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[Wraith11B]

Der Adler, der Wolf und die Sonne: Die Geschichte des Stahlpakts
(The Eagle and the Wolf: The History of the Pact of Steel)

Started on 01 February 2018​

Awards:
1) WritAAR of the Week, 01MAY2018, nominated by El Pip.
2) Joint 3rd Place, 2018 Q1 AARland Choice Awards "Other" Category
3) Joint 2nd Place, 2018 Q2 AARland Choice Awards "Other" Category
4) 2nd Place, 2018 Q3 AARland Choice Awards "Other" Category
5) 3rd Place, 2018 History Book AAR of the Year
6) Joint 2nd Place, 2018 AARtist of the Year
7) 2nd Place, 2018 Newcomer of the Year
8) 2nd Place, 2018 Q4 AARland Choice Awards "Other" Category
9) Joint 2nd Place, 2019 Q1 AARland Choice Awards "Other" Category
10) 3rd Place, 2019 AAR of the Year
11) 2nd Place, 2019 Historybook AAR of the Year
12) 1st Place, 2019 Graphics AARtist of the Year

What the CommentatAARs are saying about this AAR:
"This must be the most creative and engaging research write-up I've ever seen in an AAR." @nuclearslurpee

"Masterful" @Bullfilter​

History Book/Roleplaying
HoI3:TFH 4.02, Normal/Normal/No AI '36 Grand Campaign as Germany, Italy and (later) Japan then Hungary... yes all at once.

Mods: I am indebted to CaptRabius for his Historical Flags mod. I created for myself an APP-6a mod, to replace and clarify some of the original counters that were in the game. Finally, I have modified this game to reflect a sort of Butterfly effect start, but with no more changes than could be executed via a CGM start for GER and ITA, and with no removal of any of the starting units (though a custom OOB and deployment has been arranged). Other slight efforts have been to reduce the cost (to all nations) for diplomacy and to move the garrison techs to the Infantry techs.

 

[jmuf]

Jmuf's Inkwell

Imperator Rome AARs: None yet.
Crusader Kings 2 AARs: None yet.
Europa Universallis 4 AARs: None yet.
Victoria 2 AARs: None yet.
Hearts of Iron 4 AARs: None yet.
Stellaris AARs: None yet.
Paradox Grand Campaign AARs:

Making Italy Great Again
In Jmuf's first ever cringey AAR, he is tasked with making Italy great again. Will he? Probably not, but you should watch him try anyways.
Status: Unfinished / Done​

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[Remful]

Remful's Inkwell
Completed/Ended AAR's:
500 Years of Dragon Kings
"I am old, not foolish. The Kingsguard do not flee. The Fireknight does not flee." Lord-Commander Soini 'The Fireknight' Waters.
The Black Knights of Harrenhal
"I am Lady of Harrenhal!" Lady Paramount Jocelyn Dace, Queen-Consort of Westeros
The Elective of Endless Summer
"These lands our ours now. The Empire of Endless Summer. What I have set in motion will last eternity! We shall outshine the Freehold! The Motherland will be nothing compared to us!" - Aegon I Caeniar, first Empreror-Elect of Endless Summer
The Merovingian Mega Campaign (Sady Discontinued)
CK2:
The Matter of France
"....How far would you go for the Empire?"
EUIV:

CURRENT AARs
In the Reign of Roses (A House Tyrell AAR)​

 

[markkur]

markkur's inkwell
Fan of the Week 11/20/16 & 8/27/17​

I do apologize if I was not exactly helpful to readers interested in my experiments, during my time of entering and exploring AARland.

I do have an explanation though, even if it is not a great one. I honestly came into this place by the back-door and early on I was completely ignorant in making the most of this forum. Anyway, as the old adage runs...Better late than never.

The only reason I am doing this now is because I want to explain the pathway and progress covering my attempts failures and successes.

*****​

My first Hoi3TFH AAR was a complete folly but it did prove a good learning step if not much else. My biggest mistakes were not knowing how to get Turkey away from the Axis to give me a chance at picking a side & the direction of the narration etc. The next miscue was not knowing our the HoI3 script needs to be considered and correct actions taken. The last mistake and just as bad as the other two was my decision to play this first AAR-game in custom-mode; I took nasty penalties and that did not help me to my goal.
“Hidden Talons - The Secretary-General” - A Turkish AAR [Halted]

*****​

My first completed AAR was playing Japan. It was suggested I pursue a story and that made my start less than optimal but in the end I really enjoyed how this game and story unfolded. I had a "house-rule" that I had to have a garrison division in place before I could pull fighting-units off newly captured ports and continue to advance. Here I began to better learn and work both screens and story-telling. Note: If a player has never played Japan. this tale should offer some ideas and insights for the player to enhance his/her own game.
Early Rising Sun
[Completed]

*****​

This next one was all about playing as an Axis minor and trying to hold the right-flank of Barbarossa. I was very much enjoying the challenge and the battles were heating-up; so much so...my hard-drive fried. [Lost the Save]
AAR "Greater Romania" - 22 July 41

*****​

“UK Motorway” a Blitzkrieg-Scenario AAR
My most enjoyable game, while navigating a 1939 Scenario-start as the UK. [Completed] Note: This AAR has a lot of game mechanics and strategies for newcomers to learn and also some crazy ideas to mix it up.
Weekly AAR Showcase 2 April 2017

*****​

● “U-boats for Uruguay” a short TFH farce
Wanted some zany "Tres Hombres" spy fun and had it. Folks here made this stuff...therapeutic-fun. What I liked best about this yarn, is I did not know what would happen next.[Completed]
AARland Choice Awards Q3 2017 1st in "Other-category"
AARland Choice Awards Q4 2017 1st in "Other-category"
{From Specialist290, Dec 25, 2017 In recognition of your work in completing an AAR with an intriguing premise and which I have found quite amusing and delightful, it is my pleasure to award you one of my signature Red Special Cookies ●.} Thank you again @Specialist290

*****​

"LIttle Britain" My only venture into CK2 and the Vikings quickly ended me and my saga. [Plundered]

*****
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“Bitter Fruit” a TFH-AAR No plans and it reads like it. I went from mad to some type of sense...no idea where this SwanSong is headed.[Onward through the fog of war!]

 

[crisrko]

crisrko's Inkwell​

Stellaris AAR:
For our own (A human based AAR following the evolution of mankind in the galaxy) [Discontinued]
The ashes of Terra (The story will be set far in the future and will be focused on the known remains of what was once the Terran Empire, the colony of Sheltered Reach and the League of Rursus. Tied to my previous AAR) [Discontinued]
A never ending struggle - A human Stellaris AAR [ACTIVE]

 

[diskoerekto]

diskoerekto's Inkwell
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Well, this is going to be pretty quick since I only have 1 AAR and I just started that today.

-----Trek Wars: The Final Frontier Strikes Back----- by diskoerekto, a Victoria 2 HoD 3.04 with custom minimod Transvaal GC alternate history gameplay AAR with some narrative in between where he tries to keep as much of Africa as he can from the western powers.

 

[Eurasia]

List was getting too long...so had to make a Inkwell

Fifth AAR (Started 10/29/2019 - Weekly AAR Showcase Winner - November 25th, 2019 & 2nd Place for MP/Interactive AAR of 2019 - Joint 3rd Place for Other Games Q1 + Q2 2020)
Utsunimiya's War - HoI3(TFH) Japan AAR

Fourth AAR (HALTED Due To Corrupt Save Files - Weekly AAR Showcase Winner - June 10th, 2018 & Joint 2nd Place In Other Q2 ACAs for 2018 & Joint 4th Place In Other Q3 ACAS for 2018 & Joint 3rd Place In Other Q4 ACAS for 2018 & 3rd Place In Other Q1 2019 - 3rd Place Winner Gameplay AAR for 2019)
American AAR : AI Experiments In HoI3

Third AAR (Started 7/13/2017 - Best Character Writer Of The Week - August 27th, 2017 & 2nd Place In CKII Q3 ACAS for 2017 & Joint 1st Place In CK2 Q1 ACAS for 2018 & 2nd Place in CK2 Q2 ACAS for 2018 & Best Character Writer Of The Week - September 9th, 2018 & 3rd Place for CK2 Q3 ACAS for 2018 & Joint 2nd Place CK2 Q4 ACAS for 2018 & Joint 1st Place CK2 Q1 ACAs for 2019 & - Weekly AAR Showcase Winner - June 30th, 2019 - 2nd Place Winner Gameplay AAR for 2019)
Road of Queens - CKII India AAR

Second AAR (Completed - Weekly AAR Showcase Winner - March 19, 2017)
'The March of the Machines' France 1936 AAR

First AAR (Completed)
'The Soul of Spain' - A Spanish Civil War HoI3 AAR

Not a AAR but kind of became one - as Germany I used Theater AI to control all military and invaded Poland early. Very early. And needed advice.
Need some advice with HoI3 - As Germany

 

[RV-Ye]

Well, I'm quite new to this but here am I.

Beneath the Sun. ~ A Thunder in the Sky AAR. (Darkest Hour) /// This is quite dead, I got crushed by collegue, sad as it got almost no readers and stressed because (as english isn't my main language) I found quite hard to write narrations; my ideas were quite messy but I had to post it as it's my first experience with AAR-writing.

로마는 하루아침에 이루어진 것이 아니다 ~ A Republic of Korea AAR. (Darkest Hour-New World Order) /// Ongoing, I'm trying my best to improve since my first and last attempt. I hope you enjoy it, I'm trying to mix narrative styles to keep it interesting and I can assure it will be an interesting journey.
[If you want to know, the name basically says "Rome wasn't built overnight"]

 

[dark_melancholy]

Mistresses of the Jungle - Amazonia AAR (CK2 Geheimnisnacht mod): In the jungles of Lustria, the mysterious Amazons are locked in eternal war with lizardmen, man-eating halflings, pirates, conquistadors, vampires and each other. A terrible calamity devastates their kingdom of Amazonia, leading to the rise of a new queen who seeks to reunite her people. Hold on to your humanoid sacrifices and enslaved males, it's going to be a bumpy ride! (ongoing)

 

[Methanogen]

Methanogen’s AARs:

Stellaris AARS:
Sanctuary of the Second World - A Stellaris AAR: A Stellaris AAR is based upon my own inexperience, a desire to make an AAR, and the hope that I can write a decent AAR. Follow the journey of the Drelamt Sanctuary, a fledgling civilisation inexperienced with space exploration, and myself, a fledgling writer inexperienced with playing Stellaris. Will this end in triumph or disaster?

 

[SibCDC]

SibCDC's Inkwell
So for those who don't know my Kaiserreich AARs yet, they're basically part of the same universe, SibCDC's Kaiserreich Connected Universe (KCU). I will be listing all my AARs included in that universe first and if I ever do any outside of the KCU, they'll be listed underneath. If you want to have a look at my awAARds, they're also listed in this inkwell. Enjoy your read.

Hearts of Iron 4: Kaiserreich Connected Universe

In Flanders Fields: A Kaiserreich AAR as Belgium
Weekly AAR Showcase: 6th of May - 12th of May 2018
Joint 1st place in the Q2 ACAs for 2018
Joint 1st place in the Q3 ACAs for 2018
This was the first AAR to be included in my KCU and stars Belgium in the leading role. The AAR includes 19 chapters, a prelude, an interlude and an epilogue. The story begins in 1936 with the Second Belgian Revolution, in which the Belgian people have got enough of their German overlords. The story heavily intertwines with the AAR I did on Canada and the US, which we will shortly get to. If you're interested in a diverse and fun AAR to get you hooked on a whole new brand of AARs, then this story is made for you, enjoy!

Pigs treat us as equals: A Kaiserreich MP AAR as Canada and the US
As my second AAR and the second AAR of the KCU, I had a lot of fun in writing this. It ran at the same time as "In Flanders Fields", but was much shorter, as I felt that I could tell the rest of the story from the perspective of the Belgians. As it was based on a multiplayer game, I had a lot of fun trying to fit it in with the established canon and I even tried to put in some easter eggs to connect with the other AARs. If you like short AARs with still a lot of story in it, then this one is made for you, enjoy.

The Golden Circle: A Kaiserreich Cuba AAR with a twist
Weekly AAR Showcase: 6th of January - 12th of January 2019
1st place in the Q4 ACAs for 2018
Set in Cuba during the 1960s, this story follows the rise and fall of exiled American politician Huey Long in the Caribbean. A great follow-up for those interested in how American society changed and for those who are more interested in the Cold War diplomacy of this world. Also, this AAR was based on a playthrough of the Cold War: Iron Curtain mod, so if you're interested in that mod, maybe this AAR can provide some more info, although it is really different from the original mod.

The Path of Peace: An Indian Kaiserreich AAR
Joint 1st place in the Q1 ACAs for 2019
This AAR is set in the Bharatiya Commune in the 1930s and 1940s and follows Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's effort to steer away a war on the Indian subcontinent and unite the people of India under swaraj in a peaceful way. This AAR gives a somewhat inside look on the syndicalist world and their relation to the East. Follow Gandhi as he struggles against foes who want to prevent a peaceful unification at any cost.

Gott mit Uns: a Mildly Interactive Prussian NWO AAR
1st place in the 2019 MP/Interactive AAR of the Year
This AAR is played in the Victoria 2 New World Order mod and follows the Prussian nation starting from 1992. This AAR is interactive, which means that readers can vote in elections and influence the story in that way.

My awAARds
WritAAR of the Week: 29th of July 2018, 5th of May 2019
3rd place in the Newcomer category of the 2018 YAYA's​

 

[HistoryDude]

My AARs:
Current AARs:

• A Narrative History of Byzantium,Part 1:Gloria Sine Fine - The history of the Eastern Roman Empire, told as a series of narratives
  • Part 1 Introduction: The year is 477 AD, and everything seems fine in the state of Byzantium. It stands as a bastion of stability in a rapidly collapsing world. Yet, in the shadows, things... ancient things lurk, waiting to pounce.
    The Throne is manipulated at every corner. Across Eurasia, men scheme and plot. The shadows are filled with many factions, and all wish for their goals to be fulfilled. With all this scheming, there is one question above all:
    
    Who can you trust?
• Though the Dust of You Is Gone - Stellaris AAR, looks like this will end up as me throwing Cosmic Horror Story, adventure fiction, Space Opera, and Tragedy in a blender and seeing what comes up. It's still in its beginning stages, though, so most of that isn't obvious yet. Part 1 started as an attempt to adopt The Aeneid IN SPACE, but it's moved beyond that.
• Confessing Their Apostasies - CK3 AAR, Mix of history book and a series of narratives, semi-interactive
• Epirus Ascendant - the trials and tribulations of Epirus throughout history...
• When the Night Gets Dark - poetic AAR on the Romano-Mongols, shares a universe with Rise of the Romano-Mongols (see below).

Other AARs:

• Rome’s Eastern Edge (Completed,Played with CK2 Plus, very short)
• The Bavarian Way (Completed, very short)
• The Mad Emperor (One-Shot, Completed)
• Essays on Gades (Really old, long abandoned)
• Tides of Eternity (Abandoned in favor of A Narrative History of Byzantium)
• The Complete History of Terra (abandoned due to a combination of a game update, the game was going too slow, and the fact that switching countries became too much of a pain)
• Rise of the Romano-Mongols (Completed)
• For There Were No More Worlds To Conquer (Abandoned)

 

[Macavity116]

I'm Macavity116, creator of a series of Crossover Fanfics set in the universe of Stellaris.

1. After Everything - A Stellaris Story (Completed November 15, 2018)
   • Crossover story between Stellaris and XCOM 2.
     • During the Second Hyperspace War, the people of Earth and Partoga stood together as allies against the Invaders. While the galaxy around them burned and died, the two spacefaring civilizations survived at the cost of millions upon millions of their own people being killed and untold devastation inflicted upon the surface of both planets. As the dust settled and time passed the two species completely lost touch with one another. A century and a half later, a Partogan science ship crosses the stars on a mission to reestablish diplomatic contact with their old allies, unaware of the events and forces back home driving their mission in secret.
2. Faith in Chaos - A Stellaris Story (Completed June 30, 2019)
   • Crossover story between Stellaris and Homeworld: Cataclysm
     • In an era defined by seemingly endless warfare, two young warriors will rise up the ranks to become the rulers of their respective nations. As one escalation leads to another and the galaxy sinks into a sea of violence, these two would-be enemies will leave their mark on history by breaking the cycle of war.
3. DosiAARs - Prelude to The Stormbreakers (Completed September 11, 2019)
   • A supplemental guide to The Stormbreakers.
     • Learn the history and backstories of the men and woman who sacrificed much and risked all to save the Galaxy during the climactic final battle of the Second Hyperspace War.
4. My Sistership - A Short Stellaris Story (Completed September 11, 2019)
   • Crossover story between Stellaris and Homeworld: Cataclysm
     • A century after the events of Faith in Chaos, two Partogans rediscover a powerful technology that could change the course of the Second Hyperspace War, putting themselves on a collision course with disaster.
5. Childhood Memory (Completed October 31, 2019)
   • A completely original work
     • A short little tale that sets up the main couple of The Stormbreakers.
6. The Stormbreakers - A Stellaris Story (Completed September 11, 2020)
   • 3-way Crossover story between Stellaris, XCOM 2, and Homeworld: Cataclysm.
     • When a team of XCOM soldiers crosses paths with a powerful young Psychic who claims to know the future, they are thrown into a confusing battle where new allies and new enemies clash over the fate of the entire Galaxy.
7. The Legend of Whetu Kealoha
   • A completely original work
     • Roughly 500 years before the events of Faith in Chaos, a young Partogan girl is called upon to lead a mission to save her people from starvation.
8. My Father's War
   • A completely original work
     • 30 years before the events of The Stormbreakers, Blake Robinson joins the US Army and gets himself sent to the front lines of World War Three in the hopes of reuniting with his missing girlfriend.
9. All Our Sins Remembered
   • A completely original work
     • In this prequel which predates the entire series, the youngest daughter of Blake Robinson makes a discovery that will reshape the entire universe.
10. The Last Heroes
    1. A completely original work
       1. 50 years after the events of The Stormbreakers, four friends attempt to escape from the final great war of the Stormbreaker Era.

 

[Arnulf Floyd]

My inkwall:

Bio: I am a professional writter in real life, which join AARland in octomber after start playing CK2, I writtes short-form AARs because my English not is my native language. My main hobby is videogames, why I put effort in share my gaming experiences with this friendly and awesome community

Awards: Writter of Week - 5/12/2018

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/rise-of-high-kings-of-ireland.1125720/
A gameplay AAR about Britannia in which I play as Ua Brian(completed)

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/chronicles-of-haengsson-agot-aar.1127649/
Narrative AAR set in world of ASOIAF, I want to writtes a happy-end story, uncommon for AGOT AARs, but I will keep atmosphere and theme of intrigue, treachery and murder(on hold)

 

[Manga_Erudite]

My Inkwall.
Hello, my name is Manga_Erudite and I've had some writing experience from roleplaying on forums such as Bay12 Forums as well as a brief stint writing fanfics.

After Action Reports:

Sword of Ti'an: The Advent of the Holy Exohuman Imperium: (Joint 3rd Place Winner of the Q4 2018 ACA) The descendants of a Chinese convent that landed on an ocean planet after using a precursor ship to escape Imperial Japan, the exohumans of the Holy Exohuman Imperium strive to make their mark on the galaxy under the guidance of their God-Emperors. However, dangerous foes just beyond their borders and enemies within threatened their existence, both physically and politically. Can the Holy Exohuman Imperium continue the peaceful legacy of their founder Prophet Jhun Jangshi or will the lure of realpolitik and the ghosts of the past turn them into something far more ruthless? - (Ongoing)

Deals From Beyond: A creative and admittedly terrifying take on the five Shroud entity deals from the perspectives of the contractees, who are often their first victims. Be careful what you wish for indeed. - (Ongoing)

 

[LWE]

You can see my AAR's, screenshot-heavy, with general historybook-style commentaries in my signature.

 

[champion0]

Well, it's just the one AAR currently, but depending on the success of this one I hope to come back and advertise some more here!
About myself; recent graduate from University, am looking to write professionally and have had a short story published, so a good start. Am looking to work in video game creative development.

First and only AAR - so far!!

The Crown of Winter
A House Bolton CKII AGOT AAR

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A tale of loyalty and betrayal, of war and intrigue.
Set in 8034, three hundred years before Aegon made his landing, in an alternative Westeros where Aegon's conquest was shattered before it could even begin. In the North the Starks have ruled unchallenged for thousands of years, but after a series of brutal foreign wars and crippling debt due to the mismanagements of a king the stability of the North has been shattered. For the first time in a century the Stark's rule is being challenged, and all the lords of the North are beginning to desire the Crown of Winter.


Anyway, that's what I'm working on at the moment. Hope anyone who clicks on it enjoys! It's a highly narrative AAR, since I didn't take many screenshots as it was happening.
But if this was posted incorrectly, bad format, 'you need more AAR's under your belt sonny!' or something, let me know and I'll change it as quick as someone says!

 

[AlaroAshen]

So this is my first AAR on the forums, and I’ve been thinking about doing one ever since I found the After Action Reports on this side of the forums. I’m a high school Junior fresh out of a creative writing course, and I hope you’ll enjoy what I have put together as my first AAR.

The Legend of Alaeron: AGOT New Valyria AAR



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It is the year 7886, and a Doom has befallen Valyria. Flame, lava, and ash erupting high enough and with such intensity to burn alive even dragons, spewed from the ground of the great city and its peninsula. The land itself seemed to crack, allowing the Smoking Sea to fill the spot where Valyria lied. Within an hour, it is over for Valyria, but for the Empire it left behind, a Century of Blood begins.

First, the Dothraki, united under Khal Mengo, ride west into Sarnor and the orphaned daughters of Valyria bent on exacting new plunder and idols to bring back to their city, Vaes Dothrak, without any dragons to stop them. Next, Volantis, the eldest of Valyria's daughters, has declared itself the New Valyrian Freehold bent on reuniting its Old Empire, starting with Myr and Lys. And finally, Aurion, a Dragonlord who just so happened to survive the Doom in Qohor foolishly plans on reclaiming the old ruins of his homeland. Any other dragonlord lucky enough to survive either by chance or by luck is taken in the night by the people of their so-called "daughters" their heads mounting the gates of their walls in the morning. The now 'Free' cities rejoice no longer under the yolk of the Freehold, and unwilling to subject themselves to the tyranny of Volantis.

None, however, consider the existence of a second Dragonlord, one not yet a man. The shadow he would cast across the history of the known world would immortalize him as the man who right Valyria's sins. This is the Legend of Alaeron.

I hope you all enjoy my first AAR, feedback is greatly appreciated.

 

[PEnglish82]

Below is a list of my AARs (which will hopefully expand beyond my first one.

Imperator : Rome

Crete Balls of Fire
My first AAR detailing the life of Basileus Alkimos of the city state of Ierapetra. Written while running I:R 1.0.3 with no mods and easy/non-ironman difficulty. Will be a short one firstly as it's AAR #1 and secondly as 1.1 will be released shortly and I'll be on that as soon as it hits.

 

[alex man142]

Howdy everyone! A while back when I was studying abroad in a European country, I had way too much time on my hands. My classes were dull, there was little work, and I just needed something to do that would pass the time. Instead of browsing Reddit, I decided to write down a story that I had in my head for several months, and man has it been an adventure. What was once a way to pass long class lectures has now become a hobby of mine. I have an entire fantasy/sci-fi series in my head that I intend to write over the next decade or so. Thank you all for being so encouraging and welcoming of a newcomer like myself. I never expected to even be read, yet alone be recognized as WritAAR and CharactAAR writer of the week, as well as getting votes for the best AAR in the quarter polls. Ya'll make me smile sometimes

That being said, I am in the process of writing another one based on HOI4, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Far Cry 5, and Far Cry New Dawn called Keep Your Rifle by Your Side. Link below:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...by-your-side-a-hoi4-modern-day-story.1179113/

It tells the story of a woman named Elizabeth Chandler, who belongs to the most effective covert operations unit in the world. She will be thrust into impossible situations and somehow come out on top every time, but eventually, even someone like her will meet her match. Anyone who has played the games in question will know how the story sort of plays out, but I've made major alterations to make everything more realistic.

I started a few weeks ago, and have really tried to correct mistakes that I've made in my previous two stories: getting lost in the story, and not providing detail. The chapters here are far longer than what I'm used to writing, and every single chapter moves the story, instead of treading water. I'm having fun with it. If you take a gander at it, I hope you enjoy! Feel free to leave suggestions or rip it to shreds, I really don't mind either way