Act 1: Warriors in the Mist
The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards. From the towns in its high valleys and the ports on its dark narrow bays many a Gontishman has gone forth to serve the Lords of the Archipelago in their cities as wizard or mage, or, looking for adventure, to wander working magic from isle to isle of all Earthsea. Of these some say the greatest, and surely the greatest voyager, was the man called Sparrowhawk, who in his day became both dragonlord and Archmage. His life is told of in the Deed of Ged and in many songs, but this is a tale of the time before his fame, before the songs were made
ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓ ᒎᓐᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖅᓯᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᖕᒥ, ᓄᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐅᖏᓚᖕᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᖅᓴᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓚᒃᑕᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᑖᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᐊᑦᑐᑯᑖᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᑐᓂ ᒎᑎᔅᒪᓐ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᐊᑦᑐᑯᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᐸᕋᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᓂᕋᕐᒥ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᕿᓂᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᒧᙵᐅᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᓱᔪᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖕᒪᓗᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᓚᕐᓇᖏᓛᖑᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᖑᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᔅᐸᕈᕼᐊᒃ, ᐅᓪᓗᕆᑎᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓄᑦ ᒥᑕᐅᑎᙳᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᑦᒥ. ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᔾᔭᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓄᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᙱᐅᑎᓂᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓂᔾᔭᐅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᔾᔭᐅᑎᙳᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ, ᐃᙱᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ
He was born in a lonely village called Ten Alders, high on the mountain at the head of the Northward Vale. Below the village the pastures and plow lands of the Vale slope downward level below level towards the sea, and other towns lie on the bends of the River Ar; above the village only forest rises ridge behind ridge to the stone and snow of the heights. The name he bore as a child, Duny, was given him by his mother, and that and his life were all she could give him, for she died before he was a year old. His father, the bronze-smith of the village, was a grim unspeaking man, and since Duny's six brothers were older than he by many years and went one by one from home to farm the land or sail the sea or work as smith in other towns of the Northward Vale, there was no one to bring the child up in tenderness. He grew wild, a thriving weed, a tall, quick boy, loud and proud and full of temper.
ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᒥ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᓂᖅ, ᐃᓐᓈᕈᕐᒦᖦᖢᓂ ᓂᐊᖁᖓᓂ Northward Vale. ᐊᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᑦ ᖄᖏᕐᓂᑯᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖏᑦ ᓯᕕᖓᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᒫᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᑰᑉ ᓇᓛᓃᑐᑦ; ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᖁᓕᕇᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᐅᑉ ᑐᓄᐊᓃᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᖅᑐᓂᖏᑦ. ᐊᑎᖓ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᑑᓂ, ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᑐᓂᒍᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ, ᑐᖁᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ. ᐊᑖᑕᖓ, ᑲᓐᓄᔭᐅᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᒥ, ᕿᑦᓵᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓐ 6-ᓂᒃ ᓄᑲᕇᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᑦᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᒃ ᐱᕈᕐᓴᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒫᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᕙᐅᓪ, ᓱᕈᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᐱᕈᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ, ᖃᐅᓯᖅᖢᓂ, ᑕᑭᔫᓪᓗᓂ, ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ, ᓂᐱᖅᑯᖅᑐᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑖᖅᖢᓂ.
“In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the fountain, and the shape of the clouds, and the beginning and end of the wind that stirred the leaves; it seemed to him that he himself was a word spoken by the sunlight”
— Ursula Le Guin
“ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ Ged−ᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᙱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᖅ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒧᑦ −ᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ , ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᐊᓂᓗ ᐊᓄᕆᐅᑉ ᕐᑳᖓᓂ; ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᖅᑰᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᖃᖅᑰᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᕿᓂᐅᑉ ᖃᐅᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ”
— Ursula Le Guin
Make it
There was not much work to be got out of Duny. He was always off and away; roaming deep in the forest, swimming in the pools of the River Ar that like all Gontish rivers runs very quick and cold, or climbing by cliff and scarp to the heights above the forest, from which he could see the sea, that broad northern ocean where, past Perregal, no islands are.
ᑕᓐᑎᒥᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᖃᒥᙶᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ; ᐃᑎᔪᐊᓗᒃ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕌᕐᓂᖅ ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕌᕐᕕᖕᒥᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ Gontish ᑰᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥᑦ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒥᒡᓗ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᔪᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐᓈᕈᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᖅᑐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᑦ, ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᕆᐅᖅ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖃᙱᖦᖢᓂ.
The power of words.
One day when the boy was seven years old, untaught and knowing nothing of the arts and powers that are in the world, he heard his aunt crying out words to a goat which had jumped up onto the thatch of a hut and would not come down: but it came jumping when she cried a certain rhyme to it. Next day herding the longhaired goats on the meadows of High Fall, Duny shouted to them the words he had heard, not knowing their use or meaning or what kind of words they were:
Noth hierth malk man
hiolk han merth han!
ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 7-ᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᐊᖦᖤᙱᖦᖢᓂ. ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᑎᐅᖅᑲᔪᑦ ᑕᑭᔪᑦ ᐊᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᖁᐸᓄᐊᑦ ᖁᐸᓄᐊᑦ, ᑕᓐ ᑐᖅᖢᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᖏᓐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ:
Noth hierth malk man
hiolk han merth han!
He yelled the rhyme aloud, and the goats came to him. They came very quickly, all of them together, not making any sound. They looked at him out of the dark slot in their yellow eyes.
Duny laughed and shouted it out again, the rhyme that gave him power over the goats. They came closer, crowding and pushing round him. All at once he felt afraid of their thick, ridged horns and their strange eyes and their strange silence. He tried to get free of them and to run away. The goats ran with him keeping in a knot around him, and so they came charging down into the village at last, all the goats going huddled together as if a rope were pulled tight round them, and the boy in the midst of them weeping and bellowing. Villagers ran from their houses to swear at the goats and laugh at the boy. Among them came the boy's aunt, who did not laugh. She said a word to the goats, and the beasts began to bleat and browse and wander, freed from the spell.
ᖃᐃᒐᓛᒃᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᖢᓂ, ᒎᑎᓪᓗ ᖃᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᕿᓚᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᑎᒃ, ᓂᐱᖃᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ. ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐃᔩᒃ ᖁᖅᓱᖅᑕᒥᑦ ᐃᔨᖏᓐᓂᑦ.
ᑕᓐ ᐃᒡᓚᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᖅᖢᕋᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂᐅᒃ, ᒥᑕᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᓴᙱᓂᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓗᒐᒃᓴᓄᑦ. ᖃᓂᓪᓕᕚᓪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓗᐊᓕᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓕᕋᒥ ᐃᔾᔪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᓇᒡᔪᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᔨᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐸᐃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ. ᐊᑭᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᒐᓱᑉᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᕿᒫᒐᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂᓗ. ᐊᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᐅᓪᓚᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑭᐊᖕᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒃᖢᓈᖅ ᓄᑦᑐᒃᑕᐅᒃᐸᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖅ ᕿᑎᐊᓃᖦᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᓯᓕᖅᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒧᓯᑲᑕᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖏᓐᓂᙶᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᒫᓗᙳᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᓗᒐᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓚᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᕐᒥ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑉ ᐊᑦᑕᖏᑦ, ᐃᒡᓚᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒎᑎᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᓂᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐃᔾᔮᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᑭᖃᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᕝᕗᐊᒐᕐᒥᑦ.
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