This story is a sequel to Prologue
Victor Strihooveski is not exactly a bundle of laughs, but he's a responsible old veteran of the Royal Guard, one of the few whose career survived the recent reforms. When Section Leader Rose Meadow is injured in a training accident, she leaves him in charge of the small unit for the week.
Stationed far behind the lines in Canterlot, the Guard might be getting back up to fighting condition for the first time in over a century, but that doesn't mean the road is without its hurdles. Events have eventuated and the newly-returned Rose needs informing, with tact if possible.
This is a short story set in the world of the acclaimed Hearts of Iron 4 mod, Equestria at War. It is the second entry in the Quenta Roccolië and has been reviewed by Clarke Otterton.
Rated teen for non-tag worthy mention of reproductive mechanisms and their results in a rather frank manner.
Thanks to Eltirions for betaing.
Cover image by Tofus, used with permission
Is the last story in this series called Epilogue?
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It might be, but I've not planned that far along yet!
For context, this is just the second short story in a much larger project called the Quenta Roccolie, which will span over twenty years in-universe in three large 'books' (or over a century with some of the shorts I've completed or have planned) and currently has half a million words already written in various stages of drafts.
I could theoretically publish the first ten chapters of the first book of the trilogy (with the working title Off Course) right now, but I only publish stories once they are complete in order to avoid deadline pressure and other issues with finishing stuff that a lot of writers have. Unless I suddenly start rocketing forward in the final drafting stage, don't expect Off Course to come out this year. Spring 2022 is my tentative goal.
Well, it was a pleasure to be the first person (aside from the author, obviously) to read this. Knowing what I do about Scribbly's plans for this story, boy is it impressive, and I can't wait for more of it to be released.
As for this story in particular: it is well-written (the few formatting errors I found while betaing don't count, since they never made it into the published version), the characters are clearly defined and different from each other (though given the constant namedrops it is obvious this is part of a larger story), and in general it is a fun and interesting peek into an EAW world with a truly massive amount of lore and research behind it.
Conclusion: very good fic.
This and Prologue were wonderful!
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
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I very much did, thank you!
That was a good story.