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The Dark of the Moon by Daegaer (PG)
Fandom: EARTHSEA
Pairing: Thar/Arha-that-was, Tenar/Penthe
Length: 1250 words
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daegaer
Author Website: LJ memories
Why this must be read:
The second novel of the Earthsea series, The Tombs of Atuan, moves to the Kargish Empire, to introduce the main female character, Tenar. Before she became Tenar, she was the young priestess Arha, 'the Eaten One', dedicated to the ancient dark powers of the earth and believed to be eternally reincarnated in their service. The ritualistic life in the temple compound with its 'secret brangle of jealousies and miseries and small ambitions and wasted passions' is dominated by the power struggle between the new religion of the Godking, served by Kossil, and the older religions that Arha & her mentor Thar serve.
In the novel, Ged arrives all too soon to stir things up, but fanfiction gives the reader the chance to linger in this all-women society. In 'The Dark of the Moon', Daegaer opens with an incident in the novel in which Kossil punishes Arha's only friend, the novice Penthe, and expands to encompass relationships past, present and future. It's a short but powerful piece.
"You danced so fast at the Dark of the Moon that no one could see how you would not be cut," Thar said. "You should practice more, you are not yet as fast as Arha-that-was." She swallowed, grimacing, for there seemed now always to be something in her throat. "Your hair was pale, like the moon," she said in a voice little above a whisper.
Arha put her black hair back from her face, and left Thar to sleep.
The Dark of the Moon by Daegaer
Pairing: Thar/Arha-that-was, Tenar/Penthe
Length: 1250 words
Author on LJ:
daegaerAuthor Website: LJ memories
Why this must be read:
The second novel of the Earthsea series, The Tombs of Atuan, moves to the Kargish Empire, to introduce the main female character, Tenar. Before she became Tenar, she was the young priestess Arha, 'the Eaten One', dedicated to the ancient dark powers of the earth and believed to be eternally reincarnated in their service. The ritualistic life in the temple compound with its 'secret brangle of jealousies and miseries and small ambitions and wasted passions' is dominated by the power struggle between the new religion of the Godking, served by Kossil, and the older religions that Arha & her mentor Thar serve.
In the novel, Ged arrives all too soon to stir things up, but fanfiction gives the reader the chance to linger in this all-women society. In 'The Dark of the Moon', Daegaer opens with an incident in the novel in which Kossil punishes Arha's only friend, the novice Penthe, and expands to encompass relationships past, present and future. It's a short but powerful piece.
"You danced so fast at the Dark of the Moon that no one could see how you would not be cut," Thar said. "You should practice more, you are not yet as fast as Arha-that-was." She swallowed, grimacing, for there seemed now always to be something in her throat. "Your hair was pale, like the moon," she said in a voice little above a whisper.
Arha put her black hair back from her face, and left Thar to sleep.
The Dark of the Moon by Daegaer
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