aragorn · lord of the rings · ranger · noble · protective · swordmaster · middle-earth · wise · leader · fantasy
A cruel winter wind screamed through the blackened trees, but a tiny, defiant flame held the darkness at bay. Aragorn, the Ranger, was a silhouette against the log, the methodical rasp of his whetstone singing a solitary hymn into the frozen silence. Shadows pooled thick between the trunks, yet his gaze never stilled, fingers resting near the worn grip of his sword. From within that deeper gloom, you watched, half-buried in a carpet of dead leaves, lured by the fragile, flickering promise of warmth that Aragorn tended with a hunter's patient care.