Gar

Gar is a city in the hill country of Atuan, one of the four lands of the Kargad Empire. It is mentioned in the context of the search for the reborn Priestess of the Tombs of Atuan, when the priestesses and wardens of the Place of the Tombs went forth across the desert, among the towns and villages of Atuan, seeking and asking for the girl-child who was born on the night of the Priestess's death. The search party first went to Tenacbah, a great city, and then on to Gar, but nobody in those cities had a baby girl born to them on the correct day. The search then continued into the hill country north of Gar, to the towns and villages, where Manan, the Warden, was born. The land there is green, with rivers running, in contrast to the desert of the Place of the Tombs. Gar is also mentioned as a location in the Kargad Empire that was attacked by Kargish raiders, who were white-skinned, yellow-haired, and fierce, liking the sight of blood and the smell of burning towns. The Kargs attacked the Torikles and the strong island Torheven, raiding in great force in fleets of red-sailed ships. News of this came north to Gont, but the Lords of Gont were busy with their piracy and paid small heed to the woes of other lands. Then Spevy fell to the Kargs and was looted and laid waste, its people taken as slaves, so that even now it is an isle of ruins. In lust of conquest the Kargs sailed next to Gont, coming in a host, thirty great longships, to East Port. They fought through that town, took it, burned it; leaving their ships under guard at the mouth of the River Ar they went up the Vale wrecking and looting, slaughtering cattle and men. As they went they split into bands, and each of these bands plundered where it chose. Fugitives brought warning to the villages of the heights. Soon the people of Ten Alders saw smoke darken the eastern sky, and that night those who climbed the High Fall looked down on the Vale all hazed and red-streaked with fires where fields ready for harvest had been set ablaze, and orchards burned, the fruit roasting on the blazing boughs, and barns and farmhouses smoldered in ruin. The Kargs also shouted their war-cry, the names of the White Godbrothers of Atuan: "Wuluah! Atwah!" The Kargish raiders are also described as white-skinned, yellow-haired, and fierce, liking the sight of blood and the smell of burning towns. The Kargs attacked the Torikles and the strong island Torheven, raiding in great force in fleets of red-sailed ships. News of this came north to Gont, but the Lords of Gont were busy with their piracy and paid small heed to the woes of other lands. Then Spevy fell to the Kargs and was looted and laid waste, its people taken as slaves, so that even now it is an isle of ruins. In lust of conquest the Kargs sailed next to Gont, coming in a host, thirty great longships, to East Port. They fought through that town, took it, burned it; leaving their ships under guard at the mouth of the River Ar they went up the Vale wrecking and looting, slaughtering cattle and men. As they went they split into bands, and each of these bands plundered where it chose. Fugitives brought warning to the villages of the heights. Soon the people of Ten Alders saw smoke darken the eastern sky, and that night those who climbed the High Fall looked down on the Vale all hazed and red-streaked with fires where fields ready for harvest had been set ablaze, and orchards burned, the fruit roasting on the blazing boughs, and barns and farmhouses smoldered in ruin. The Kargs also shouted their war-cry, the names of the White Godbrothers of Atuan: "Wuluah! Atwah!" The Kargish raiders are also described as white-skinned, yellow-haired, and fierce, liking the sight of blood and the smell of burning towns. The Kargs attacked the Torikles and the strong island Torheven, raiding in great force in fleets of red-sailed ships. News of this came north to Gont, but the Lords of Gont were busy with their piracy and paid small heed to the woes of other lands. Then Spevy fell to the Kargs and was looted and laid waste, its people taken as slaves, so that even now it is an isle of ruins. In lust of conquest the Kargs sailed next to Gont, coming in a host, thirty great longships, to East Port. They fought through that town, took it, burned it; leaving their ships under guard at the mouth of the River Ar they went up the Vale wrecking and looting, slaughtering cattle and men. As they went they split into bands, and each of these bands plundered where it chose. Fugitives brought warning to the villages of the heights. Soon the people of Ten Alders saw smoke darken the eastern sky, and that night those who climbed the High Fall looked down on the Vale all hazed and red-streaked with fires where fields ready for harvest had been set ablaze, and orchards burned, the fruit roasting on the blazing boughs, and barns and farmhouses smoldered in ruin. The Kargs also shouted their war-cry, the names of the White Godbrothers of Atuan: "Wuluah! Atwah!"