![]() ![]() By age twelve, Ged had learned all the village witch could teach him. Particularly, he was seen in the company of wild sparrowhawks so often that his "use name" became Sparrowhawk (in Earthsea, most people customarily conceal their true name from all but their closest confidants). ![]() After learning more from her, he could call animals to him. ![]() The witch knew that using words of power effectively without understanding them required innate power, so she endeavored to teach him what little she knew. ![]() Ged later used the words without understanding their meanings, to surprising effect. A small boy, Ged had overheard the village witch, his maternal aunt, using various words of power to call goats. His mother died before he reached the age of one. He was born on the island of Gont, the son of a bronzesmith. Biography Īt birth, Ged was given the child-name Duny by his mother. Ged is the main protagonist in A Wizard of Earthsea in which he is a serious and arrogant boy who matures into "one of the wisest and most powerful magicians in the land." He has red-brown skin. In most of the Earthsea books he goes by the Hardic name Sparrowhawk as a child he is known as Duny. He is introduced in A Wizard of Earthsea, and plays both main and supporting roles in the subsequent Earthsea novels. Ged / ˈ ɡ ɛ d/ is the true name of a fictional character in Ursula K. Fictional magician, lead character in the Earthsea trilogy ![]()
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