Fat, shy, and largely incompetent, Underhill mostly uses simple magic to help the villagers with day-to-day minor medical and agricultural difficulties. Sattins Island (among the Islands of Earthsea, though this is not mentioned in the original story) contains a rustic village and their resident wizard, nicknamed "Underhill" because he lives in a cave below a hill. Both stories help explain the underpinnings of the Earthsea realm, in particular the importance of true names to magic. This story and " The Word of Unbinding" convey Le Guin's initial concepts for the Earthsea realm, most importantly its places and physical manifestation, but not most of the characters appearing in the novels, other than the dragon Yevaud. Le Guin, first published in the April 1964 issue of Fantastic, and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. " The Rule of Names" is a short story by American writer Ursula K.
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