#araluen

[that-one-enby-ranger]

GUYS I THINK I FOUND THE INSPIRATION FOR CASLTE REDMONT! Don't know if someones already found this but here it is anyway:

It's called Castle Caerlaverock and it is a TRIANGULAR SHAPED castle, with a MOAT, and is made of REDSTONE. That is literally the description of Castle Redmont. It is in Scotland but that doesn't matter, it's close to England.

I was doing some research on Scotland a few years back for school when I found this castle. I just remembered it a couple minutes ago.

[fandom-princeling8]

so the rangers are all assigned numbers right? 1-50, presumably these numbers are assigned as they become available, like a ranger retiring or something (i refuse to believe they can die) and so they wouldn't reflect the rangers skill or age or anything... i think that Halt would be 2 but what would Crowley's be? for some unexplainable reason i think it should be 3 or 43. i've seen some people say it would be 1 but i feel like that would have been Pritchard's... i also kinda have a headcanon that the number one was never reassigned after he died, there's just a ranger 0 out there somewhere..... but what do you guys think, what is Crowley's number?

[teresadelallo]

Aaay Treskie's actually doing the fanart she said she was gonna do! Bless her heart. . Here's a lil Will Treaty from Ranger's Apprentice, because he's a fun character and I like the vibe. Also it wasn't until after I inked in the thing that I read in the books that the double knives in the scabbard are on each hip and not stacked like I thought. OH WELL . . . . #traditionalart #watercolor #pencilandink #pencilandpaper #sketches #drawings #catholicartist #rangersapprentice #rangersapprenticeseries #halt #willtreaty #johnflanagan #araluen #redmont #rangersapprenticefandom https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpn__PeLGhC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[findingcrow]

Cassandra!! Not my best work but definitely not my worst :D

[disasterace1]

I need someone that has already read the new (for me it’s new cause I’m dutch) Royal Ranger book “Arazans Wolves” to tell me-

Will there be actual magic in this book?

Cause in the summery they refer to Arazan as a a “sorcerer” that controls an army of Wargals and Direwolfs

And even though I like the idea of the wargals returning I always liked the fact that the Rangers Apprentice series played with the idea somethings were magical but there was always a logical explanation for it!

So- if i order the book, should i be excited or preparing for the worst?

[stella-lesair]

Do you know what happens when my head meat mixes a fandom I was in three years ago with the one I've been in since four years ago? Correct, the nations from RA get humanifications hetalia style.

Following are some elaborations as to how I imagine some of the countries, I do not blame you if this is too long for you.

For some reason, Araluen would probably be one of the few girls around. She gives off like early day Hungary vibes, aka. scary fighting woman for those who haven't watched hetalia. But she'd be less fighting and more war strategy and big brain. Also, since we learned from England that nations can do magic if there are rumours claiming so, it is obvious that the rumours that rangers can do magic are the source of her magical powers. In my head, she wears a green skirt with a big slit, and leather armour and pants on a daily basis, and on fancy events she wears a green dress with weapons hidden in it.

Skandia looks like the average Viking to me. He seems not too smart at first sight, but if you dare to challenge his knowledge of one of his areas (aka. sailing, fighting, etc.) you will regret it. He also learns a lot from his mistakes and got obssed with the idea of justice and trading after getting closer with Araluen.

Speaking of, they are very close. They killed each other a lot in older days, but who cares. But simply put: Araluen is the brains while Skandia is the brawl, and they work incredibly well together, to the point where you only see them around together. Araluen says they're besties, while Skandia thinks otherwise. They were once asked if they were married, because literally everybody ships them, and when Ara said no Skandia was confused, thinking that they were. Yes I have a lot of fun making this up. Also, they bicker. Like. A lot.

If Skandia is Araluen's lover, Arrida is pretty much her bestie. In my head he is a tall and kind fellow, but he never speaks a word. I have not decided on him being mute or just being, I don't know, scared of saying the wrong thing. Either way, he is a great listener, being both Skandia and Araluen's comfort person. When they are in a bad mood, all they need is a cup of his coffee and the world is taking a step away from being engulfed in war. Arrida thirdwheels them a lot, but he's fine with it and enjoys their arguing. Yet, this friendship with Ara didn't start on neutral ground. No, Arrida saw himself forced to stick around, to repay an old debt.

Oh? You want to know what debt I'm talking about? Well, it's the equivalent to the promise Skandia made when he first started to 'spend time with' (read: start bothering by stealing her things) Araluen. Does that explain it?

While Arrida is used to the never-ending bickering, the last member of this quartette, Nihon-Ja, is not. The poor fellow is constantly trying to ease the tension until Arrida symbolises him to stop. Generally, he seems a little lost between these western nations, preferring tea over coffee and being, frankly speaking, scared of Skandia's hugs, but he enjoys it nonetheless. He is the calm and gentle, the secluded guy you visit after a long day to watch the wind in the trees. But don't get me wrong, this guy still can be an absolute threat. I recommend not getting on his bad side, because it will hurt both physically and psychologically to do so. I mean, there has to be a reason why he reached out to Skandia and Arrida after the incident with Araluen, right? Appearance wise, I can't decide whether he's like Japan or more of a middle-aged general/dad who's seen his fair share of violence.

Now that the quartette is completed, I want to introduce one more country, Gallica. He's a bit unstable. A pretty man who charms restlessly before turning into a violent prick. He seems trustworthy, but his mind can change an instant. He's had a lot of quarrels with Araluen (in which she often emerged victorious), which lead him to hate her. Sometimes, though, he admires her as well. Anyhoo, Araluen is rather apathic towards him, just showing surface-level kindness which gets on his nerves. He would start more fights, if he wasn't scared of her.

Yes, he is scared of her because of the incident. I don't blame him, honestly. I would be too if I knew that my neighbour who doesn't really like me can do the impossible.

Anyhoo, if you read so far, thank you for wasting your time on me.

Also, forgot to mention, the quartette always have their backs, making floks scared of them, hence the name 'The Feared Four'

[man-with-the-mandola]

spoilers for arazan’s wolves under the cut

fellow rangers apprentice fans…..did anyone else feel vaguely uncomfortable about all the anti-celtic sentiments in Arazan’s Wolves? The way they’re depicted as so bitter and superstitious, combined with Will’s dismissal of the whole nation just rubbed me the wrong way, considering how the Celtic nations have historically been treated by England.

[musiconspotify]

Paul Lush & Araluen Six Ways From Sunday (2023) … a strong effort …

[branchflowerphoto]

waterfall | araluen

[burnin0akleaves]

Ranger Gathering Day 11: Siege

Just the cleaned sketch this time because I didn't have the time for anything else

When the husband of the woman you were trying to siege comes back early to double-siege you. Must suck, couldn't be me.

[brotherbandchronicles]

Pauline: *enters the room*

Svengal, who thinks Halt is married to the ranger commandant he talks about a lot: Oh, the plot thickens.

[ragingadhd]

What’s up with rangers having slutty little uniforms. Like they’re always just a little too tight why is that

[name-s-are-not-important]

(Flanagan's) ✨️fatphobia in RA, heavily projected into Halt makes no sense ✨️

In the Middle Ages, not being skinny was a sign of prosperity, wealth and security. If someone's bones weren't showing or they weren't made up of only muscles, it meant they didn't have to fight to survive, they didn't know hunger or poverty and they didn't fight their way up the social ladder, they were just born into abundance.

If anyone, Halt, being of noble birth, should know this.

From the series: cultural and social idiocies in books styled to take place in the Middle Ages that annoy me. (The series is a very long one and I will share some of it here for sure because COME ON)

[permettez-moi]

Thinking about my timeline of the Cralty fic, and completely overthrowing it, because it feels nonsensical and like a trr (solaris' version) ripoff

I just need to figure out how to get Halt in Clonmel to Crowley in Araluen and have them fall in love without making half the story non-cralt because they don't know eachother yet.

[solarishashernoseinabook]

"Average person in araluen has three children" factoid actually just statistical error. Average person in araluen has one child. Dad halt, who lives in a cabin and adopts every young person he sees, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.