"When Earthsea's thousand and one islands were born" "The Nameless Ones ruled as their evil energy engulfed the planet." "Until a powerful amulet was forged, from the faith of the devout order of Priestesses." "which kept Earthsea at peace and the Nameless Ones restreined deep beneeth the Temple, on the Island of Atuan." "But then the Amulet was broken" "And evil in the form of Kargid invaders questing to govern the world..." "Spread accross Earthsea like a plague." "Leaving only the Priestesses faith and prayer to guard the door and keep the Nameless Ones contained." "An ancient prophecy told of a young wizard who would someday arise to reunite the Amulet and bring a lasting peace to the world of Earthsea." "How's that ?" "Well, you're getting better, Diana." "Perhaps if conscientiously studying hard" "You might pick up my level, one day." "You mean down really that low ?" "I mean to take you to the heights." "I mean to take you to a place you've never been." "Only if you'd know how to do that ?" "It's a knack." "I think I've got it." "Oh you do !" "do you ?" " That kind of knack ?" " No." "not that kind of knack." "But..." "I'm glad you show it to me." "You have no idea how much furious I am, Ged of Ten Alders !" "I tought you could be pleased." "Easy, easy." "Well I'm not." "Ged ?" "Ged ?" "What is it ?" "Ged !" "Ged, what's happening ?" "Did you have another one of your visions ?" "The one with the door..." " and the girl." " You scare me when you do that." "You're scared ?" "Try having vision that make no sense." "May be you should get back to work ?" "I'm ok now." "*** *** worries and for you to go." "Ok..." "I want the power of the Nameless Ones." "But to control their power..." "I must first release them." "And I need to know how to open that door, Kossil." "The door secured by secret mean..." "And that secret secured in a single mind." "The High-Priestess Thar, who learnt it from her predecessor, and will teach it to her lovely..." "Lovely successor." "And when I am choosen and learn the secret..." "I will slip... into your chamber" "And called into your bed..." "And whisper it in your ear." "And then... my dearest Kossil" "All of Earthsea shall be ours." "So..." "Is this wizard talking ?" "No..." "Y" " Your Majesty." "Really ?" "And that is  because ?" "He is, hm..." "Dead." "Sire." "Ha." "You were perhaps a bit overly... enthousiastic." "Oh... he was very freal, Majesty." "But before the end he did, hum..." "Please..." "Tell me." "He confirmed the prophecy, Sire." "That a magus will arise, who will reunite the Amulet of Peace and will end all war on Earthsea." "As I'm well aware !" "What I want to know, is "when" he will arise." "That's what this wizard revealed, your Majesty." " He's already arisen." " What ?" "!" "He's here, around us, right now !" "Sire." "At last..." "And his name ?" "What... is... his name ?" "This wizard died before we could extract it, Sire !" "But he did give some insight." ""You will know him by the evil that he does"." "Riddles !" "?" "I HATE riddles !" "I'm sure you'll keep the other one alive a little bit longer." "Ooh." "Nice of you to drop in !" "I missed something ?" "Some instinct hammering perhaps ?" "Spare me the sarcasms !" "We do this for a living, you know ?" "!" " A "living" is that what you call it ?" " Aye !" "Earning your tip by the sweat of your brow." "What's wrong with that ?" "There's nothing wrong.It's just that the port of Gont is 20 miles up the coast." "And they say..." "It's bursting with life... full of ships, and *** characters from all over Earthsea." "You know something ?" "We've never been there." "We've never had any reason to go !" "There are 1,000 islands on Earthsea." "May be more." "Have you been in any of them ?" "Even one ?" "!" "I'm sorry if the life I offer you is not good enough, Ged." "It's the best I can do." "I keep us fed, I keep a roof over our heads !" "What more do you want ?" "!" " These repairs need taking back." " Not 'til you're done here !" " I'll be back before you long gone." " Stop right there !" "Ged, come back here !" "Good as new..." " Your father's work ?" " Yes." "No one better at patching a pot !" "You make it sound like an insult." "Your father deserves your respect." "And..." "A little compassion... too." "It's not been easy for him." "Raising a child by himself." "I'm not a child anymore." "May be if he tried seeing that." "May be if he tried to understand who I am." "Life would have been different for you had your mother lived." "So !" "What's the spell will be, today ?" "the demon creating ice ?" "Should I say it ?" "What do you say ?" "Actually, I was just going to make myself a salad, for lunch." "Would you like some ?" "No." "I'm not really hungry." " Mayrin, how did you learn everything about magic ?" " Truthfully..." "I don't remember." "I don't remember anything before the... storm washed me up here." "Your mother took me in you know, and nurse me back to life !" "She was a good woman, your mother." "I wish I could have known her." " She would have be very proud of you." " For what ?" "!" "I mean I've hardly done anything and probably never will !" "You know..." "I think she would have wanted you to have this." " I cant, it's yours." " Ged..." "It was with me when she found me." "Take it  in remembrance of your mother." "Ged ?" "Ged ?" " They're coming..." " What ?" "Kargid, I saw them !" " Kargid ?" "!" " I have to go." "Ged !" "Ged, where the hell are you going ?" "!" "Ged, answer me !" "Don't you run away when I talk to you." "I'm fed up with your disrespect !" "I saw something." "More of your wizard nonsense..." "You're no wizard, you're a blacksmith !" "Get - used - to - it." "I won't get used to it." "I'm better than that !" "" Better " ?" "!" "You insolent pup !" "I won't" "Warn the village." "Tell them in to gather the weapons." " To fight Kargid warriors ?" "!" " Better to die like men... than be hunted down like rabbits." "GO !" "He saw them coming." "Where's that son of yours ?" "He'll be here..." " There's no sign of him." " I said he'll BE here !" " You must remember." " I can't remember, Ged." "Mayrin, you told me of something like that before." "So long ago..." " I don't have the strenghts anymore." " I doesn't matter, I do." "All you have to do is remember the spell" "It's about time." "What he thinks he's doing ?" "I have no idea." "Ged, whatever you're doing, do it quickly because they're coming !" "Stand your ground !" "Ged, pick this sword." "Damn, pick the sword !" "Call to them." "Drive them away." " What do you talk about ?" "!" " TO THE HIGH FALLS !" "You Kargid, Cowards !" "Run !" "Run !" " Run to the high grounds !" " Come on, this way you dogs !" "Move, Move !" "COWARDS !" "Come on, this way !" "THIS WAY !" "I did it." "GED !" " Follow me." " Yes Sire." "Your Majesty." "To what do we owe this honor ?" "I've come to seek spiritual guidance, Venerable Mother." " I hope I can provide it." " I'm sure that you can..." "As you know, I've dedicated myself and... all the ressources available" "In a effort to bring order to our world of Earthsea." "Word has reached to us of your conquests, your Majesty." "What a such cause" "But it's a lenghty process." "There is much resistance." "Have you noticed yourself... but there are island nations much be better left..." " ... to rule themselves ?" " As a matter of fact, I have." "And the answer was "No"." "Earthsea needs unity and order." "But if the price of unity and order is so high" "Venerable Mother I didn't come here to discuss my campaigns." "I came here, to tell you of my fears..." "My fears that I won't live to see my work completed." "No one knows the time we have alloted, you Majesty." "True." "May be except for... the Immortals." "The Immortals ?" "!" "The Nameless Ones live forever." "Do they not ?" "That seems to be true." "So they must possess the secret of that immortality." "Not necessarily." "They are immortal, but they don't know why." "So could they not teach us it ?" "The Nameless Ones..." "Cannot teach us anything, King Tygath." "They can only destroy us." "Which is why it is my order's vow..." "To insure that they will be restrained forever, and yours  to insure our succes." "Perhaps robing Earthsea a great power." "Power for good ?" "If it were in the right hands." "There is no right hands for the Nameless Ones, King Tygath." "Our whole world almost came to an end, once before." "When another Kargid King had the same reckless notion." "They should never be released !" "And as far as I'm concerned they will never be !" "The wizard is already on Earthsea." "I must control the Nameless Ones before he's able to fullfill his prophecied destiny." " You asked Thar to help you ?" " Yes, and she refused." "I can not kill her before the secret has been passed on, but" "She must pass it on, soon." "Only to her successor." "Then she must be "encouraged" to select one." " She must select me..." " Then see to it, that she does." "He saved us, your lad." "Saved us all..." "A wizard..." "Who's that mom'?" "Who is he ?" "This is he who wove the spell of concealement ?" "Aye..." "He died on the High Falls." "Did he not." "Who are you ?" "Peace, Ged..." "You're back with us, now." "Back from where ?" "From the darkness." " What did you do ?" " I restored your son to you, blacksmith" "His spirit had not yet left him." "Who are you ?" "!" " My name is Ogion." " Oh, the Great Wizard..." "How can I repay you, Magus ?" "Allow me to give Ged his real name." "No." "He has a name." "My wife and I, rest her soul," "We gave it to him !" "Blacksmith !" "Know you not that every living being has... a secret name, in which his power reside..." "And in this young man resides much power." "You want to turn him to a magus ?" " You restored him only to take him away ?" "!" " I don't know yet." "Would you a least, permit him to find out the name his soul shepherd ?" "Aye." "You are..." "Sparrowhawk" "That is the name in which you're power resides..." "Tell no one except those you trust with your soul." "To the rest of the world, you must be named "Ged"..." "Son of the Blacksmith of the Village of Ten Alders." ""Sparrowhawk"." "Do you wish to learn the ways of magic, Sparrowhawk ?" "It would mean putting all that you know and love behind you." "Such a power..." "Yes." "Then ask your father's blessing." "His blessing ?" "!" " Why would I need it ?" " Consider it a test... in humility." "Father I wish to study with Ogion to be a wizard." "I ask your blessing on it." "Why should I give it ?" "When it means forsaking every things I provided for you !" " Giving up the home your mother brought into the world - 'cause it's what she wanted for me, isn't it ?" "She wanted us to be a familly." "But we're not." "I now have a chance to be somebody, do you begrudge me that ?" "I don't begrudge you, son." "But I do fear for you." "I truly fear." "Ogion." "I'll come back." "You won't." "Will you ?" "It was good though, that wasn't it ?" "I would have gone mad without you." "Oh Ged, I'm not sure I made all that much a difference." "Just go." "Thanks." "Ged ?" "I hope you'll find her." "Find who ?" "The girl you've been dreaming about." "The entire raiding party, gone !" "We saw the mist from the ship, Sire." "It swallowed them up and then they were loaded over the cliffs" "A very convenient "mist" this, for those villagers..." " There was talk, Sire." " Talk about what ?" " Talk of wizardry." " A wizard there, uh ?" " And the wizard ?" " A young lad, Your Majesty." "Unknown to them." "Is that so ?" " And his name ?" " We never found out, Sire." " But it doesn't signify, he's dead." " Dead ?" " Despise his victory over my men ?" "!" " He went right over the cliffs in the fight." " Died in there." "Well, so be it." "I'm off to join the troups at Yoll, but if there any more news about" ""Unusual wizard"..." "I want to be notified at once." "Understood ?" " It is my understanding, Sire." " Good." "Leave root over ****, next every day, for a week." "Thank you." " What will we do, without you, master ?" " Struggle friend, as we all do." "I didn't realise being a wizard involved so much general husbandry." "A wizard's job is to serve the people he lives among, Ged." "Weither the animals are sick... crops fail... or they're threaten by  Kargid warriors." "Our task simply is to make life on Earthsea tolerable, as I hope you're learning." "Well, frankly magus, since I've been with you I don't feel I've learned a thing." "Is that so... ?" "Well perhaps that is because you haven't figured out what I've been teaching, yet." " You sent for me, sister Cassie ?" " I did." "Come in, Rosa." "I've been watching you with great interest." "And I've come to beleive that you have much greater potential than anyone so far has acknowledged." " Potential, sister ?" "!" " Yes..." "And if I ever become high priestess, I shall see to it... that you receive your full due." "Thank you, sister Kossil." " I'm very honored." " But of course... for now... this is my sacred duty to aid, and protect..." "Our Mother Thar." " And to that end I need your help." " My help ?" "Mother Thar... is unwell." "She goes to great lenghts to conceal it." "She stubbornly refuses to take her medication." "We must see that she takes it." "A few drops concealled in her daily tea." "Wh" " Whithout her knowledge ?" " That doesn't seem right." " Is it right to let her waste away ?" "Do it, Rosa." "For the sake..." "For the sake of you Sisterhood." "You will be rewarded one thousand fold." "Is it true wizards can move clouds of rain to the skies where it never gets rain on ?" "Yes Ged." "Quite true." "I'd be interested seing that." "Perhaps now would be a good time ?" "Ogion ?" "What's the use of having power if you don't use it ?" "!" "That's what I want you to think about, Sparrowhawk." "Allright, I get it." "I said :" "I get it !" "Ogion..." "Not those, Ged." "Much to strong..." "But don't I need powerful spells if I am to become a powerful wizard ?" "I don't want you to become a powerful wizard." "Until you master yourself." "Which requires..." "Years of roaming hills." "Gathering herbs, learning the nature." "Letting knowledge sip into your bones." "" Sip " ?" "Why is that such a strange and unatractive word ?" "I think it's a good word, I like it." "Come on..." "let's eat." "Magus ?" "Is there something moving in my bowl ?" "You never heard of the howling-fishhead *** before ?" "No..." "No, I haven't." "This is one of my mother's best." "You'll develop a taste for it over time." "And what is the chief duty of the priestesses of Atuan ?" "To bring the strenght of the Gods, to Atuan to the High-Priestess for the protection of all of Earthsea, sister Tenar." "That's right." "And it is the duty of the High Priestess to use that power to" " Venerable Mother..." "[Venerable Mother...]" "Please." "I came to talk to your teacher." "Tenar, I've jusf finished going through the examination papers for the young priestesses." "You came... first." "With the highest grade any priestess has ever achieved..." "In the history of our Temple." "Finish your lesson... and come to my office." "I want to talk about your future here." "[Congratulations, Sister Tenar.]" "Begone !" "BEGONE !" "I COMMAND YOU TO RETURN TO WHICH YOU CAME !" "What in the name of Earthsea do you think you were doing ?" "!" "Have you any idea  what almost happened here ?" "!" " I'm sorry, I didn't think this" " No you didn't think !" "Did you ?" "That's not your style." "Sorcery isn't a game we play for pleasure or for praise, lad !" "Every word, every act, of our Art..." "Is done for good or for evil." "Before you speak... or do  you must know the consequences !" " Allright, I understand" " No !" "Certainly you didn't !" "Or this never would have happened." "Or this never would have happened if you didn't waste my time gathering useless herbs" " ... or watching sheep's knees !" " Oh I forgotten that you abore the work of a humble wizard !" "Just as you abored the work of a mere blacksmith !" "It's not what I meant." "Master, all my life I've been told I was a fool." "A dreamer." "And now I find I have this apetite to learn everything as fast as I can." "Is that wrong ?" "It's not wrong." "But not wise." "If you stay with me... you'll need patience." "Do you have patience, Ged ?" "I know I should say I have, but... that would not be true." "No... it wouldn't." "Would it ?" "There's another way." "And perhaps it might be..." " Have you eard of the Island of Roke ?" " The Island of the Wises." "Of course." " But I thought that was" " For those... who have extraordinary ability." "Which you have." "What do you think ?" "That's simple..." "Stay with me, and let recent grow." "Now, you wish you had?" "n't messed?" "." "Don't you ?" "I don't want to leave you, Ogion." " I owe you my life." " you owe me nothing, Sparrowhawk." "But if you feel my path is too long and slow..." "You must make the choice yourself." "Roke Island... or Ogion." "Then Roke it must be." "A beautiful island." "Gont." "First time away ?" "Yeah, I don't figure you for a land lover." "Well, don't worry about it." "You'll be back home... someday." "You don't mind me asking ?" "Oh, easy there." "How do you end up on this tub ?" " My magus paid for my passage." " Magus ?" "So where you're bound ?" "Roke." "What it's like ?" "I've never been to "Wizard's Island"." "What do you want to go there for ?" "I see..." "You're one of the powerful ones, eh ?" "Well, I'd better stay on the right side *****." "... we'd all better stay on the right side if we want a better wind." "Here, stow that there." "Can you do anything about this brease, young magus ?" "No." "Captain, I'm not trained in sea wizardry, but I could... conjure a mist, if you want it ?" "What a fat lot of good that gonna do ?" "Have you any skill with a compass ?" "Can you help to steer ?" "No, Sir." "I go to Roke to learn *all these things*." "Then you join the oarsmen for you trip my friend, for I afford no passengers here." "And take on for yourself as well, you've coiled more than enough of rope for one day !" "Aye..." "Sir." "Come on in." "So, how are you making people disappear ?" "We did it, men !" "They were dead to fight Kargid again !" "And Earthsea shall be a safer place, for it !" "And Atuan a richer one, Sire." "Truly..." "I must confide there's something..." "intoxicating about the power of death." "Slicing a man's throat, feeling his worn life drained upon one's fingers." "To control life..." "That... is the greatest power of all." "It's only a matter of time  your Majesty before we control it all." "And on every island we take, the first thing we seek is information." "Information, Sire ?" "About that young magus." "That we must find... and kill." "To your men, John." "Roke ahoy !" "Rather you than me, a place like that." "I can't wait to get started." "It doesn't scare you that kind of thing ?" "!" "No." "I've been wanting this my all life." "I'd rather be sailing into a raging squall any day." "But..." "I wish you luck." "Who goes there ?" "Who is that ?" "Ged." "Son of Dun..." "Yes ?" "I bear a letter from the mage Ogion, for the Archmagus of the school." "Very well." "Enter, if you can." "I can't enter without your help." "How true !" "But I can't help you if you don't tell me who you really are..." "Sparrowhawk" "I'll take your letter to the Archmagus." "Messengers are meant to wait by the river entrance." "That could be, but I'm no messenger, I've come here to study." "Disguised... as a peddler." "Do they consider that a jest, here in Roke ?" "You're obviously from somewhere distant and... doubtless obscure..." "Allow me to inform you, you have the honor of addressing Jasper of Eolg." "Of the house of Havnor." "I'm glad you've taken the initiative of welcoming the new arrival." "I am Archmage Nemmerle." "Archmagus of this school." "It's a honor to be here, Sir." "Listen to this... from Ogion of Gont." ""I send a young man who could be one of the great wizards of Earthsea..."" ""if the wind ?" "blow?" "true..."." "Quite a testimonial, from a wizard of such esteem." "Most impressive." "Especially coming from one of Roke's prized graduates." " Ogion went here ?" "!" " Oh, yes." "A most distinguished Alumnus." "Welcome to Roke, Ged of Ten Alders." "And may your stay here be profitable to you." "And to Earthsea..." "Jasper." "Archmagus ?" "Show Ged around." "Introduce him to his fellow students." "And explain some of our traditions." " Now, Archmagus ?" " Yes, why not now ?" "Tomorrow you'll start a program of studies which will not cease..." "Until you have become..." "all that it is in you to become." "Which if Ogion is right, is quite a lot." "Well..." "Where to start ?" "Wonder what it feels like to be a beginner, it's been so long !" "This way, then." " Could use a bit of salt." " Ah..." "Vetch !" "The perfect table companion for you, Ged." "Vetch is a fisherman son, so he can tell you about... bait, and as you're a blacksmith lad, you can tell him all about, hmm  bellows." "He's very good at that." "cutting remarks, painful innuendos, humiliating insinuations..." "If his magic were half as good !" "Let's get you some food." "You got anything actually edible in there ?" "You know hidden away..." "It's this lad first day, so..." "Show some compassion." " Where are you from, Ged ?" " Gont, and you ?" "Vemish." "Ah..." "Vemish." "Well." " You've never heard of it, have you ?" " Not really, No." ""Not really."" "I let you off with that this once, but what you have to understand my friend, is that Vemish..." "Is the paradise..." " ... of Earthsea." " has he been vaning your ear about "Vamish" ?" "Ignore her, Ged." "Look." "Vamish..." "Is right next Iffish." "Which is just across..." "Untark." "And this..." "This is the bay where you can hear the Mermaid singing in the moon." "Welcome to Roke, Ged." "Oh Tenar, you do make me laugh." "Oh, Kossil ?" "I have some very good news." "Tenar here, has just graduated first, among the younger priestesses." "Well done Tenar." "I'm so pleased for you." "I remember when you first came here." "A lost, frightened little orphan." "Full of questions..." "You were a charming little waif." "Thirsting for understanding." "Wasn't she, Venerable Mother ?" "And you Kossil..." "You are so... so formidable." "I'll take that as a compliment." "I overload you... to take on far too much work over the years." "I decided to ask Tenar... to take on some of your responsabilities." "As you wish, Venerable Mother." "Are you unwell ?" "Something must had disagree with me." "If you'll excuse me off, I need to lie down." "Lesson fourteen, in the lesser Art of Changing..." "The pebble." "Read out loud, Ladies n' Gentlemen." "[ Ish Tar Shalifh..." "Ish Tar... ]" "I'd prefer a pancake." "I guess this will do." "_That_ is good." "Brilliant." "What, are you trying to make me feel inferior ?" "Diamonds !" "Well done, Ged." "Look at these, everybody." "Perfect... diamonds." "And these... are for you." "Well, that didn't last long." "You didn't expect it to stay that way, did you ?" "Why should it not, if the magic is strong enough ?" "Because to change, a rock in to a jewel you must change its True Name." "It can be done." "But it should NOT be done." "Not even to a single grain of sand until you know the good or evil that'll follow." "I don't understand." "Good or evil isn't it just turning one thing into another ?" "If the island of Earthsea were turned into diamonds, how many people do you think would survive ?" "Things are... as they are... for a reason." "At least you must understand that reason before you decide to change them." " That's fine." "But I still want to know how to do it." " I'm sure you do, Ged." "I'm sure you do." "But you will not learn it here." "Not... until you learn true wisdom." "In some way, this is the most dangerous of the Arts." "Because you're making things move through time and space, at your command." "As when I make this creature appear..." "Venison !" "I've never known anyone to see the entire world though their stomach before." "Now you do, my friend." "Master Summoner, you spoke of time as well of space." "Does that mean a wizard can conjure anything dead or alive ?" "No wizard would conjure off the deads, young man." "Because they cannot be send safely back to where they came from..." "That's not gonna get you out of here any sooner than the rest of us." "I don't wanna leave !" "Every time we learn a True Name of something we gain power over it." "I wanna gain as much power as I possibly can." "Well, done another one." " Master Name, I will take my next !" " Yes, another ?" "!" "Yes... right." "Right away." "You were in the middle of..." "Let me see..." "" Camus" ..." ""Caster", "Service"..." "Yes... here we are." "At this rate you're going to be the most powerful wizard on Earthsea." "And the most anoying show off." "Come on, we've been on a sturdy diet of words for the last three months" "I want something you can actually chew !" "What's going on here ?" "[ Thank you... (Jasper) ]" "It appears the "Amazing Jasper" is going to summon something." "[ Hold the applause to the end... ]" "Young aristocrats condescending to perform a magic show." " Methinks he does it to impress the ladies." " I didn't realise they are that easy to impress." "Blacksmith !" "Perhaps you'd like to... impress us with a demonstration of your own." "You could make something minuscule seem enormous." "Your brain for instance." "You may wanna try that trick on yourself Jasper, just... aim a little lower." "Are you sure you want to try this ?" "Why not, I think it will be quite an adventure." "Look how free it is !" "Besides, any wizard worth the salt do a little shapeshift." "No one's questionning ability here, just a minor matter of breaking the rules..." "Let it be broken, Vetch !" "Let it be broken." "Try saying that to the Archmagus !" "Speaking of breaking the rules..." "I hear the splendidiferous Jasper is going to be offered the wizardship." "I pander when he graduate." "It's quite a coup for someone his age, wouldn't you say ?" "I'm sure he deserves it and will do a wonderful job." "Oh please..." "We both know he's a second rate chaff with the big head relatives." "People like having aristocrat for their wizard, he'll do fine." "Yeah, well... you do much better." "May be if certain people shut-up for a minute." "Allright." "Allright, watch this..." "I think I finally got it." "Ged, you did it !" "I mean..." "What have you done ?" "!" "This is crazy, Ged !" "And dangerous !" "Damn it, I'm not a bird." "Tried shape change yet, Jasper ?" "Much more impressive than making apple trees, don't you think ?" "There's no need for me to name the student who did this." "He knows who he is." "But I want to take this moment... to warn you all of the dangers of Shapeshifting." "You may have heard the tall of the wizard Vogel of Wave." "Who delighted in taking the shape of a bear... and did so more and more often." "Until the bear... grew in him and the man... died away." "And he became the bear... and killed his own small son in the forest." "And was then... hunted down, and slain." "This shapeshifting business is NOT something to be toyed with !" "Is that understood ?" "[ Understood, Archmagus ]" "You're even lower than I thought, Jasper." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I talking about you sneaking to the Archmagus about my doing something you can't !" "You have no idea what I can or can't do, little man." " We don't run in the same circles." " you think I'd want to ?" "Oh, you want to, Blacksmith boy !" "Your all life spent trying to become something you're not." "The more you try to prove yourself my equal, the more you show yourself for what you really are !" "Ah yes..." "Brute force and ignorance, eh ?" "The tools of your trade !" "Well, it's magus power we value here, not hoarse power !" "You think you have more magus power than I do ?" "That sounds like a challenge !" " Allright Blacksmith, I accept." " It wasn't a challenge !" "Tell him, Ged." "Stop this both of you, duels and sorcery are forbidden !" "You know that !" "There you are, ?" "bump kin?" "away out." "Feel free to back off !" "So, let it be." "Ged, leave it alone." "What about summoning a spirit ?" "You think I can't do that ?" "... from the dead." "What about the Lady Elfarran ?" "Could you summon her, or would that be to hard for you ?" "Are you out of your mind ?" "It's fine with me." " Ged, don't do it !" " Why not ?" "Why not, indeed ?" "Roke woods, midnight." "You're not a summoner, Ged." " And as for the Lady Elfarran" " Why not her as well as anyone else ?" "Jasper keep this out?" "." "Doing sorcery without reason is like lighting a fire in a forest." "You know that, tell him !" "It doesn't matter..." "He can't do it." "He hasn't got it in him." "Oh that's why he ask to learn ?" "We'll see." "ARISE ALL OF YOU I NEED YOUR STRENGHT !" "What's happening ?" "!" " The Nameless Ones, we need to pray" " I awake the others !" "I SUMMON YOU LADY ELFARRAN !" "[ What's happening ?" "!" "]" "Try to keep up, sisters !" "Pray sisters !" "Pray !" "What have you done ?" "!" "Are you allright ?" "Tenar.." "Something horrible happened here tonight." "Something beyond anything I've known." "May our faith prevail." "I saw him..." "Who ?" "And it was as if I knew him." " My leage!" " Ah..." "General ?" "Dor?" ", just in time." "Is it true, Sire?" " We are invading Roke ?" " You're indeed just." "Our magus has just revealed himself." "Arm, set sail, and have the rest of the fleet follow us as soon as they've put up to sea." "Archmagus." "Ged." "How are you feeling ?" "I'm so sorry." "So ashamed." "I too am ashamed of you." "And of this instituation for producing someone who could commit such an act of fooly." " Archmagus I didn't" " You have great power in you Sparrowhawk." "And you utterly misused it !" "You tried to summon a spirit of the dead." "And instead you've brought out the most fearsome being our world has ever known." "You released a Nameless One." "So it is a shadow..." "The shadow of your ignorance." "The shadow of your arrogance." "You brought a being of utter evil into the world, whose only objective..." "His deep soul gnawing hunger... will be to find you." "And possess you." "Possess me ?" "!" "Devore your soul." "And as your powers are great, so when that happens it will become great  and all Earthsea will be endangered." "It is a shadow now... but soon it will kill... absorbing its victims' body to become a creature even more horrible !" "A Gebbeth !" "And then you will really have reason to fear it." "Is there no way to defeat him ?" "." "Is there no way to defeat him ?" "None !" "Unless you know its True Name." " Then I must go to the Master-at-Name." " Ged..." "He has no way of knowing." "Then what am I to do ?" "As soon as your strong enough... you must leave Roke, never to return." "Leave Roke." "Go where ?" "Wherever in the world it would least expect to find you." "That is your only hope." "But get well first." "You'll need all your strenght." "At the moment we were blown to the floor, the young wizard was attacked." "By this, this great shadow beast." " It was horrible...." " Who is this wizard ?" "I don't know." "If your vision be true..." "This is a particularly evil magus." " How so ?" " Because... if the two events are related" "It would signify the most... ominous act." "One of the Nameless Ones was released." "There has never been... anybody or anything in the history of our Temple powerful enough to overcome our faith." "But what happened at the Door might have been beyond my powers." "If that is so... our Temple is endangered." "No." "No, not it you will lead us Venerable Mother !" "I don't know if I still have... the strenght my mission requieres." "Ged." "I am so glad to see you." "We were all afraid you were going to die." "How do you feel ?" "Frail." "Furious with myself and very very stupid !" "I really made a mess of things, didn't I ?" "Yeah, on a high pick scale." "But, you're alive." "That's what matters." " That looks prety nasty." " oh, not be." "That things possess an ungodly strenght." "it flicked me aside like a bug !" "Are you hurt ?" "My feelings mostly." "But it could have killed you, Ged." "So it will..." "Wh-What do you mean ?" "It is my fate." "The Shadow's only purpose is to see me gone." "And to make matters worse, if that's possible... my wizard training here comes to its end." "What ?" "!" "The Archmagus asked me to leave Roke." "That's not very sportive of him." "But this can be worked out." "I'm also leaving Roke." "I've got my appointment as a wizard !" "You finished the course ?" "You got your staff ?" "Beleive it or not !" " I'm so happy for you." " And guess, where the job is." " Home !" " Vemish ?" "!" " "Paradise on earth" that's wonderful !" " That settles it..." "You're coming with me, we're going to Vemish together." "I appreciate your offer, Vetch." " I can't tell you how much that means to me- - ..." "But ?" "I can't do that to you." "To become a fugitive, to be hunted by the shadow until I' done." "I can't bring that into your life... to the life of the people you'll be looking after." "Allright." "But if you ever need me..." "Call on me by my True Name." "Astario" "I am Sparrowhawk" "Until we meet again, my friend." "Raise Roke now, Sire." "We beaten the rest of the fleet by at least a day." "Good." "That's strange, what you make that would be ?" "There !" "Action Stations !" "Yessir !" "Who the hell are you ?" "Archimage Nemmerle." "Archmagus of Roke." "You certainly know how to make an entrance." "Archmagus, to what do I owe this... pleasure ?" "My desire to avoid unnecessary loss of life, Tygath !" "Really ?" "And what loss of life would that be ?" "The loss of lives if you try to take Roke." "Because the weapons of Roke... are formidable." "Oh, I'm sure they are !" "All I want really, is some information about some insignificant young magus." " Not available." " The magus ?" " Or the information ?" " Neither." "Tygath..." " ... that is final." " Pah !" "Kargids !" "Seize him !" "Row back while you still can." "Tygath !" " Before you annihilates us all." " KILL HIM !" "How dare he talk to you my dear Sire !" "You heard him..." "he's the "Archmagus of Roke"." "Soon to be a memory." "Now..." "When the rest of the fleet arrives" "Have half of them, fend off for here." "And scour every island..." "Within a day of sailing radius from Osskil to Hilion." "Certainly, Sire." "And the other half ?" "Let them pay this pompous, cheap, magician... *****." "Listen to me..." "I didn't know she was your wife." "And while I get her I'm not the first, you know er" "Ged !" "I can't beleive it." "Want some more ?" "!" "Come on !" "He was a bit of a rough ****." "And let me get you a drink !" "Come on." "Cheers..." "What are you doing here on Osskil ?" "!" "I'm... really not sure." "And you ?" "I'm on my way home after a profitable voyage." "And how is that charming captain about ?" "I've long since put *****." "But you !" "the last we met..." "You were on your way to becoming a wizard, weren't you ?" " I am a wizard." "Sort of." " Well, good show !" "What you do next ?" "Actually thing didn't go out that well on Roke." "Oh really ?" " I'm afraid that a bit of a story." " Oh... how so ?" "Let's just say I'm taking a try out." "Well, it's not that bad, is it ?" "Listen." "You ever heard of a place called Teranon on the other side of the island?" " I cant' say that I have." " Now you have." "That's where I'm heading" "And from what I've heard, there hasn't been a wizard there in years." "Why don't you come with me ?" "We lodge here tonigh, leave in the morning." "There's a very fine goatherd there" "If you don't mind paying for it ?" " You got a deal." " Ah, Cheers !" "Barkeeper !" "Another jug of you finest hale for my long lost friend..." "Oh, this is a bleak place." "I suppose it's more cheerful on the other side of the mountains." "I was saying I hope it's more cheerful from where you come from." "It's bleaking so for hours." "How much farther did you say the end is Skiorh ?" "I'll do whith some food and a bath." "Have you fall asleep on your feet ?" "!" "How much farther ?" "What's wrong ?" "Skiorh !" "The Gebbeth !" "Ged..." "Ged !" "Sparrowhawk..." "Are you a messenger or a message ?" "You seems strangely familiar." "Did I not named you once ?" "You've seen some trouble since we last parted, I think." "I return Master as I left  a fool." "Let's see what a good fire can do." "Bring back some memories ?" "Yes, it reminds me why I left." "Get it down you, and get on with the story." "As you saw I transformed myself." "If you hadn't brought me back I wouldn't be there." "He will find me sooner or later." " Unless you know his name." " No one knows his name." "So you must defeat it." "Defeat it ?" "I fought it twice, and twice I flight in terror." " Perhars the third time is the charm." " Ogion, I've no strenght against it." "If you're going to suggest that I stay here the answer is no." "I'm not inflicting that thing on you." "Good." "But in that case..." "I've a hard thing to say to you." "Say it." "You must turn around." "Turn around ?" "Yes." "If you keep running... the evil will drive you, chosing the way you go." "you must do the choice." "You must seek... what seek you." "And have it devore me when we meet ?" "So that I'm that creature, and my powers are a danger to all of Earthsea ?" "You must make this Gebbeth your own." "If you're a fugitive when it find you..." "If you abuse your strenght and flee..." "It will prevail." "But if you're doing the seeking..." "I'll be able to destroy it ?" "I can't tell." "But it's the best councel I can give you." "If you want to cease being hunted... you must become the hunter." "You know I've walked with great wizards." "And lived on the Island of the Wises." "But you are my true master, Ogion." "Better late than never." "But you may be my master in the end." "Thank you magus." "May it serve you well." "And now master..." "I must go hunting." "You called for me, Venerable Mother ?" "Sister Kossil." "Our world is darkening and I grow weaker." "The time has come... to appoint my successor." "You wish me to call the priestesses into conclave ?" "That is what I wish." "They all know you... as my strong right hand." "It's time they also knew" "Who will lead the Temple." "When I'm gone." "I understand completely." "Just... rest and relax." "I'll arrange everything." "You're there Gebbeth, aren't you ?" "Well, here I am." "Why are we not inside it, yet ?" "Are your men incapable of breaking down a door ?" "!" "( They cannot break magic, your Majesty... )" " Who said that ?" " Jasper of Eolg." " The House of Havnor." " Oh, Yes." "How incredible to finally meet you in the flesh." "Jasper of the House of...." "You served me well." "If I were to open that door for you... and you seize all of Roke..." "You would be needing a new Archmagus ?" "Would you not ?" "And..." "I get that you have someone in mind." "Just... get me in there." "Jasper." "Sisters..." "As our world darkens" "I feel the time has come for me to name she..." "Who will carry the secrets of the Tombs, after me." "I hereby bestow..." "The Great Belt of Keys, to she... who would be the next Hight Priestess." "That's impossible !" "The doors are impenetrable." "You should ask *for you money back*." "Jasper ?" "!" "No... not you." "We have given you power to bring light and goodness to the world." "And instead you have choosen darkness and evil." "You break my heart." "No..." "I think I'll do that." "Here..." "I beleive this is yours." "You must have dropped it." "Come to me... and receive the tokens of your office." "Sister Tenar." "Sister Tenar." "Come to me." "I've been waiting for you, Ged." "And waiting is over." "Stop !" "You destroy me..." "you destroy us all." "So be it !" "I've brought you into this world, and I will take you out of it." "No..." "You must take me in, into your soul." "soul together we can be great !" "You're only evil." ""Evil" ?" "To me... just words." "Accept me..." "Let my power flow through you and anything is possible !" "Exactly !" "If you keep being my own shadow then we'll have to go both !" "No don't die..." "I heard you cried out." "It's ok Rosa." "It was just a dream." "Is Mother Thar awake up ?" "I was just on my way to her chambers." "To cool her fever." "I'm gonna go with you." " What do you want ?" " Some shelter for a weary traveler." "You'd better come in." "Getting quite nasty out there." "May I offer you some roast?" "I was hoping for something of greater sustainance." "I have to admit, my dear Kossil" "From Women..." "I'm really satisfied to please, but... you've made it into a science." "I've had the perfect specimen upon which to concentrate my studies." "Quite true." "And has the Venable Mother illness brought her any closer to naming a successor ?" "Sire." "There's been a slight... wrinkle in my plan." "" Wrinkle " ?" "What wrinkle ?" "She named sister Tenar to succeed her." "She what ?" "!" "How could you let this HAPPEN ?" "!" "It was no fault of mine." "That's skimming little worm bent Thar to her will." "A task I set to YOU, I recall." "Do you have any idea how upset I will be... ?" "If the secrets of the Nameless Ones are denied to me !" "I can imagine." "But I do have a plan." "You "HAD" a plan, Kossil" "Give me this one last chance, I promess I will not fail you." "Thar will not only regret her decision but..." "She will beg for my assistance." "Very well... is there any chance Tenar's visions could draw the wizard to ours will?" "My thoughts exactly!" "In which case... he would be delivered to me on the same platter... as my Immortality." "Would he not?" ""Our" immortality, your Majesty." ""Our" immortality." "And now... would you care to continue our research?" "And it is the same person in every visions?" "Yes." "And this is though I didn't want him to die." "The meaning of this vision will become apparent one day." "I hope." "For now... we should get some rest." "Tomorrow will be an important day for I intent to show you the Labyrinth." "And share with you that which has been past on to me." "I pray that I'm worthy." "Rest now, Mother." "Bless you." "You have no idea... how much you kindness has meant to me during all those last weeks." "Don't you be feeling better by now?" "Its awful..." "God." "Even the children..." "Who do such evil?" "!" "Make way for the Magus." "Has anything been touched?" "No..." "Magus." "Make silence." "What is this?" "I said silence." "This is my doing just watch." "Now..." "The murderer." "Oh no..." "Who is it?" "I don't know." " I thought you were at the Kargid fortress?" " I was, I've only just returned." "I was checking to see if Tenar had another of her visions." "Oh she did in fact." "In this one it seems the young wizard was drowned." "Well." "That's not all bad." "And what may I ask you were doing in the Tenar's chamber?" "I was only coming to check on her well being!" "Were you?" "Well..." "Perhaps, we should discuss this in the morning." "Oh No you dumb!" "You keep your pulse to yourself... you dumb!" "You look like you need a drink, my friend." " Did see a ghost or something?" " Ah, in truth, I think I have!" "Would you know the farmer Gladdy?" "He live's a place outside Istemere." "Sure." "I know the man." "We just found him and his clan dead." "What?" "!" "Robbers?" "Nooo..." "It's no robbers!" "Monsters!" "They were goaded like chickens!" "I saw it with my own eyes!" "The whole what?" "!" "Four of them... and two travellers up on the cliffs." "Anyone seen who done it?" "!" "No, the magus conjured him..." "We saw his image standing here as he was!" "It might be here by now, in the town." "Enought of that!" "What does he look like?" "He has a scar." "Magus!" "Go quickly, Sir." " The killer, he's here!" " Where?" "In the town, he sliped out the tavern, he's been followed." "Call the shire reeve, you found out who the killer was, this isn't enought?" "No sister." "This is something I must do." "Bar the door." "Let no one enter." "This way!" "Those barrels!" "Come on the bright side!" "He's got to be here!" "HERE HE IS!" "There he is!" "Vetch!" " You've caught the wrong man I've done nothing!" " Except slit six people from end to end..." " ... monster!" " I did not." "I swear!" "It has devored you, hasn't it?" "The shadow!" "I am not the Gebbeth." "I swear, now let me go!" "Let... me go!" "Magus done it!" "Well done Magus." "You know him, Sir?" "I knew the poor soul... whose body this thing has taken." "He would have torn us apart if you had not stopped him, master wizard!" "Three cheers for the Magus!" "NO!" "This is no cheering matter!" "The evil spirit my friend has raised... has taken over his body, devored him from within." "He deserves our pity." "He deserves to die!" "Drown him!" "That might be to kind." "I think he may welcome it." "Die..." "DIE!" "..." "Die!" "Wait!" "Astarion" "All may not be as it seems carry him to my house!" "No!" "Do as I say, or I'm not the Magus of this îsland!" "Allright..." "Not wise!" "Listen, I'm... sorry." "I hope I wasn't too rough on you with that spell." "I only hope I can return the favor." "Not bad, eh?" "At least, you seem to have slipped through the worst of it." " The water's getting cold, why don't you give me some warm?" " Yes Master!" "I feel my shoulders' and every muscles are shreded!" "You know Vetch, you should do some more hard work, your hands start to feel like girl's." "Although you do have the massage thing down." "Ged of Ten Alder..." "May I introduce my sister Yarrow." "H i." "A stone?" "You tighed a stone to a rope?" "!" "Primitive but effective." "If need be Vetch, I was prepared to die with that creature." "It didn't work out the way I planned." "No it didn't, didn't it?" "As of course it has stolen something from me." "Your face." "Yes." "So now you're a fugitive because of his terrible crimes." "Aye." "So what you gonna do now?" "Stay in the hunt, I suppose." "Where will you go?" "I don't know." "I feel as if I'm being pulled... to the east." "And how you know... that you've got to go where you're going?" "Not sure." "That's settle then." "Wherever the Gebbeth pulls you is where I am going." "No." "Vetch she's right." "This isn't your battle." "You can't do it by yourself, old friend you've already proven that beyond a doubt!" "I was there when you released the shadow and I shall be present when you defeat it." "What if I never do?" " This is my du" " You think we met by chance down on the seashore?" " What was it but chance?" "!" "There's no such things as chance meeting in the life of wizards kind, you know that!" "We quest together and that settles the question." "What if you're killed doing it?" "Then I'd had following the right path, little sister." "Would you have me do otherwise?" "Yes, I'd like you live." "So do I, Yarrow" "But once your brother made up his mind, it's hard to change it." "Let me make you a pledge that if it's in my power to do so I'll bring him safely back." "I sometimes fear that I'm not strong enough to bear the weight of these keys." "The weight lies not in ownership of these keys, my child the real weight is yet to be layed on your shoulders." "Go in." "All the tunnels here look the same so you must count for as complex and elaborate it might seems, once you know the pattern, it is rather simple." "You take the first 3 right... then 2 left... then 1 right." "Have you been counting?" "Lead the way." "Once the Amulet was destroyed, it was only this labyrinth... but more importantly... our great faith and prayer that kept Earthsea safe." "But this evil wizard... he may be more powerful than all our prayers." "That is why it is so important that we need our Order retain courage and maintain the strenght of your faith." "Good." "Well done." "So far." "It's hard to beleive that I'm actually here." "Learning the secrets of this sacred tomb." "Growing as an orphan... and being taken in to study was a miracle enough but... but the idea of that insignificant little girl..." "There is nothing insignificant about you Tenar." "I sensed your potential even then when you first arrived." "Wide-eyed and ragged and... full of hope and fear." "And not an... insignificant amount of defiance." "Thanks for let she took her chance Venerable Mother." "I was an orphan when I first arrived at the Temple of Atuan as a scholary maid." "No?" "!" "Indeed." "So you see our past, our destiny... is not that dissimillar." "This is overwhelming Mother and I must admit... a bit frightening." "You must never embrace fear." "The only other time I've been in this place was this horrible night." "This is the the way to which I refer to:" "The mantle... that is now your destiny to bear." "What I'm about to tell you holds the most secret power of our Order" "It must never be uttered out loud to anyone!" "But your successor." "Who I hope you will choose as wisely as I beleive I've choosen my." "The Magus of Gont, where is he?" "I don't know!" "Very nice." "Something to warm the ice-cold neck of your wizard perhaps?" "We know he sailed there out of port with your brother." "What we need to know is the destination." "I don't know." "Please." "They may have traveled west." "One thing you can always count on is for a woman to lie." "They most certainly sail east." "Let's go." "No time for that!" "We must alert the king." "At this moment I hand on the tiller I feel compelled to ask just where we might be heading?" "Just keep it steady." "This Gebbeth has an uncanny knack in drawing me to it." " He'll find us." " That's reassuring." "While we're waiting for the Shadows beacon maybe we can occupy our time with more pleasurable thoughts?" " Like food, perhaps?" " Exactly." "And women of course but you don't... seem to give much thoughts to that either." "It's not true." "What's this?" "Our Ged has a girl?" "!" "No..." "Not exactly." "At least I don't think so." "Never actually met her..." "I've only seen her in my dreams." "I got a baby of those myself." "Vetch, this is the same girl, over and over again." "I mean it's strange." "She appears to me in visions, dreams." "As if I'd know her." "She's always wandering in the same passageway." "The real story of the Amulet is that one of my successors... fell in love with a Kargid King and plotted with him to destroy the Amulet." "I've read that but..." "I don't understand!" "Why did she do such a thing?" "!" "Because..." "They believed by that conviting this... monstrous act, they would release... the Nameless Ones." "Yeah, but to what end?" "To no end." "They beleived that would bring them immortality." "Foolish notion." "Why didn't it released the Nameless Ones?" "Because, my dear child..." "They misjudged the power of our Order's faith." "That very spirit that we teach... and dedicate ourselves to every day of our life, is still... the keeper of the Gate." "And what became of the Amulet?" "Some tales have her realising her folly fleeing in a small boat with one half of the Amulet... a huge storm swallowed her up... and she dissapeared." "Why don't we teach this?" "!" "There's a lesson to be learned here!" "And as you've always said..." "We must learn from our mistakes." "I suppose..." "It is human nature to obscure" "The most shameful aspects of once History, but..." "You're right." "There's lessons to be learnt from the truth." "You have my permission to teach it to the novices." "Kossil?" "It's time for afternoon prayers, Venerable Mother." "I feel very weak." "Do you mind leading them for me?" "I live to serve only, Venerable Mother." "I need to lie down." "Rosa, my tea." "Now then Rosa..." "Why don't you tell me what's been troubling you?" "It's... nothing, really." "Come on now." "The bond between us is... far to strong for secrets." "I think..." "The medication..." "The drops I pour in Venerable Mother's tea each day..." "You said it would make her better but each day she only seems to get worse." "Your point being?" "I think the medication is harming her." "Do you?" "Well." "We must discontinue it." "Be on the safe side." "But we've medicated her without her permission or knowledge." "We must confess it." "Confess?" "!" "To whom?" "Well, to Venerable Mother and to sister Tenar, her successor." "There no need for that Rosa." "I forgive you." "I forgive us both." "It's not enought." "What do you mean not enough?" " Am I not enough for you?" " I didn't mean it that way." "We must always be clear in our meaning, sweet Rosa." "And this is what I mean." "Vetch!" "Please no more mocking." "Vetch wake up!" "We've arrived." "The Gebbeth?" "On the island." "He's expecting me." "Only now he's gonna get even more than he expected." "It look singularly..." "Uninviting." "May be..." "This is where we must go." "What was that?" "The Gebbet?" "No." "It's not" "It's a dragon." " You didn't say that was going to be any dragons." " I didn't know!" "But you don't seem too surprised!" "This Gebbeth hasn't a habit of luring me to date." "And you, it seems, have made a habit of following!" " Did you see those red markings on the side of the" " Yes, very attractive!" "I read about a dragon once with markings like those!" "Fascinating, you tell me about the fire one day." "Wait a minute." "Red markings?" "!" "Like the dragon at Rabish's taverna?" "That's the one, do you remember its True Name?" "The one to bind it!" "The One that if you do it well you can ask it any three questions you desire?" "Yes!" "I'm afraid not!" " I think it was Eworle." " I think not." " Then what do you think it was?" " I don't know but we must dive low!" " I think we'll only get one go with this." " So what do you suggest?" "We learned this in the Island of Teoh." "Aum-Embar!" "I speak your True Name, Aum-Embar and I order you to submit!" "TWO QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK ME, WIZARD." "AND TWO ONLY." "Isn't it usually three?" "CORRECT." "BUT IN FACT YOU'RE BACK TO TWO." "Allright then." "Tell me where I can find the Gebbeth." "THE GEBBETH HAS FLED..." "TO THE TOMBS OF ATUAN." "A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE." "AND YOUR LAST QUESTION?" "Tell me its True Name, so that I may overcome him!" "I'D BE DELIGHTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION..." "IF IN FACT YOUR PREFERENCE" "IS TO PUT YOUR OWN SAFETY..." "BEHIND THE FATE OF EARTHSEA." "IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY..." "TO REUNITE THE AMULET OF PEACE" "WOULD YOU NOT DO SO?" "Of course!" "But that's not possible." "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE." "IF YOU DEEM IT SUCH." "Ged, it's a trick." "Just get the Gebbeth's True Name." "YES..." "A DISAGREABLE DILEMMA" "What option do I have?" "Ged." "Think before you leap." "Where can I find the pieces of the Amulet?" "VERY WELL THEN..." "RETURN..." "TO EVIL PLACE OF BIRTH." "THERE THE PUZZLE WILL TEST YOU WORTH." "WHAT YOU SEEK IS WITHIN YOUR GRASP." "BUT THE ACT OF FINDING IT MAY BE YOUR LAST." "A riddle?" "!" "I've traded my life for a riddle what does it mean?" "!" "LAST QUESTION IS OVER LIMIT!" "EVEN WASTED THE FIRST ONE." "YOU MIGHT HAVE LEFT HERE WITH THE GEBBETH'S TRUE NAME" "WELL..." "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET..." "TRYING TO MAKE WITS WITH A DRAGON!" "You worry about facing the Gebbeth?" "Or is it Jasper?" "No..." "I think about the island of Eve." "Eve?" "Where the myths were born..." "The White Towers of Havnor... the rough folks of the south bend never come to land" "and the ice flows to the north." "I would like to see the Ice Falls." "You'll see the Ice-Falls." "I treated the sun light for the shadow, Vetch." "I grasped for power and this is where it brought me." "Which is fine." "As long as we bring this thing to an end." "Well..." "At least you got to see Vemish." "Vemish." "Rosa..." "Rosa!" "Rosa?" "Sisters!" "SISTERS COME!" "Mother's calling!" "Hurry!" "Tenar?" "!" "Oh no!" "Sire." "This has just arrived from the isle of Saitire." "" Mast seen sailing east. "" " To Roke, General." " Yes Sire." "WE MAKE..." "FOR ROKE!" "Yessir!" "What you seek is within your grasp but the act of finding it may be you last." "Not a very encouraging prospect." "Do you think the Amulet would be here?" "!" "The town seems more subdued now that the Kargids patrol..." "Don't you think Vetch?" "Vetch?" "Hey..." "Vetch?" "!" "With the fate of Earthsea resting in the balance..." "You stop to eat?" "!" "I'm hungry!" "It's not going to do any better good if we starve to die?" "You hardly look like a starving man my friend." "But..." "No point in taking chances." "Let's come." "Poor wretch." "I can never understand how man can cruelly mock those less fortunate" "Does it not occur to them how easely fate could have put them in this state?" "!" "You again..." "Sparrowhawk" "You remember me." "Astarion" "Glad to see not much has change around here." "Save for a few kindly Kargids, I wonder how much magic they've learned." "Hey." "What on earth are you two doing here?" "!" "It's a long story." "I don't know if you've heard but when the Kargids took over they killed our Archmagus!" "Yeah, Ged had a vision." "We just come from Saitire." " A dragon directed us here." " WELL...!" "I see we have a pair of distinguished alumni among us!" "And to what, exactly, do we owe this... unexpected pleasure?" "!" "No matter..." "We shall take this op in my chambers." "Guards!" "You can leave them." "I'll be fine." "What I'm about to reveal to you must never leave this room." "Is that understood?" "Very well then." "Archmagus?" "!" "How...?" "Come now, Ged." "Did you really think that a mere dagger could be the instrument of my demise?" "You must bring word of this to no one." "The time is not yet safe for my return." "But..." "Where is the real Jasper?" "Crossing the town square did you per chance happen upon a village fool?" "Yes but" "That was Jasper?" "!" "To think I actually felt sorry for him." "I thought it was the fitting punishment." "So tell me Ged, how goes it?" "Well Sir, I'm still alive." "That's a very good sign." "But what has brought you back here?" "It's a compendium of toxins." "You must beleive me, I've never seen that before!" "Believe you?" "Is it just a coïncidence that you were implicated by Rosa's dying letter?" "And then we find this here?" "Bring her to Mother Thar's chamber." "I am broken hearted by your treachery." "But I am innocent." "Then... how do you explain this foil of poisons found in you room?" "I cannot." "I can only imagine that it was placed there by someone who wished me ill." "Dear Thar, but what motive would I have to harm you?" "!" "That is between you and your conscience." "And I took you in..." "Treated you as I would a daughter." "Made you my Successor!" "How could I not see the malice... you arbored?" "!" "Rosa's last words..." "And her honor... betrayed your plot!" "Have you anything to say, Tenar?" "I would not have thought that you could so easely dismiss your own feelings." "I was blinded... by those feelings." "But no longer." "I release you of all your duties." "And strip you of all the authorities with which I invested you." "The Keys." "Surely it doesn't end there, Mother Thar!" "She ought to be locked up, for the protection of us all." "See that that is done." "You will wait my final judgement." "Take her away." "So the exact line is..." "" What you seek is within your grasp. "" "Well." "Though that they may be lose to admit it, even dragons... know that the whole world is conceivably within a wizard's grasp." "So perhaps... we should look at this more litterally." "What personnal possessions do you cary with you at all times?" "Only this." "Let me have it." "Lady Elfarran's Amulet of Peace." "I'd never dreamt my eyes would one day look upon it." "How did you come by it?" "On the Îsle of Gont." "My first teacher, she gave it to me." "The priestess who split the Amulet... was rumored to have perished out the sea." " Could this have been she?" " I don't know." "It was said that she just turned up years ago after a great sea storm." "She didn't know who she was, but she taught me everything she knew." "And without knowing it... entrusted all Earthsea to your care." "Do you recognize those symbols?" "They are runes..." "In an archaic form I haven't studied since I was a boy." "They translate... to a simple rhyme." "" When the Nameless Tomb become unsealed" "The Amulet's key... will be revealed"." "Nameless Tombs?" "That would be... at the Temple, on the Îsle of Atuan." "Then that is where we must go." "A dangerous place." "Protected by Kargid barbarians." "The Temple will diminish your magic, so be very careful once you get there." "If they don't get him first." "Kargids coming!" "Don't worry." "Prepare yourself to travel." "Will you be alright?" "I'll be fine, Ged." "Good luck." "I want all floor searched!" "Yes Sire!" "Your highness." "Quickly, they'll escape!" "Where are the fugitive wizards?" "That's what I mean, you must have passed them, just now in the mo" "Not that I saw 'em." "What exactly is your part in this?" " "Master Jasper"." " Nothing, your Majesty." "They held me at knife point." "To the market!" "'course, the other half of the Amulet isn't secreted away in some..." "flowery meadow." "Next to a babbling broad." "No!" "Had to be in the Tombs of Atuan." "The very home of Tygath and his bloodthirsty Kargide horde!" " Not to mention the Gebbeth." " Not to mention!" "Although..." "We are wizards after all." "The least we should be able to do is... get by a few Kargids." "Exactly." "You there!" "On whose authority are you here?" "Yours Captain." "Don't you recognize us?" "Of course, um..." "Sun blinded me for a moment." "What news do yo bring?" "News King Tygath want to hear, Sir." "You'd better hurry up and tell him, then." "And report back here to me after you'd delivered the message." "Yes, Captain." "Whatever demons..." "Rosa was struggling with..." "She thought to be hers alone." "And thus... she succumbed to them." "We all have our demons." "But if we face them together" "We can prevail." "For each other." "For our sisterhood!" "Farewell." "Dearest Rosa." "May your soul..." "Find in death the peace that eluded you in life." "Should we do what we did at the harbor?" "Or maybe not be seen at all." "Even better." " You're ready?" " Yeah." "This is a real tribute to our Roke training." "I'm just glad you paid attention, that's all." "It's like the magic is weakening!" " I think we may have missed a class?" " Run!" "What of Tenar, Mother?" "That she's safely confined is enough for now." "Until I decide her fate." "What if you should..." "Of course I pray that you don't but..." "If you should leave us before that time." "Then my Successor will make that decision." "And have you give it any thought to who that might be?" "In due time, Kossil, In due time..." "I'll miss you Rosa." "Thank you for the concern." "The Archmagus was right." "Wizard magic will not be enough at this place." "There's another power here." "It's not magic but a great power for good." "It make sense, this is where the Amulet of Peace came from." "So..." "Where we'll find it?" "The Temple of Atuan, you must go under." "Look at this stairs." "Come on." "I wonder if the Gebbeth wait here." "The Gebbeth, I almost forgot about him!" "I will pledge he hasn't forgot about you." "I remember this from my dream." "Was it locked in your dream?" "Because it is now." "Well, we can try a standard spell." "I didn't... what." " I have nothing to say to you, Kossil." " But I have much to say to you." "Then you'll be wasting your time." "Time..." "A concept to which you really ought to give some thought, dear Tenar." "For present your fate is that of a swift execution, or..." "To rot in this cell... until you're old and haggard." "You're not thinking what I think you're thinking, are you?" "The Archmagus said the Shapeshifting is only risky if you do it too often." "You think we can muster up enough wizard power to pull it off." "May be if we concentrate together." "I can offer you freedom." "Only Mother Thar can do that." "I have her ear." "And soon, given her state of health..." " I should have her bless" " A "state of health"... brought on by you!" "Mere conjecture." "But I forgive you." "What do you want of me?" "Give me the incantation... and I'll give you your freedom." "Then I guess we both must go without." "Not now, Vetch!" "The spell will not hold." "See?" "Now will you listen when I say share of a few pounds?" "Get in there!" " Who goes there?" "!" " Bind him!" "Hey Ged, are you there?" "It wasn't so bad, being a rat!" "Except for maybe this annoying... itche for cheese." "Are you coming?" "Ged?" "You're not coming, aren't you?" "So, I guess I have to do this by myself." "Allright Vetch." "Your move." "The Amulet..." "Hmmm..." "There's gonna be some way to make sense of this." "Venerable Mother." "We found him trying to break into the Labyrinth." "Explain yourself." "He refuses to speak." "We don't hold thieves, in custody here." "In fact we send them... to the Kargide fortress for execution." "Why are you here?" "I came not in search of plunder but in search of peace." "In the form of an Amulet." "Ridiculous!" "That Amulet was destroyed long ago." "She speaks the truth." "The fate of Earthsea depends on the finding of this Amulet." "What makes you think you're the one for this task?" "I was told by a Dragon." "Pfff!" "Only fools listen to Dragons." "It requires a wizard... to reunite the Amulet" "I am a wizard." "Oh, the evil wizard." "I don't understand." "There's nothing to understand." "If you had come to me directly with this tale, instead of sneaking in like a criminal..." "I might have giving it more credence." "As it stands..." "I should have to have you confined until..." "I arrive at the truth of this matter." "Take him to a cell." "Venerable Mother" "Your health fails you." "For the sake of the Order" "You must name a successor!" "And that successor would be you?" "Who else?" "Why..." "Why have you been so intent... in this... successor issue?" "It was you, not Tenar." "Give me the incantation!" "The incantation?" "You hope I will give you..." "Immortality?" "I am dying, Kossil." "I am dying and you've seen to that." "When we put on the vestment of our Sisterhood we were all set on a path." "You too, Kossil." "A path of peace." "And forgiveness." "Somehow you've lost this path, I hope you'll find it again." "I forgive you." "DON'T..." "DIE!" "Give me the incantation!" "Give it to me!" "Send for Tygath, he's to come at once." "Tell him I'm on the verge of obtaining all that he desires." "And I have his wizard." "Who are you?" "I can barely hear you." "Come to your door." "Hello." "I said who are you?" "Ged... of Ten Alders." "And... what is your position in life, Ged of Ten Alders?" "I'm a blacksmith." "And you?" "My name is Tenar." "I am..." "I was... a priestess." "Why are you locked up?" "How do I know to trust to you?" "That you haven't been put here to gain my confidence?" "Yes, they are desperate to learn the great secrets of blacksmithing." "What have you done to be here?" "I didn't do anything." "Someone bought false witness against me." "And what would be your fate?" "I don't know." "I have to rely on my faith to see me through it." "Faith?" "I never had much use for that in my life." "I've always believed magic to be stronger than faith." "My only belief is in the ability to control my own destiny." "So..." "Being locked up here was part of your plan?" "Could be." "Allright, no." "The faith would not have been my salvation." "Now, that's debatable." "But at least we have something in common." "And that would be?" "Getting out." "Hail King Tygath!" "Yes, Yes." "I want increased patrols on the islands of Roke, Vemish... and Gont!" "That which wizard is bound to come home for roost!" "This was just received, Sire." "Ged... of Ten Alders..." "At the Tombs of Atuan." "Well." "It seems our little bird is indeed... coming home to roost." "And in my nest." "Allright Vetch, don't panic." "Could just go back to where you came." "Or choose at random." "What are you doing over there, blacksmith?" "Practicing my trade." "Almost, damn it!" "I'm out." "Just keep an eye while I work on your cell." "That's amazing!" "How did you do that?" "!" "You question the worth of a blacksm-?" "You!" "You." "The evil wizard of my nightmares!" "" Evil "?" "!" "You're sure you have the right person?" "I saw you..." "On a hilltop conjuring evil!" "You saw it, then." "I was real?" "!" "It was an act of anger... and pride." "A foolish act of youth." "I've aged, since that, and paid." "The Gebbeth has hunted me ever since!" "Trying to... possess me." "How would I know it hasn't succeeded?" "Because you know me." "Don't you?" "Just as I know you." "I've had visions of you... for as long as I can remember." "It's the same with you, isn't it?" "Yes." "But how do I know if you're the wizard or..." "The Gebbeth inside the wizard's body?" "!" "Look into my eyes." "So you can devoure me?" "I won't devoure you." "Just... look into my eyes." "And see my soul." "You know we've been brought together!" "You have faith in that, let it give you faith in me!" "I dreamed of this." "I don't know why we've been brought together." "But you do, don't you?" "So you could guide me to the Labyrinth." "The Labyrinth?" "Why?" "I hold the Amulet of Peace." "At least half of it." "That's impossible." "Show me." "That is the Amulet!" "I recognize it from my studies, how did you get this?" "Now, do you believe me?" "So this is our destiny." "If not us, then who?" "Someone is coming." "Take the first three right from where you come to, and then two left and a right." "And you'll find yourself at the door of the Chamber of the Nameless Ones." "Before that you have to get through the door of the Labyrinth." "And I don't have the key anymore." "Summoned to the chambers of the High-Priestess." "I know who you are." "And I know why you're here." "I implore you take me in his" "No!" "No..." "No." "I'll give you one last chance." "Give me the incantation." "And stay alive." "Or join our good Mother on the other side." "If my death disrupts your evil goals..." "Then I die." "Gladly." "THEN DI" "This... is how I reward failure." "The Keys." "Pick them up!" "NOW!" "Open it." "Open... it!" "Three right, and two left..." "Then right." "Understand this, priestess..." "If we encouter one more dead end..." "Only your head... will accompany me on the rest of the way." "I'll make a present of it to the wizard." "Before I kill him." "Do I make myself clear?" "Go!" "Keep moving, my destiny awaits me at the door of the Nameless Ones." "This must be the wizard." "At last..." "We finally meet!" "You'd not been easy to come by." "Let her go." "What's this?" "A desperate act of heroïsm?" "I SAID LET HER GO!" "And what should compel me to do so?" "!" "Your powerful magic?" "!" "This!" "I'll deal with you later." "Give me this!" "This is where brute force triumph over slight of hand!" "You see..." "I've been doing this all my life, my boy." "You're just... an amateur." "COME ON, WIZARD!" "Are you afraid?" "COME ON WIZARD!" "Thank you for showing me the way." "So frustrating we can't find those keys... isn't it?" "WIZARD!" "Vetch!" "It seems we made it you and I." "Vetch, what's wrong?" "Come over to me, Ged." "The Gebbeth!" "You met with the Gebbeth!" "I am your friend." "We will be great together." "I don't know what you've done with Vetch, but you are NOT my friend!" "And now is the time of your destruction." "We came close to it once." "We're now in a place where my power has growed..." "Yours... is diminished." "What have you done with my friend?" "!" "He's gone to a place you're about to go too." "Stay away from me." "Ged..." "Ged..." "I can no more stay away from you... than you can resist me." "I can resist you." "I do... resist you." "Yes..." "Let the hatred wallop!" "In an instant we'll become ONE!" "Anger opens myself to you, doesn't it?" "So I purge myself of it!" "Not possible." "There's simply too much." "Remember Jasper." "How he despised you." "How he ruined you!" "You would have killed me if you could have, wouldn't you?" "No that would not be necessary." "He got his just reward." "You hate me don't you?" "Didn't I stand in the way of everything you ever wanted to become?" "I don't hate you father." "I never did." "I miss my mother." "Our family." "I needed to find myself." "Very well." "But do you not hate... the thing... that killed your best and most loyal friend?" "You must make this Gebbeth you own." "I neither hate... nor fear you, Gebbeth." "I know your True Name, shadow." "And it is..." "Sparrowhawk." "No..." "You are Sparrowhawk!" "We are Sparrowhawk." "You and I, together." "You were the darkness... inside of me." "I understand that now." "I accept that." "Sparrow hawk!" "WHERE ARE YOU WIZARD?" "What an appropriate spot for your demise!" "No." "Yours." "You think you can stop me?" "!" "How the devil, did you manage to do that?" "!" "Part of me was missing, Tygath." "But I found it again." "Come here, you." "Open... the doors of the Nameless Ones." "NOW!" "I refuse to betray my faith." "And my duty!" "Don't... even think of intervening, wizard." "Or this blade will slide into her prety neck... before you can even move a step!" "Once again." "Open... the doors." "You may kill me." "You may kill every priestess in this Temple." "But I must honor our Venerable Mother... who entrusted me with the keys... and the incantation which our Order has garded since the time of Lady Elfarran." "Do it!" "What?" "!" "Do as he says." "Let them out." "Ged, what are you saying?" "!" "I can't!" "Would you listen to the man!" "He finaly come to his senses!" "You must do it!" "Look into my eyes." "If it's not us then who?" "Come to me..." "Nameless Ones." "Fill me... with your ancient wizdom." "And grant me the Gift... of Immortality!" "COME TO ME!" "COME TO ME, MY CHILDREN!" "Is he gone?" "I think our world is finaly rid of its greatest tyrant." "But at what cost." "Vetch!" "Vetch, my friend." "What are you doing?" "I would not be here if it weren't for my first magus and teacher, Ogion." "A great man." "He brought my soul back from the brink and if Vetch's spirit has not yet left his body" "I may be able of the same for him." "Where am I?" "Back with friends." "Come on." "But Ged..." "What can we do now that we've let them out?" "You let them out?" "What would possess you to do such a thing?" "!" "I finaly understood what's the right thing to do." "How can that be?" " They're going to wreak havoc throughout the world, look what the've done here!" " They would wreak havoc in... unless..." " Unless...?" " Unless...?" "The Amulet of Peace was to be made whole." "Have you found the other half?" "I believe I know where it rest." "Ebrom's riddle..." "When the Nameless Tombs become unsealed..." "The Amulet's key will be revealed." "Just like the Dragon's riddle." "Which the Archmagus pointed that must be... looked at litteraly." "You had it all along." "It's incredible!" "But can it be made whole again?" "Not alone." "But perhaps together." "May the faith of the Priestessess and the magic of the Wizards... come together at last." "Reunited in the same hands so that all of Earthsea is in peace." "Forever and more." "We command the Nameless Ones to disperse..." "Begone, and trouble us no more." "Sparrowhawk." "So you flew true, after all." "You have done a great thing, Ged of Ten Alders." "And in turn, you too are now great, aren't you?" "Not great, but..." "Maybe whole." "Perhaps our unity... will finaly bring homeyness to our world." "And as to what became of Ged and Tenar and those who loved them" "Well..." "That's another story."