![]() By the time she is 12 she doesn’t remember the family she had before and doesn’t have many friends in this place, the person who comes closest is Manan, her guard but she always wondered about what she left behind but she also doesn’t see the sense in wondering as she has her own duty to fulfil and is seemingly content with that. If this child shows no sign of disease and illness in her first five year, then she is declared the reincarnation of the Priestess and taken to the Place to protect the tombs and Teran is this chosen child. This is a ritual where upon the death of the previous Priestess, the lower Priestess’ go off in search of a girl child born on the same night as the previous Priestess’ death. Tenar is chosen as the Priestess at the Tombs of Atuan or rather they chose her. ![]() I wasn’t aware that The Tombs of Atuan would follow a different protagonist, Tenar, rather than Ged but I was excited to see what Ursula K. Review: I read A Wizard of Earthsea quite a while ago and it was my first trip into so-called “classic” fantasy and while it did take me a while to get into the story and enjoy it, I found it to be a great read and decided since I have the quartet that I would read the remaining three books and maybe the other ones that were published later on. ![]()
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