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Ranger's Apprentice
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| Name: | Ranger's Apprentice |
| Abbreviation(s): | RA |
| Creator: | John Flanagan |
| Date(s): | 2004-2011 |
| Medium: | Novels |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
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Ranger's Apprentice is a series of fantasy novels written by John Flanagan. The series follows the young orphan boy Will who gets apprenticed under the mysterious ranger Halt. Under his guidance and with the help of his friends he travels the world going on adventures, fighting in wars and saving people.
The Ranger's apprentice series does have an additional prequel and sequel which often get grouped under 'ranger's apprentice' even though they have their own titles.
Canon
The author, John Flanagan, came up with the idea for the books as a bedtime story for his son, in an attempt to get him interested in reading. When he found the stories again later on, he wrote them down and published the first book in 2004 under Random House Australia. In 2007 the books got translated to Dutch where it gained a big and active fanbase to this day.
Four series were written within the world of ranger's apprentice. There is the main series titled 'Ranger's Apprentice', the sequel titled 'The Royal Ranger' and the prequel titled 'The Early Years'. All 3 of these stories revolve around the same handful of main characters we meet in the main series, in different stages of their life. The fourth series is titled 'Brotherband' (or 'The Brotherband Chronicles' for the U.S) and though it is set in the same world as Ranger's apprentice it focuses on different main characters.
In the Dutch translations of the books, The Royal Ranger is not seen as a sequel, but rather the continuation of the main series. This may be part of the reason that 'Ranger's apprentice' gets used so much as an umbrella term for all 3 series.
| chron. order | book title | publication date | pub. order | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ruins of Gorlan | November 1st, 2004 | 1 | |
| 2 | The Burning Bridge | May 5th, 2005 | 2 | |
| 3 | The Icebound Land | November 30th, 2005 | 3 | |
| 4 | Oakleaf Bearers ("The Battle for Skandia" in the US) | May 1st, 2006 | 4 | |
| 5 | Erak's Ransom | November 1st, 2007 | 7 | |
| 6 | The Sorcerer of the North | November 4th, 2006 | 5 | |
| 7 | The Siege of Macindaw | May 1st, 2007 | 6 | |
| 8 | The Kings of Clonmel | November 4th, 2008 | 8 | |
| 9 | Halt's Peril | November 2nd, 2009 | 9 | |
| 10 | The Emperor of Nihon-Ja | November 1st, 2010 | 10 | |
| 11 | The Lost Stories | October 3rd, 2011 | 11 |
Recurring fannish events
The fanbase might be on the smaller side, it is very loyal. These are some reccuring yearly fandom events.
| rough date | event | descripiton | host/place |
|---|---|---|---|
| varying dates in july and august | het grijze jager kamp // ranger's apprentice summer camp | an overnight, week long, summer camp in which kids aged
10-13 get to 'train' like real rangers with activities such as archery, swordfighting and obstacle courses. |
clubadventure.nl, Overasselt, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| the full month of august | the ranger gathering | A yearly event with daily prompts for which any RA fan
gets to create any type of fanwork using the prompt as inspiration. |
@rangergathering on tumblr.com |
| varying date in october | de grijze jager dag // ranger's apprentice day | A full day dedicated to the bookseries. Events get hosted
such as archery a fanclub post, varying games, a theater and a melee |
Het archeon, Alphen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands |
| October, week 43 | hating Will's beard week | a week dedicated to disliking the beard Will grows in the
sequel, often supported by the reasons why he should no longer have a beard, according to the participants |
Fanfiction
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
Ranger's Apprentice Cast Reacts! by smug_albatross
Hide and Seek by ThefirstRanger
Source: Archive of Our Own | Ao3
Relationships: Gilan & Will Treaty, Halt O'Carrick & Will Treaty
Tags: The Gathering, Hide and Seek, Disguise
Summary:At the Gathering, the rangers like to play hide and seek with the apprentices. Will, spooked by the tales Gilan has told him about the apparently terrifying game, comes up with a unique way to hide during the game.
Source: Archive Of Our Own | Ao3
Relationships: Halt O'Carrick & Will Treaty, Gilan & Will Treaty, Crowley Meratyn & Will Treaty
Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, warmweed, Butterfly Effect, Suicidal Thoughts, PTSD, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Scars, Slavery, Suicide Attempt, Starvation, it's the whole shebang, Nightmares, Depression, Past Drug Addiction, Found Family, Halt's actual A+ parenting, Parental Halt O'Carrick
Summary: The events of Icebound Land up to Battle for Skandia/Oakleaf Bearers, but with one vital difference: Will does not tell Halt about what really happened when he was a slave. Together, Evanlyn and Will decide to keep the warmweed addiction a secret, fearing that revealing it could get Will expelled from the Ranger Corps.
Halt is not as fooled as they think.
Basically: here's what happens when you take a drug addiction and accompanying PTSD seriously.
To Death and Glory by Merlyn Pyndragon
Source: Fanfiction.net | FFN
Charachters: Will Treaty, Horace Altman, Halt O' Carrick, Gilan Davidson
Tags: adventure and angst
Summary: Five years after the adventure in Nihon-Ja, life seems quiet for Rangers Halt and Will, quiet at last. That is, until a beast from the east comes prowling for Champions. A Toscan lord is recruiting skilled warriors from various countries to fight in the colossal Arena of Romena. Most of these warriors are not willing contestants. And now he's in Araluen, with an eye on a Ranger.
Like a spider by MysteriousDeviant
Source: Archive of Our Own | Ao3
Relationships: Crowley Meratyn/Halt O'Carrick, Pauline duLacy/Halt O'Carrick, Halt O'Carrick & Will Treaty, Gilan & Will Treaty, Gilan & Halt O'Carrick, Gilan & Halt O'Carrick & Will Treaty, Gilan & Crowley Meratyn
Tags: Crack, Angst, Crack Treated Seriously, it's more, seriousness treated as crack, post-Skandia, Canon Divergence - Post-Skandia, Trauma, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicidal Will Treaty, Protective Halt O'Carrick, Protective Gilan (Ranger's Apprentice), Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Family Fluff, Found Family, all the romantic relationships are background, they're referenced like, once - Freeform, honestly i'm hcing halt as ace and greyro, and i'm seeing them as more qprs than romance, but it's not explicit because it's way too background, so you can see them however you want, and i'll tag them romantically, idk ask me if you want it changed, Fluff and Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Will Treaty Has PTSD
Summary:The life of a Ranger is a hard one. But there is joy in it.
Gilan: Treat spiders the way you want to be treated :D
Will: killed without hesitation :D
Gilan, Halt, and Crowley: wILL nO
Same old songs by Asheik, orphaned Ao3 account.
Source: Archive of Our Own | Ao3
Relationships: Jennifer "Jenny" Dalby/Alyss Mainwaring, Horace Altman/Will Treaty, Halt O'Carrick & Will Treaty, Crowley Meratyn/Halt O'Carrick, Pauline duLacy/Halt O'Carrick, Horace Altman & Will Treaty, Gilan & Will Treaty, Gilan & Halt O'Carrick, Cassandra | Evanlyn & Will Treaty, Cassandra | Evanlyn/Alyss Mainwaring, Crowley Meratyn & Halt O'Carrick, Pauline duLacy & Alyss Mainwaring, Alyss Mainwaring/Will Treaty, Pauline duLacy & Will Treaty, Jennifer "Jenny" Dalby/Gilan, Horace Altman/Gilan/Will Treaty, Horace Altman & Halt O'Carrick, Horace Altman & Jennifer "Jenny" Dalby, Madelyn "Maddie" & Will Treaty
Tags: 100 Themes Challenge, Short Stories
Summary: The 100 Themes challenge includes a list of 100 prompts that are to be used to inspire a short story. Each chapter is a different story, featuring various characters/stories/AUs/headcanons from Ranger's Apprentice.Please refer to the first chapter (index) for characters, relationships, and common triggers that might appear in each individual story as well as a short summary.
The Royal Ranger by SolarisHasHerNoseInABook
Source: Archive of Our Own | Ao3
Relationships: Relationships: Crowley Meratyn/Halt O'Carrick, Halt O'Carrick/Original Characters
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Demiromantic asexual Crowley, Autistic Halt, Ferris is a more competent villain in this one, and Caitlyn has a personality, anti-autistic sentiments, Gaslighting, unsupportive parents, Slow Burn, There's a lot of politics I'm sorry :(, it's almost like one of the characters is royalty or something, not much of a slow burn. more of a gentle toasting
Summary: Morgarath is gaining influence in Araluen and has been systemically discrediting the Rangers. Knowing it's only a matter of time before he's targeted too, Crowley packs up and goes to the Hibernian kingdom of Clonmel to offer his services to the King, and in doing so meets a rather enigmatic Crown Prince...
Fanart gallery
Punk Halt by iwanttobepersephone
The rene(gay)de rangers by theraven-gil-lyn
Dawn by Burnin0akleaves
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Shipping
The fandom is home to many-a ship. These are some of the more popular ones. They have been divided in 3 'generations'; The Early Years, Ranger's apprentice and The Royal Ranger. When checking for a specific character, go to the name of the series surrounding them and their generation.
| Ship | Shipname | History and additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Crowley Meratyn / Halt O' Carrick | Cralt | Crowley and Halt meet in the Early Years series, where they start the renegade rangers and defeat Morgarath together. This ship is very popular due to the nature of the two characters personalities, they often get presented as the popular sunshine / grumpy trope |
| Pauline Dulacy / Halt o' Carrick | Haltine - Hauline | This ship is canon. Halt meets Pauline during The Early Years and is told to have gotten an imediate crush on her. They spend years pining for each other but both loved their jobs (which required a lot of traveling) too much to give them up for one another. When both of them retire they finally get married. Hauline is the older shipname of the two, thought Haltine is more widely used now. |
| Crowley Meratyn / Halt O' Carrick / Pauline Dulacy | Craltine | this is the most popular polyamorous ship of the fandom. It has been mentioned in the series that both Halt and Crowley had a crush on Pauline, but when Crowley saw how absolutely besotted his best friend was, he decided not to try and form closer bonds with the courier. Fandom said 'well why can't she have both' and thus, craltine was born. |
| Halt O' Carrick / Duncan | Duncalt | This ship is mainly loved because of the possibilities there are between the histories of the characters. Duncan is king and understand what it is like to grow up with these expectations. Halt, on the other side, understands Duncans burden. It is also a compelling thought to think that Duncan knew Halt when he was still crown prince, making it an appealing ship. |
| Duncan / Crowley Meratyn / Halt O' Carrick | Duncralt | This ship is popular for many of the same reasons as Duncan / Halt, only with Crowley added in the mix for some balance between the other two very strong characters. |
| Ship | Shipname | History and additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Will Treaty / Alyss Mainwaring | Wilyss | This ship is canon. Alyss appears in books 1-11 of the main series. They get married in the short story 'and about time too...' in book 11. |
| Horace Altman / Will Treaty | Wiltman - Hill - Whorace | The boys start out disliking each other in book 1 of the main series, but slowly grow a strong bond over the years, until finally becoming best friends. They end up going on many adventures together, growing close along the way. This makes them a popular ship within the friends with benefits, enemies to lovers and friends to lovers tropes. Though 'Wiltman' is the older shipname for the two, Hill has become more widely used since, and thanks to it's funny nature, 'whorace' has gained some popularity since. |
| Horace Altman / Cassandra | Hassandra | This ship is canon. They got married in book 11, in the short story titled 'the bridal dance.' They are thusfar the only couple to have a blood-related child within the series |
| Alyss Mainwaring / Cassandra | Alyssandra - Cassyss | this is the most popular f/f ship of the fandom. Most of the popular ships are m/m because of the lack of recurring female characters in the series. Both women are strongheaded and grew closer in 'the emperor of Nihon-Ja' after fighting a large snowy panther together. While Alyssandra is the older of the two shipnames, Cassyss is the more widely used name now. |
| Gilan Davidson / Seley el'then | Selethen | Gilethen | Gilan is a very popular character of whom relatively little is known. He is portrayed as a bright and goofy character. When Seley el'then was introduced in 'Erak's ransom' he proved himself equally sharp minded and able to quip right along with the rangers. He also teaches Gilan how to use the arridi 'bend' sword, as they are both master swordsmen. |
| Horace Altman / Will Treaty / Alyss Mainwaring / Cassandra | Hillyssandra | This is the core group of (their generation of) adventurers in many of the books. Most notably is 'the emperor of Nihon-Ja' where all four of them were traveling together and tensiosn were canonically high thanks to some jealousy between the two girls. Much like with Craltine fandom said 'why choose'. |
| Gilan Davidson / Jennifer | Jenny Dalby | Ginny | This ship is canon. |
| Will Treaty / Cassandra |
| Ship | Shipname | History and additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Maddy | Maddelyn Altman / Ingrid |
External links and fannish resources
Fan communities and archives
- Ranger's Apprentice stories and crossovers on FanFiction.Net (FFN)
- Ranger's Apprentice tag on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
- Ranger's apprentice tag on Tumblr.com
Fan pages and sites
Resources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger%27s_Apprentice
- https://www.degrijzejager.nl/ // the dutch ranger's apprentice fanclub website
The Movie / TV series adaptation
No one knows
That is not true, for additional information please take a look at the fandom wiki regarding it.
Though every couple of years there is a new update or development surrounding the movie/Tv series, most of the fandom doesn't have high hopes for it, some even going as far as not actually wanting the books to be adapted.
Notes
References
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