http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthseaÞað er nú ekki skrítið að þér finnist það, þeir draga nafn hljómsveitarinnar og efni textanna frá sögum Ursula Le Guin um ævintýraheim Earthsea. Þetta finnst mér líka skilja Keep of Kalessin að frá öðrum black/extreme metal sveitum þar sem ég veit ekki til þess að nokkur önnur slík sveit sé með slíkt konsept í gangi.
The dragons usually keep to themselves far to the West of Earthsea, but they sometimes attack inhabited islands in search of food or treasure and must be driven back by wizards. In A Wizard of Earthsea, the young wizard Ged guesses a dragon's true name and forces him to promise not to attack people again.
Dragons in Earthsea are neither good nor evil by human standards, but always extremely dangerous. There are several references to the dire consequences of looking a dragon in the eye and Ged avoids doing so on several occasions. Most dragons in the books are of a positive, though not benevolent, nature. In The Other Wind, it is revealed that dragons and men were once of the same race. However, they chose to part ways because of their very different natures.
Dragons consider most men to be uninteresting, short-lived mayflies. The exceptions are the dragonlords. In The Tombs of Atuan, the priestess Tenar asks Ged what a dragonlord is; Ged explains that it is not someone with a mastery of dragons, but “one the dragons will speak with” (rather than eat). In the setting of the five Earthsea novels, Ged and Tenar are the only living dragonlords.
When dragons do speak, they are worth listening to, as they have long lifespans and the opportunity to gain great wisdom. Dragons speak only in the Language of the Making, from which the language of human magic is derived. Though they cannot lie, they are able to twist what they say and mislead the unwary because it is their native tongue, while no wizard can live long enough to fully master it. Indeed, much of the true speech remains unknown to humans. Dragons have a strange connection to the true tongue; one wizard described it by saying they live in it as a fish lives in water. In Tehanu, Ged says that perhaps dragons do not learn the old speech. Rather, it seems to be inherent in them and they simply ‘are’ the language.
Only wizards and other dragons are capable of defeating a dragon. The most famous example is the duel between Erreth-Akbe and the dragon Orm, in which each slew the other. Many centuries later, there is another duel between the dragon Orm Embar and Cob.
Kalessin er einmitt dreki og kemur hann við sögu í bókinni Tehanu.
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