Yeah, I know it's not very popular, which is very interesting, because it appears to me that the guide I'm writing is extremely popular in comparison. However, I'm just going to keep writing, because, in truth, I'm not really doing this for anyone's benefits save my own. Really I'm writing this firstly because I think it helps me get into the story a lot more roleplaying wise, and it also gives me some practice in writing and storytelling.

In regards to the action, it's coming soon, don't worry. The thing is that I waited a whole half a year between the "diplomat chapter" and the start of the actual action. In the game I roleplayed this as "training and preparing for the war logistically," but in reality I did it because I didn't want to get caught in the snow. So essentially the chapter I'm writing now is just bridging the gap between the declaration of war and the initiation of conflict, while simultaneously granting the reader insight into the political and cultural stage occuring on the hometurf.

The current chapter has two more "scenes" as I'm beginning to refer to them, and then we'll finally get to see some action. After that it's more political stuff, and then we're all caught up to the point I have played, so who knows from that point.

I have been reading through my story, and am starting to realize that my voice is pretty bad, and the story is pretty scattered; I find myself digressing a lot to fill in backstory, but it doesn't fit into the present action. Also, when I tell the story, I attempt to tell from third person semi-omniscient (meaning story teller isn't part of the story, and follows one character, including thoughts and feelings), but it comes out as third-person completely omniscient, which creates problems because the story ends up appearing scattered and unfocused.