audience knows just as much about, or even more than you do. Enter Taylor.

Having a 'street level' character is useful in some ways in that you can have him walk around the place and interact with people and places that just isn't possible with monarchs - I can't see Joséphine I, Empress of Canada and France (and Queen of Hawaii) wandering around turn of the century Montreal. Taylor can go anywhere in Dixie from Richmond to Jacksonville (Culiacán, Mexico in OTL). His job is not entirely dull either...

Anyone I would just like to say that I'm glad people enjoy this character as he was a real risk for me to write and I'm pleased to see it's worked.

Thanks guys!

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