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The Lady of the Court of the Terrenon, Serret, was once a young girl who grew up in the village of Re Albi on the Isle of Gont. When Ged is young, he meets a village girl, the daughter of the Lord of Re Albi, and the girl encourages him to try his hand at increasingly dark magic. Ged, longing to impress her, tries to find the spells she wants him to cast in his mentor Ogion’s book of runes, but Ogion warns Ged that one must always be cautious of the powers a person serves. Later on in the novel, when Ged arrives at the Court of the Terrenon in Osskil, he meets the Lady Serret—she is surprised when he does not recognize her as the girl from Re Albi. Nonetheless, Serret extends great hospitality and friendship toward Ged, but ultimately it becomes clear that now Serret serves the power of the mysterious stone of Terrenon and wants for Ged to master the stone and rule the world with her. Whatever forces pull Serret, time and time again throughout her life, toward dark magic and perversion of the universe’s careful equilibrium are unknown—yet her struggle against the dark mirrors Ged’s own struggle to understand the complicated, delicate forces that hold the universe in balance.
Village Girl / Serret Quotes in A Wizard of Earthsea
The A Wizard of Earthsea quotes below are all either spoken by Village Girl / Serret or refer to Village Girl / Serret. 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 7
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“It will speak of things that were, and are, and will be. It told of your coming, long before you came to this land. Will you ask a question of it now?"
“No."
"It will answer you."
"There is no question I would ask it."
"It might tell you," Serret said in her soft voice, "how you will defeat your enemy."
Ged stood mute.
"Do you fear the stone?" she asked as if unbelieving; and he answered, "Yes."
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“But I know this: the Old Powers of earth are not for men to use. They were never given into our hands, and in our hands they work only ruin. Ill means, ill end. I was not drawn here, but driven here, and the force that drove me works to my undoing. I cannot help you."
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Village Girl / Serret Quotes in A Wizard of Earthsea
The A Wizard of Earthsea quotes below are all either spoken by Village Girl / Serret or refer to Village Girl / Serret. 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:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
“It will speak of things that were, and are, and will be. It told of your coming, long before you came to this land. Will you ask a question of it now?"
“No."
"It will answer you."
"There is no question I would ask it."
"It might tell you," Serret said in her soft voice, "how you will defeat your enemy."
Ged stood mute.
"Do you fear the stone?" she asked as if unbelieving; and he answered, "Yes."
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“But I know this: the Old Powers of earth are not for men to use. They were never given into our hands, and in our hands they work only ruin. Ill means, ill end. I was not drawn here, but driven here, and the force that drove me works to my undoing. I cannot help you."
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