I recently re-read Tombs of Atuan for the first time in ages, mostly because I am still really into the Locked Tomb fandom and I was reminded that this wasn't the first time I loved a small pale goth child who lived in the dark and cared for an ancient Tomb and had far too much responsibility and guilt and power dropped on her shoulders far too young.

I still really liked it! And it was one of those books I finally re-read and kept going, "Oh, here is where that thing that is a fundamental part of my mental landscape came from, I had forgotten."

And now of course I am playing with a crossover where the first Arha after the Tombs fell was called Harrowhark before she was eaten. :D

But! I did find on my re-read that I had a lot of trouble with the Labyrinth. With making it work in my head. Which is sad because there was a period in my life when the Labyrinth was one of my favorite places in all the worlds.

( Do we still care about Earthsea spoilers? )

Anyway I wrote this out to see if I could come up with a Theory of the Place that made sense in my head, but I think the actual conclusion I came to is that I need to go build the Place of the Tombs in Minecraft....