rahl, richard (fictitious character)

The heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth, is faced with a wrenching decision when he is poisoned and must either deliver his wife Kahlan into bondage or be denied the antidote.

The beginning of the story of young Abby and the wizard Zedd Zorander. Abby is trapped between conflict and duty as the shadow of ancient betrayal affects his life.

Richard, the Lord Rahl and the Seeker of Truth, and his beloved Kahlan must fight for good in the midst of evil, but they must do it separately after Richard is captured by a Sister of the Dark; and, consequently, their loyalties are furiously tested.

The heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth, is faced with a wrenching decision when he is poisoned and must either deliver his wife Kahlan into bondage or be denied the antidote.

As the world is overtaken by evil, never to be the same again, wizard Richard Rahl struggles with guilt over the sin he cannot confess to his wife, Mother Confessor Kahlan, who has lost all her memories.

As an unearthly force threatens the Pillars of Creation, Richard Rahl and his wife, Kahlan, are hunted like animals in a cold, desolate land, and a young woman named Jennsen Daggett struggles to rid her mind of the strange, inhuman voices that torment her.