This is a great story, superbly told. It has just the right blend of action, suspense, pathos, and comfort. You have great talent for taking Aragorn to the limits of his endurance before bringing him back to a place of wholeness and safety. I love your characterization of the strong bonds of friendship and loyalty that exist between Aragorn and his fellow rangers, and I love your original characters Denlad and Ferdinand.....the latter of whom is, by the way, sufficiently "Tookish"!!!! Bravo!!!

Ah, that ending gives a lot of food for thought. (And Butterbur surely makes it sound like Aragorn is a rockstar trashing his hotel room *g*). Very interesting choice to let it end on such a note, it certainly contrasts nicely to the rangers' interaction with Ferdinand.

Again, a wonderful fic from you! I always like coming back to them, because you make it work - within all the angst and everyone getting beat up (literally and figuratively) the characters hold everything together. And your characterizations skills are very strong - and that applies to all the characters.