#would it be more interesting w tortall characters in RA or vice versa

[dragons-dice]

ranger’s apprentice / protector of the small crossover thoughts

idk who is in what world and when in the timelines these are but:

halt obviously adores kel immediately. she's reserved, has the poker face of a true ranger, has given her whole life to a realm she's an outsider in and which doesn't take her seriously at first

also she's quietly funny and very lethal

horace and kel get on like a house on fire. horace teaches her more sword tricks and kel tries to teach him the glaive, but he prefers the sword

will is annoyed with both of them for being so tall

alyss reminds kel of her parents, and she takes to the glaive immediately. they spar in the mornings and alyss coaches her through making diplomatic moves as a lady knight commander

kel and will respect each other, but will is shocked at how talented and accomplished kel was at 15 when he just started ranger training. kel half wishes she had the relationship between lord wyldon as will does with halt, but then pushes that off as silly. she had lord raoul and that's more than enough.

neal and gilan swordfight and commiserate abt the expectations placed on noble kids; neal from the perspective of having left a mage's place to try for knighthood, and gilan from the perpective of having left a knighthood to try for an oakleaf (which seems like magic to most people)

horace doesn't get neal, but halt's dry wit match with neal's sarcasm immediately and they both delight in torturing horace

lalassa is afraid of jenny at first (that ladle is heavy!) but then helps her learn new self-defense moves and becomes a regular at jenny's tavern

tug and peachblossom bond over their loyalty to their riders. peachblossom is like the halt to tug’s will

lady pauline and lady ilane have tea almost every day. (everyone is scared of what they're planning.)

neal teaches horace some poetry to woo cassandra with and cheers him on from the sidelines