Erreth-Akbe is a fictional character in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea realm. He is introduced in A Wizard of Earthsea and is part of the historical back-story of the Earthsea novels.
Erreth-Akbe lived many centuries before the primary events that take place in the Earthsea novels. Erreth-Akbe is the best known king of Earthsea, being both a hero and a great sorcerer, as well as counselor and good friend to King Maharion. Erreth-Akbe was a dragonmaste...
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Erreth-Akbe is a fictional character in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea realm. He is introduced in A Wizard of Earthsea and is part of the historical back-story of the Earthsea novels.
Erreth-Akbe lived many centuries before the primary events that take place in the Earthsea novels. Erreth-Akbe is the best known king of Earthsea, being both a hero and a great sorcerer, as well as counselor and good friend to King Maharion. Erreth-Akbe was a dragonmaster, i.e. esteemed enough to be spoken to by dragons.
Erreth-Akbe gained undying fame when he fought and defeated the Firelord, a being of immense power who sought to conquer the lands of the inner sea and stop the sun at midday so there would be light unending.
In 440, he carried the Ring of Morred (later to be called the Ring of Erreth-Akbe) to King Thoreg of the Kargs, as a sign of peace between the Archipelago and the Kargad Lands. However, he found himself in the midst of a coup, organised by a Kargish High Priest, who broke the ring in...
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