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* DealWithTheDevilDealWithTheDevil: She joined the Sisters of the Dark, but not out of a desire for power, or immortality, or rewards. She hated herself so greatly that she actually ''wanted'' to be damned for all eternity, and didn't think she deserved anything more. This turned out to work to her advantage, as [[spoiler:she renounced the Keeper, getting out of that "etenral torment in the underworld" bit, while still getting to keep the Subtractive Magic that she got as part of the bargain.]]
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* {{Lust}}: Subverted. According to Richard(right after meeting her for the first time), Nicci is "the embodiment of pure, unadulterated lust." However, Nicci herself is not a particularly lustful person at all. She has little in the way of personal ambitions and desires, and doesn't even particularly like sex.
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* UnstoppableRage: When Richard [[spoiler: refuses to sleep with her]], and again when [[spoiler: she thinks that he's "profiteering."]]
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* AffablyEvil: Even when she's working on behalf of the Imperial Order, rending {{Mooks}} with violent magic, casting dangerous spells on Kahlan, and [[spoiler: taking Richard prisoner]], she maintains a calm and polite presence, never raises her voice, and in general acts like she's dealing with old friends.
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* CunningLinguist: Being that she, like other Confessors, are diplomats and are expected to travel the Midlands to settle disputes, she can speak almost every language in the Midlands, including Nicobarese, Mud Person, Bantak, the common language also spoken in Westland and D'Hara, etc. The only language she hasn't been able to understand and translate so far is High D'Haran.
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Emperor Jagang's strategist, a very high ranking man in the Imperial Order, and Jennsen's companion throughout ''The Pillars of Creation.''
* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain: He's well-intentioned, AffablyEvil, seemed to genuinely be in love with Jennsen, and is still utterly devoted to the Imperial Order and willing to commit any number of atrocities in its name.
* BadassNormal
* BigDamnHeroes: He appears and kills the last men of a quad and saves Jennsen from them, though not in time to save her mother. [[spoiler: It turns out, they weren't a quad, but Sebastian's own men, disguised so that he could eliminate Jennsen's mother, make himself look like a hero to her, and turn her against Richard.]]
* BlueEyes
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* EvilGenius: He's one of Jagang's primary advisors and tacticians, and the strategist for the Imperial Order as a whole.
* EvilWillFail: The conflict between his love for Jennsen and his loyalty to the Imperial Order's beliefs is one of the primary factors that leads to him [[spoiler: killing himself.]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Arranging the death of Jennsen's mother, along with four of his own soldiers, in order to ingratiate himself to Jennsen and fool her into trusting him.]]
* TheUnfettered: He isn't as sadistic as most other villains and avoids being a CompleteMonster, but he is still very much on the Imperial Order's side and has little compunction to "sacrificing" numerous innocent people in the name of winning the war.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WeHaveReserves/ YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He doesn't seem to have a problem with causing the deaths of his own men along the way, once they do their part.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Though he isn't that old, he has a full head of stark white hair.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He consumes a certain plant in a dangerous quantity to give himself a fever, so that Jennsen will be encouraged to offer him shelter for the night.
Emperor Jagang's strategist, a very high ranking man in the Imperial Order, and Jennsen's companion throughout ''The Pillars of Creation.''
* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain: He's well-intentioned, AffablyEvil, seemed to genuinely be in love with Jennsen, and is still utterly devoted to the Imperial Order and willing to commit any number of atrocities in its name.
* BadassNormal
* BigDamnHeroes: He appears and kills the last men of a quad and saves Jennsen from them, though not in time to save her mother. [[spoiler: It turns out, they weren't a quad, but Sebastian's own men, disguised so that he could eliminate Jennsen's mother, make himself look like a hero to her, and turn her against Richard.]]
* BlueEyes
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* EvilGenius: He's one of Jagang's primary advisors and tacticians, and the strategist for the Imperial Order as a whole.
* EvilWillFail: The conflict between his love for Jennsen and his loyalty to the Imperial Order's beliefs is one of the primary factors that leads to him [[spoiler: killing himself.]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Arranging the death of Jennsen's mother, along with four of his own soldiers, in order to ingratiate himself to Jennsen and fool her into trusting him.]]
* TheUnfettered: He isn't as sadistic as most other villains and avoids being a CompleteMonster, but he is still very much on the Imperial Order's side and has little compunction to "sacrificing" numerous innocent people in the name of winning the war.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WeHaveReserves/ YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He doesn't seem to have a problem with causing the deaths of his own men along the way, once they do their part.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Though he isn't that old, he has a full head of stark white hair.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He consumes a certain plant in a dangerous quantity to give himself a fever, so that Jennsen will be encouraged to offer him shelter for the night.
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* NightmareRetardant: A lot of villains use the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Menacing Name the Menacing Word" formula.]] He opted for the lesser known "Ordinary Name the Children's Toy", a technique also put to good effect by the Jonathan the Frisbee and Pam the Merry-Go-Round.
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* NightmareRetardant: A lot of villains use the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Menacing Name the Menacing Word" formula.nomenclature.]] He opted for the lesser known "Ordinary Name the Children's Toy", a technique formula also put to good effect by the Jonathan the Frisbee and Pam the Merry-Go-Round.
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* HairTriggerTemper: He could be quite affable and personable at times, then AxCrazy at others.
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* HairTriggerTemper: Like most of the other villains, he's prone to murderous rages at the drop of a hat, but can also be calm and polite and even forgiving at other times.
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* PluckyGirlPluckyComicRelief: Drifts in this direction in the later books.
* PluckyGirl: She starts to have lighter moments as the series goes on, but if anyone threatens Richard, she morphs into a Determinator.
* PluckyGirl: She starts to have lighter moments as the series goes on, but if anyone threatens Richard, she morphs into a Determinator.
* TakingTheBullet: In ''Temple of the Winds,'' she throws herself in front of an attack directed at Richard. This worked out to her favor due to her immunity to magic.
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* VillainessesWantHeroes: Does she ''ever''.
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* CombatMedic: What he seems to be at first.
* DeadlyDoctor: After his evil side is revealed.
* DeadlyDoctor: After his evil side is revealed.
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* LoveAtFirstPunch: With Benjamin Meiffert. Their first meeting was when she ambushed him on his way to deliver a message to Richard and "tickled" his ribs with her Agiel. Shortly afterwards, Richard [[{{Foreshadowing}} made a joke about offering Meiffert Cara's hand in marriage.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: She was an exceptionally kindhearted girl, which made it all the harder to break her in the beginning, and resulting in an even crueler Mord-Sith at the end.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: She was [[UsedToBeASweetKid an exceptionally kindhearted girl, girl]], which made it all the harder to break her in the beginning, and resulting in an even crueler Mord-Sith at the end.
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* GeniusBruiser: He appears heavily muscled, with arms thicker than some people's waists, and an enormous bull neck. However, he's a scholar and a tactician as well as a warrior and a leader, and as Kahlan admits, he is from from being just some stupid brute. "He was a very smart brute."
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* GeniusBruiser: He appears heavily muscled, with arms thicker than some people's waists, and an enormous bull neck. However, he's a scholar and a tactician as well as a warrior and a leader, and as Kahlan admits, he is from far from being just some stupid brute. "He was a very smart brute."
* FaceHeelTurn
* NeverLiveItDown: He's usually remembered for his speech against fire.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Chickens aside, the idea that they can just suddenly show up and make you drown yourself can be frightening.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Part of the reason she ends up [[spoiler:redeemed. Richard, though he's brainwashed and tortured into submission, is the first person in her whole life since becoming Mord-Sith who is selflessly nice to her]].
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Darken Rahl's favored Mord-Sith and one of the most skilled and relentless [[TortureTechnician Torture Technicians]] in D'Hara. She is charged by the Lord Rahl to trap Richard and torture him into insanity so that he will reveal the secrets of orden to Rahl.
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Darken Rahl's favored Mord-Sith and one of the most skilled and relentless [[TortureTechnician Torture Technicians]] in D'Hara. She is charged by the Lord Rahl to trap Richard and torture him into insanity so that he will reveal the secrets of orden to Rahl.
Rahl. [[ItGotWorse She does]].
* AntiMagic: As Richard discovered when he tried to attack her with the Sword of Truth for the first time.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Subverted. She certainly acted like one when she first appeared, but turned out to have a small shred of goodness still in her underneath the madness and the cruelty, leading to her eventual redemption and death.]]
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Right before Richard kills her, she strips herself naked. She explains then, that all of her clothing and possessions are those of a Mord-Sith, and she wishes to die the way she was born, simply as Denna, not a Mord-Sith.]]
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: A beat-down on Richard that lasts [[BeyondTheImpossible for several chapters]] and is [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] [[ItGotWorse as]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice all]] [[ColdBloodedTorture hell]].
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* LastRequest: She asks Richard to . . . take her last breath before she dies.
* MutilationInterrogation: Her attempts to get Richard good and ready to answer Darken Rahl's questions involve slowly breaking his ribs one by one, dragging her Agiel across his flesh to raise blood-filled welts, an implied GroinAttack, sticking the Agiel ''inside his ear'', and a lot of other things, all described in excruciating detail.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: A beat-down on Richard that lasts [[BeyondTheImpossible for several chapters]] and is [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] [[ItGotWorse as]][[CrossesTheLineTwice [[AuthorAppeal all]] [[ColdBloodedTorture hell]].
* MutilationInterrogation: Her attempts to get Richard good and ready to answer Darken Rahl's questions involve slowly breaking his ribs one by one, dragging her Agiel across his flesh to raise blood-filled welts, an implied GroinAttack, sticking the Agiel ''inside his ear'', and a lot of other things, all described in excruciating detail.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: A beat-down on Richard that lasts [[BeyondTheImpossible for several chapters]] and is [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] [[ItGotWorse as]]
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Darken Rahl's favored Mord-Sith and one of the most skilled and relentless [[TortureTechnician Torture Technicians]] in D'Hara. She is charged by the Lord Rahl to trap Richard and torture him into insanity so that he will reveal the secrets of orden to Rahl.
* AgonyBeam
* TheBaroness
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil
* BerserkButton: Richard, out of [[StockholmSyndrome a confused sense of caring for her]], attempts to relieve her of the pain of having to "train" him (which causes the Mord-Sith constant pain just by holding [[AgonyBeam the Agiel]]), asks her to let a different Mord-Sith take over his training. She explodes into an UnstoppableRage and launches a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She was an exceptionally kindhearted girl, which made it all the harder to break her in the beginning, and resulting in an even crueler Mord-Sith at the end.
* BrokenBird
* BrownEyes
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil. [[spoiler: Later NeutralGood.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: Pain, killing, near-death experiences . . . "It can have a pleasure all its own."
* DarkActionGirl
* DarkAndTroubledPast: One of the darkest and most troubled in the series. When she reveals some of it to Richard, he simultaneously feels sympathy, and an increased sense of hopelessness as he realizes just how profoundly ''messed up'' a madwoman he is dealing with.
* FreudianExcuse: She was abducted as a young girl and forced to become a Mord-Sith, repeatedly broken, forced to watch her mother die and kill her own father, and eventually became the twisted TortureTechnician that she is today.
* HellBentForLeather: Red leather, like other Mord-Sith. She briefly puts on white leather to show that she has such power over Richard that she doesn't need to make him bleed. Shortly after, she stains the entire outfit with his blood.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Constance, another Mord-Sith. The "heterosexual" might only be on Denna's half of the relationship, however, as Constance [[DoesNotLikeMen hates men]] and generally acts like a PsychoLesbian.
* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Not just for the readers, but literally for Richard.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Her plan is to torture Richard until he is willing to answer any question that Darken Rahl asks him.
* KissOfLife: She uses to technique to make sure her pets don't die during training.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: A beat-down on Richard that lasts [[BeyondTheImpossible for several chapters]] and is [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] [[ItGotWorse as]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice all]] [[ColdBloodedTorture hell]].
* ThePesci
* PetTheDog: During his torture by and virtual slavery to her, Richard still seems to care for her and want to keep her from being in pain. Denna is extremely confused by this for awhile, but afterwards Pets The Richard several times.
* RapeIsLove: Richard being the victim, and Denna being the rapist.
* RapeIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Denna's physical and sexual abuse of Richard is shown negatively, but [[StockholmSyndrome he ends up falling in love with her anyway]].
* SelfMadeOrphan
* ShootYourMate
* SpiritAdvisor: In ''Temple of the Winds'' and ''Confessor.''
* TortureTechnician
* TrainingFromHell: She got it, now she gives it. [[ColdBloodedTorture And when we say training from hell, we really mean it]].
* UnstoppableRage: UpToEleven.
Darken Rahl's favored Mord-Sith and one of the most skilled and relentless [[TortureTechnician Torture Technicians]] in D'Hara. She is charged by the Lord Rahl to trap Richard and torture him into insanity so that he will reveal the secrets of orden to Rahl.
* AgonyBeam
* TheBaroness
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil
* BerserkButton: Richard, out of [[StockholmSyndrome a confused sense of caring for her]], attempts to relieve her of the pain of having to "train" him (which causes the Mord-Sith constant pain just by holding [[AgonyBeam the Agiel]]), asks her to let a different Mord-Sith take over his training. She explodes into an UnstoppableRage and launches a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She was an exceptionally kindhearted girl, which made it all the harder to break her in the beginning, and resulting in an even crueler Mord-Sith at the end.
* BrokenBird
* BrownEyes
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil. [[spoiler: Later NeutralGood.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: Pain, killing, near-death experiences . . . "It can have a pleasure all its own."
* DarkActionGirl
* DarkAndTroubledPast: One of the darkest and most troubled in the series. When she reveals some of it to Richard, he simultaneously feels sympathy, and an increased sense of hopelessness as he realizes just how profoundly ''messed up'' a madwoman he is dealing with.
* FreudianExcuse: She was abducted as a young girl and forced to become a Mord-Sith, repeatedly broken, forced to watch her mother die and kill her own father, and eventually became the twisted TortureTechnician that she is today.
* HellBentForLeather: Red leather, like other Mord-Sith. She briefly puts on white leather to show that she has such power over Richard that she doesn't need to make him bleed. Shortly after, she stains the entire outfit with his blood.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Constance, another Mord-Sith. The "heterosexual" might only be on Denna's half of the relationship, however, as Constance [[DoesNotLikeMen hates men]] and generally acts like a PsychoLesbian.
* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Not just for the readers, but literally for Richard.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Her plan is to torture Richard until he is willing to answer any question that Darken Rahl asks him.
* KissOfLife: She uses to technique to make sure her pets don't die during training.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: A beat-down on Richard that lasts [[BeyondTheImpossible for several chapters]] and is [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] [[ItGotWorse as]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice all]] [[ColdBloodedTorture hell]].
* ThePesci
* PetTheDog: During his torture by and virtual slavery to her, Richard still seems to care for her and want to keep her from being in pain. Denna is extremely confused by this for awhile, but afterwards Pets The Richard several times.
* RapeIsLove: Richard being the victim, and Denna being the rapist.
* RapeIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Denna's physical and sexual abuse of Richard is shown negatively, but [[StockholmSyndrome he ends up falling in love with her anyway]].
* SelfMadeOrphan
* ShootYourMate
* SpiritAdvisor: In ''Temple of the Winds'' and ''Confessor.''
* TortureTechnician
* TrainingFromHell: She got it, now she gives it. [[ColdBloodedTorture And when we say training from hell, we really mean it]].
* UnstoppableRage: UpToEleven.
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* ImAHumanitarian: He's normally a vegetarian, and he considers eating meat distasteful, but when the ritual calls for it, he'll still eat the mashed brains of a child.
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* ImAHumanitarian: He's normally a vegetarian, and he considers eating meat distasteful, but when the ritual calls for it, he'll still eat devour the mashed brains organs of a child.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* GeniusBruiser: He appears heavily muscled, with arms thicker than some people's waists, and an enormous bull neck. However, he's a scholar and a tactician as well as a warrior and a leader, and as Kahlan admits, he is from from being just some stupid brute. "He was a very smart brute."
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Richard [[ShootTheDog sends his armies to ravage the Old World]] and deprive Jagang of supplies, Jagang rants in anger and talks about Richard as if he's a CompleteMonster for doing this, despite that this is exactly what Jagang has been doing to the New World since the early books of the series.
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* MindRape: His specialty.
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* {{Lust}}
* MindRape: His specialty. He regularly practices [[RapeTropes the physical kind]], as well.
* MindRape: His specialty. He regularly practices [[RapeTropes the physical kind]], as well.
* NamesToTrustImmediately: Jagang the Just, taken on Nicci's suggestion because it made him sound more heroic and less evil.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
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* RapeIsLove: He believes it is, apparently.
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* RapeIsLove: He believes it is, apparently. Towards Nicci, at least.
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* UnwittingPawn: Of Emperor Jagang's plan. [[spoiler: She manages to escape his plan for her at the last moment, though.]]
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* XanatosSucker: Of Emperor Jagang's plan. [[spoiler: She manages to escape his plan for her at the last moment, though.]]
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* ShowSomeLeg: Part of the aforementioned FullFrontalAssault.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Part of the aforementioned FullFrontalAssault. She also has to do this, to a [[{{Squick}} squicky]] extent, to escape [[AttemptedRape a cell full of convicted murderers and rapists planning on having their way with her]].
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* BeyondTheImpossible: She is so beautiful that ''Kahlan'' feels "as ugly as a clod of dirt" just by standing in her presence.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: She is so beautiful that ''Kahlan'' ''[[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Kahlan]]'' feels "as ugly as a clod of dirt" just by standing in her presence.
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* WouldHurtAChild
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* UnstoppableRage: When Kahlan
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* UnstoppableRage: When Kahlan
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* WouldHitAGirl: "Shut up, bitch."
* WouldHurtAChild: Oh, yeah, about a hundred of them or so. [[MoralEventHorizon Fatally]].
* WouldHitAGirl: "Shut up, bitch."
* WouldHurtAChild: Oh, yeah, about a hundred of them or so. [[MoralEventHorizon Fatally]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: Would torture them as well.
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