Aran was born in July 18, '87 in Manhatten, NYC. He moved to Germany at the age of 2. In 8th grade, he switched to an International (English language) school, and graduated 2004. He is now in the first year of a MATA (Mathematical & Technical Assistant) apprenticeship, combined with an undergraduate course in Mathematics.

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Aran joined the Santharian Dream in April '03, and has written seven entries for the Compendium to date - four herbarium entries and three translations from the German. In order of writing:
- Of the Sarvonian Dawn (translation)
- The Blackmoss
- Avaesthoria - III: The Dark Side (translation)
- Returning Home (poem, translation).
- The Mahood Euwen
- The Paelmerin
- The Kitrauhre Tree


Late 2003 and early 2004, the final year of International Baccalaureate prevented Aran from doing much of anything on the Dream (though he did manage to get the Paelmerin done on 21st June 2004, shortly after the exams). 2004 was marked by a terrifying journey into unlimited leisure, from which he was rescued by a MATA apprenticeship in September. Of course, he didn't get too much done then either - first for laziness, later for lack of time. Early 2005, he finally finished the Kitrauhre entry which had been waiting patiently for an entire year. In June 2005, Aran journeyed to Landshut to join Santhmoot, and has since resolved to take a more active part in the project again.

Student :)

My hobbies, in order of importance:
- reading fantasy,
- play-by-post roleplays (also trying to write fiction with meagre success),
- learning fictional languages
(Quenya, Sindarin, D'ni - from the PC game Riven -, some Orcish, etc.)

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My favourite authors include:

J.R.R. Tolkien,
Douglas Adams,
J.R.R. Tolkien,
David Eddings,
Artimidor Federkiel,
J.R.R. Tolkien,
Philip Pullman,
Terry Brooks,
Terry Pratchett,
Guy Gavriel Kay,
J.R.R. Tolkien,
Rayne Avalotus,
Eoin Colfer,
J.R.R. Tolkien,
Michael Ende,
and J.R.R. Tolkien.