Jasper and Vetch eagerly show off their skills with illusions. Ged meets his new classmates, including the pompous braggart Jasper and the kind, quiet Vetch. He meets the Archmage Nemmerle, a very old wizard and head mage of the school. Ged arrives at the School on Roke and finds himself immersed in a world of riddles, tests, and illusions. Ogion urges Ged to travel to the prestigious School for wizards on the Isle of Roke-the school where Ogion himself studied-but to beware of the blind pursuit of power. Ogion intervenes just in time, but the man senses his student’s power and frustration in equal measure.
When a local village girl entreats Ged to cast a spell beyond his knowledge, Ged turns to one of Ogion’s ancient rune books-and nearly unleashes a dark, terrible force by reciting an old spell aloud. Ged wants to learn as much as he can as fast as he can, and he sees Ogion’s slow-paced coaching as a burden. The young Ged, however, soon finds himself frustrated with Ogion’s refusal to use magic to accomplish everyday tasks. After being given the true name Ged-and the public name Sparrowhawk-Duny travels across the island of Gont to the village of Re Albi with his new master. The incident, however, draws the attention of a local mage named Ogion who comes to Duny’s village to ask permission to take on Duny as a prentice. The act is the greatest work of magic Duny has ever done, and it leaves him exhausted and spent. When pale-skinned invaders from the Kargad Empire threaten the island of Gont, Duny uses his skills with fogweaving to create a thick, impenetrable mist and shield his village from the marauding Karg forces. Duny’s aunt notices his facility with spells and takes him under her wing as prentice.
On Gont, an island in the fictional Earthsea archipelago, a young boy named Duny begins to discover his powers as a mage when he copies a spoken charm his aunt, a witch and herbalist, to control a local herd of goat.
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