Tehanu goes with him because she appears to have some kinship with dragons, having as a young girl summoned the great dragon Kalessin, who called her ‘daughter’. The king and his people ride to deal with them. Soon after Alder arrives, dragons encroach further east than ever before, finally to Havnor itself. Furthermore, dragons have been menacing the islands in the West. The king of the Kargs, a warlike people from the East who despise sorcery, has sent his daughter to marry Lebannen as the price for peace between them, a demand that angers Lebannen. Lebannen is concerned, but has other worries. Ged listens to Alder's tale and recommends he go to Havnor to speak to both the king and his family.Īlder sails to Havnor and tells his story. Alder finds Ged, who is alone at the time, as his Kargish wife Tenar and adopted daughter Tehanu have been summoned to Havnor to counsel King Lebannen. Ged, the ex-Archmage, is powerless as a wizard, but knows more of the world of the dead than anyone living.
The Master Patterner advises him to seek out Ged on the island of Gont. He sought guidance from the masters of the school of wizardry on Roke. The dead, including Lily, beseech him to be set free.
Every time he falls asleep, he is brought to the wall of stones, the border between the world of the living and the Dry Land of the dead. The Other Wind is a sequel to Tehanu, the fourth novel, and to "Dragonfly", one story collected in Tales from Earthsea.Īlder, a minor village sorcerer who is adept at mending, has been tormented by dreams since the death of his beloved wife Lily. It won the annual World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was runner up for the Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel, among other nominations.
It is the fifth and final novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea. The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K.
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