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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 6592630" data-attributes="member: 98008">Good question. The Ranger need not be a champion of nature, in fact I think that most are not. There is no baked in sense of duty to the natural world or alignment with a particular god/nature spirit. The Ranger can be a bounty hunter, a trapper/hunter, a guide or simply a SAS-style-soldier who happens to do his job outdoors. Aragorn was a soldier doing a job of protecting civilization from the savages of the wilds. He was great at natural stuff, probably loved the great outdoors, but that is it. He did not go on about the natural order of things or dance with fey queens. A big game hunter is a ranger, a Mowhawk/Zulu/Inuit/Bedouin style warrior could be too. Many of them likely would never refer to themselves as rangers, just considering themselves typical warriors of their culture. Presumably, most rangers loves the great outdoors, but that is where it can end.The Green Knight though is an actual imbued champion of a natural force. Normally a god or archfey has chosen them as a champion. They come with a baked in agenda, code and divine powers. In some ways, the comparison between the ranger and green knight is like the difference between a fighter and a paladin. The fighter may or may not be a champion of good working for a churches agenda, the Paladin definitely is and has holy powers to show for it. It is the knightly aspect of it that I have issues reconciling. Why does a champion of nature wear platemail and not use a bow and sneak around. This has been fine in the two that I have seen, one was already a knight when he was chosen by the nature godess. The other was taken as a child by an archfey to be his emmissary in the human lands, so he is the knight of a lord, albiet a strange one.</blockquote>

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