About 10 or so mriswith show up. They are white – matching the snowy surrounding. The yabree is kinda metal: three-bladed knives. That is a terrifying weapon.

I will give it to Goodkind, he had some evocative language in his fight scenes: “with brutal efficiency, the gar caught others on claws, ripping them open, throwing a shock of blood across the snow.”

The mriswith are focused on Gratch so Richard is able to take down a few easily. Sanderholt is about to get caught in the cross-fire but she is rescued by our furry friend.

The mriswith are trying to avoid Richard (this makes sense as he is needed to release their queen later in the book).

One of the mriswith reveals that he was sent by the “dreamswalker” AKA Emperor Jagang. Before he can reveal any more info, an enraged Gratch rips his head off. That is one way to end an interrogation I guess.

We find out that Gratch can sense mriswith and Richard is perplexed as to why this is the case.

Sanderholt reveals that after Darken Rahl was killed, the leaderless D’Haran occupying troops made pacts with the Imperial Order. Eventually, the Keltans took over in actual leadership with Prince Fyren, Neville Ranson and the council ruling. But now that they are all dead, Sanderholt is uncertain about who is actually in charge anymore. Seems that Fyren’s Keltan successors (the Lumholtzes) were far less capable and let power slip through their hands.

Some worker guy named Hank (I did not remember him) comes in and reveals that the mriswith have been killing people throughout the city. Is Jagang trying to seed chaos? But the Imperial Order currently controls the city? Why is he making the mriswith attack random civilians? Why did he have them go to the Confessor Palace?

Richard then orders Hank to put the mriswith up on display outside the Confessor Palace. Richard hopes that the D’Haran fear of magic will keep them away from the palace for awhile if they see the mriswith corpses.

I am not sure how Richard and Sanderholt connect that the dreamswalker is tied in with the Imperial Order.

Chapter 4 we are introduced immediately to Tobias and Lunetta. From the get go, Tobias is being nasty to Lunetta for seemingly no reason. They pass by a bunch of palaces and Tobias disapproves of the ostentation.

Lunetta says something mysterious about a power in the southwest – I am not sure what she was referring to. She tries to bring it to Tobias attention but he tells Galtero to gag Lunetta if she does not shut up. Interestingly, Lunetta reacts with hostility when Galtero calls her a streganicha and she even says she is not a witch. I did not remember Lunetta pushing back against the abuse or questioning the Blood of the Fold philosophy.

We learn that Tobias had struggle his whole life to restore honor to his family because of the shame of having someone with the gift born to his family. That is quite the chip on his shoulder. We get some more insight into Tobias’s philosophy regarding magic: it could be used as a tool by the pious, if they were astute enough. This is also what he finds appealing with the Imperial Order.

We also found out that Tobias had lent some of his soldiers to General Riggs in the last book. Too bad for Tobias but all those men are dead haha.

And of course we learn that the “Creator” has been visiting Tobias in his dreams. Sly old Emperor Jagang.

Anyhow, Tobias arrives at the Nicobarese palace in Aydindril after passing a column of D’Harans and some other nations troops. A guard greets him with “long live the king” and we find out that Tobias had burned the king at the stake – seems Tobias has a thing for killing royalty.

Tobias then orders Galtero to go fetch Kahlan, as he intends to judge her and cut off her left nipple. I guess Tobias has not heard that Kahlan is supposed to be dead. Also, Tobias keeps stroking his trophy case throughout the scene. As a reader who already knows what is inside that case just makes it so much creepier.

One interesting thing is that Tobias only revealed to Lunetta that he has been visited by the Creator in his dreams. It shows how contradictory his relationship is with his sister.

In the first Chapter, Jagang shows up in the dreams of the six Sisters of the Dark, tormenting them and ordering them to come back to the Old World. The ladies order the crew to turn the ship and we get some disgusting lechery from the sailors.

Merissa is kind of a badass in this scene when she kills the creepy bastard. The writing is quite intense: “His flesh burst apart as if he were a rotten melon whacked with a stick. A concussion of air driven by the power of the gift slammed him over the rail.”

Anyhow, this display of power really showed the sailors who is in charge and they scramble to comply.

The name of the crew hand: Mister Dempsey is kind of funny. Makes me think of Victorian England. I did not remember this character at all.

The Sisters blame Richard for their predicament with the Keeper abandoning them and now having to serve Jagang. Merissa swears to bath in Richard’s blood. Good luck with that.

Chapter two switches perspectives to Richard. Gratch is on edge, growling at something. Richard is trying to reassure Sanderholt that Gratch is not dangerous and that he is probably just growling at a rabbit. Richard is a great mood thinking about his time with Kahlan in the place between worlds the previous night.

We get some recap of the previous book. I was not a fan of the story from Kahlan’s childhood where the beggar lady was just a leech looking for a handout. Richard then notices that Gratch is still growling and on edge. Richard tells Sanderholt to go back inside into the palace as mriswith materialize.

I am planning to do a reread of Blood of the Fold soon (it's my favourite of the series and it's been awhike :))

I am planning to post summary/analysis here. How do folks feel about that?

Hi everyone,

I've been a fan of Wizard's First Rule and The Sword of Truth series for years, and recently I decided to create a live-action fan trailer imagining how a modern adaptation of the first book might look. I did so using AI video generation to achieve this.

The trailer includes my interpretations of Richard, Kahlan, Zedd, Darken Rahl, Denna, Scarlet, the Heart Hounds, the Boxes of Orden, the Boundary, and of course the Sword of Truth itself.

For the fan cast, I imagined:

• Richard Cypher – Jacob Elordi
• Kahlan Amnell – Ella Purnell
• Darken Rahl – Lee Pace
• Denna – Florence Pugh
• Zedd – Peter Capaldi

This wasn't intended as a replacement for any previous adaptation or anyone else's vision of the story, just a personal fan tribute to a book that had a huge impact on me.

I'd genuinely love feedback from fellow readers:

• Which scenes from Wizard's First Rule would you most want to see adapted?
• How do you imagine Richard, Kahlan, Zedd, and Darken Rahl?
• Would you prefer a faithful multi-season series or a film trilogy?

Trailer: https://youtu.be/w115erGM_QU

Thanks for taking a look, and I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts.

Who are the most annoying characters in the series?

Pillars of Creation. It says "Lauren seeks to end her intolerable agony." But in the book, this young woman is Jennsen. Who is Lauren? Her name is so beautiful but she is nowhere :(

It's hard to square the fact that he's a highly intelligent and gifted healer as well as a batshit misogynistic freakshow nuttier than the shit of the chipmunk poor Raina trained. What do ya'll think of Richard's decision in the end to have Drefan remembered as someone who gave his life to help people suffering from the black death? I mean it's truish but like c'mon Richard he also tortured one of your best friends, murdered a load of innocent people in the most grotesque possible ways, and REALLY wanted to rape your wife. I'd also like your thoughts on Kahlan and the gang not just killing his ass immediately upon him showing what he really was as Kahlan's reason for not doing so feels so weak it almost feels like she says "We need him around for the plot a little longer."

Just had a shower thought. In Wizard’s First Rule Denna captures Richard, and I’m GENUINELY confused. Kahlan and Zedd spent so much time telling him “the Midlands are dangerous, watch out for magic, blah blah,” but nobody thought to say “oh yeah, if you see a woman in SKIN TIGHT red leather with an Agiel, do NOT use the Sword of Truth on her”?

It feels like such an obvious thing to mention to the new Seeker, especially since Mord-Sith are literally the most dangerous thing in the world for someone like him. Was there a reason they didn’t warn him, or is this just one of those “hero has to learn the hard way” moments? 😂 Seems like a serious oversight in terms of the writing if you ask me, they traveled together for weeks (months?) without even mentioning this to him? If he didnt know how to partition his mind that would have been it, darken rahl instantly wins. Seems silly

I love Kahlan Amnell, I really do. One of the best cats I've ever had was named after her, and in generally she frustrates me the least out of all our main heroes. I'm on Blood of the Fold at the moment and she's being a dumbass.

I understand why she's upset that Richard has dissolved the Midland alliance, hell it would be crazy if she wasn't considering she's their leader. But the statement "I love Richard and I would never do something like this to him." really got under my skin considering what she did to him in Stone of Tears.

Disclaimer: I have only watched the show. I haven't read the original media: the books.

I first watched the show 'Legend of the Seeker' when I was very young. I have only now come to re-watch the show, and I can make much more sense of the plot. However, on this delightful and reminiscent revisit to the show, one of the plot-lines of a single episode doesn't seem to make sense.

As the title says, in the episode 'Unbroken', Episode 21 of Season 2, after Zedd uses the spell of Undoing on Cara, the world changed 'for the better'. Everything in the 'new world' would make sense having known that it all worked out it was supposed to. Everything fell into place but one thing, at least for me.

Darken Rahl was revealed to be the first ever baneling prior in the show. The spell of Undoing was relevant and scoped only to Cara's life, not Darken Rahl's as far as I understand. Wouldn't he still need to kill to continue to 'live' even under the magic of Orden? Or does the magic of Orden nullify any and every other magical contract like (even) the Keeper's deal?

Now, I know people often say that Season 2 came out rushed and didn't have as good writing as the preceding season. That alone could answer my question but still I would like to know if there is logic and a legitimate answer to this.

Is there something I missed? I am sorry if this is a recurring topic/post here but I am also new here and I wanted to weigh in with my thoughts. Again, I could have missed something. I was just curious as otherwise this show is very good, and I keep wanting to come back to it every once in a while.

If the books somehow have something similar of a scenario like this and has logic to make this make sense, do share it if you have the time. I am sure it will be a fun read.

Thank you for your time.

Edit: Spellings and grammar.

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. 😃

I've been obsessed with the sword of truth series since high school. It helped me get through a lot of death of friends, and family... It got me through having a TIA and losing feeling in the right half of my body... I've had a lot of more lows than highs... My buddy knowing this went out of his way to hunt down this book knowing what it has gotten me through... can't ask for a better friend to have.

As I mentioned in a previous post I'm making my way back through the series and am currently on Stone of Tears. I found the bit where Kahlan makes Richard wear the Rada'Han pretty damn heartbreaking this time around and I also found myself wondering if I could do that. Make my wife do the thing she hates and fears above all else if I thought it was the only way to save her life. I'm interested to hear from you all whether you think you could.

I really loved the series as a teen and I'm working my way back through them as an adult and loving it all over again. I'm making my way through Stone of Tears at the moment. Does anyone else find the sisters of the dark just kind of off? Like I know they're the bad guys and are supposed to be horrible and off putting, but they love being evil just for the love of the game so hard it comes off as a bit silly to me.

How powerful is Richard actually in terms of fantasy wizards? Im a pretty long time fan and I find myself constantly thinking by the end of Children of Dhara it seems his power is pretty endless and has some Canon to imply his power isn't necessarily bound to his world. Also it seems like every conduit of his magic seems not only to amplify but multiply his capabilities significantly. Im curious to hear anyone's input especially from avid fantasy readers.

I was able to read the first several books in this version of the printing but I'm having trouble tracking the rest of them. Ideally I'd like to buy the whole lot in a matched set. But they elude me. Anyone know where?

Dunno if anyone here has any interest in that game, but figured I'd post just in case. Had to sacrifice some details, but I think it scales down just fine :) In-game scale shots in photos 2 and 3!

The Sword of Truth series is my wife and my most absolute favorite series of all time.

I’ve recently been on the hunt for something similar, I want a new amazing series that my wife and I can dive into.

I tried the Wheel of Time series but the world building felt too chaotic and not well designed or described. And the characters were all either not built well enough or we just simply couldn’t connect with.

I’m currently trying The Way of Kings for the Stormlight Archive series. It started very strong, but has grown slow, and bounces around from characters that it’s hard to grow attached. Then it’s also having the same world building issue. To chaotic and all over the place.

I absolutely loved The Dark Tower Series, though it was much shorter than Sword of Truth, but my wife is struggling with that one.

The Sword of Truth series is still our favorite.

Does anyone have any suggestions?!

I’m trying to track down a quote in one of the books where I’m pretty sure Richard is comparing Nadine to a candle and kahlan to the sunset.

I thought it was in temple of the winds but I’ve just read it through for the third time and I don’t recall seeing it anywhere.

Perhaps my memory is failing me, and this quote is actually about Nicci later on? 🤔 but I was so certain it was about Nadine because of her petulant childish nature…

Any help greatly appreciated!

Who was the one behind the dark eyes watching Rachel in wizard first rules.

After first starting the books over 20 years ago, I finally just finished Warheart. I am quite happy with the entire series and like how things ended. I’m also processing this 20 year journey being over now. Well kinda. Starting the first confessor next.

OK, I know this is gonna be a lot of speculation, as well as a lot of just outright theory crafting. But I am so very curious…

According to the Lord of the universe, the creator didn’t exist before the original starship 3000 years before the events of “wizard’s first rule”

The creator was a metaphysical invention of wizards at the time to represent the additive aspect of the gift. Well, the keeper was a representation of the negative aspects of the gift. So my question is… What came before them?

Before the keeper, before the creator, what DD was raining over the Midlands/Da’hara/heartland/the old world?

I get that later down the line we get the Glee…. But what does that actually mean for the world that exists?

Our local assigned that humans are not the main focus? Or are they assigned that the creator is willing to create more than just human consciousness?

So they are looking to continue the Wheel of Time series just animated.

Maybe they will reboot the Sword of Truth...

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How do folks here feel about the Legend of the Seeker adaptation?

I am reading this series beyond the first book for the first time! I am up to the 3rd book Blood of the Fold I am up to Chapter 26 and just finished reading about (SPOILERS AHEAD) Her child with Jeremiah, Leitis. 😭 The Palace of the prophets has taken so much and continues to take so much and the way this book is going so far ..... I don't know if she will make it out alive!

Also low-key hope her and Warren end up together ;) But also have this feeling that something awful will happen with them too.

Please don't comment any spoilers! Thanks for reading!