The Lost Stories (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Halt: A ranger with a serious aura about him. Will's former mentor, and Will's father figure.
• Ranger Will Treaty: Will Treaty is a famous local Ranger in Araluen and the main character of the series.
• Ranger Gilan: Halt's first apprentice. Uses a sword as well as his bow.
• Tug: Will's horse companion. Mischievous little horse that gets into a lot of trouble when not on a mission with Will.
• Bellerophon: Originally Will's companion in past books. Original Tug retired after badly wounded.
• Abelard: Halt's horse.
• Blaze: Gilan's Ranger horse.
• Horace: The Oak Leaf Knight, Will's best friend.
• Evanlyn/ Cassandra: The Crown Princess of Araluen. Horace's sweetheart.
• Mistress Jenny: The famous cook in Redmont fief who was Master Chubb's former apprentice. Gilan's sweetheart.
• Ebony: Will's border shepherd. She is one of Will's previous dog (Shadow)'s puppies.
• Alyss: A very elegant and beautiful courier or Araluen.
• Crowley Meratyn: A ranger, Commandant of the King's Ranger Corps. He is Halt's oldest friend.
• rob Daniel: Will's brave father, who died in war and saved Halt's life.
• Hilde: The unfortunate woman who was under the care of The Roamers.
• Prince Duncan: The King of Araluen. In this case, he is the future King of Araluen.
• Desmond: Head Steward at Castle Redmont.
• Ambrose Shining: The silversmith who was robbed by a trio of criminals.
• Lord Foldar: A cold-blooded killer who is feared by everyone.
• Tomas: The leader of the trio who robbed Ambrose Shining, the silversmith.
• Lady Pauline: Halt's wife. A lovely elegant Lady. Alyss's former mentor.
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• Old Bob: Head stablemaster and horse breeder for the Ranger Corps.
• Cormac: Originally Crowley's Ranger horse, Cropper, retired and renamed Cormac.
• Seneschal Philip
• Lord Shigeru: The courageous and kind-hearted emperor of Nihon-Ja. Horace's father figure.
• Baron Douglas
• Selethen: Prince in the desert countries.
• Robard
• Lady Sandra: Baron Arald's wife.
• Edward
• Erak: The Oberjarl of Skandia. One of Will's friends
• Richard
• Master Chubb: Castle Redmont's cook.
• Gundar Hardstriker: Scandian sailor devoted to Horace after previous encounter in Sorcerer of the North
• Rodney: The battle-master of Redmont fief.
• Battlemaster Norman
• Nils Ropehander: Scandian sailor that sails under Gundar Hardstriker
• Shadow
• Petulengo
• Jerrel
• Arratay
• Hambley
• Randell
• Ryan
• Kord
• Iqbal
• Mound
• Mordini
• Joel
• Baron Arald: Baron of Castle Redmont
• Nuttal
• Rafe
• Demon Tooth
• Baron of Gorlan Fief
• Master Gilbert
• Oswald
• Barret
• Pritchard
• Maeve
• Hogarth Fief
• Griff
• Serafino

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• “Yes, there’s a problem! You sound as if you swallowed a dictionary and then threw it up!”

  Halt

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• There were four of them, so Will had them seriously outnumbered.

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• Halt rolled his eyes. “Yes, there’s a problem! You sound as if you swallowed a dictionary and then threw it up!”

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• “My leg hurts,” the soldier whined. “Of course it does,” Halt told him. “I put an arrow through it. Did you expect it not to hurt?”

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• “I’ve heard that the pen is mightier than the sword,” Gilan said. “But I never knew the inkwell could be mightier than the dagger.”

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• Halt waved farewell, tilting his chair onto its back legs as he drained his coffee. Will frowned at him. “When I was your apprentice, you used to tell me not to do that. Said it’d loosen the chair legs.” “And so it will,” Halt said, smiling contentedly. “But it’s your chair now, so why should I care?”

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• “You could. And I’d probably insult the King in public and have myself banished,” he replied. Crowley shook his head. “I sometimes wonder if it was a good idea having Halt train apprentices. He seems to teach them no respect for authority.” “Oh, he teaches us to respect authority,” Gilan said innocently. “He just teaches us to ignore it when necessary.

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• “I had written a speech for this moment, but as it happened, it was burned in a fire some weeks ago. That may well turn out to be a good thing.” “Hear, hear!” came a gruff voice from the crowd. A voice he recognized all too well. “Thank you for that, Halt,”

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• “You know, Ranger, this couldn’t be a better wedding. A beautiful bride. A handsome groom. Good food, good ale. And to cap it all off, a fight. It’s just like being back home.”

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• Will stepped out of the trees, his bow in his hand. He ran to Alyss and Ebony and didn’t know which one to hug first. So he went down on his knees beside them and threw his arms around both of them. Both seemed quite happy with that arrangement. One of them even licked his hand. He couldn’t see through the tears in his eyes, but he hoped it was Ebony.

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• “My god, she’s beautiful,” he whispered to Will. “Indeed she is,” the young Ranger responded. Neither of them was aware that they were talking about two different people.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Castle Araluen
• Gallica

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• The Ranger Corps.: Add a description of this organization.

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Preceded by The Emperor of Nihon-ja.

Preceded by The Emperor of Nihon-ja, and followed by The Royal Ranger.

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1. John Flanagan (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some scenes may scare small children. Some violence. Violence present is not graphic.

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure

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• Ranger's apprentice wiki

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