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The decision to write about Saurians was not negotiable having just finished my Starhost army. Left me with some interesting questions on how to write a story with morality from an amoral perspective. Seems like people took a variety of interpretations so I consider it a personal success, glad to hear you liked it!

Glad to see the implications picked up, it's a grimdark future after all... Perhaps I'll explore the human perspective partially or in full in some future story to bring it full circle, but it's hard to resist the call of writing alien lizards.

Indeed, looking forward to it!

A quite interesting look at the perspective of classic bad guys. The writing style served to highlight the narrator's strange perspective well, but could have probably been cleaned up a bit. I may hate all plague brother adjacent factions, but have to admit this was a novel read!

I think it was a bit confusing juggling the different perspectives alongside the flow of the story, but the twist  was one of the best that I've seen so far! A great demonstration of how one's perspective shapes their depiction of the world.

Really interesting in how it left so much of the factions at play to the imagination while still telling a highly original story. Big thumbs-up from me!

Fun, grim fantasy. I think the theme traced closer to "war is hell" than "are we the bad guys" but I appreciate the less-blunt approach to it nonetheless. Among my favorites so far, could see myself reading a fantasy-style war novel along these lines.

I've always had a soft spot for chivalrous realms type factions, and this was a fun read that hit all the right notes. The beginning descriptions went about a line or two past when it felt like they should end, and really that's in-character for the verbose narrator so I assume it's intentional, but maybe a small call-out of some kind might have served to highlight that better?

Some questions were raised that I wished were explained more about why advanced lizards were living next to primitive lizards, but all-around I think it was a good execution!

Probably my favorite one so far, "noble forest protectors" overlaps a bit with wood elves, but the quality of the execution carries the emotions of the story well. The repair squad was a particularly unique and fitting concept to tie it all up.

An interesting read, I particularly liked how the ratlike traits were used to shape the perception of the world, and the use of alchemy as an analogy bound to the plot. The lack of recognizing a family scent immediately struck me as a bit confusing though.

I'd agree with others that the story does a good job of maintaining suspense and pace with the use of present tense. It comes across as stylistically refreshing and different, and I personally think it should have been carried through to the end. Perhaps switching to past tense only for the last bit would have been an interesting way to emphasize his presumed fate?

A great, "straight" take on the theme. I think the after-action report summarizing the epilogue in a lore-appropriate way was my favorite part!

I thought it was an overall good entry, a bit blunt for my personal taste but that's also kind of how the battle brothers are. I particularly liked how cogent points were made for both sides of the moral argument though, instead of setting up an obviously correct view.

A good, straightforward take on the prompt. Definitely nails the "grimdark" feel.  That being said, if I'm remembering correctly from the army description, isn't the god-queen a rebel too? (or pre-god-queen she was just some general)

I really liked how the theme was flipped on its head. As someone who likes to rebel a bit against prompts, I'm definitely taking notes on the use of its phrasing! A fun short story that leaves room for further antics in a follow-up.

I think it was conceptually interesting but really needed more space to flesh out character and concepts without exhausting the reader's brain.  I do think it nailed the feeling of 'reading a history book' though! Would make for good lore pages in a pre-existing setting.

Thank you for the feedback, I'm already planning how I might manipulate the theme differently the next time around! Look forward to more lizard stories in the future, time-willing.

Happy to hear you enjoyed it!

I was worried that my touch might have been too light with the themes, so I'm quite pleased to see the undertones getting picked up. I appreciate the warm reception!

Glad to hear that you liked it!

Much time was spent pondering on the Pondering, glad to hear it was received well!

Went for a softer application of the theme, I expect there will be a variety of interpretations of the events depicted. Personally didn't want to write a story where the protagonist is directly asking the question. Happy to hear that the lizard perspective was appreciated though! I put a lot of thought into that area.