Title: A Thousand Lutes
Word Count: 8,000
Rating: T for gangrene and other fun aspects of medicine
Summary: In the aftermath of the War of the Ring, a captured Haradri encounters a healer who is more than he appears. A time stamp to “Ransom” featuring Ayman. Part of my ongoing Dakheel series.

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Title: A Stranger on the Sands

“And Aragorn went alone far into the East and deep into the South, exploring the hearts of Men, both evil and good, and uncovering the plots and devices of the servants of Sauron.”

This is the story of a Man known, for a time, only as “Dakheel” and of a land know, for a time, only as “Harad.”

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Title: The Wizard and the Goatherd
Word Count: 3,400
Rating: K+ for mentions of slavery
Characters: Gandalf, Original Characters (Kalima and Hakim)
Summary: Chance drove Aragorn to Harad, but desperation drove Gandalf to follow him. A fortuitous meeting on the edge of the Haradwaith.

Part of the series, “A Stranger on the Sands.”

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Title: Strangers

Word Count: 22,000 over three chapters

Summary: For better or worse, Aragorn left his mark on Harad.

Characters: Aragorn, Gandalf, Original Characters ( Read more... )

Title: Strangers
Chapter Title: The Way Out
Word count: 10,400
Rating: T for violence, mentions of slavery
Summary: For better or worse, Aragorn left his mark on Harad.

Previous Chapters:
Chapter One: The Tall Tark
Chapter Two: The Traitor’s Rewards

Previous fics:
Ransom (12 parts)
To Save or to Salvage

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Title: Strangers
Chapter Title: The Traitor’s Rewards
Word Count: 7,300 (this part)
Rating: T for violence, depiction of battle, mentions of torture
Summary: For better or worse, Aragorn left his mark on Harad.

Previous chapter:
Chapter One: The Tall Tark

Previous fics:
“Ransom” (12 parts)
“To Save or to Salvage”

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Title: Strangers
Rating: T
Warnings: depictions of slavery, non-graphic violence in large quantities, dark themes
Word Count: 4,000 (this part)
Summary: For better or for worse, Aragorn left his mark on Harad.
Author’s Note: Set T.A. 2980, after the events of my story, "Ransom" It’s not necessary to read that tale first. Big thanks to ( Read more... )

Title: To Save or to Salvage
Word Count: 8,500
Characters: Aragorn, Azzam (OC), Asima (OC)
Rating: T
Warnings: Violence, discussion of slavery, dark themes
Summary: Azzam is determined to save Aragorn-by any means necessary. A timestamp to Ransom, this story is set between chapters 10 and 11 of that fic.

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