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* CluckingFunny: The chickens he keeps are used for comedic effect more than once. Let's hope that none of them are [[SwordOfTruth evil manifest]].

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* CluckingFunny: The chickens he keeps are used for comedic effect more than once. Let's hope that none of them are [[SwordOfTruth [[Literature/SwordOfTruth evil manifest]].
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* BlondesAreEvil



* BlondGuysAreEvil: As a child.



* BlondesAreEvil
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: As Mother Confessor, she is one of the most compassionate and kindest women alive, she's also one of the most merciless warriors.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: In an alternate timeline, [[spoiler:she's still as young and beautiful looking as ever even as her and Rahl's son grows]].
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* UndyingLoyalty: She will do anything to help Richard, the man she loves. [[spoiler:This includes marrying and having a son with the man she hates]].

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* AmoralNihilist: She believes the world is "like a lame horse" and that trying to do good will only prolong the suffering of existence, and everything would be better off if the world was "put out of its misery." [[spoiler: After her defection, she reconsiders a few things and becomes an {{Ubermensch}} determined to destroy humanity and remake it in her own image, creating a new world more suited to her desires.]]


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* StrawNihilist: She believes the world is "like a lame horse" and that trying to do good will only prolong the suffering of existence, and everything would be better off if the world was "put out of its misery." [[spoiler: After her defection, she reconsiders a few things and becomes an {{Ubermensch}} determined to destroy humanity and remake it in her own image, creating a new world more suited to her desires.]]
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Nope, subverted. [[spoiler:Darken attempted this by convincing Kahlan not to kill him and that their son is a blessing and needs her. By making Nicholas cry, Rahl gets Kahlan to grow attached to him. Despite the love she (and possibly also Darken Rahl) had for their son, it doesn't change how much she hated her husband.]]
* BaldOfEvil: As Lord Rahl

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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Nope, subverted. [[spoiler:Darken attempted this by convincing Kahlan not to kill him and that their son is a blessing and needs her. By making Nicholas cry, Rahl gets Kahlan to grow attached to him. Despite the love she (and possibly also Darken Rahl) had for their son, it doesn't change how much she hated her husband. Nicholas still also grows up into a monster.]]
* BaldOfEvil: As Lord RahlRahl.



* CanonForeigner: Does not exist in the books. He is a character created for the series, specifically for this episode [[spoiler:since there was no story where Richard is hurled through time and Kahlan was forced to accept Lord Rahl's marriage proposal and had a son with him]].

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* CanonForeigner: Does not exist in the books. He is a character created for the series, specifically for this episode [[spoiler:since there was no story where Richard is hurled through time and Kahlan was forced to accept Lord Rahl's marriage proposal and had have a son with him]].



* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Kahlan did warn Darken male confessors were likely to be corrupted by their own powers. Mother knows best, indeed.]]

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* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Kahlan did warn Darken male confessors Confessors were likely to be corrupted by their own powers. Mother knows best, indeed.]]



* KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:Confesses a playmate and has him cut off his own finger because [[DisproportionateRetribution he didn't want to play the same games as Nicholas.]] ]]

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* KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:Confesses a playmate and has him cut off his own finger because [[DisproportionateRetribution he didn't want to play the same games as Nicholas.]] ]]]]]]



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The only people who don't hate him once he's in power are the ones [[spoiler: he's confessed.]]

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The only people who don't hate him once he's in power are the ones [[spoiler: he's confessed.Confessed.]]



* CharacterExaggeration: In the books, Nicci noted two things in passing: that she considered the world to be a wretched, senseless existence that had no purpose except for torment, and that she hated it when men "assumed they had a right to her body." These two traits seem to have become the basis of her character, here.

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* CharacterExaggeration: In the books, Nicci noted two things in passing: that she considered the world to be a wretched, senseless existence that had no purpose except for torment, and that she hated it when men "assumed they had a right to her body." These two traits seem to have become the entire basis of her character, here.
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* ChildByRape: Like many Confessors, her father didn't choose to have children or be with her mother, because he was under confession.

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* ChildByRape: Like many Confessors, her all Confessors. Her father didn't choose to have children or be with her mother, because he was under confession.Confession.



* FateWorseThanDeath: Season 1's finale "Reckoning", she considers dying more preferable than marrying Darken Rahl [[spoiler:and bearing him children, but to help Richard, she had to agree]].

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* FateWorseThanDeath: In Season 1's finale "Reckoning", she considers dying more preferable than marrying Darken Rahl [[spoiler:and bearing him children, but to help Richard, she had to agree]].



* LiteralSplitPersonality: In one episode her shrewd confessor side and her emotional human side get split in two.

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* LiteralSplitPersonality: In one episode her shrewd confessor Confessor side and her emotional human side get split in two.



* MindControl: A confessors powers means that she can make anyone love her completely unconditionally, and they will do anything for her.

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* MindControl: A confessors Confessor's powers means that she can make anyone love her completely completely, unconditionally, and they will do anything for her.



* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In "Reckoning", she tried to kill her newborn son when warning her husband, Darken Rahl, the dangers of male confessors and even offered to have a daughter instead, but comforting her son and developing an attachment to him prevented it. When she tried again years later, it backfired]].

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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In "Reckoning", she tried to kill her newborn son when warning her husband, Darken Rahl, of the dangers of male confessors Confessors and even offered to have a daughter instead, but comforting her son and developing an attachment to him prevented it. When she tried again years later, it backfired]].



* StatuesqueStunner: Bridget Regan is 5ft 9.

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* StatuesqueStunner: Bridget Regan is 5ft 5 ft 9.



* BadassGrandpa: Even when he can't use his magic, he can generally defend himself, at one point managing to beat a Mord'Sith with a walking stick, with a little help.

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* BadassGrandpa: Even when he can't use his magic, he can generally defend himself, at one point managing to beat a Mord'Sith with a walking stick, with a little help. [[spoiler: He turns out to be Richard's real grandfather as well.]]



* DudeWheresMyRespect: After demonstrating his powers as a wizard of the First Order and blasting a tree out of the way, all he gets is, "Thanks for moving the tree, Zedd."

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: After demonstrating his powers as a wizard of the First Order and blasting a tree out of the way, all he gets is, is "Thanks for moving the tree, Zedd."



The emperor of D'Hara. Darken Rahl once sent his assassins to kill every first-born child in Brennidon so that the Seeker may be one of the children killed and this can keep the "destiny" of the Seeker from being fulfilled, but Zedd escaped with Richard and raised him in Hartland. After that, Darken Rahl tries everything he can to kill Richard.

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The emperor ruler of D'Hara. Darken Rahl once sent his assassins to kill every first-born child in Brennidon so that the Seeker may be one of the children killed and this can keep the "destiny" of the Seeker from being fulfilled, but Zedd escaped with Richard and raised him in Hartland. After that, Darken Rahl tries everything he can to kill Richard.



* BigBad: In Season 1

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* BigBad: In Season 11.



* TheDragon: To the Keeper in Season 2

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* TheDragon: To the Keeper in Season 22.



* OffWithHisHead: He tries to do this to Zedd, but ends up decapitating a puppet.
* SelfMadeOrphan: He thought he did, but it turned out that his father survived the sword in the chest. Many years later, Rahl schemes to do it again.

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* OffWithHisHead: He tries to do this to behead Zedd, but it ends up decapitating being only a puppet.
* SelfMadeOrphan: He thought he did, but it turned out that his father survived the sword in the chest. Many years later, Rahl schemes to do it again.for real.



* ActionGirl: Formerly DarkActionGirl.

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* ActionGirl: Formerly a DarkActionGirl.



* BiTheWay: In addition to her time with Leo, it's shown that the Sisters of the Agiel are...[[LesYay really "close" friends.]]

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* BiTheWay: In addition to her time with Leo, it's shown that the Sisters of the Agiel are...[[LesYay really "close" ''close'' friends.]]



* CompositeCharacter: She borrows traits and roles of Richard's three main Mord'Sith bodyguards from the books, Raina, Berdine, and Cara. Like Raina and Berdine, she seems to have had a same-sex relationship with a fellow Mord'Sith, she serves as an advisor for Richard like Berdine did, shares a PetTheDog scene involving a chipmunk like Raina, and naturally enough shares Cara's name and her role as his longest lasting bodyguard.

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* CompositeCharacter: She borrows traits and roles of Richard's three main Mord'Sith bodyguards from the books, Raina, Berdine, and Cara. Like Raina and Berdine, she seems to have had a same-sex relationship with a fellow Mord'Sith, she serves as an advisor for Richard like Berdine did, shares a PetTheDog scene involving a chipmunk like Raina, and naturally enough shares Cara's name and her role as his longest lasting longest-lasting bodyguard.



* PetTheDog: Specifically, he's the dog Cara pets: He's the first guy who actually gets her to laugh.

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* PetTheDog: Specifically, he's the dog Cara pets: pets. He's the first guy who actually gets her to laugh.laugh, or admit feelings for.



The Witch Woman. Sometimes Ally of the Seeker and his friends, she has the gift of prophecy, and works to make sure the terrible result of her visions don't come true. This often puts her at odds with Richard and the others.

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The Witch Woman. Sometimes Ally an ally of the Seeker and his friends, she has the gift of prophecy, and works to make sure the terrible result of her visions don't come true. This often puts her at odds with Richard and the others.
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* RefusedTheCall: He didn't want to be the Seeker at first, and seriously doubted that he was the right one after his first attempt to stop Fane failed.
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*TheSociopath: A vicious animal for an EvilOverlord who brainwashes people to serve him and kills those who either resist or simply just because.

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* AdamAndEvePlot: [[spoiler: After leaving the Keeper's service, she planned to let him wipe out most of the life in the world, and then repopulate it with Richard.]]



* TheArchmage: ''The'' most powerful of all sorceresses (or wizards) in the entire series by a huge margin. The only one who might have been able to compare with her was Maia, the supposed Creator.



* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The saddest part of her StartOfDarkness consist in this, as she lost her idealism.

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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The saddest part of her StartOfDarkness consist in consists of this, as she lost her idealism.



* MagicKnight

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* MagicKnightMagicKnight: In ''Tears,'' she cuts down two Mord'Sith before they even have a chance to raise their agiels. Darken Rahl quips that it was a dramatic entrance even by Nicci's standards.



* MegaManning

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* MegaManningMegaManning: While all the Sisters of the Light and Dark can absorb someone else's magic using their dacra, Nicci makes full use of this ability.



* OverNineThousand: ''The'' most powerful of all sorceresses (or wizards) in the entire series by a huge margin. The only one who might have been able to compare with her was Maia, the supposed Creator.


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* UsedToBeASweetKid
* VillainessesWantHeroes: After their heart-to-heart in ''Bound'', she decides that she won't kill Richard after all. She'll just make him her SexSlave, instead.

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* ChildByRape: Like many Confessors, her father didn't choose to have children or be with her mother, because he was under confession.



* LastOfHisKind: He's the last surviving wizard of the first order.

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* LastOfHisKind: He's the last surviving wizard of the first order.First Order, after Giller dies.
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%%* {{Badass}}

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%%* * {{Badass}}



'''Cara:''' Who would have ever dreamed that the Seeker could go twelve days without stopping to save helpless children from distressed farm animals!

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'''Cara:''' Who would have ever dreamed that the Seeker could go twelve days without stopping to save helpless children from and distressed farm animals!



%%* ActionGirl

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%%* * ActionGirl



%%* {{Badass}}

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%%* * {{Badass}}



%%* CompellingVoice
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%%* CompellingVoice
%%* DualWielding
* CompellingVoice: Confession is basically a permanent compelling touch.
* DualWielding: The reason why she's a KnifeNut.



%%* ThePowerOfLove

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%%* ThePowerOfLove* ThePowerOfLove: In the final episode, she [[spoiler: breaks out of Nicci's control because of her love for Richard.]]



* BadassGrandpa: Even when he can't use his magic, he can generally defend himself, at one point managing to beat a Mord-Sith with a walking stick, with a little help.
%%* BigEater

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* BadassGrandpa: Even when he can't use his magic, he can generally defend himself, at one point managing to beat a Mord-Sith Mord'Sith with a walking stick, with a little help.
%%* BigEater* BigEater: ''Always'' the first one to think about food, and downs so much stew and so many apples that it makes sense why he'd worry about running out.



%%* NakedPeopleAreFunny

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%%* NakedPeopleAreFunny* NakedPeopleAreFunny: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is standing on a rock, naked, talking to a chicken.



%%* OldMaster

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%%* * OldMaster



%%* DealWithTheDevil

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%%* DealWithTheDevil* DealWithTheDevil: He made a deal with the Keeper long before the series began, though this isn't revealed until the second season.



%%* [[KickTheDog Kill The Kitten]]
%%* KnightTemplar

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%%* [[KickTheDog Kill * KickTheDog: The Kitten]]
%%* KnightTemplar
news of his plot with Jennsen failing enrages him so much that he snaps a kitten's neck with his bare hands.
* KnightTemplar: Repeatedly states that he wants to bring order and peace to the three territories by uniting them, and will do just about anything to accomplish that.



%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* OffingTheOffspring: Kills his own children upon birth to avoid them turning on him. [[spoiler:The only exception was his and Kahlan's son Nicholas, who proceeded to do this]].

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%%* ManipulativeBastard
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* ManipulativeBastard: He tries to trick several people into working for him, most notably Jennsen.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Dark''en Rahl.
* OffingTheOffspring: Kills his own children upon birth to avoid them turning on him. [[spoiler:The only exception was his and Kahlan's son Nicholas, who proceeded to do this]].instead killed Darken when he came of age]].



%%* SelfMadeOrphan

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%%* SelfMadeOrphan* SelfMadeOrphan: He thought he did, but it turned out that his father survived the sword in the chest. Many years later, Rahl schemes to do it again.



A Mord-Sith. Cara is always feisty and sharp-tongued and has the stomach to kill good people when none of the rest can. She approaches problems with the simplest, most direct and usually most violent solutions, often to the chagrin and amusement of the others.

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A Mord-Sith.Mord'Sith. Cara is always feisty and sharp-tongued and has the stomach to kill good people when none of the rest can. She approaches problems with the simplest, most direct and usually most violent solutions, often to the chagrin and amusement of the others.



%%* AntiMagic

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%%* AntiMagic* AntiMagic: Becoming a Mord'Sith enabled her to reflect magical attacks.



* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted, once again. She gets beaten up pretty badly when the Mord-Sith turn on her in the season 2 opener, and is covered with cuts and nasty bruises when [[spoiler:she's captured by Darken Rahl.]]

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted, once again. She gets beaten up pretty badly when the Mord-Sith Mord'Sith turn on her in the season 2 opener, and is covered with cuts and nasty bruises when [[spoiler:she's captured by Darken Rahl.]]



* BrokenBird: By way of Mord-Sith training, which revolves around the principle of BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil.

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* BrokenBird: By way of Mord-Sith Mord'Sith training, which revolves around the principle of BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil.



* CompositeCharacter: She borrows traits and roles of Richard's three main Mord-Sith bodyguards from the books, Raina, Berdine, and Cara. Like Raina and Berdine, she seems to have had a same-sex relationship with a fellow Mord-Sith, she serves as an advisor for Richard like Berdine did, shares a PetTheDog scene involving a chipmunk like Raina, and naturally enough shares Cara's name and her role as his longest lasting bodyguard.

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* CompositeCharacter: She borrows traits and roles of Richard's three main Mord-Sith Mord'Sith bodyguards from the books, Raina, Berdine, and Cara. Like Raina and Berdine, she seems to have had a same-sex relationship with a fellow Mord-Sith, Mord'Sith, she serves as an advisor for Richard like Berdine did, shares a PetTheDog scene involving a chipmunk like Raina, and naturally enough shares Cara's name and her role as his longest lasting bodyguard.



* ShootYourMate: The Mord-Sith deceived her into doing this of her own free will.

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* ShootYourMate: The Mord-Sith Mord'Sith deceived her into doing this of her own free will.



* AntiMagic

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* AntiMagicAntiMagic: Of a different kind than the Mord'Sith, as magic simply doesn't work when directed against her.



A Mord-Sith in service to Darken Rahl, changed with breaking the Seeker.

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A Mord-Sith Mord'Sith in service to Darken Rahl, changed with breaking the Seeker.



%%* RapeAsBackstory
%%* ShockAndAwe

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%%* RapeAsBackstory
%%* ShockAndAwe
* RapeAsBackstory: She became a Sister of the Dark after realizing that the Keeper, unlike the Sisters of the Light, would let her use her powers to kill the prisoner who raped her during a service mission.
* ShockAndAwe: Once she absorbs Richard's Han, she begins using this power with abandon.



%%* AntiMagic

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%%* AntiMagic* AntiMagic: The BloodMagic spell mentioned below was used for this effect.



%%* BlackMagic

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%%* BlackMagic* BlackMagic: Uses Underworld magic to achieve things additive wizards can't, and even her normal spells have a sickly green color, like the flames of the Underworld.



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%%* MythologyGag* MythologyGag: She communes with the Keeper entirely naked, which all Sisters of the Dark did in the books.

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%%* BackFromTheDead

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%%* BackFromTheDead* BackFromTheDead: Several times, most notably in ''Resurrection'' and ''Tears.''



* ChildByRape: Albeit a rape by fraud.



%%* {{Determinator}}

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%%* {{Determinator}}* {{Determinator}}: Even the prospect of eternity in the underworld can't make him accept the Keeper's offers.



%%* HeroicBastard

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%%* HeroicBastard* HeroicBastard: The result of [[spoiler: Panis Rahl]] seducing Taralyn.



%%* TemporaryBlindness

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%%* TemporaryBlindness* TemporaryBlindness: Both blinded and healed by magic.



%%* RefusedTheCall

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%%* RefusedTheCall* RefusedTheCall: He didn't want to be the Seeker at first, and seriously doubted that he was the right one after his first attempt to stop Fane failed.



%%* LivingLieDetector

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%%* LivingLieDetector* LivingLieDetector: Can detect lies just by looking into someone's eyes.



%%* TheArchmage

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%%* TheArchmage* TheArchmage: He was the most powerful wizard alive until [[spoiler: Richard's powers manifested.]]



%%* {{Hellfire}}

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%%* {{Hellfire}}* {{Hellfire}}: Wizard's fire, which comes in handy for destroying many enemies who would otherwise [[FireKeepsItDead refuse to stay dead]].



%%* LastOfHisKind

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%%* LastOfHisKind* LastOfHisKind: He's the last surviving wizard of the first order.



%%* PlayingWithFire

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%%* PlayingWithFire* PlayingWithFire: Wizard's Fire, again.
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%%* BigBad
%%* GodOfEvil
%%* OmnicidalManiac
%%* {{Satan}}

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%%* * BigBad
%%* * GodOfEvil
%%* * OmnicidalManiac
%%* * {{Satan}}
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%%* LadyOfWar

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%%* LadyOfWar* LadyOfWar: Frequently battles in slow-motion with knives without mussing her pretty medieval dresses.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Nope, subverted. [[spoiler:Darken attempted this by convincing Kahlan not to kill him and that their son is a blessing and needs her. By making Nicholas cry, Rahl gets Kahlan to grow attached to him. Despite the love she (and possibly also Darken Rahl) had for their son, it doesn't change how much she hated her husband.]]

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%%* TheHero

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%%* TheHero* TheHero: The chosen one, wielding the sword of truth, protecting the innocent? Richards pretty much a picture perfect fantasy hero.



%%* HotBlooded

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%%* HotBlooded* HotBlooded: Richard frequently lets his emotions rule his actions. It often spurs him into making rash decisions.



%%* MagicKnight

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%%* MagicKnight* MagicKnight: Turns out he's inherited his grandfathers magic.



* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Kahlans blue. He's the more inexperienced hot tempered warrior, to Kahlans calm strategist.



%%* BadPowersGoodPeople

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%%* BadPowersGoodPeople* BadPowersGoodPeople: Her power to make anybody fall completely in love with her carries some pretty nasty implications, but in universe the confessors are a force of good.



%%* LiteralSplitPersonality

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%%* LiteralSplitPersonality* LiteralSplitPersonality: In one episode her shrewd confessor side and her emotional human side get split in two.



%%* MindControl

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%%* MindControl* MindControl: A confessors powers means that she can make anyone love her completely unconditionally, and they will do anything for her.



%%* StatuesqueStunner

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%%* StatuesqueStunner* StatuesqueStunner: Bridget Regan is 5ft 9.



%%* UnstoppableRage
%%* WomanInWhite

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%%* UnstoppableRage
%%* WomanInWhite
* UnstoppableRage: When she goes into the 'blood rage' which is basically a super form of her confessor powers triggered by emotional distress.
* WomanInWhite: As Mother Confessor, she wears a white dress.
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->'''Played By:''' Bridget Regan

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->'''Played By:''' Bridget Regan
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* %%* HotBlooded



* MagicKnight

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* %%* MagicKnight



* TemporaryBlindness

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* %%* TemporaryBlindness



* RefusedTheCall

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* %%* RefusedTheCall



* ActionGirl

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* %%* ActionGirl



* BadPowersGoodPeople
* {{Badass}}

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* %%* BadPowersGoodPeople
* %%* {{Badass}}



* CompellingVoice
* DualWielding

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* %%* CompellingVoice
* %%* DualWielding



* LadyOfWar
* TheLancer

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* %%* LadyOfWar
* %%* TheLancer



* LiteralSplitPersonality
* LivingLieDetector

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* %%* LiteralSplitPersonality
* %%* LivingLieDetector



* MindControl

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* %%* MindControl



* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: In "Reckoning", she tried to kill her newborn son when warning her husband, Darken Rahl, the dangers of male confessors and even offered to have a daughter instead, but comforting her son and developing an attachment to him prevented it. When she tried again years later, it backfired]].
* PluckyGirl
* ThePowerOfLove
* StatuesqueStunner

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* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: In OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In "Reckoning", she tried to kill her newborn son when warning her husband, Darken Rahl, the dangers of male confessors and even offered to have a daughter instead, but comforting her son and developing an attachment to him prevented it. When she tried again years later, it backfired]].
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* %%* ThePowerOfLove
* %%* StatuesqueStunner



* UnstoppableRage
* WomanInWhite

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* %%* UnstoppableRage
* %%* WomanInWhite



* TheArchmage

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* %%* TheArchmage



* BigEater

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* %%* BigEater



* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker



* EccentricMentor
* {{Hellfire}}

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* %%* EccentricMentor
* %%* {{Hellfire}}



* LastOfHisKind
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* TheObiwan
* OldMaster
* PlayingWithFire

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* %%* NakedPeopleAreFunny
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* %%* OldMaster
* %%* PlayingWithFire



* DealWithTheDevil

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* EvilOverlord

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* %%* EvilOverlord



* [[KickTheDog Kill The Kitten]]
* KnightTemplar

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* %%* KnightTemplar



* ManipulativeBastard
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

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* %%* ManipulativeBastard
* %%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast



* SelfMadeOrphan

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* %%* SelfMadeOrphan



* AntiMagic

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* %%* AntiMagic
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* BackFromTheDead
* {{Badass}}
* BroughtDownToNormal: Intentionally, by [[spoiler: letting Nicci absorb his Han.]]
* ChosenOne

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* %%* BackFromTheDead
* %%* {{Badass}}
* BroughtDownToNormal: Intentionally, by [[spoiler: letting [[spoiler:letting Nicci absorb his Han.]]
* ChosenOneChosenOne: Richard is selected mystically as 'the Seeker', the only one who can kill Darken Rahl.



* {{Determinator}}

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* %%* {{Determinator}}



* TheHero
* HeroicBastard

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* %%* TheHero
* %%* HeroicBastard



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* ShockAndAwe

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A Sister of the Dark who becomes the Keeper's primary servant after Darken Rahl and Nicci defect.

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A Sister of the Dark who becomes the Keeper's primary servant after Darken Rahl and Nicci defect.servant.



* AntiMagic
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* BloodMagic: In an alternate timeline, she [[spoiler:uses Jennsen's blood to protect herself from magic.]]
* TheDragon: After Darken Rahl returns to the world of the living, she seems to take his place as the Keeper's primary lieutenant.
* EvilGenius
* MythologyGag
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She fills Nicci's old role and acts a lot like she had, after Nicci leaves the service of the Keeper.

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* BloodMagic: In [[spoiler:In an alternate timeline, she [[spoiler:uses uses Jennsen's blood to protect herself from magic.]]
* TheDragon: After [[spoiler:After Darken Rahl returns to the world of the living, she seems to take his place as the Keeper's primary lieutenant.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She [[spoiler:She fills Nicci's old role and acts a lot like she had, after Nicci leaves the service of the Keeper.]]



* BigBad
* GodOfEvil
* OmnicidalManiac
* {{Satan}}
* YouHaveFailedMe: To Darken Rahl when he fails to kill the Creator's avatar.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: To [[spoiler:To Darken Rahl when he fails to kill the Creator's avatar.]]
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!!Dennee
!!Dennee Amnell
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"They say it's my destiny."'']]



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* DyeingForYourArt: Bridget Regan's hair was much more like Ms. Frizzle's, [[http://i2.listal.com/image/1636349/600full-bridget-regan.jpg very curly and bright red.]] She had to have her hair dyed and chemically straightened to play Kahlan.



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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Wizard's First Rule: People will believe a lie because they want it to be true or because they're afraid it ''might'' be true."'']]



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* HeyItsThatGuy: Wasn't Darken Rahl [[Film/LordOfTheRings an elf once?]]



!!Cara

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!!Sister Marianna.

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!!The Keeper of the Underworld.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: To Darken Rahl when he fails to kill the Creator's avatar.

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!!Richard Cypher[[spoiler:/Rahl]] (Craig Horner)
The Seeker of Truth. A former woodsman from Westland, he's pulled into the fight against Darken Rahl when he meets Kahlan, and turns out to be the key to defeating him.

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!!Richard Cypher[[spoiler:/Rahl]] (Craig Horner)
Cypher
->'''Played By:''' Craig Horner

The Seeker of Truth. A former woodsman from Westland, he's pulled into the fight against When Darken Rahl when he meets Kahlan, sent his soldiers to kill every first-born son in Brennidon, Zedd helped Richard by bringing him into Hartland and turns out giving him to be George and Mary Cypher. Kahlan arrives in Hartland to find Richard and Zedd. Zedd tells Richard who he really is - the key Seeker destined to defeating him.defeat Darken Rahl.
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!!Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan)
A Confessor, and now Mother Confessor. She was charged with finding the Great Wizard and bringing the Seeker of Truth to save the Midlands from Darken Rahl's tyranny.

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!!Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan)
A Confessor, and now
Amnell
->'''Played By:''' Bridget Regan

The
Mother Confessor. She was charged After Richard is named, she is sworn to protect him with finding her life and proves worthy to the Great Wizard team because, during battles, when she gets the chance, and bringing the Seeker of Truth when necessary, confesses people (uses her powers to save the Midlands from Darken Rahl's tyranny.put people under control) so that they can find out information and temporarily add someone to their team.
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!!Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander (Bruce Spence)
Wizard of the First Order. He fled the Midlands years before, bringing the infant Richard with him. He serves as Richard's mentor, and his mind is more than a match for his Wizard's Fire in getting the job done.

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!!Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander (Bruce Spence)
Zorander
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Spence

The First Wizard and a
Wizard of the First Order. He fled the Midlands years before, bringing the infant After Richard is named as the Seeker of Truth, he swears to protect him with him. his life. He serves as Richard's mentor, proves worthy to the team, especially on matters involving magic. When there is no one Kahlan can confess, he normally finds the right answer. He never rushes, always considering the consequences of his actions, and his mind is more than a match for his Wizard's Fire in getting the job done.never fails to consider what has to be done.
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!!Darken Rahl (Craig Parker)
Master of D'Hara. The BigBad of the first season, he had heard of the prophecy of the Seeker, and sought to kill him when he was an infant. When he finds out Richard is alive, he stops at nothing to have him killed or pressed into his service.

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!!Darken Rahl (Craig Parker)
Master
Rahl
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The emperor
of D'Hara. The BigBad of the first season, he had heard of the prophecy of the Seeker, and sought Darken Rahl once sent his assassins to kill him when he was an infant. When he finds out every first-born child in Brennidon so that the Seeker may be one of the children killed and this can keep the "destiny" of the Seeker from being fulfilled, but Zedd escaped with Richard is alive, he stops at nothing to have and raised him killed or pressed into his service.in Hartland. After that, Darken Rahl tries everything he can to kill Richard.
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!!Cara (Tabrett Bethell)
A Mord-Sith. Formerly a loyal servant of Darken Rahl, a trip to the future with Richard showed her what would happen if Rahl should succeed. She turned on him, and now serves Richard.

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!!Cara
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A Mord-Sith. Formerly a loyal servant Cara is always feisty and sharp-tongued and has the stomach to kill good people when none of Darken Rahl, a trip the rest can. She approaches problems with the simplest, most direct and usually most violent solutions, often to the future with Richard showed her what would happen if Rahl should succeed. She turned on him, chagrin and now serves Richard.amusement of the others.
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* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Kahlan did warn Darken male confessors were likely to be corrupted by their own powers. Mother knows best indeed.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Subverted. He did at first, but when [[spoiler: Kahlan realized that he was corrupted and was going down the path of evil, she tried to kill him. She failed, and afterwards Nicholas killed her himself.]]

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* CreepyMonotone
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Kahlan did warn Darken male confessors were likely to be corrupted by their own powers. Mother knows best best, indeed.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Subverted. He did at first, but when [[spoiler: Kahlan realized that he was corrupted and was going down the path of evil, she tried to kill him. She failed, and afterwards Nicholas killed her himself.]]



* HopeSpot: Delivers a particularly brutal one to [[spoiler: Kahlan. When Darken Rahl sentences her to die for trying to kill their son, Nicholas tells him not to do it...because he wants to kill her himself.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he was already abusing his powers, he completely loses it after [[spoiler: his beloved mother tries to kill him.]]



* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: Murders both of his parents in the same day. His mother was justified since she tried to kill him, his father was just ForTheEvulz.]]

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* WalkingSpoiler: Only appeared in Reckoning, but even mentioning his mother's name is giving away too much.


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* WalkingSpoiler: Only appeared in Reckoning, ''Reckoning'', but even mentioning his mother's name is giving away too much.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The only people who don't hate him once he's in power are the ones [[spoiler: he's confessed.]]

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Kahlan theorizes this when she's watching over [[spoiler:their son]].
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* OffingTheOffspring: Kills his own children upon birth to avoid them turning on him. [[spoiler:The only exception was his and Kahlan's son Nicolas, who proceeded to do this]].

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* OffingTheOffspring: Kills his own children upon birth to avoid them turning on him. [[spoiler:The only exception was his and Kahlan's son Nicolas, Nicholas, who proceeded to do this]].



* CanonForeigner: Does not exist in the book. He is a character created for the seriesl specifically for this episode [[spoiler:since there was no story where Richard is hurled through time and Kahlan was forced to accept Lord Rahl's marriage proposal and had a son with him]].

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* CanonForeigner: Does not exist in the book. books. He is a character created for the seriesl series, specifically for this episode [[spoiler:since there was no story where Richard is hurled through time and Kahlan was forced to accept Lord Rahl's marriage proposal and had a son with him]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Season 1's finale "Reckoning", she considers dying more preferable than marrying Darken Rahl [[spoiler:and bearing him children, but to help Richard, she had to agree]].

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