Alright I NEED to know what happened during the blank year/year and a half between Tournament at Gorlan and the Battle of the Hackam Heath.
When they transported king Oswald from Gorlan to Araluen and Morgarath has a convenient passage leading from his castle and could have easily sent soldiers after them
He sends like 50 of them and the king's guard along with Crowley, Egon and Berwick stay behind to fight them while Pritchard continues with the king and Duncan
At a crossroads Pritchard tells the king to get out of his carriage. Prince Duncan will continue with it on the way to Araluen while Pritchard and the king will take the wrong way
The king is too weak to go by himself so Pritchard lets him ride on his horse. King Oswald must tell him the secret word first and he stares at the ranger like he went absolutely mad but ultimately does it
The two of them hide in some forest along the road in case some of Morgarath's guards made it past Crowley & the others
Pritchard telling Halt and Crowley stories he heard while travelling. It's about a young archer called Guillaume Tell who could shoot an apple from the head of a beautiful lady.
Crowley and Halt immediately trying to do this. They become a menace to castle Araluen's maids
A little girl bonding with Crowley over their red hair. This girl is Evanlyn Wheeler, adopted daughter of one of castle Araluen's cooks who later becomes princess Cassandra's maid/best friend
The full story of Thorgan
Halt finally receiving his silver oakleaf and how he threatened Crowley
After Farrel's injury, the Redmont fief is without a ranger and Halt goes to observe the fief from time to time
While Halt's away, Farrel and Crowley are going through four years old documents because Stilson was messy and it's taking them months (also Halt is secretly amused when he finds a document with the ranger apprentices results and sees that Crowley tripped and fell head first into Cropper's droppings and failed his exam not only because everyone heard him, no, he failed because he let out a bunch of swear words)
Farrel finds the message about the death of prince Halt of Clonmel. There's even a picture and he tells Crowley. They decide that they should wait for Halt to tell them himself and they won't assume anything
Which is kind of hard when the king dies and from all over the world leaders come to Araluen to express their condolences and to see Prince Duncan's coronation and Crowley literally bumps into Ferris
It's like he's looking at Halt without the beard. But Ferris is nothing like Halt and Crowley can't help but notice Halt's reaction when he spots him. He stiffens and Crowley lets him abandon his duties for the night and Halt spends the day with Abelard
In the evening Crowley goes to him, but he doesn't try to pry anything out of him. He already knows.
Halt and Crowley being depressed when they learn of Pritchard's death.
Halt had some time to deal with it on his way back to Araluen but he still cries along with Crowley. Halt also closes himself in for the whole world, Crowley is unusually silent and working much more than he would normally
The first gathering where the get rid of Morgarath's useless pawns. No one passes the exams they set up and their absolute mishaps both amuse and disgust every proper ranger present
The second gathering where it's just the proper Rangers and their apprentices. The six boys are learning what it means to be a ranger from the others. They all accept that the stories and Rangers they met during their childhood just weren't what you'd call a ranger. They become much more enthusiastic about their studies
Duncan and Rosalind's wedding. All of the rangers are invited but ultimately only 4 make it there the others are busy
Queen Rosalind bonding with the rangers (mainly Halt and Crowley). She feels she's kind of indebted to them for saving Duncan. They become her good friends and she trusts then with her life
Both men not understanding how hard it is to be pregnant
Dealing with Stilson because he's a pathetic excuse for a Ranger
After king Oswald's death Morgarath tries to send some wargals into Araluen. They are dealt with quickly and efficiently by the Rangers (I also wanted to include this due to the very first paragraphs in Ruins of Gorlan because otherwise the timeline wouldn't make much sense - I mean the part that he attacked during the first ten days after king Oswald's death)
Also there's a lot of cralt (before Halt becomes the ranger to the Redmont fief)
Feel free to add ideas
