Tenar

[close] She is also called White Lady of Gont and Tenar of the Ring as well as Arha and Goha.

Tenar was born on the Kargish island of Atuan. Believed to be the reincarnation of the last One Priestess of the Tombs, she was taken from her parents at the age of 5, and then at age 6 she was dedicated to the Nameless Ones. She grew up in the temple complex, taking on the full responsibility as the One Priestess as a teenager. When Ged enters the labyrinth beneath the Tombs in search of the long-lost half of the ring of Erreth-Akbe, Tenar traps him and intends to kill him for his insolence. Instead, she helps him recover the ring and then flees with him to Havnor, abandoning her worship of the Nameless Ones.

Tenar became Ogion's ward. Ogion sought to teach as if she were his apprentice, but Tenar chose instead the life of a wife and mother and married the farmer Flint. She raised her two children, Apple and Spark, on Oak Farm. After being widowed, she adopted Tehanu who had been assaulted and abandoned. When Ged returned to Gont after having lost all his power and abdicated his position as Archmage, Tenar and he married, and they settled down Ogion's house at Re Albi.