Brothers in Arms- A Roman AAR

**Long lost Caesar** · 03-03-2008, 22:45

Brothers in Arms

We few, we happy few. We band of brothers. For he who sheds his blood with me today will be my brother

Lucius Vorenus had been a soldier in the 13th Legion for most of his adult life. Torn from his home, his wife and new born child, killing had become his art, perfected in the disciplined ranks of the Roman army, the same army his father and forefathers had served in.
And so now he stood on the ragged earth of Gaul, the battlefield of Alesia. Beyond, in the misty distance, beyond the Roman fort, the Gaelic horde was massed, ready to descend on Caesar's army. Lucius ascended to the top of the pallisade, his comrade Titus Pullo already there waiting for him. Turning to his ragged century of men he addressed them.

"Brothers! We have marched to worlds end! Army after army has fallen to us! And now we have one last test of strength, one final challenge. Here, outside the gates of Alesia, we must confront the Gauls and crush them once and for all! Make no mistake brother, the enemy is brave and reckless. We will lose many of our own, but for every comrade we lose we will slaughter ten of them! And from here to the forests of Germania every Celt will know that so long as true Romans fight shoulder to shoulder they will never be safe! Once more brothers, once more we spill blood, but then we will live forever!!"
The cheers of the Legion were deafening. Vorenus turned to Pullo and they shared the Legion clasp.
"Gods be with you today brother." Pullo said sternly. Vorenus nodded and looked at his cheery men, his valiant brothers in arms, and smiled.
"They already are."

Coming soon

**akbolling** · 03-03-2008, 23:15

This looks great Long Lost Caesar!

Looking forward to it

**Hooahguy** · 03-04-2008, 00:06

reminds me of the game....

**General Appo** · 03-04-2008, 07:22

Nice start, but I hope you won´t go the same way as Rome HBO did?
Not that the show was bad (it was great) but it would be a little boring to know everything that´s going to happen.

**Long lost Caesar** · 03-04-2008, 08:18

Course not, I just wanted a sorta 'trailer' for my story and I figured this would be a good example. It'll be told like a story, but don't worry, you're not gonna be reading what you've already watched

**General Appo** · 03-04-2008, 08:32

Good to hear. It´s gonna be kinda hard not to picture Lucius Vorenus in my head though, that crazy bastard was brilliant in Rome.

**PersianFire** · 03-12-2008, 20:46

"This AAR has promise. Maybe it's your style, but how about a small account of the battles. I love a good account describing the slaughter of barbarians.

Throw in some screenies of the battles as well."

**Reality=Chaos** · 03-13-2008, 14:07

ahh, this looking better with each post. Keep up the good work

. I really like the fact that this a roman AAR. I haven't played them yet myself, and to be honest, I dislike romans. They have however been severely underepresented in the AAR', and I like diversity in AAR's/