Summary

Ged makes his way to the township of Low Torning which is located in the Ninety Isles. Like most of the townships in the Ninety Isles, Low Torning is made of ten to twenty islets. It looks out across the sea at Pendor, the dragon isle. Ged is welcomed to his new home in the township.

Normally wizards trained at Roke would go somewhere more glamorous than the humble Low Torning but recently dragons had begun to spawn on Pendor and the township had begged Roke for a wizard to help them protect their villages, families, and animals. Ged knows going to Low Torning will not be glamorous but he no longer seeks fame and fortune as he once did and he even doubts his strength and power. Rather, it is the dragons that draw Ged to Low Torning. He has grown up hearing...