[SS AAR] The Chronicle of a Hungarian Freeman *COMPLETED* (w/ Behind the Scenes and a video trailer)

[Radzeer]

Just a little update: the epilogue will be up by Wednesday morning.
And after that I'll have a final surprise for you.

[Radzeer]

14. Epilogue: The lost letter of Brother Maynard

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Document class and number: Personal letter, #121/2609.

State of the document : Incomplete, first page is missing.

Date : No date. The account of the Battle of Baranya seems to be authentic, thus it must have been written shortly after that.

Origin : The document was originally retrieved from the Royal Historical Archives of Esztergom. The last page has the Lesser Papal Seal, but there is no evidence that the document has been issued by or addressed to the Papal Notary Office in Rome.

Author : Unidentified cleric, named Brother M. He may be Brother Maynard who wrote the Lithuanian Crusade (document number #60/2325), although the language and style are somewhat different. There is also a Maynard of Acre known to be of Hungarian origin who was affiliated with the Hospitaller Order in the late 12th century, and later became a papal legate in Krakow. While this would explain the use of the papal seal and the reference to Outremer in this document, there is no direct evidence of him being the same person.

Addressee : Unknown. [Note: the author refers to a chronicle written by the addressee, but unfortunately no further information is available to identify that text. Inquiry is suggested at the Archives of the Outremer Principalities.]

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… so now let me give you some information on the royal family, as many things have changed in the past years. King Gyula remained childless, and now he is too old to become a father. His strongest ally is Wlodzimierz, a Polish noble who married the king’s sister. Wlodzimierz has four children, but most importantly he has a son who could be a royal heir should the line of Álmos the Chivalrous be excluded from succession. The last male descendant of that line is Móg, although it is rumored that he has a bastard half-brother somewhere in Cumania.



Unfortunately while I was successful to convince the Doge to extend the peace treaty and withdraw the Venetian troops, I was not able to negotiate a deal between King Gyula and Móg. Móg resembles a lot to his late grandfather who you knew too: clever and persistent, but too hungry for power. The talks ended when the King decided to take away Móg’s heir title, which greatly offended the eastern barons. Sadly, the King’s counselors advised him to be firm while a more delicate step could have been better; however many here think that the King let the Outremer principalities become independent too easy so he had to show his authority.

During the summer, Móg summoned a big army and openly challenged the King. All the eastern and some of the southern barons supported him. The King had his loyal Croat and Dalmatian nobles, as well as Wlodzimierz’s vassals, who himself was the Duke of Esztergom with substantial fiefs in the north bordering his homeland. And since I know that you are working on your chronicle (and may already have finished it by now); I will give you the account of the Battle of Baranya where everything was decided.

I was with the King’s troops that day. Many nobles from Croatia and Dalmatia came, and Wlodzimierz brought not only his Hungarian vassals, but Polish support too. It was great to see so many brave knights and soldiers there. The King ordered the Polish troops to be the reserve, as he wanted to achieve victory on his own. The Hungarian and Polish knights had excellent armors and heavy weapons, and were ready to face any enemy to end this conflict once and for all.



Facing the King was Móg’s army, larger in number but weaker in armor. Most of his troops were Cuman mercenaries, hordes of horse archers and spearmen. Móg himself was riding with Kievan troops that many saw as open treason. He did have good connections in the Rus (you may know that both his mother and grandmother were from Kiev), and commanded a small, but well armed contingent.



With Móg were the eastern barons and their troops, mostly poorly equipped militia and archers. However, they were able to bring in Greeks with ballistae and mangonels to support Móg. The King was furious, but the Greek ambassador in his court was able to convince him that those troops were mercenaries. I am not entirely sure about this; I think the Greeks wanted to secure their political goals regardless of the outcome of the battle (which became clear at the end I think).

I drew you a map of the battlefield. The King’s army was waiting on a hill. Wlodzimierz’s Polish troops were well behind, because the King was too eager to fight the enemy. As the events showed, he was not a good commander, may God be merciful on him and those who died because of that. Our right flank was on top of a steep slope protecting our troops. Facing our Croat infantry on the left were the Cumans. In the center of the enemy army was Móg with his Rus troops and the rebel Hungarian barons. On the far right of the enemy were the Greeks, mostly siege engines that kept some distance.



We only saw the Cuman advance guard, the rest of the enemy army was behind the hill.



The enemy horse archers started the fight. They came very close to our lines, so we all took cover behind our shields (not me of course as I had no weapons, but the Lord was watching out for me).





The Cuman commander must have been a veteran warrior, as his troops went around the hill, and attacked in a large mass from the slope where we did not expect them. Meanwhile, the horse archers kept our center pinned down.





The fight on the slope was brutal. Despite the armor and weapons of our soldiers, the overwhelming number of the enemy seemed to get the upper hand.



In this critical moment, the King made a mistake. A Pecheneg company got around our lines and attacked the King’s bodyguards to lure them away from the battle. The knights took the bait, and charged the Pecheneg horse archers.



Suddenly, on our left, arrows hit our soldiers from an unexpected direction. The Rus troops have arrived. Móg timed his attack perfectly, exploiting that the King was separated from the battle.



Following the archers, came their riders…



… then the heavy infantry…



…and the spearmen, putting great pressure on our left flank. Our men-at-arms and halberdiers fought bravely, but the Kievans were no Cumans: their armor and weapons matched ours.



Meanwhile, the masses of Cuman troops pushed back our right flank where most of our soldiers were killed, and attacked our center.



By the time the King came back to the battlefield after chasing away the Pechenegs, our lines were in complete disorder. Our right flank was defeated, the left could break at any moment, and we saw Cuman and wild Lithuanian mercenaries ready to attack the center. The King sent a fast rider to Wlodzimierz to come with haste as the battle has turned against us.



A moment later he made a fatal decision. One of his knight yelled that he saw Móg’s banner behind their lines. The King then charged the pagan spearmen and riders in the center, hoping to get to Móg.



He was brave, but he had more courage than common sense unfortunately. As one of his knights later told me, he was well in front of his bodyguards, when a sudden charge of some Cuman riders pushed him off his horse, and he was killed by the godless spearmen on the ground.



A minute later, the royal standard, carried by Paulus of Vázsony, who otherwise was a famous knight, fell on the ground too.



Our only hope was now Wlodzimierz and his troops. Móg knew this and hurried with the Rus knights to attack them before they arrive to support us.



But Wlodzimierz was an experienced commander too. He left his veteran troops to fight Móg, and rode fast to our aid.



He arrived just when the pagans got around our lines on the right. The Polish charge hit the Cuman infantry at the side, and they routed immediately.



With the arrival of the Polish troops we could hold the line. Once the Cumans lost their captain, they fled the battlefield. The Kievan troops fought bravely, but could not break through. We all wondered where the rebel barons and the Greeks are, when there was a huge explosion in the air, and fire rained down on our troops.





Seeing the Greek fire, Móg attacked again. However, the King’s Croat vassals held their ground and cut down most of his escort.



Wlodzimierz was looking for Móg’s banner, and came fast to settle his treason. Móg saw that the battle is lost and tried to run back to the rebel barons, but the Polish knights did not let him escape.



Once Móg fell, the Kievans surrendered. The Cumans have fled the battlefield already, and the Greek commander decided to withdraw his troops without any further fight. The only enemy left on the field was the contingent of the rebel barons. God knows why they did not come to Móg’s aid before. Wlodzimierz sent an envoy to them demanding their surrender. Had the King been alive, they would have probably done so. But many of those barons had deep roots in Hungarian soil, and they had no desire to obey a Polish lord even if he was a member of the royal family. They may have hoped that if Wlodzimierz dies, they can elect a king from themselves. But they were hopelessly outclassed, and Wlodzimierz ordered his troops to attack.



The Polish soldiers marched up the hill in battle formation.



The rebel light infantry charged them.



The attack was not very effective, but kept the Polish infantry engaged. The barons decided to charge them head on as they must have known that their soldiers cannot fight for long. Their treason was obvious when they dared to fly the royal banner.



The Polish infantry held their ground, and their armor was just too thick for the swords of the mounted barons. Then Wlodzimierz appeared from behind and charged the ranks of the Hungarian spearmen.



This was the last act of the battle. The surviving barons and their men fled.



Next day Wlodzimierz rode back to the battlefield to see the abandoned Greek machines and decide about the prisoners. I think this was when he realized that he may be the next king of Hungary.



He ransomed the Kievan soldiers back, and let the Greeks go whose commander had to explain his actions in Constantinople. The rebel barons were released too, but many lost their fiefs that went to Wlodzimierz’s vassals. For a few days we expected a Kievian attack, but with the lack of an eligible contender (as the family line of Álmos the Chivalrous has ended with the death of Móg), the lords of the Rus decided not to intervene in Hungary.

King Gyula was buried last week and a noble council is summoned for the next month. As I mentioned, the King had no children, thus Wlodzimierz is the most likely successor, as he was accepted as a member of the royal family by his marriage. But he still has to convince some nobles who consider the descendants of Kuppány in Damietta eligible too (I personally don’t think so as Kuppány was adopted by King István, but was never officially recognized as a royal family member).

I hope this letter finds you in good health my old friend. I will leave for Rome tomorrow to inform His Holiness about the events. I will ask the bishop here to send this letter to you. I plan to travel to Outremer early next year, unless matters of the royal succession keep me here. I really wish to read your chronicle, and hopefully will have the chance to do it soon. May God’s blessing be with you, my friend.

Brother M.

[Maestro Ugo]

Fantastic, AARing at it's best!

[ChivalrousKiller]

Epic battle, 6 armies

[la coupe est pleine]

Very nice end. (If it is the real end...)

A good battle with all the previous Kingdoms Hungary had to deal with before during your AAR. I mean Kiev, Cumans, Greeks, Hungarian rebels, and polish...
Quite a come back to the beginning. The circle end...

Good courageous brother Maynard.

not me of course as I had no weapons, but the Lord was watching out for me

I'm sure his story isn't finished yet...

I woud wait for the next story my friend. Keep your courage and your skills for us...

[Radzeer]

Epic battle, 6 armies

Thank you, it was epic indeed. Needed some engineering though.

Fantastic, AARing at it's best!

Thank you for your support, I really appreciate it!

[Radzeer]

Very nice end. (If it is the real end...)

A good battle with all the previous Kingdoms Hungary had to deal with before during your AAR. I mean Kiev, Cumans, Greeks, Hungarian rebels, and polish...
Quite a come back to the beginning. The circle end...

Good courageous brother Maynard.

I'm sure his story isn't finished yet...

I woud wait for the next story my friend. Keep your courage and your skills for us...

Thank you la coupe, and sadly this is really the end of the story. I wanted to get back to the actual campaign and close it this way. But the next story is not too far ahead. [I'll see if Brother Maynard can make a comeback... and no, it won't be Hungary.]

But before that I'll have a special update: "Behind the scenes".
It is mostly written, hopefully I'll have time to upload it by tomorrow evening.

[Radzeer]

The Chronicle of a Hungarian Freeman: Behind the Scenes


I thought it would be interesting to finish this AAR with a behind the scenes part. I really enjoyed playing this short campaign and writing the story, so this is partly still for my own amusement. However, much more importantly, this final update is about giving tips to others, paying tribute to my fellow AARtists, and thanking the continuous support of my readers.


The idea

The particular idea of this piece originated in Skantarios’ post where he revealed how the duel between his Byzantine protagonist and the pope was done. I was always as much interested in how things are done as reading the stories themselves, because AARs often have various extra touches beyond the campaigns and narratives.


The background and the protagonist

It certainly helped that I know the medieval history of Hungary fairly well. No matter how historically accurate the game setup is, once the campaign starts it is an alternative history in the making. I tried to play the campaign close to the actual historical context (like not storming Poland immediately, or ever), but it was never my intention to recreate history. For example I kept the Byzantine alliance throughout the game, while in reality there was a lot of fighting in this particular period. I did not bother too much with the units either. There were no Croat axemen in history, but they were very useful to illustrate the fighting in Croatia and Dalmatia which on the other hand was historically correct. I used horse archers much less than they were used in history, as the AI has difficulties countering them (and I wanted to write the story about an infantry commander).

I used period-specific language, like how Byzantium was referred in Hungarian sources as “Greeks”, and Venice as “Italians”. The early power struggle between Kálmán and his brother, Álmos was also real and went on for most of the 12th century, involving their sons too. István (Kálmán’s son) did become king, but after his death the crown went to Béla (Álmos’ son). Béla and his father were blinded earlier by Kálmán, but he was the only male descendant of the royal house at that time. Of course Álmos did not die during a crusade to Vilnius (let alone become “Chivalrous”), nor did Béla have an accident in Cumania (he actually died of alcoholism, and even when he was the king it was mostly his wife who ran the show).



I was always interested in the commoner viewpoint of medieval history, hence the idea of telling the story through a freeman perspective. The protagonist had to be somewhat familiar with the royal events to put the story in context, which was quite challenging at the beginning before he rose in ranks. The setup of him writing the story as his memoirs helped somewhat (I hope).



I knew that I will not have a long campaign spanning over generations given the first person storytelling. I planned this AAR as a story of one character, and not the story of a kingdom. Also, this being my first AAR I wanted to make sure that I don’t run the risk of not finishing it. I had only one element of the story fixed: I wanted it to end in Outremer after a crusade. For the rest I just took what the campaign provided (but when it did not provide a crusade in time I had to arrange one).

Since the main character was a commoner, first I could simply use one particular model of a peasant company. I had a lucky screenshot in the opening battle when one of the peasants turned back to the others before the fight – I wrote this into the story and decided to keep that soldier model as my character. Later I could use the model of the company leader which is the same for most companies.




The battles

I used custom battles when the game dynamics could not provide the opportunities I needed for the storyline. The opening battle in chapter 2 and all battles in chapters 12-14 were custom made (a battle with four or five different armies is quite difficult to arrange otherwise ). I also put a few unrelated (rebel) battles in the storyline. The first of these was the battle in chapter 4 against the Croat loyalists, which in fact occurred elsewhere in Hungary. The idea came when I saw that the rebel army was mostly Croat axemen led by knights. For that battle I just had to make sure that my army had a group of peasants (to have my protagonist).



Sometimes I merged separate battles into one, like the night fight against the Turks in chapter 12 which was assembled from two custom battles. I wanted to have a skirmish in a village which is more than a melee on the main square. The problem was that the AI does not leave the main square when defending, while storms it in one concentrated effort when attacking. If the settlement is too small, none of these can offer realistic street fights which I wanted. So I had a first battle when the AI was the defender Turks, then a second when the AI attacked as Hungarians to make sure that everybody behaves as they are supposed to.

Similar trick was used in the Battle of Baranya in the epilogue. You cannot have a civil war style battle in MTW2, as a faction is not allowed to be on both sides. Fortunately there is enough overlap in the AOR/mercenary units that it can be simulated somehow. Also, from the storyline perspective it was not difficult to imagine that the rebels have Rus and Cuman support (giving an opportunity to use the Kievan general unit for Móg), in fact this setup would have been fairly acceptable had this battle taken place in reality. Nonetheless, I had to have two battles to show Hungarians on both sides. First I had the real battle with five armies, then a separate assault on the hill with only the Polish attackers and the “rebel” Hungarians.




The screenshots

Sometimes I used engineered shots to tell the story. This idea came from the post where Theseus1234 used a custom setting in his Iberian supremacy AAR to show a crowd waiting for the king’s announcement. I thought that it’s a great idea, especially in an AAR like I was planning where the story comes first, and the campaign is more like a backdrop. So I did things like in the prologue when I marched KoJ Templars around a town until I had a good shot (a defending AI unit was sitting inside the walls like some extras probably wondering what the crusaders are doing). Similar technique was used in chapter 9 when my protagonist leaves for Ragusa and in chapter 12 when the Hungarian army arrives and sees the crusader fort in the distance.



The most elaborate sequence was Lord Vazul’s night arrival in chapter 1. This was a fake night battle when I marched my Hungarian troops back and forth in the village, while trying to take pictures of the AI Cuman peasants running around it. I really liked these shots, as they set up the story nicely.



Other times I played the battle more than once (but for campaign battles I always took the results of the first battle as repetition was strictly for the screenshots). In the opening battle, the shot about the peasants running to the woods came from a second try, because in the first one the bodyguards killed off all the remaining peasants with one charge. I really wanted that runaway shot, so in the second run I did not charge with the bodyguards, just let them attack, and stopped them immediately after the peasants routed. I still had to take quite a few shots to have the model of my protagonist shown as running for his life.

To make sure that I have good screenshots about my character, sometimes I had two of the same units in the fight and adjusted the personal fighting story to which shots I could capture. This happened in the siege of Belgrade for example in chapter 3. Occasionally, I just let luck dominate. During the battle for Scopia in chapter 3, I took blind shots of the enemy commander fighting. One turned out to show the peasant model I used, and it became part of the story.



I decided against interface elements showing up on screenshots. To avoid the green highlights, I selected another unit not on screen before taking the picture. Of course, you need at least two units for that, which is why I did not have many pictures of the unanticipated battle in chapter 4 when a lone Hungarian unit tried to help the Byzantine forces. (I know that you can get rid of the green stuff altogether, but I find it useful sometimes.) The next problem was of course the gray arrow indicating where the selected unit is when not in the picture. I had to turn the camera angle in a way that the screenshot I wanted would not have any important background feature in the small side area I will have to cut out later because of the gray arrow. Background actually counts for much more than what most people think - I deleted quite a few pictures where the front stuff was ok, but I did not like the background. It is like photography after all, with a lot of personal preferences, so I’m not saying that this is the best way, it’s just my way that’s all.

(EDIT: As Iberia Auxilia reminded me, if you press ENTER it automatically deselects the unit and does not select another one. With that you can get rid of both the green stuff and the gray arrow.)


Challenges

The main AAR challenge was time in two ways (three if I think about how time consuming it was ). The story time of course had nothing to do with the game time. For example, the winter campaign in chapters 3-5 has occurred in about 12 turns. Sometimes I was able to use season appropriate battlefields (siege of Belgrade, battle of Zagreb, ambush of Kálmán), and other times I was just lucky to have cloudy/rainy weather (siege of Scopia, battle against the Croat loyalists) that were still ok as winter. At the siege of Ragusa however I got a summer battlefield (I could not wait one more turn for a winter battlefield as the Venetians were coming), but it was far in the south, so it could work as early spring in the Mediterranean.



The biggest issue was character aging in a 1TPY setting. Sticking to the season meant that my characters idled a lot and aged really fast. Fortunately my protagonist was not a general so he was available for as long as I wanted. But everybody else was getting old quickly, and it had an impact on the storyline. One cannot expect the protagonist live through the reign of four or five kings who otherwise die peacefully at old age.

And finally, not everything worked all the time. The siege of Ragusa in chapter 9 had to be a sally, as my computer could not handle the siege defense battle. I tried it three times with some really cool fog on the battlefield offering great shots, but the game lagged terribly and eventually crashed. I could have lowered the video settings, but then I would not have been happy with the quality of the shots. I could only take this one shot where the Venetians run to storm Ragusa (deleted scene! ).



The same thing happened when a full Fatimid stack attacked me during the AI turn right after taking Jerusalem. I had to autoresolve, despite that I really wanted to have a big siege defense in the story. In chapter 10 when fighting the Fatimids on the Nile bridge, I had to merge two campaign battles as many of my screenshots were all black for some reason (probably CPU overheat).

The most annoying thing was the custom battle replay. I never played custom battles before this AAR, so I did not know that if the armies are too large the computer does not record the actual battle, just some loose approximation of it. The final battle of the chronicle in chapter 13 originally occurred very close to how it was told. However, during the battle I did not take pictures assuming that I’ll have much better opportunities at the replay (it was hard enough to fight and command the ally AI army to arrive when they are supposed to). Then, to my horror, the replay was quite different and the units did all kinds of weird things so I actually lost the battle! So I had to fight the battle again to have the shots I wanted, and used only a few shots from the replay (mostly marching and close melee).


Miscellaneous

The name of the protagonist plays on the name of the only Hungarian king who actually got to see Jerusalem: II. András. The name of Brother Maynard may be familiar for those who know about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. The other names were script driven (although I would have been happier to get a different name for the general who took Jerusalem, as his name “Álmus” had only one letter difference from “Álmos”, the Lithuanian Crusader – I thought it may be confusing a bit).

Finally, here is the map from when I retired from the campaign around turn 100.




This concludes the behind the scene tour. I hope you enjoyed this AAR. If you consider starting your own, I suggest to (1) have a plot because that makes it more interesting, (2) use screenshots because pictures tell a thousand words, and most importantly (3) make sure that you are having fun (i.e. Karnage’s Law ).

Thank you everybody for reading!
Radzeer

[la coupe est pleine]

Woaw radzeer,

What a major piece of work.
With that special chapter, you explained a lot about your personal tricks, writing an AAR, and it is so instructive. I learned a lot reading that, and I'm sure it is the case for a loads of people.

I am particularly keen on the idea to fight some custom battles. I rarely used it, but I feel it could help you a lot if you want a special landscape, or fighting between more than 2 fctions...

You obviously did a professional work.
Very well done and thanks for all those tips...

[Radzeer]

Woaw radzeer,

What a major piece of work.
With that special chapter, you explained a lot about your personal tricks, writing an AAR, and it is so instructive. I learned a lot reading that, and I'm sure it is the case for a loads of people.

I am particularly keen on the idea to fight some custom battles. I rarely used it, but I feel it could help you a lot if you want a special landscape, or fighting between more than 2 fctions...

You obviously did a professional work.
Very well done and thanks for all those tips...

Thank you la coupe, I'm glad you liked this last update. I learned a lot from reading other AARs, and got a few ideas myself, so it seemed appropriate to share my tricks too. Custom battles are really nice (as long as you are lucky to have the same replay ), although they require a lot of preparation to fit into the storyline - at least for me as I did not have a lot of experience with those before.
And thank you for your continuous support!

On another note, in a few days I can start the next AAR project: Kiev.
~

[Thokran]

It's been awhile since I've had time to check your AAR, but I finally got to finish it this morning. Superb job! Your narrating style was wonderful, as was the plot and the wonderful epilogue. And what's this of Project Kiev? It certainly sounds interesting, and I'll be looking forward to it as much as I looked forward to this one. Great work! +rep

[Radzeer]

It's been awhile since I've had time to check your AAR, but I finally got to finish it this morning. Superb job! Your narrating style was wonderful, as was the plot and the wonderful epilogue. And what's this of Project Kiev? It certainly sounds interesting, and I'll be looking forward to it as much as I looked forward to this one. Great work! +rep

Thank you Thokran, I do appreciate your support! I'm glad you enjoyed this work!
The Kiev project is my next AAR. I noticed that there aren't many Kievan AARs around, and since I like Eastern Europe I thought to do that next. It will be longer and more extensive than this one, and hopefully start in a few days (I'd like to be about two updates ahead in the campaign).
Thanks again!

[Radzeer]

Just a quick note that my new AAR on Kiev has started.

Also, I entered this AAR to the MAARC competition. The nomination phase has been extended, so the voting is still to come. I would like to encourage everybody to read all the great AARs that have been nominated and vote when the time is here. You have three votes, so it does not come down to which AAR is the single best one. Since this AAR has ended, this will be the last opportunity to vote for it, but my point is that voting in general is important as it gives encouragement to the writers. Not to mention that you can get info about other great works.

[Mr. Bean Laden]

Radzeer, this really gave some useful tips, which I will try to use in my future AAR (I only hope I could start it within 2-3 weeks). And you could count on my vote

[Karnage]

I'll catch up with reading your AAR my friend as soon as I can but it sadden me to see it end. Will comment upon my return.

[Maximinus Thrax]

Excellent piece of work, Radzeer! Awesome and suggestive pics by the way...

Well done!

[Infinitexs]

Originally Posted by Radzeer----->

I decided against interface elements showing up on screenshots. To avoid the green highlights, I selected another unit not on screen before taking the picture.

You can deselect a selected unit by pressing ENTER.

[Radzeer]

Radzeer, this really gave some useful tips, which I will try to use in my future AAR (I only hope I could start it within 2-3 weeks). And you could count on my vote

Thank you, and I hope to read that AAR soon!

I'll catch up with reading your AAR my friend as soon as I can but it sadden me to see it end. Will comment upon my return.

Take you time, my friend, and get well soon! At some point I'll probably have a sequel but I have a few ideas to try out first.

Excellent piece of work, Radzeer! Awesome and suggestive pics by the way...
Well done!

Thank you Maximus, I'm glad you liked it and I appreciate your support!

You can deselect a selected unit by pressing ENTER.

Why haven't I thought of that? Thank you - it deserves a +rep!

[Kabeloko]

liked the way u narrated battles, i enjoy detailed ones
great AAR, congratulations

[Radzeer]

liked the way u narrated battles, i enjoy detailed ones
great AAR, congratulations

Thank you Kabeloko, I'm glad you liked it!

On another note, the MAARC voting is on now.
Check out the great works and support your local AARtists!