Såvitt jag kan säga är den enda delen av boken som passar bilden visad Guds konfrontation med Yevaud.
- Massiv drake - Kontrollera
- Trollkarls personal - Kontrollera
Självklart är Ged i en båt i själva passagen (och antagligen skulle inte stå med sin rygg till eldspridande draken), men det är lätt avskedat, vilket helt enkelt är ett resultat av avsiktlig felskrivning av illustratören eller redaktören:
Many years had the dragon sprawled on the island where golden breastplates and emeralds lay scattered among dust and bricks and bones; he had watched his black lizard-brood play among crumbling houses and try their wings from the cliffs; he had slept long in the sun, unwaked by voice or sail. He had grown old. It was hard now to stir, to face this mage-lad, this frail enemy, at the sight of whose staff Yevaud, the old dragon, winced. “You may choose nine stones from my hoard,” he said at last, his voice hissing and whining in his long jaws. “The best: take your choice. Then go!”
“I do not want your stones, Yevaud.”
“Where is men’s greed gone? Men loved bright stones in the old days in the North…I know what it is you want, wizard. I, too, can offer you safety, for I know what can save you. I know what alone can save you. There is a horror follows you. I will tell you its name.” Ged’s heart leaped in him, and he clutched his staff, standing as still as the dragon stood. He fought a moment with sudden, startling hope.