Oh, I like a good ghost story! And the way you interwove this with Aragorn's identity crisis was working very nicely - I especially liked the foreshadowing to Aragorn's future as king (and the shoutout with the quote from the Black Gate scene).

What strange things names and titles are.  How defining - and yet, essentially no more the mist that obscures Estel/Aragorn's vision here.  He is so much more than a name, but he has yet to realize that.  This is a lovely capture of his youthful insecurity in that place between two worlds he knows, yet no longer inhabits one and does not yet fit into the other.  That is a lonely, lonely place to be and you've portrayed it beautifully.

I hope this story is finished and just being posted chapter by chapter!