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Congratulations on your win King Aurelian (or is it Despot Aurelian) and @Nikolai. King Aurelian, how we wish you were immortal or sterile for your descendants leave a little to be desired.
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Thanks my friend! I appriciate it.
Thanks Pip, it's quite the world isn't it?
Thanks! I may caution you there is a slight chance the Pip overstates how special the world is, but I hope to see you around!
Thanks! That batch of wine will be thoroughly tested, I think.
Sometimes it feels like it, but then I remember how much more I read and commented - and wrote! - merely a couple years ago!Congrats @Nikolai - you’re evAARywhere!
You know, you have a point. Things were better under him than Pavlos. And Pavlos has sired a son...do you think he was or is a good father and mentor?
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All of the congrats came early in the week so allow me a late one as the week ends, @Nikolai. Super well done, sir!
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Thank you, to both!
As my week ends, I am happy. Happy because He is risen, but for the benefit of this awAARd happy because my problem is solved. I had no idea who to give it to, as I follow fewer narrative AARs than other kinds, and I feel obligated to give it to someone really worthy. And this Easter, an old and excellent AAR rose from the grave, so to speak. A new update in one of my favorite ongoing (albeit slowly!) AARs, featuring a time period I am curious about and know little about, with very life like and intriguing characters with hard to write and pronounce names. I am, of course, talking about the latest installment of @The Kingmaker 's Mead and Blood, where a new character appeared this week, with Cuthberht, a man on the brink of death, but bold and wise in his last days, stood out like none other. Congratulations old friend, you are the Character Writer of the Week!
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Excellent! Just as @The Kingmaker hands off one award he is deservedly granted another! Huzzah! This is certainly a golden time for him but we all benefit from the richness of his work.
I agree Cuthberht is a stand out, perhaps the best character @The Kingmaker has shared with us in the past year or so. Hoping he can hang around for another chapter or two.
I agree Cuthberht is a stand out, perhaps the best character @The Kingmaker has shared with us in the past year or so. Hoping he can hang around for another chapter or two.
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Congratulations on your award, @The Kingmaker. Just started, I am sharing a cup of mead with the bodyguards and kicking a downed king.
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Congrats, @The Kingmaker. Timely choice. I happened to read the entire thing in one sitting yesterday. There's some really good characters here, but I agree, Cuthberht is a standout.
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Congratulations @The Kingmaker !
Cuthberht is a really interesting character, and I hope we see more of him before his demise. Mead and Blood has alot of interesting characters who may develop over time.
Rensslaer
Cuthberht is a really interesting character, and I hope we see more of him before his demise. Mead and Blood has alot of interesting characters who may develop over time.
Rensslaer
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Great to see more updates, @The Kingmaker and definite congrats on yet another great chAARacter!
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Thank you everyone for all of your kind words and support, and especial thanks to @Nikolai for this awAARd. I sympathize with my friend's predicament when choosing the next recipient. There are so many great authors out there that it's a real challenge to narrow it down to just one.
My initial knee-jerk reaction was to think of the illustrious @Macavity116, whose mercurial protagonist Aisling the Sídhe from The Broken Gates absolutely begs to be a recipient of this awAARd. However, since it's been less than a month since Macavity was nominated, I'm compelled to make this just an honorable mention... for now. Please keep the well-written Aisling in mind for this awAARd in future months!
To that end, I would like to pass this awAARd on to a first-time recipient whose work I've just barely discovered. I've never played Imperator: Rome and do not regularly frequent its sub-forum. But as an advocate for underappreciated PDX titles myself, I figured I should give my consideration to a writer whose work falls outside our usual fare of CK, EU, Stellaris, etc.
Accordingly, I would like to nominate @DukeOfNorfolk for Celatus Bolgius in The Legend of Celatus Bolgius: An Iceni AAR. Celatus is an elderly Iceni chieftain with stilted diction and a penchant for long, rambling, Grandpa-Simpson-esque reminiscences that left me chuckling. The story is still in its early stages, so it won't take an interested reader very long to catch up.
Congratulations, @DukeOfNorfolk! Please stand and be recognized for your contributions and hard work!
My initial knee-jerk reaction was to think of the illustrious @Macavity116, whose mercurial protagonist Aisling the Sídhe from The Broken Gates absolutely begs to be a recipient of this awAARd. However, since it's been less than a month since Macavity was nominated, I'm compelled to make this just an honorable mention... for now. Please keep the well-written Aisling in mind for this awAARd in future months!
To that end, I would like to pass this awAARd on to a first-time recipient whose work I've just barely discovered. I've never played Imperator: Rome and do not regularly frequent its sub-forum. But as an advocate for underappreciated PDX titles myself, I figured I should give my consideration to a writer whose work falls outside our usual fare of CK, EU, Stellaris, etc.
Accordingly, I would like to nominate @DukeOfNorfolk for Celatus Bolgius in The Legend of Celatus Bolgius: An Iceni AAR. Celatus is an elderly Iceni chieftain with stilted diction and a penchant for long, rambling, Grandpa-Simpson-esque reminiscences that left me chuckling. The story is still in its early stages, so it won't take an interested reader very long to catch up.
Congratulations, @DukeOfNorfolk! Please stand and be recognized for your contributions and hard work!
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Good to see new faces, newer AARs, and underappreciated parts of the forum honored. Great job, @The Kingmaker .
I will need to check this one out.
Congrats to @DukeOfNorfolk .
I will need to check this one out.
Congrats to @DukeOfNorfolk .
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Congrats, @DukeOfNorfolk. I echo what @Chac1 just said. I'll definitely check out your AAR.
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Congratulations Celatus and @DukeOfNorfolk. I ran over and marked it for future reading.
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