Gebbeth

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A gebbeth is the physical shell of a man or other being which has been consumed by another power. They feature in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series.

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The word 'Gebbeth' is used synonymously with 'instrument' in A Description of Earthsea.

In the book A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged was pursued and almost overpowered by a gebbeth in the form of Skiorh in Osskil.

The Enemy of Morred turned Elfarren's brother Salan into a gebbeth and used it to trick her into travelling to the Jaws of Enlad.