Tales of the North
Playlist Stories
Playlist stories are linked so you may click through them as though they are one long story.
You may start with the overview or click directly to the first chapter of any story.
- 1. Bitter Harvest
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A brief look at the early days of the Rangers
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 2. An excess of weather
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 2911: This story looks at how the Fell Winter affected the Dúnedain in the North.
- Rating: General
- Status: Beta
- 3. Troll country
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: Where were the Rangers when Thorin & co. encountered those trolls?
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 4. Becoming
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 2951: The start of a long friendship...
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 5. Through the Dimrill Gate
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 2953: The tale of Aragorn's first entry into Moria, together with Halbarad.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 6. Well met again
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 2980: Reunion may be harder than expected after a decade or two.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 7. Homecoming
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: Arwen and her brothers quarrel over her betrothal.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 8. The Darkest Night
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 2980: A dejected and soaking-wet Aragorn spends Yule with a Ranger patrol, and gains hope from a fireside tale.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 9. Not all gold?
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 3003: Bilbo is inspired to write a poem for Aragorn.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 10. The time for secrecy
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 3019: Aragorn and Halbarad talk at the Hornburg.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 11. Nor to the Northlands
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: This story is somewhere between a simple revision of Foresight and an entirely new story to reflect that the Grey Company were on horseback on the Pelennor.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 12. Foresight
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: 3019: The unavoidable full stop for anyone who writes Halbarad. I'd have preferred other punctuation too...
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 13. Watching from afar
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: It is said that when Aragorn was abroad, Arwen watched over him. This is what she saw on one particular day in March 3019.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 14. Envinyalë
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: In July 3019, Arwen and Aragorn enjoy a quiet evening together.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 15. Back to Middle-earth month 2012
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: Chapter 4, 'Tales of the North' is a collection of Ranger stories.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
