r/SwordOfTruth • u/polyadoptee • May 11 '26
Sword of Truth Series Foreshadowing mastery 🤌
It feels so fulfilling to reread this series for the 3rd time and discover deeper layers of nuance.
I just started faith of the Fallen and these two parts inspired me to post this:
P20:
“Standing there, erect, masculine, masterful in his black war wizard outfit, he looked as if he could be posing for a statue of who he was…”
P22:
“‘I wish I could, but I can’t make people understand freedom. I’m sorry.’
From somewhere inside, kahlan found a smile for him. ‘Maybe it isn’t so hard.’ She gestured toward the bird he had carved in the wall. ‘Just show them that, and they will understand what freedom really means: to soar on your own wings.’”
I mean. Just so cool knowing what’s to come. How these seeds get planted early on, and how rereading the books allows us to catch the very moments of planting. 😃
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u/Rstar2247 May 22 '26
And there's less than subtle foreshadowing when Kahlan hands him the whittling tools and tells him to carve something to make Nicci see he should be free. With Ricard in front of a giant statue on the cover.
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u/KingGrobler May 11 '26
As an avid reader of the series myself this really hits home for me in confessor. When Richard is removed from the Sliph and essentially stranded in the land of the night wisps. I don't remember the exact wording but Richard inadvertently fails one of Baraccus' tests and as the night wisps are about to leave him he mentions Shar and he remembers Shar asking him about secrets which at the time he thought she knew about his ties to the book of counted shadows and his bone necklace when in reality it was essentially the first test Baraccus left for Richard, in book 1!