That... really doesn't sound all that much like Aragorn to me, as described. The character's a mysterious wanderer, it's true—but that's about where the resemblance ends, and it's a fairly vague resemblance, I feel.
[edit] Ah, right, and the fight that you mention—but I suspect that similar fights could be found in other stories, too, especially if the enemy there is unlike the Ringwraiths.
Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Feb 21st 2020 at 2:38:56 PM
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Yeah, fair point. I think I was more worried about it because the story has some themes of The Hobbit (hunting down a dragon that lives in the mountains) but maybe it'll be alright.
The Aragorn archetype is everywhere.
Look at Wolverine when he was first introduced. No one knew anything about him, and because of that, they could do anything they wanted. Still, he was a loner, wandered the world with a mysterious path, fought ninjas, cyborgs, dinosaurs, the Civil War, etc.
I'd say focus on character flaws, but that's something I like to do, and it might not work for what you're doing.
Ultimately, a friend passed on some advice that I found helpful, and maybe you might too. It doesn't really matter if someone else wrote it first., we want to hear how you write it.
Edited by BoosterCold on Mar 24th 2020 at 4:22:16 AM
What you described sounds more like Strider the ranger as opposed to the "heir of Isildur". The ranger of the aspect of his character is probably not thought of as much compared to the "return of the king" aspect, so I don't think it's a problem.
If your mysterious stranger turns out to be the heir to the kingdom, then you have an Expy on your hands. Otherwise, you're good.
Edited by shiro_okami on Apr 19th 2020 at 8:22:51 AM
I've been planning my first fully original fiction story (woo!) and one of my character concepts keeps bugging me. I wanted to take inspiration from Aragorn, but it feels too heavy now and I'm not sure what to change to make it better. The story is in a world of anthropormorphic cats in a medieval-type setting. When a dragon steals one of their godly artifacts, a peasant steps up to go reclaim it, and brings along a group to be safer.
Character's description: mysterious vagabond has been on the run for a long time bc he stole a bunch of silver. he offers to help Thomas bc he a) knows the terrain and b) needs an excuse to leave town. on the journey, some guys catch up with them and fight mysterious vagabond(?). he has a langatur horse called stalwart. stalwart is super strong and fast. theyre both from the outskirts of tradail but usually wander
things to keep in mind: "mysterious vagabond" is a placeholder name, langatur is a horse breed in this universe, and tradail is a section of the capital city