Earthsea Fanfiction Masterlist

A list of fan-written stories & poems for the Earthsea series by Ursula Le Guin. Compiled by the Espresso Addict

The Inner Dark, by Altariel (general)
Summary: Thar, bearing fruit

The White Lady of Gont, by Annasibs (general)
Summary: In escaping Atuan, Tenar thought she has finally freed herself from the hold of the Nameless Ones. But there, in the shining towers of Havnor, she finds that even there, shadows lurk

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: novelette
Main characters: Tenar, Ged, OC(s)
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2002

Lookfar, by Antosha (teen)
Summary: 'As Tenar slept, Ged sailed on and considered.' Ged/Tenar

Available at: Kia Repository, Livejournal
Length: drabble
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

A True Love, by Arisaswordheart (general)
Summary: A short one-shot about Tenar and Ged. They've always loved each other, but never could really get together. What has Ged been feeling and going through?

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2008

Uneaten, by Avanti_90 (general)
Summary: Four paths that Tenar did not take.

Available at: Archive of Our Own, Fanfiction.net
Length: medium story
Main characters: Tenar, Lebannen, Ged
Pairing: none
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu, The Other Wind
Time set: Multiple
Date published: 2012
Written for: Help Japan

The Dark of the Moon, by Daegaer (general)
Summary: "You are the Eaten One," Thar said. "You are alone. You can protect your friend by remembering who you are." (Arha & Thar)

Available at: Livejournal
Length: long vignette
Main characters: Tenar, Thar, Penthe
Pairing: f/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

The Eaten One, by Daegaer (general)
Summary: In years to come, Tenar will look back

Available at: Silverlake, Livejournal
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Tenar, Penthe
Pairing: f/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2003

Just a Little Problem, by EK Black (general)
Summary: A random shot of our favorite wizard and his High Priestess, set right after The Tombs of Atuan

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2001

A Matter of Dress, by Eldrice (general)
Summary: During a rainy night on Gont, a mother tells her hurting daughter a small, quiet tale of Tenar of the Ring, containing just the slightest flavor of romance

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short story
Main characters: Tenar, Ogion, OC(s)
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

A Sail in the Harbor, by Eldrice (general)
Summary: ...catching herself, she laughed and let the hand fall easily to her side, where it smoothed her brown homespun dress. Oh, how Ged would laugh when he saw her, clad as a goatherd lass of Gont!

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Earthsea Fiction LJ
Length: long story
Main characters: Tenar, Flint, Ogion
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Comes the Prince, by Eldrice (general)
Summary: Tenar’s eyebrow quirked in response, and she looked thoughtful for several seconds. Finally: “Yes, highness, I suppose you may ask me to marry you, if that’s what you really wish.”

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Earthsea Fiction LJ
Length: short story
Main characters: Tenar, Ogion, OC(s)
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Darkness Broken, by Elehal (general)
Summary: Tenar thinks about the first time she saw Ged

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: ficlet
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2011

On Boxes, by Firerose (general)
Summary: Penthe had grown good at lying. Crossover with Doctor Who

On the Education of Daughters, by Firerose (general)
Summary: Kossil learns. Drabble and a half

The King’s Tale, by Ghilanna Faen Tlabbar (general)
Summary: The Tombs of Atuan, beginning from 'Orm Embar'. The name of this lay was first featured in 'Dragonfly'

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: long poem
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Unbinding, by Lila Futuransky (general)
Summary: Tenar knows what it means to be consumed.

Available at: Archive Of Our Own
Length: ficlet
Main characters: Tenar, Tehanu
Pairing: none
Source: Tehanu, Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009
Written for: Yuletide 2009

Feeling Liquid Velvet, by Michiru Takamuni (general)
Summary: Arha is contemplating what to do with Sparrowhawk at the Place of the Tombs. What will she do with the mage that has defiled the Undertomb and is now lying in the Great Treasure Room?

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

When a Sparrowhawk Cries, by Michiru Takamuni (general)
Summary: Tenar wants more action in her life. When a strange mage appears in the Tombs, her life and her own values are put at stake. Will they change? Is this handsome young wizard more than what he seems?

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Arha's Shadow, by Miss Morland (general)
Summary: Three people who love the Eaten One, each in their own way

Available at: Livejournal
Length: ficlet
Main characters: Manan, Thar, Penthe
Pairing: f/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009

Crushing, by Miss Morland (general)
Summary: Better to be disliked than pitied, better to be feared than scorned

Available at: Skyehawke, Livejournal
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Kossil
Pairing: none
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009
Written for: Earthsea Ficathon 2009

Defiance, by Miss Morland (general)
Summary: They never told you what would happen to the child, neither did you ask.

Available at: Livejournal
Length: drabble
Main characters: Minor
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2010
Written for: Earthsea Fiction LJ Challenge

Night Falling, by Miss Morland (general)
Summary: 'my heart's grown heavy, my knees will not support me / that once on a time were fleet for the dance as fawns.' (Arha-that-was/Thar)

Available at: Skyehawke, Livejournal
Length: drabble
Main characters: Thar, Arha-that-was
Pairing: f/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009
Written for: Earthsea Fiction LJ Challenge

Tenar's Story, by Queen of the Dragons (general)
Summary: The story of Tenar and Ged

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short poem
Main characters: Tenar, Ged, Tehanu
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu, The Other Wind
Time set: Multiple
Date published: 2004

Dragonlord, by Sanaryelle (general)
Summary: A story of the time that Ged sailed the Dragon's Run, first met Orm Embar, and was told the truth about the Ring of Erreth Akbe

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: medium story
Main characters: Ged, Orm Embar, OC(s)
Pairing: none
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

Passing, by Sanaryelle (general)
Summary: This oneshot describes the death of the Arha before Tenar. Kossil, Thar, and Manan appear, and Tenar turns up briefly at the end

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: long vignette
Main characters: Arha-that-was, Thar, Manan
Pairing: none
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Seasons In The Archipelago, by Serenissima (general)
Summary: "And if you ever need me again, call me. I will come. I would come from my grave if you called me, Tenar! But I cannot stay with you." (The Tombs of Atuan)

Available at: Yuletide, Livejournal
Length: long vignette
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu, The Other Wind
Time set: Multiple
Date published: 2004
Written for: Yuletide 2004

When She Gets Like That, by SilverCat63 (general)
Summary: This is just the scene from The Tombs of Atuan when Arha and Penthe are sitting on the wall from Penthe's point of view

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: short vignette
Main characters: Penthe, Tenar
Pairing: none
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009

Liberation, by Victoria P. (general)
Summary: There is liberation in service

Available at: Unfit for Society
Length: ficlet
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

Precious Things, by White Lady of the Ring (general)
Summary: Thoughts of love and hatred, trust and betrayal, beginnings and endings, and a goodbye that came all too soon. Ged/Tenar

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Earthsea Fiction LJ
Length: medium story
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2005
Written for: Earthsea Ficathon 2005

Torment, by White Lady of the Ring (teen; WIP)
Summary: 'She ran through the tunnels, her feet drifting off the floor it seemed, and her soul seemed to leave her body for a moment, pulling it in the wrong directions'

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Length: medium story
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

Patterning, by Wild Iris (general)
Summary: Tenar thinks about patterns

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Skyehawke, Speak Again
Length: drabble
Main characters: Tenar, Ged
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004