What is this?

What is this? This is...something new. Something made up of old, older, and sudden inspirations. Something I do not yet know the full nature of.

Mmmm, for nattering on about Rangering...that odd activity a few folk indulge in. No, not the army Rangers, and not the old Colonial Rangers..although there are elements of similarity. More of a Fantasy Ranger type of thing.

Blended from the Rangers of Araluen, from the Dunedain Rangers, and from various and sundry other books and whatnot. Minus the magic that lets humans live to several hundred years of age of course. There was a time when what I did was most similar to these things, yes there was. Then it was a profession..now I rather play at it. But it is more real than not, truth be told. I am older now, less capable, not as strong, but still as sharp as ever and as skilled. Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.

I prefer a longknife and tomahawk personally...swords are neat..and yes I have appropriate sorts..but operating from a stealth standpoint in the forests and brush makes them rather less than practical...and the bow will do a nice job at range. If one has any skill, avoidance of the need for a sword may be achieved. Still, things go wrong...that's what the longknife and tomahawk are for after all.

Clothing and kit...hunting and survival...navigation and leisure, canoeing, hiking, snowshoeing and even skiing...all are likely to be here in some measure or other. Fire making and all sorts of nifty things.

How often will I post? No idea. Play it by ear is the rule. No, I will not divulge the locations of food sources or caches if any. I will talk about bow making and arrow making. :)

Forandir...a combination of For and Randir....'North' and 'Wander' respectively. Forandir is then North Wander...or Northern Wanderer...or, in effect, Northern Ranger. That's what the image at the top is for; what I designed and made it for, and that's who I am, really. A Northern Ranger.

Oak leaf and six pointed star. Not a bad combination I should say, although they are separate; I have a bronze oak leaf clasp...and two bronze six pointed stars...which will be silvered. Rangers do not wear a lot of glitz.

Siani