Lord Cob
Lord Cob appears in the 2006 film Tales from Earthsea loosely based on the Earthsea books. The Lord Cob of the film differs somewhat from the character Cob from the novel The Farthest Shore.
Lord Cob was a Dark Wizard (Necromancer) who was banished by Sparrowhawk to the Dry Lands, where he survived by building a fortress out of Dragon bones. Well trained in the Wisdom of the Ages, he was a dangerous wizard who secretly acquired the power-equivalent of the Archmage by spending years studying magic. His ambition was to open the Door between Life and Death, and thus attain eternal life. He was defeated by Ged in The Farthest Shore and by P...read more