MAARC LXXXI - Tie-Break Thread

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The Writers' Study Presents:
MAARC LXXXI - The First Place Tie-Breaker


You have ONE vote in this tie-breaker


Advertising of the competition is allowed. Inviting people to vote for their favourite AAR is okay.
Asking for votes for a particular submission is not allowed and will result in disqualification.
Breaking the rules will result in measures at the discretion of the Writers' Study Staff.



Choose your favourite from:

Submission 1

The Last Chariots of the Tarquins

An ancient warning contained in the Sibylline Books. Two brothers, each of rival houses, forged together by a secret oath. A cursed chariot belonging to the last king of Rome...

Three centuries ago, the mighty chariot warriors of Etruria drove the Gauls back beyond the Alps. Now, led by their king Brennus, they have returned. Remembering their defeat, the Gauls have spent hundreds of years becoming the greatest masters of chariot warfare the world has ever seen, while the Etruscans have let its knowledge slip into myth. With no one to stop them, the Gallic Whirlwind will sweep through Italy. Only one city stands against them: Tarchuna, the Etruscan birthplace of the Roman Kings. The Last Chariots of the Tarquins is an epic and tragic tale, spanning decades and chronicling the last hour of Etruscan glory, the first sack and re-founding of Rome, and the rise of the Republic that will inherit the world. It's a story of love, revenge, divided loyalties, betrayal, and hubris as Avle Spurinna--the half-Roman leader of Tarchuna and direct descendent of Tarquin the Proud--seemingly haunted his entire life by the avenging shade of his tyrannical ancestor, will defy fate in his attempt to save his people from their foretold doom. The Last Chariots of the Tarquins reminds us that the mounts of ambition slip their reins easily and that the wheels of fortune must always be oiled by blood...

Submission 2

The Papers of King Alfonso

The papers from an Islamic scholar found by the Napoleonic French army in Valencia and relating to King Alfonso's reconquest of the Iberian peninsula.

In the original voting thread, one vote was invalidated due to that person only casting one vote instead of two and not contacting me before the voting period ended.

*Insert Mortal Kombat announcer voice* Round Two. FIGHT! Good luck to both entrants!

[Turkafinwë]

Voted! Good luck to both entrants!

[Alwyn]

They're both great AARs, so it was a hard choice. Good luck to both!

[Skotos of Sinope]

Voted. I'll now go back to sweating bullets for the rest of the week...

[NorseThing]

I may have been the tardy one voter, if so I am most distressed.

[Alwyn]

It's okay, NorseThing, you voted twice - and it wouldn't have been a big deal if you had voted once.

Voting once is an easy mistake to make (I've done it). Don't forget that, if that happens, you can PM the competition organiser with your second vote - as long as this is done before the poll ends, your votes will count.