Kalessin

Kalessin is a powerful, 'iron coloured' dragon that features in the third and fourth Earthsea novels The Farthest Shore and Tehanu. It is often respectfully addressed as "the Eldest," because it is the oldest dragon known to be living. 
It is described in The Farthest Shore as iron-colored with dark red wings and long, yellow teeth, exhibiting “a deep and frightening calmness.” Kalessin's gender is unknown; in her essay "Earthsea Revisioned" Le Guin states that Kalessin may be "male or female or both or something else." At the time of The Farthest Shore, Kalessin was one of only seven living creatures to whom Ged had revealed his True Name, a sign of great trust.
Kalessin may actually be Segoy, the creator of all the lands Earthsea; or some guise of Segoy. Tehanu addresses Kalessin as Segoy at one point while speaking in the Language of the Making, in which all names are true names, and Ged seems to confirm it a moment later when he calls Kalessin “the giver of names.” However, Tehanu also calls the dragon Kalessin at other times. It is a riddle how Kalessin could have two true names, since wizards believe true names are mutually exclusive. However, there may be a clue in "A Description of Earthsea," which cryptically says, “Some think all dragons, or certain dragons, or certain people, are manifestations of Segoy.”
==Appearances==
When Ged and Arren return from destroying the evil wizard Cob, Kalessin is waiting for them. Kalessin tells the two to 'mount', and the dragon carries them both back through the Archipelago. Arren he leaves on Roke, but Kalessin takes Ged back to Gont, where he believes he can die in peace. 
Category:Dragons