Swaeft's Scribblings

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Welcome, one and all to TWC's most infamous writer's repository of AARs!

That is, if AAR actually stood for Abandoned and Rejected. That's right! This user has started and abandoned not one, not two, not three, but FOUR AARs! (Five if you want to lump my brother's one in) That has got to be a record!

In all seriousness though, I do not have a library as illustrious or wide ranging as most of the other users, this is more of a place for me to store links to my writings, heh. Do browse around for the other archives in this subforum, and if you're looking for a place to start I can tell you with certainty that Kilo11's World of Words is one of the better ones. Anyway, if you so happen to decide to peruse one of the abandoned or ongoing AARs, here are the links.

Also, I do need to apologize if you decide to read some of my earlier AARs, the image hosting site I used, imageshack, went pay to use and I wasn't there to backup my screenshots, so I lost over a thousand screenshots!! Yes..that sucked, but what sucked even more was my AARs becoming long walls of texts. There's nothing I love more in an AAR than a brilliant screenshot (other than the writing of course, that always comes first), so it was a really big blow for me, please accept my humble apology

Change Log

(27/7/19) Wow, this is crazy, I actually have completed stuff to list out! (24/1/19) Added my Creative Writing to the Ongoing Projects list, thanks Kilo11! (14/1/19) Added reviews from The Critics' Quill to some of the AARs. Check the reviews out, they're a great summary if you're deciding whether or not to read the AARs. (10/1/19) Removed more contentboxes and added Cookiegod's Of Wolves and Prey to the reading list. Sorry! (And update the damn thing ) (7/1/19) Removed a lot of unnecessary content boxes, replaced them with links, much better. Removed Skotos of Sinopes' AAR from the future reading list (really sorry, I am a little squeezed for time lately and I don't want to make false promises!), might put it back a month or two from now. Added the correct signature for the Picture of the Week Competition forum. (6/1/19) I had to install firefox to use the Go Advanced button. Changed the fieldset for the must read list to a content box, since I think people would prefer to choose what to read instead of scrolling down to find everything. Also this means I should make a content page soon if I keep adding stuff. Anyway, added the 'cool places to check out' portion and am thinking of adding a 'little more about myself' section with music tastes, fav games and stuff like that. Centralized the Ongoing Projects fieldset, and shifted the must read list to the bottom of the page. (4/1/19) Curses, I still can't click go advanced. What gives? Anyway, added Caillagh's A Long Way from Home to the current reading list. With a heavy heart, removed Skantarious' Legacy of Skantarious from the Must Read list. Reason for that is I feel his first AAR is more striking, and I also can't have too many on the must read list. (3/1/19) Added Merchant's Way of the Bow to the Must Read List. Truly a Masterpiece. Added Alwyn's New Town to the currently reading list. Long overdue.

Completed Projects

(Stainless Steel 6.4, Medieval 2 Total War) God's Justice - Crusader States AAR

(Creative Writing) Change - A Short Story - My first dive into Creative Writing!

Ongoing Projects

(Skyrim) Fractured Dragon - The Sequel to The Astray Apprentice

Abandoned and Rejected

In Chronological Order:

(M2TW) Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt - Where it all began! Take a shot every time you cringe, you'll be passed out by the prologue! - Link

(M2TW) Guardians and Watchers - The second most cringeworthy one - Link

(SS 6.4, M2TW) To Change our Fate: Reforging Sicily with Steel and Heart - The Anakin - Link

(SS 6.4, M2TW) The Fire That Burned // Authored by my brother, who has since retired from TWC - Link

(Skyrim) The Astray Apprentice - My favorite so far! - Link | Reviewed by Merchant of Venice (A thousand thank yous, really appreciate it!) in The Critics Quill Issue 38 - Link

My Current Reading List

I am currently reading (or/and am caught up with) these great stories:
Aka The if your name is not here you're most likely going to beat me up list


(Third Age Total War, M2TW) To Earn a Kingdom by Turkafinwe

(Rome 2) New Town by Alwyn

(Skyrim) A Long Way from Home by Caillagh de Bodemloze

(M2TW Hotseat) Of Wolves and Prey by Cookiegod

(EBII, M2TW) Written in Sand by Kilo11


After which, I plan to read the following:
Aka The if your name is still not here please don't send the Dark Brotherhood after me list

Oho! No promises at the moment, it seems.

My Own TWC Must Read List

I've read these myself and can vouch for their wow factor, this is my TWC Must Read List: (Shogun 2) Takeda - A Shogun 2 AAR by Robin de Bodemloze - Link | Reviewed by Radzeer in The Critics Quill Issue 31 - Link (Shogun 2) The Way of the Bow by Merchant of Venice - Link | Reviewed by Hitai de Bodemloze in The Critics Quill Issue 40 - Link (Shogun 2) In The Light of Dusk by Tigellinus - Link | Reviewed by Merchant of Venice in The Critics' Quill Issue 43 - Link (Stainless Steel, M2TW) I am Skantarios! by Skantarious - Link | Reviewed by Kallum in The Critics Quill Issue 17 - Link (Chivalry 2, M2TW) The Wolf Among Dogs by Radzeer - Link | Reviewed by Heiro de Bodemloze in The Critics Quill Issue 34 - Link (Skyrim) The Nascent Ranger by Chirurgeon - Link As always, this is a very sensitive issue, so here is my disclaimer which I learned how to write by studying Harvard Law (Disclaimer in a disclaimer, I didn't go the Harvard Law): This is only my opinion, you'd do the authors much more justice if you went to read their works yourself and form your own opinion on their writings! The Writer's Study is a criminally under-read subforum, and authors often appreciate comments and criticism, feel free to give it to them!

Cool Places to Visit
Aka the 'Man this place is boring - oh look other stuff!' list

If you decide not to read AARs, but don't want to leave here empty handed, here are some more places for you to check out:


The Critic's Quill - For any aspiring AAR author (AARtists as I like to say), this is a must read page! It contains a treasure trove of information immensely helpful to any writer, and is pretty great for casual reading as well. A very useful publication - props to the people running it!


The Front Page - For all the latest news and information you could ever want!


The Screenshot Galleries, Picture of the Week and Video of the Month competitions - I'm pretty sure many of you love in game graphics, and sometimes pause to take a screenshot. Here you can find the Picture of the Week competition (that I strongly encourage you to enter) and the libraries of other great screenshot artists!



Thanks Flinn for the signatures!


Links for myself because I am lazy:

Critic's Quill (Log Book) | (Past Editions)