The Banners of Sab'yn

[Lysimachos]

Looks very promising! I'll have to have a look at your old one first

[Hax]

HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP!

It's back! Gods be praised!

[Gleemonex]

I just read Spear and Shield. Phenomenal! I've never seen such quick, dramatic delivery that held such pathos. Screenshots, turns of phrase, pacing... all top-notch. I seldom follow AARs, but I've already subscribed to this one. I look forward to its continuation with great anticipation.

你表现力真的很利害哦！我也住在中国，但是我本来是加拿大人.

-Glee

[gamegeek2]

Heh...maybe you should do this when AtB comes out. Then you can be the Mauryans...that is, if we ever finish it.

Subscribed.

[BerkeleyBoi]

Looks very promising! I'll have to have a look at your old one first

Hehe, yeah a lot of the things I mention might be difficult to catch without reading the first one...

HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP!

It's back! Gods be praised!

Glad you're excited! I'll try my best to meet your expectations

I just read Spear and Shield. Phenomenal! I've never seen such quick, dramatic delivery that held such pathos. Screenshots, turns of phrase, pacing... all top-notch. I seldom follow AARs, but I've already subscribed to this one. I look forward to its continuation with great anticipation.

你表现力真的很利害哦！我也住在中国，但是我本来是加拿大人.

-Glee

我以前是在中国可是现在来了美国。你在中国哪儿啊？

Heh...maybe you should do this when AtB comes out. Then you can be the Mauryans...that is, if we ever finish it.

Subscribed.

Yeah, I definitely want to play AtB as the Mauryans, but I just couldn't wait that long.

[Lysimachos]

Hehe, yeah a lot of the things I mention might be difficult to catch without reading the first one...

Nothing to worry about, I've read it today It had been finished long before I joined and there was now way to read every existing AAR Gladly I had a reason to make up for it now

[BerkeleyBoi]

The Africa Banner

I stand on small wooden raft surrounded by a sea of black. Swords, spears, and bows rise up from that ocean and shake, followed by a thundering chanting in their native tongue.

“Lord Hayu Il Watar, the people of Ethiopia welcome you”

To the left of me stood a tall man with skin as dark as the night sky. His black hair was curled tight against his head and a fearsome tattoo covered half his face. He is my bodyguard, my translator, and my best friend.

I am not known to be good with people. When I was a boy, I hid behind the skirts of my mother whenever visitors arrived. I never played with the other children at school and even as a grown man, I shunned the company of others.

Demissie was different from the others. He first served as part of my family's household guard and was my teacher in the ways of martial arts. I was wary of him at first because of how strange he looked, but he seemed to understand me in ways that others could not. He was a man of few words, but each word he spoke seemed to be of great importance. Gradually, we became friends and when I was ordered to Africa to form a new banner for the king, I took him with me.

“Good. Get them onto the boats. We leave at dawn” I started to step down from the raised wooden platform when I heard Demissie cough loudly, our secret signal that I was about to commit another social gaffe. I sighed, straightened up, and looked over to my old friend. “Alright. Quiet them down”

Demissie raised a single opened hand in the air and the entire army hushed. “I will translate for you, my lord”

I nodded and began my awkward speech about fighting for the glory of the gods and our empire. I spoke of how they should fight to their best of their abilities as I will lead them to the best of my own. I told them about their own strength before blabbering on about my training, my service in conquering Arabia, and how the sky is blue.

The crowd roared with approval after Demissie translated in his own special way, cutting out all the unnecessary things that I usually say and adding more spice to the words that I used. I knew this because his translation was about three times as long as my own speech.

“Is there anything else you want to say, my lord?”

I nodded and pointed towards the coast. “Yes. Tell them to board the ships for at dawn, we sail for India”

[Olaf Blackeyes]

i LOVE your work man plz keep it up i hope yellow fever doesnt rip u a new !@E#!R!@ED@#like it did last time

[BerkeleyBoi]

i LOVE your work man plz keep it up i hope yellow fever doesnt rip u a new !@E#!R!@ED@#like it did last time

Hehe, I'm already fighting with them but I'm holding them off so far.

And the pace will be a little slow as I introduce the situation, characters, and history, but it'll pick up soon after that.

[Gleemonex]

我以前是在中国可是现在来了美国。你在中国哪儿啊？

（I‘m at work and don't know the Chinese input system of this computer; possibly wubi)

Ah, I was under the impression -- from comments in your Saba and Hai AARs -- that you were between Beijing and Hong Kong. Anyways, I'm in Shanghai.

Alright, back to writing!

-Glee

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Nice to see that you're back.

[BerkeleyBoi]

（I‘m at work and don't know the Chinese input system of this computer; possibly wubi)

Ah, I was under the impression -- from comments in your Saba and Hai AARs -- that you were between Beijing and Hong Kong. Anyways, I'm in Shanghai.

Alright, back to writing!

-Glee

At the time, I was in Guangzhou, but now I'm going to school in America again. Shanghai is a nice place, much better than Beijing in my opinion, but my heart still belongs to Guangzhou despite the high crime rate, excessive pollution, overpopulation, and bad manners.

Nice to see that you're back.

Thanks for the welcome. I can see that your AAR is still going strong, bloody amazing!