LotR Fic: Ransom Master Post
Title: Ransom
Word Count: 55,000 over twelve chapters
Summary: As the son of a poor family in Harad, Hakim thought he knew what to expect out of life. But, when a stranger stumbles onto his land after escaping the Mountains of Shadow, he and his family see their lives upended.
Characters: Aragorn, Original Characters (with cameos by Faramir, Imrahil, and Angbor)
Hakim: The first-person narrator, he is seventeen in 2980. After the War of the Ring, he travels to Minas Tirith in hopes of ransoming his son, who marched with Sauron’s army and was captured on the Pelennor Fields.
Azzam: Hakim’s father. A landowner, farmer, and herder in Near Harad. A former soldier.
Asima: Hakim’s mother. A healer.
Kalima: Hakim’s sister, she is eight years old in 2980. As an adult, she continues to live on her brother’s land with her husband and children.
Dakheel: A Haradric name meaning “foreigner” or “stranger” which Azzam gives to Aragorn when he refuses to reveal his true name.
Setting: Near Harad (Third Age 2980) and Minas Tirith (Third Age 3019)
Rating: T
Contents/Warnings: Violence (mostly off-screen), discussion and depiction of slavery, mentions of human sacrifice, injuries and medical gore
Chapters:
Chapter One: Old Customs, Old Fears
Chapter Two: The Limits of Charity
Chapter Three: A Shuttered Light
Chapter Four: The Empty Men
Chapter Five: Dark Tales
Chapter Six: And Are We Yet Alive
Chapter Seven: And See Each Other’s Face
Chapter Eight: Risk, Reward, and Ruin
Chapter Nine: The Burning King
Chapter Ten: Desperate Hearts
Chapter Eleven: Be All My Sins Remembered
Epilogue: For Peace
Part of the series, “A Stranger on the Sands.”
Word Count: 55,000 over twelve chapters
Summary: As the son of a poor family in Harad, Hakim thought he knew what to expect out of life. But, when a stranger stumbles onto his land after escaping the Mountains of Shadow, he and his family see their lives upended.
Characters: Aragorn, Original Characters (with cameos by Faramir, Imrahil, and Angbor)
Hakim: The first-person narrator, he is seventeen in 2980. After the War of the Ring, he travels to Minas Tirith in hopes of ransoming his son, who marched with Sauron’s army and was captured on the Pelennor Fields.
Azzam: Hakim’s father. A landowner, farmer, and herder in Near Harad. A former soldier.
Asima: Hakim’s mother. A healer.
Kalima: Hakim’s sister, she is eight years old in 2980. As an adult, she continues to live on her brother’s land with her husband and children.
Dakheel: A Haradric name meaning “foreigner” or “stranger” which Azzam gives to Aragorn when he refuses to reveal his true name.
Setting: Near Harad (Third Age 2980) and Minas Tirith (Third Age 3019)
Rating: T
Contents/Warnings: Violence (mostly off-screen), discussion and depiction of slavery, mentions of human sacrifice, injuries and medical gore
Chapters:
Chapter One: Old Customs, Old Fears
Chapter Two: The Limits of Charity
Chapter Three: A Shuttered Light
Chapter Four: The Empty Men
Chapter Five: Dark Tales
Chapter Six: And Are We Yet Alive
Chapter Seven: And See Each Other’s Face
Chapter Eight: Risk, Reward, and Ruin
Chapter Nine: The Burning King
Chapter Ten: Desperate Hearts
Chapter Eleven: Be All My Sins Remembered
Epilogue: For Peace
Part of the series, “A Stranger on the Sands.”