Just a little paper drawing I did a while back. I would have kept going, but I forgot what happened next.
I love how Halt, at the Gathering, tells Will that the only time a single Kalkara had been killed was when three fully armored knights took it head on. Two of them were killed and the other was paralyzed for life.....
And then Halt goes and kills a charging Kalkara without batting an eye. And then Will kills the other one. Like, why did we need knights again?
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The first scenario I want to work on is set in the first part of Ranger's Apprentice Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan.
In the book, they manage to defeat the Kalkara without serious injuries. But what if the Kalkara had inflicted more wounds on Halt than just the one on his thigh and he ended up bleeding to death?
In our hypothesis, the battle proceeds in much the same way.
Halt slays the first Kalkara almost on his own and the two knights finish him off. The second one is trickier. Arald gets injured by it and Rodney is disabled under its gaze. At the end, Will kills him with the burning arrow.
Then, we reach the point where we deviate from the book for the first time. For Will hasn’t discovered Halt yet. As Rodney takes care of Baron Arald, he is desperately searching for his tutor. At the same time, Gilan reaches the makeshift camp with his plough horse and helps Will immediately .
Sooner or later, they find him lying on the ground between the old castle walls. He might already be dead, or they might keep him company in the last minutes of his life. In the latter case, the two apprentices (then and now) would probably try to save Halt - to stop the bleeding at any cost.
But he dies.
At least in the knowledge that he could stop Morgarath again and that the two persons, who means the most to him, were not harmed. One can only imagine Will and Gilan lingering over Halts' corpse, tears in their eyes and holding on to each other.
Halts' funeral ceremony was simple, without much splendour. Just like his life.
After all, he never wanted recognition for his acts.
Arald, Rodney, Pauline and a handful others had come, as well as Will, Gilan and Crowley.
They bury his corpse somewhere deep in the forest - somewhere where only few people would wander around and disturb his peace. His Grave is only adorned by a small stone.
Here lies Halt O'Carrick. Ranger, hero and our second father.
The ceremony in Will's honour is far less under such good spirits than in the book.
Nevertheless, Will receives the offer from Baron Arald to join Battleschool.
Will rejects. He will carry on the inheritance of his teacher.
It’s the right decision for him, even if he doesn't know what will happen next.
At this time, Crowley is still in Redmont. There’s that scene in my head, in which Gilan has already reached out to Crowley because of Will.
He offered to take him as his apprentice, so Will wouldn't have to stay with a stranger.
At the same time, Gilan already knows everything about the fief. Therefore, he could be easily moved to it.
So, Will got apprenticed to Gilan. However, he wouldn’t be able to replace Halt as Wills tutor - or as Will's second father. He wouldn't try either.
In any case, a bond would be created between them that no one could ever break.
With the completion of his apprenticeship, Will would be given Halt's silver oak leaf.
In which you, dear viewer, have your first encounter with the dreaded Kalkara. Careful not to look in its eyes for too long, or you'll feel the hypnosis draw you in.