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Yevaud is the true name of the fearsome Dragon of Pendor who sacked, burned, and overtook the Isle of Pendor from its native inhabitants many years ago. Since then, Yevaud has ruled over a brood of young dragons who occasionally fly across the Archipelago in search of sheep, terrorizing the residents of the outlying islands. Ged travels to Pendor to confront all of the dragons—yet after dispatching with most of the small, young dragons, he realizes that it is Yevaud whom he must tame. Yevaud is slick, cunning, and flattering, as all dragons are, but Ged resists the temptation to listen to Yevaud’s compliments. Yevaud taunts Ged by offering him the opportunity to learn the shadow’s true name—how Yevaud knows of Ged’s travails, Ged is uncertain, yet again he refuses to accept any information from the duplicitous Yevaud. Instead, by speaking Yevaud’s true name, Ged binds the wily dragon to the isle of Pendor forever, preventing him or his brood from ravaging the vulnerable nearby island communities.
Yevaud, the Dragon of Pendor Quotes in A Wizard of Earthsea
The A Wizard of Earthsea quotes below are all either spoken by Yevaud, the Dragon of Pendor or refer to Yevaud, the Dragon of Pendor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
"If you could name it you could master it, maybe, little wizard. Maybe I could tell you its name, when I see it close by. And it will come close, if you wait about my isle. It will come wherever you come. If you do not want it to come close you must run, and run, and keep running from it. And yet it will follow you. Would you like to know its name?"
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Chapter 7 Quotes
"I have no strength against the thing," Ged answered.
Ogion shook his head… […] "Strange," he said: "You had strength enough to outspell a sorcerer in his own domain, there in Osskil. You had strength enough to withstand the lures and fend off the attack of the servants of an Old Power of Earth. And at Pendor you had strength enough to stand up to a dragon."
"It was luck I had in Osskil, not strength," Ged replied, and he shivered again as he thought of the dreamlike deathly cold of the Court of the Terrenon. “As for the dragon, I knew his name. The evil thing, the shadow that hunts me, has no name."
“All things have a name," said Ogion.
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Yevaud, the Dragon of Pendor Character Timeline in A Wizard of Earthsea
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Chapter 5
The great Dragon of Pendor arrived there years ago to take over the castle, drive the townspeople into the sea,...
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...itself. Ged is startled when the castle appears to change shape—he realizes that the great Dragon of Pendor has been wrapped around one of its spires. Now it uncurls itself and stands in...
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The Dragon speaks to Ged and asks him not to kill his three remaining spawn to try...
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...has. Ged says he knows the Dragon’s true name, and he speaks it: it is Yevaud. The Dragon stands still. After a long while, it again offers to tell Ged the...
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Chapter 6
...and so he decides to return to Low Torning and report on his encounter with Yevaud. As Ged returns to the island and tells the Isle-Men of what’s transpired, the people...
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