Kahlan's World

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Lore & Background

Kahlan Amnell is the Mother Confessor, the leader of the Confessors. The Confessors are a group of women who each have a magical power to force a person to become entirely devoted to them. People touched by a Confessor's power will do anything for her or truthfully answer any question she asks, hence the name Confessor. The welfare of the Midlands is decided by a council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor. In *Wizard's First Rule*, Kahlan comes from the Midlands in search of the 'Old One,' a legendary wizard. She encounters Richard Cypher, a Westland woods guide, and his friend Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, who is the wizard she seeks. Zedd appoints Richard the Seeker of Truth. Along the way, Richard and Kahlan fall in love. The series is set in a world divided into two major regions: the New World and the Old World. The New World consists of three lands: Westland in the west, D'Hara in the east, and the Midlands between them.

In Their Own Story

In *Wizard's First Rule*, Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor, comes from the Midlands in search of the 'Old One,' a legendary wizard. She discovers that Richard's best friend and mentor, Zeddicus Zu'l 'Zedd' Zorander, is the wizard she seeks. Zedd appoints Richard the Seeker of Truth and gives him the Sword of Truth. Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd journey to the Midlands in search of the last Box of Orden. Along the way, Richard and Kahlan fall in love. The first book concludes with Richard killing Darken Rahl by tricking him into making a mistake. In *Stone of Tears*, Richard and Kahlan return to the Mud People and decide to marry, but are separated when Richard is captured by the Sisters of the Light. Kahlan goes to Aydindril to ask Zedd for help. On the way, she witnesses the beginning of the Imperial Order's invasion of the New World, led by Emperor Jagang. Upon reaching Aydindril, she discovers that her people have been swayed by the Order's corrupt morality and is sentenced to death. The novel ends with Richard discovering that Kahlan is safe outside Aydindril with her identity shielded by Zedd. In *Blood of the Fold*, Kahlan, along with the sorceress Adie, is captured on her way back to Aydindril by the Blood of the Fold, a violent group of zealots who oppose magic on religious grounds. Richard travels to the Old World to rescue them. In *Temple of the Winds*, as foretold by prophecy regarding a plague, Kahlan betrays Richard in order for him to gain admittance into the Temple of the Winds, wherein he stops the plague. With Nathan and Cara's help, Kahlan is able to cure Richard. The book concludes with Richard and Kahlan's wedding at the Mud People's village. In *Soul of the Fire*, Richard and Kahlan deal with the gradual disappearance of all magic and the leaders of the nation of Anderith considering surrendering to the Imperial Order. In *Faith of the Fallen*, Nicci captures Richard and forces him to travel with her to the Old World by using a magical spell that allows her to control Kahlan's life. Prevented from following Richard, Kahlan and Cara rejoin the D'Haran army in the Midlands, and Kahlan assumes control of the army.

Reader's Guide

This setting encompasses the New World, divided into Westland, the Midlands, and D'Hara, and the Old World, introduced in the second book. The Midlands is led by a council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor. D'Hara is ruled by a magically gifted member of the Rahl family. Westland is a land of no magic, ruled by a council of representatives. The Old World is described in less detail. The series follows the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell, Nicci, Cara, and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of the living. Each book is loosely themed around a Wizard's Rule, tenets by which all wizards should abide. The eleventh full-length novel, *Confessor*, concludes the series' central story arc regarding the invasion of the Imperial Order, an empire in the Old World led by Jagang. *Warheart* was the last novel in the series.

Did You Know?

• Kahlan Amnell is the Mother Confessor, the leader of the Confessors, a group of women who each have a magical power to force a person to become entirely devoted to them.
• People touched by a Confessor's power will do anything for her or truthfully answer any question she asks, hence the name Confessor.
• In *Wizard's First Rule*, Kahlan comes from the Midlands in search of the 'Old One,' a legendary wizard, who turns out to be Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander.
• In *Temple of the Winds*, as foretold by prophecy, Kahlan betrays Richard in order for him to gain admittance into the Temple of the Winds.
• In *Faith of the Fallen*, Nicci captures Richard and forces him to travel with her to the Old World by using a magical spell that allows her to control Kahlan's life.