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So her husband finds out she’s lowkey trying to seduce Ged and he is the master of the stone so he sends the creatures of the stone after them. The woman(Serret) freaks out and turns into a gull but I think they get her and she dies. Outside the fortress, Ged finds out that his otak friend died :( and crashes out, turns into a hawk, and flies back to Ogion

So Ged gets the scars on his face when he tries to summon a dead spirit and accidentally summons a shadow. The archmage subdues the shadow but subsequently dies from using too much power and a new archmage is appointed. After years of learning, he goes to an island to protect the islanders from 9 dragons but the shadow is out to get him so he goes to get the dragons first so the shadow doesn’t harm the islanders

The magic system is complex and very well written. True magic is used by saying someone’s or something’s true name. Like a rock is called “tolk” in Old Speech and that’s how you use magic on it, by using its true name. That’s the languages that dragons speak and how they speak their enchantments. There are endless words to learn and discover.

Sparrowhawk leaves his mage master because he feels like learning is taking too long and he goes to an island called Roke to attend a wizard academy

So at 13, Duny rescinds his name because he is going into manhood and a new mage training him gives him his “true” name Ged

We start with Duny who will become Sparrowhawk in the future. His aunt teaches him magic