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Broke: Gilan is 12 in TEY, which makes him closer in age to Halt than to Will.

Bespoke: Gilan is at most 8, it's just that the primary source of information on the topic (aka sir David), being an average dad, has only the vaguest idea about his child's age.

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Also consider: David, a single father during wartime, could be tempted to bend the truth a little about his son's age if it would allow Gilan to stay with him and the army--rather than leave his child behind and alone in a war-torn fief subjected to constant raiding by Morgarath's troops and Wargals.

Either way would definitely make those vast age discrepancies across the books a little less egregious/noticeable.

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Anonymous asked:

i love your halt and apprentice gilan stories and have a request if you like. would you be willing to write about halt still getting used to an apprentice and feeling a little out of his depth when gilan gets into trouble of some kind maybe with bullies or bullying at battleschool?

Thanks for the request! Once again I apologize for the very long wait in answering this one. It took a while to get to and then grew little larger than I anticipated (its looking like 5 chapters lol). It also took a slightly different tack than the peer to peer bullying suggested, but I hope the outcome keeps the overall theme and premise well enough despite this.

A Matter of Learning - Chapter 1 - AreiaCannaid - Ranger's Apprentice - John Flanagan [Archive of Our Own]

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Hiraeth Chapter 1: Prologue, a ranger's apprentice fanfic | FanFiction

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I finally posted the last chapter of my AU Hiraeth and the story is now completed.

Summary: Hiraeth a homesickness for a place you can never return to, a place that maybe never was, the nostalgia, yearning, and grief for the lost places of your past. Morgarath gets the chance to turn back time and takes the opportunity to try and ensure his victory by taking Halt out of the picture. What if Pritchard was killed instead of banished and Halt never came to Araluen? (AU)