Flight of Dragons - The Deeds of the Kings of the Sauromatae

**General Appo** · 06-17-2008, 23:26

You don´t have to renounce anything. I´m quite satisfied with big AAR´s. But, to each his own.

**Aaldaemon** · 06-18-2008, 00:01

Originally Posted by General Appo

You don´t have to renounce anything. I´m quite satisfied with big AAR´s. But, to each his own.

Thank you General Appo, I wish I could clone you.

But, the reality is I want to keep a balance while writing this, and hopefully provide an appealing format for as many people as I can. I'm not going for the quick explanation + screenshot route I was contemplating in the beggining, which seems to be the most appealing of aar formats - but rather for a complex story told with as few words as my rambling ways will allow.(few is ever relative) I'll give you an example of something I'm prone to do, and I do not want to do here: imagine a 15 page + chapter of characters bonding, with one/two poignant lines of dialogue hidden in there as part of the greater epic plan... all just to build up for the distant future, with little immediate payout.

My current format seems just about right to me - and while I regret several things, it still seems to do the job. I find it challenging to keep a story short, with little fluff and to deliver important pieces of the story(although it might not seem so yet to some) every single update. Having said that you never know when I'll decide to deviate from the current format in any direction I so please at the time... anything can happen.

/and now good night, it's 2am here, and my brain is already going into meltdown.

**Aaldaemon** · 06-18-2008, 17:17

Is it just me, or all my screenshots have disappeared? I can't see any of them...

**Lysimachos** · 06-18-2008, 17:54

Originally Posted by Aaldaemon

Is it just me, or all my screenshots have disappeared? I can't see any of them...

I can see three pictures in Part VIII: The Mercenaries, the yurts and the shot of Chersonesus and the army.

**Aaldaemon** · 06-18-2008, 18:54

Originally Posted by Lysimachos

I can see three pictures in Part VIII: The Mercenaries, the yurts and the shot of Chersonesus and the army.

Strange, I can't see any pictures in the entire aar, and the photobucket site looks messed up... for one I can't log into my album...

Oh well, maybe it will sort itself out.

**Justiciar** · 06-22-2008, 02:50

Just had a long read through of this AAR.

Top notch stuff, sir! Fantastically written. And is it wrong that I want Alouthagos' reign to be a long one? Cold, calculating, and arrogant - my kind of guy!

**Aaldaemon** · 06-22-2008, 15:28

Originally Posted by Justiciar

Just had a long read through of this AAR.

Top notch stuff, sir! Fantastically written. And is it wrong that I want Alouthagos' reign to be a long one? Cold, calculating, and arrogant - my kind of guy!

Thank you for the appreciation, it's always heart warming to see a comment like this.

I'm glad you liked the story so far, and I'm happy to see there's someone else besides me actually liking Alouthagos.

Alouthagos and Abeakos are both very complex characters, and while there's been some very revealing interplay going on so far... there's much more to come, something quite shocking in fact, if I get to continue this story that far into the future.

Next chapter will probably deliver mild shock tactics - I promise it will get epic.

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And I have a question for anyone who actually read this with a moderate degree of attention - what do you think is the Greek name of Abeakos? I'd be very impressed if anyone figured it out already... beyond impressed.