Gont lies in the North Reach of Archipelago. Ged lives on Gont; he became a famous man, but this tale is about the days before the songs about him were made. He was born as Duny in a small village and he was raised by his aunt who was a witch. She taught him the first lessons in magic. The boy learnt to listen to birds etc. This is the time when he gets his …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…Ged. They go so far east, that they are doubting whether there will be land there or whether they will come to the end of the world. But they do reach a land. The shadow is there and Ged says its name: Ged is now healed. Ged said his own name, and a man naming his death with his own name, knows his whole true self and cannot be possessed by any power than himself.