Legend of the Seeker/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Lie to The Beholder]]: Shota uses magic to make him appear to be another man.

* [[Magic Knight]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: By defeating Darken Rahl, he unintentionally tears the veil and allows the Keeper to begin his war on the living. As Zedd says, the worst harm can come from the best intentions.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: By defeating Darken Rahl, he unintentionally tears the veil and allows the Keeper to begin his war on the living. As Zedd says, the worst harm can come from the best intentions.

* [[Refused the Call]]: Until his father was killed. {{spoiler|and again when he was told that he is the rightful Lord Rahl}}

* [[Screw Destiny]]: He doesn't believe in prophecy.

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]]: In the books, she wore white because she was already the Mother Confessor, and only the MC wears white. Here, she doesn't become the Mother Confessor until the episode ''Sacrifice'', yet she still wears the white dress of the Mother Confessor before hand.

* [[Bad Powers Good People]]

* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]

* [[Badass]]

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted.

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* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]

* [[Compelling Voice]]

* [[Dual Wielding]]

* [[Dual-Wielding]]

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: In the Season 2 finale, {{spoiler|Nicci uses Kahlan's own Han against her, causing ''Kahlan'' to be confessed.}}

* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]

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* [[Magic Knight]]: She mostly fights with her twin blades, but also uses her Confessor's touch when its needed.

* [[Mind Control]]

* [[My God What Have I Done]]: {{spoiler|She mortally wounds Richard while being controlled by Nicci's powerful magic. When [[The Power of Love]] snaps her out of it, she responds with this.}}

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|She mortally wounds Richard while being controlled by Nicci's powerful magic. When [[The Power of Love]] snaps her out of it, she responds with this.}}

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Her hair is epic.

* [[The Power of Love]]

* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Richard; see above.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]

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* [[Casanova]]: Quickly drifts down this direction when he loses his memory, but he gets better.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Dude Where's My Respect]]: 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."

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: 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."

* [[Eccentric Mentor]]

* [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Chickens]]: He's known in Westland as a crazy old man who talks to his chickens, which he can be seen doing while using his cloud rock. Let's hope none of them are [[Sword of Truth|Evil Manifest]].

* [[Everything's Better With Chickens]]: He's known in Westland as a crazy old man who talks to his chickens, which he can be seen doing while using his cloud rock. Let's hope none of them are [[Sword of Truth|Evil Manifest]].

* [[Hellfire]]

* [[Kill It With Fire]]: Wizard's Fire is one of his most frequent tricks. Justified in the second season, as they're often fighting Banelings, who can only truly be stopped by burning their bodies.

* [[Last of His Kind]]

* [[Naked People Are Funny]]

* [[The Obi Wan]]

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[Old Master]]

* [[Playing With Fire]]

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* [[Evil Overlord]]

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|How he comes [[Back From the Dead]].}}

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy]]: Wasn't Darken Rahl [[Lord of the Rings (Film)|an elf once?]]

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: Wasn't Darken Rahl [[Lord of the Rings (Film)|an elf once?]]

* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: He survives the season 2 finale.}}

* [[Kick the Dog|Kill The Kitten]]

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Magic Knight]]: Even without his magic, though, he's more than capable of holding his own in a fight, shown when he has a [[Back to Back Badasses]] moment with his brother in "Extinction".

* [[Magic Knight]]: Even without his magic, though, he's more than capable of holding his own in a fight, shown when he has a [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] moment with his brother in "Extinction".

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

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* [[Off With His Head]]: He tries to do this to Zedd, but ends up decapitating a puppet.

* [[Self Made Orphan]]

* [[What an Idiot]]: Trying to seduce Nicci in ''Tears.''

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Trying to seduce Nicci in ''Tears.''

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Often says this to his underlings. {{spoiler|And gets put on the receiving end of it for a change by the Keeper in the episode, "Creator."}}

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* [[Action Girl]]: Formerly [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Agony Beam]]: The Agiel

* [[Anti Hero]]: After her [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: After her [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Anti Magic]]

* [[Anti-Magic]]

* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}

* [[Badass]]

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* [[Face Heel Revolving Door]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]

* [[Hell Bent for Leather]]

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]

* [[Kiss of Life]]: A magical version in the Breath of Life.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: According to Zedd.

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* [[Because Destiny Says So]]

* [[Fountain of Youth]]

* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: In season 2, especially, when she is trying to stop Richard {{spoiler|because of the prophecy that he'll end up handing the Stone of Tears over to the Keeper}}.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: In season 2, especially, when she is trying to stop Richard {{spoiler|because of the prophecy that he'll end up handing the Stone of Tears over to the Keeper}}.

* [[Wild Card]]

=== Jennsen Rahl ===

Richard's sister. A Pristinely Ungifted woman, Magic has no effect on her, making her dangerous and valuable to those that use magic.

* [[Anti Magic]]

* [[Anti-Magic]]

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted by way of a gigantic black eye.

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* [[Character Exaggeration]]: 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.

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: At the end of the series, {{spoiler|Nicci narrowly manages to come [[Back From the Dead]] for a second time, but is now at the mercy of Darken Rahl and his Mord'Sith, who are using a Rada'Han to suppress her powers.}}

* [[Composite Character]]: Her character and role is a combination of ''three'' distinct Sisters of the Dark from the books: Liliana, a power-hungry Han-stealing sorceress who pretended to be Richard's friend at the Palace of the Prophets and tried to take his magic; Ulicia, the most powerful of the Sisters of the Dark who served as their leader and [[Evil Genius|primary schemer]], and plotted to capture Kahlan; and most strongly, Nicci, a [[Anti Villain|sympathetic]] Sister with a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] who used a Maternity Spell on Kahlan, and was eventually convinced by Richard to leave the side of evil.

* [[Composite Character]]: Her character and role is a combination of ''three'' distinct Sisters of the Dark from the books: Liliana, a power-hungry Han-stealing sorceress who pretended to be Richard's friend at the Palace of the Prophets and tried to take his magic; Ulicia, the most powerful of the Sisters of the Dark who served as their leader and [[Evil Genius|primary schemer]], and plotted to capture Kahlan; and most strongly, Nicci, a [[Anti-Villain|sympathetic]] Sister with a [[Dark and Troubled Past]] who used a Maternity Spell on Kahlan, and was eventually convinced by Richard to leave the side of evil.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

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* [[Foe Yay]]: With Richard.

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|She pulls this on another Sister of the Dark, albeit one willing to sacrifice herself, in order to come back.}}

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: She's a lot more evil than the Nicci of the books, who was mainly a [[Well Intentioned Extremist]].

* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: She's a lot more evil than the Nicci of the books, who was mainly a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]].

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Cara isn't the only one who notices Richard's tendency to try to help everyone. "Do you always stop along your quest [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|to help people]]? No wonder you haven't found the [[MacGuffin|Stone of Tears]], yet."

* [[Magic Knight]]

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* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Shoot the Messenger]]: Because [[He Knows Too Much]]

* [[Shut UP Hannibal|Shut Up, Darken Rahl!]]

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal|Shut Up, Darken Rahl!]]

* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]

=== Sister Marianna. ===

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

* [[Anti Magic]]

* [[Anti-Magic]]

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Temporarily, though.

* [[Black Magic]]