- The
Tombs of
Atuan follows the
story of Tenar, a
young girl born in the
Kargish empire, who is
taken while still a
child to be the high
priestess to the...
- blue.
Child names,
names of
unknown status and
nicknames are in green.
Kargish names are in orange.
Titles in
parentheses are the
novels or
stories in...
- than
anyone living.
Alder finds Ged, who is
alone at the time, as his
Kargish wife
Tenar and
adopted daughter Tehanu have been
summoned to
Havnor to...
- is a
central part of life in most of Earthsea; the
exception being the
Kargish lands,
where it is forbidden.
There are
weather workers on ships, fixers...
- islands. Four
large eastern islands are
inhabited by the white-skinned
Kargish people, who
despise magic and see the
Hardic folk as evil sorcerers: the...
- hero Ged is
captured by the book's
protagonist Tenar on his trip to the
Kargish Empire – the
spiritual power of the "Nameless Ones" is
vested at least...
- on the
various islands, all are
mutually intelligible. The
Kargs speak Kargish, and on the
island of Osskil, the
inhabitants also
speak Osskili. Dragons...
- of Earthsea, who have dark skin and hair. Tenar,
perhaps the best-known
Kargish individual,
happens to have dark hair. The Kargs'
Nordic appearance and...
