#rangers apprentice oc

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The nightmare of the Ranger Corps PR department, Ruaraidh!

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Alr so if you saw this post then you'll know that I now have a new oc, MY version of Will's apprentice! Because I did not like how Maddie was handled at all, personally. Anyways, her name is Aileen, and I'm a little obsessed

(Ignore how insane Will looks in the second drawing, I just gave up)

Her parents are Hibernian immigrants, but they wish they were Araluen instead. They refuse to teach her anything about Hibernia. They are very devout Catholics and expect her to be as well. They are protective over their little girl and rarely allow her to leave the house. The only time she's allowed to leave alone, even rarer, is for her to attend church. Of course, she takes this opportunity to head to the market and chat with as many people as she can find. I love her. She's so precious to me. I will kill anybody who hurts her

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~29~ Kingdom

Heeey guess who got into heraldry recently (blazon/image ID in alt)

OC stuff below the cut

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this bard keeps blabbering random stuff to me!!!

(atlas/my RA oc art after 2763 years)

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Ranger's apprentice OC Rowan Marlowe

Name: Rowan Marlowe

Fief: Deywis fief

Ranger number: 19

First appearance: The Early Years - as one of the rangers that come back in book 2. (Age 22)

(lore and map under the read more)

Rowan is ranger of Deywis fief (on the map) ever since first war with lord Morgarath.

Rowan was apprentice to ranger Edward Thorpe, whom he first met when he had to untangle the ranger from a fishing net. Half of Rowan's family is in the fishing business on the east coast of Araluen.

He is a casual friend with Crowley Meratyn whom he knew ever since being apprentice.

A few years after the first war with Morgarath (Age 26), Rowan is sent to investigate the situation in Seaham fief, as Seaham doesn't have a ranger yet due to the lack of rangers after the war. The Seaham fief is a small fief east of Caraway, neighboured by Carnforth fief to the north and Deywis fief to the south. The Seaham fief struggles due to sudden surge of skandian raids and economic damage of the war. It is run by young baron Eiric Bowburn and his sister Aisling Bowburn. The baron of Carnforth fief, lord Cuthbert Galloway, is greedy and ambitious man who sees the struggling fief as opportunity to gain more power. He bribes bandits to plague the fief and tries discredit Eiric and prove him as incapable baron to the king Duncan. Rowan is sent there by Crowley to investigate the situation and together with Eiric and Aisling, the young ranger helps to uncover and thwart Cuthbert's plots.

Rowan and Aisling start to fall for eachother but they struggle with relationship across fiefs and Rowan himself still struggles with unresolved feelings from his breakup with the knight of Caraway castle, Cynric Blaiddwell, with whom he had relationship before being forced to leave Araluen when Morgarath was gaining power.

After the second war with Morgarath (Age 38), Rowan is tasked by Crowley to track and bring to justice one of Mortgaraths important lieutenants, Ransford Crayke.

Rowan tracks Ransford deep into Scottia territory, however, along the way Ransford murdered a little child of southern Scotti clan because he wanted to steal a horse. Upon tracking down Ransford, Rowan kills him in fight but not before being injured by Ransford. One of northern Scotti clans members with deep resentment of Araluen and rangers, happen upon dead Ransford and injured Rowan, and take the ranger captive, planning to execute him in their village.

Rowan escapes but due to being in harsh northern unknown, without equipment and weapons and still suffering due to his injuries, he eventually collapses and blacks out. He is found by southern Scotti clan warriors who went north to hunt down Ransford, who murdered the child of their clan. They know Rowan is innocent and that he actually killed Ransford and they take him to their village and nurse back to health out of honor and obligation but they do not feel very warm towards the ranger himself. However, as Rowan is gaining strength and heals, he makes friends amongst the clan. By this time, Cynric who went looking for him, arrives and together they leave for Araluen.

After MacHaddish's raid on castle Macindaw (Age 44), the tensions between Scotti and Araluen rise and Rowan is sent as negotiator due to his knowledge of land, language and people from his time in Scottia.

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About the ranger Rowan Marlowe:

Rowan is of calm and analytical nature, he tends to be more quiet than loud but isn't gloomy or too withdrawn and doesn't hesitate to smile or laugh.

He is rather competent with standard ranger weapons and equipment but isn't much of a fighter. However he is an excellent tracker and thinker and often he is assigned missions by Crowley that fit these strengths.

He rides a smoky black mare called Spring, whose name doesn't have anything to do with season but rather the dance like spring she sometimes does when about to start walking. Spring has a bold manner of sticking her head in your cabin window if you fail to remember to close it.

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Aisling Bowburn:

Aisling is clever and inquisitive, but measured and not an outward rebel, however she doesn't hesitate to show her displeasure and disagreement. She is a great singer and indulges in simple dresses and hunter outfits both. Aisling is good horse rider and wears a dagger, but it mostly serves as a tool as she isn't a fighter and avoids violence at all costs.

Due to Seaham being a rather small fief and her kind nature, Aisling makes sure to know people of the fief who love her and her brother in return.

Eiric Bowburn:

Eiric is the official baron of the Seaham fief but he often lets himself be heard that the fief is run both by him and Aisling. He is dyslexic and due to this, Aisling often helps with paperwork too. Eiric loves music and if he has his money to spare he often invites musicians to play at village surrounding the castle so it can be enjoyed common folk as well. Eiric is kindhearted like his sister with mischievous spark and would do anything anything for Aisling. As well as his sister, he also tends to know and help people of his fief. He is a good swordsman but prefers spear for its longer reach.

Cynric Blaiddwell:

Cynric is a knight of Caraway fief and one of MacNeils former students. He was born and grew in Deywis fief where met with Rowan, but moved to Caraway for his apprenticeship with MacNeil.

As apprentices, Cynric and Rowan met and became friends and eventually started dating. Their relationship cut short badly upon Morgarath gaining power due to differences in opinions and Cynric's tournaments fame. Cynric wasn't supporter of Morgarath but he and Rowan didn't see eye to eye about staying in Araluen or doing something about the whole Morgarath situation.

When Rowan came back to Araluen in TEY2, they could be friendly with eachother but there was a lot of tension and unresolved emotions that didn't really help. And after the war, they both went to their respective fiefs and didn't have a chance to talk for a few years.

Cynric is of cheerful but also rather emotional nature and is known to be prone to occasional outbursts.

Cynric is a very good swordsman and rather excels at jousting which earns him a lot of fame, which was one of the reasons he and Rowan broke up, due to them not knowing how to handle it.

Edward Thorpe:

Edward was Rowan's mentor. He was of a wild and energetic nature. He was a very good bowman, being rivaled only by Pritchard with whom he often bantered and the two of them often had ridiculous and silly beefs.

He only had one apprentice, Rowan, whom he met by being rescued by him from a disastrous fishing net.

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A map for locations reference. Map is based on work to John Flanagan however I worked a bit loosely with coastlines, expanded Scottia/Picta for my plot needs and added locations of mentioned fiefs.

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@do-n0t-enter this is his rangers apprentice oc named atlas that they talked about in the discord !!

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Hi!

I’m a little busy at the moment with some bigger requests and finishing my internship, (just one more week and I should be able to draw you all some more and finally catch up with the requests that been on hold), but over the months I wrote down some Heath lore and did a quick sketch of him. So here ya go!

Aaaaand the Heath lore……

- Born & raised on a farm in Dacton fief.

- Mom was half-Scotti and his dad’s from Araluen.

- His mom died when he was seven.

- He has two brothers, their names are not Keith and Steve brain shut up. Their names are Struan & Mac.

- Heath is the middle child.

- Speaks with a mix of a Yorkshire & Scottish accent.

- Became a ranger because he found the farm life boring and he wanted a little more action. Since he was the middle child his father didn’t really care what he did as a job.

- Heath is married to Morwenna. Morwenna used to be a diplomat, but got ptsd after a mission gone wrong. So she quit to give herself time to rest and heal and has since become very into weaving. VERY into weaving.

- They met on a mission and didn’t get along too well in the beginning, until she lost her horse and he had to share his ranger horse with her.

- Heath’s ranger horse is called Braeburn or Brae, for short. She is dark brown of colour and has the usually shaggy coat of a ranger horse. Her manes are more of a blonde colour. She’s a big apple thief.

- He owns a black cat with white spots that is called Oaky. After the oak leaf. She’s usually outside and only comes in to cuddle up when it gets dark. Like her ranger she is a very patient cat.

- Claims that his name is short for Heathen.

- Makes arrows as a nervous habit.

- Heath himself has longer red curly hair and amber eyes. He has freckles and a stubble.

So yeah, that is one of my ranger oc’s! Tell me all about yours, we can even make a chain :D

Have a great day all! I love y’all for your support <3

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My toxic trait is watching videos where someone talks about being an RA for their college and I automatically assume they’re talking about being a rangers apprentice and just go “yeah that checks out” and keep scrolling