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    After the death of Darken Rahl and planning his wedding to Kahlan, Richard is afflicted by a series of painful headaches. He also learns from Shota that he is the bastard son of Darken Rahl and the grandson (on his mother's side) of Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander.

    Richard gets a visit from three Sisters of the Light (Sisters Grace, Elizabeth and Verna), who inform him that his headaches are caused by the awakening of thegift within him and are fatal and unstoppable, unless he receives magical training. The Sisters tell him that he must go with them and wear a Rada'Han, a magical collar, in order to control his headaches and the gift. They also explain thatthey will offer him their help three times, and, if he refuses each time, theywill not be able to help him ever again. Richard refuses twice, and each time aSister commits suicide.

    Seeking guidance on how to repair the veil, Richard and Kahlan request another "gathering"; this involves turning to the "ancestors' spirits" for help. But instead of being able to speak to the spirits, Richard and Kahlan are sent down to the underworld and are placed face-to-face with Darken Rahl. Rahl touches Richardwith the Keeper's mark, making him unconscious and lets Kahlan know that Richard is only minutes away from death.

    As Kahlan desperately tries to save Richard, a glowing spirit emerges, Denna, who tells Kahlan that she has to force Richard into wearing the collar; if he doesnot, the headaches will kill him and everything will be lost. Denna then takes

    Richard's mark, and is sent down to the underworld and the Keeper. As the thirdand final Sister returns, Kahlan tells Richard that he has to put on the collar.When he tries to explain his reluctance, Kahlan makes him believe that the onlyway to prove his love for her is to wear it. Richard reluctantly agrees to wearthe collar and the sister reveals to them that the third reason for wearing thecollar is to inflict pain on the wearer. He leaves, telling her merely to findZedd. Devastated, Richard submits to the remaining Sister, and leaves with her to go to the Palace of Prophets.

    Richard travels with Sister Verna to the Palace of the Prophets, which is located in the Old World. Along the way, they pass between the Barrier, and Richard isdrawn to one of the black towers, and is compelled to collect some of the blacksand he finds. Later, he is instructed to execute a captive woman as tribute to

    pass through tribal land, but refuses and chooses to free the woman instead, who promises to take them through the Baku Ban Mana lands. Despite a promise of safe passage, she forces Richard into a battle with thirty Baka Ban Mana blademasters as their oath dictates. Richard slaughters them by tapping in the Sword of Truth's collective knowledge of blade fighting. Killing them all, he is bound tomarry the priestess, and Richard gives her his magic whistle of the Bird Man toattack the neighboring tribes' crops and force a peace between them.

    Arriving at the Palace of the Prophets, Richard threatens to kill anyone who prevents him from leaving, stating he is a prisoner, not a guest or a student. However, Richard is treated lavishly, and given absurd amounts of gold, which are symbols of his status as a novice wizard, designed to make him not see value in personal wealth. Rather, he uses the money to bribe the entire staff of the Palace

    to his service, even hiring a brothel on retainer to service the guards. He discovers he is a war wizard: one who has the gift of both additive and subtractivemagic. Later, he learns from Nathan Rahl, another wizard in the Palace of the Prophets and Richard's ancient ancestor, that he is the first to be born with such power in three thousand years. It is revealed that the Prelate brought Richardto the Palace to flush out the Sisters of the Dark, a secret society within theSisters of the Light dedicated to the task of unleashing the Keeper into the world of the living.

    Kahlan embarks on a long trek back to her home of Aydindril along with three mud

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    people. Along the way, they come across a sacked city, Ebinissia, with the inhabitants' corpses filling the streets and the surrounding countryside. Kahlan andthe three mud people race to catch up with a band of some five thousand troopsthat are trailing the enemy which sacked Ebinissia. She is shocked to realize that these soldiers are all teenagers and entirely undertrained and unprepared toattack the seasoned, well organized and vastly superior enemy forces. She assumes command of the army and organizes a series of gureilla attacks on what she nowknows to be The Imperial Order. Victorious, Kahlan returns to Ayndindril, whereshe stumbles across Zedd and the sorceress Adie, both of whom had their memories deleted earlier. She returns his memory by telling him that Richard is with the Sisters of the Light. Enraged, Zedd tells Kahlan he will have her beheaded forwhat she has done, and that she has condemned Richard to a thousand years of his literal nightmares.

    After months at the Palace, Richard escapes after killing several Sisters of theDark. Knowing he must save the world first, he travels to D'hara. At the Peoples Palace, Richard destroys a spell from a Sister of the Dark by using the blacksorcerer's sand to corrupt the spell. He then avoids making a last moment mistake by placing the Stone of Tears on Darkhan Rahl. Richard returns the Stone of Tears to the underworld and once again defeats the Keeper, he rushes to Aydindrilto find Kahlan. Upon finding Kahlan has already been executed, Richard kills allthe councillors who sentenced her to death. Finding Kahlan's grave, he realizesthat Zedd has cast a death spell to make all believe that Kahlan is dead. Denna's spirit visited the both of them and they were reunited in a place between wor

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