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Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
== Main Characters ==
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* [[Character Filibuster]]: He makes some very long speeches. Very, very long speeches. Especially in ''Naked Empire'', where he manages to become the first character to keep talking for more than a whole chapter.
* [[Character Tics]]: Running his hand through his hair.
* [[Child
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: His unreliable magic suddenly working and allowing him to blast every problem out of his way, most notably in the {{spoiler|eighth}} book where he {{spoiler|recreates an antidote by apparently letting his gift guide him.}}
* [[Dragon Rider]]
* [[Either
* [[Gray Eyes]]
* [[Heroic Bastard]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: During the ''Chainfire'' Trilogy, while Kahlan is missing and no one will believe him. Also during ''Faith of the Fallen," when he seems to realize how pointless it is to struggle against the dystopian Imperial Order, but he soon snaps out of it.
* [[Hot
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Most of the time, he can't even use his magic. However, when he needs to, it snaps into working order and he becomes pretty much unstoppable.
* [[I Just Knew]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: He never wanted his magic, and denied he had the Gift until it was undeniable.
* [[Instant Expert]]: The Dance with Death, using the Sword of Truth, lets him tap into the fencing knowledge of everyone who had used the sword.
* [[Kick the Son of
* [[Last of His Kind]]: The last true Seeker, and the last war wizard.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]
* [[Lie to
* [[Magic Knight]]: He prefers using the Sword of Truth, but his magic is, if anything, even more deadly.
* [[Merlin and Nimue]]: He's the younger pupil.
* [[Mister Big]]: Taller than most men, but can look small next to his enormous bodyguards.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Bringer of Death.
* [[New Powers
* [[Neuro Vault]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Let's take a tally, shall we? {{spoiler|Killed Darken Rahl in the wrong way and ripped the veil to the underworld, ripped the veil even farther and freed Darken's ghost by calling a gathering at the wrong time, destroyed the barriers that were keeping the Imperial Order at bay, etc.}} Pretty much every book's resolution leads directly into the next book's conflict.
* [[Out
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: When he manages to get his magic working.
* [[The Philosopher]]
* [[Rape Is Love]]: ''Richard'' being the rape victim.
* [[
* [[Resigned to
* [[Ripple
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Too many to count, but most of them involve Kahlan being somehow in danger.
* [[Self
* [[Screw Destiny]]: He hates prophecy and goes out of his way to avoid it, though he often ends up accomplishing what prophecy predicted in an entirely different way.
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: He can certainly come across this way, given his eagerness to slaughter all those who "choose death" rather than "life" in the later books.
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* [[Unnamed Parent]]: His mother.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Given that it's the whole point of the magic of the Sword of Truth, it's to be expected.
* [[Victory
* [[Workplace
* [[You Will Know What to Do]]: Subverted in the first two books, played more straight in the later ones. Pretty much the basis for how his War Wizard powers work.
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* [[Attempted Rape]]: Many, many times, by many different people, including, {{spoiler|quadsmen, Demmin Nass, a red-haired man from Westland, Prindin, several D'Haran and Imperial Order commanders, Darken Rahl, Drefan Rahl, Oba Rahl, Emperor Jagang, and Samuel}}. No one actually manages to succeed, though, unless you count the time when {{spoiler|Nicci linked herself to Kahlan and then got ''herself'' raped, forcing Kahlan to feel every sensation as if she were the one getting it.}}
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]: Her power is the ability to forever enslave a person to her will.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Consistently averted, as she gets injured and dirty repeatedly.
* [[Bed Trick]]
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Her approach to combat and war. She advises others to take this approach as well, on the logic that an enemy is just as dead if you kill him in his sleep as if you kill him in battle.
* [[Compelling Voice]]: Her Confessior's touch. And it lasts.
* [[Cover
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: 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, likely because it's been out of common use for centuries.
* {{spoiler|[[Convenient Miscarriage]]}}
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* [[Dress Code]]: She wears a white dress and keeps her hair long as a symbol of her rank.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Her Confessor's face, which serves as her public image. Averted in her actual personality and interactions with Richard.
* [[Full
* [[General Ripper]]: She was apparently raised by one, if her father's quotes about warfare are any indication. She has quite a few traits of this herself.
* [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: {{spoiler|She does, but doesn't avoid the [[Convenient Miscarriage]].}}
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* [[Groin Attack]]: What she does to Demmin Nass . . . isn't pretty.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: When Shota prophecizes that {{spoiler|Kahlan will use her power against Richard}}, she becomes severely depressed and repeatedly tries to kill herself. It takes a lot of time and effort on Richard's part to bring her out of it.
* [[Hot Chick
* [[I Am What I Am]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: There are times she really doesn't like having her Confessor magic. Particularly since they get in the way of her being with Richard.
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* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Last of His Kind|Last Of Her Kind]]
* [[Line in
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: The purpose behind the Confessors' magic.
* [[Magic Knight]]: She's a capable combatant and uses physical combat in addition to her magical abilities.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Messing with a woman who turns out to be a Confessor is a bad idea, as anyone who's attacked Kahlan at some point can attest to.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: She often beats herself up about it, too.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted once, as a plot point.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: To an almost insane extent. Her willingness to die for Richard, or for her cause, is a little extreme to say the least.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Without it, her name can be a little tricky to pronounce. According to the author, it's "KAY-lan".
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: The Con Dar.
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Part of the aforementioned [[Full
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: If anything, she's even ''more'' bloodthirsty and willing to [[Shoot the Dog]] than Richard is, and that's saying something, considering that she isn't using a magical sword that draws on her anger. {{spoiler|Except in ''Faith of the Fallen''.}}
* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]: A more benevolent example than most, but still.
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* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Her mother.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: The Con Dar.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]
* [[Witch Species]]
* [[Woman in White]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]: When in the Con Dar.
* [[
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* [[Eccentric Mentor]]
* [[Empathic Healer]]
* [[Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die]]: Used intentionally on an angry mob bent on killing him.
* [[Hellfire]]: Wizard's fire, his favorite spell.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: He's a wizard, not a witch(they're girls), and not a warlock(which is a male witch). However, warlock is preferable to witch.
* [[Kill It
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Would you believe that this skinny old man earned the title, "The Wind of Death" and was feared even by his own side during a previous war? Or that he is almost singlehandedly responsible for the death of several hundred thousand Imperial Order troops?
* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]
* [[Playing
* [[Magi Babble]]
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Magic comes in handy for cooking.
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* [[Old Master]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: He mentions this in his backstory after his wife was killed.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: When the Midlands council began mishandling the boxes and naming Seekers on their own, Zedd went off to Westland and left them to "suffer the consequences of their own actions."
* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: “True as toasted toads, my boy!”
* [[The Smart Guy]]
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Agony Beam]]: The Agiel, her primary weapon.
* [[Anti
* [[Badass]]
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: Well, it makes you a Mord-Sith. In Cara's case, she was at least redeemable.
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: On Richard. Kind of.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Cold
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: She decided to stay in Richard's service, even though he had publicly disbanded the Mord-Sith, because she thought he was a leader worth serving.
* [[Hell
* [[Hero Secret Service]]: To Richard.
* [[I Am What I Am]]: Though she defrosts, she ''is'' a Mord-Sith.
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* [[Kiss of Life]]
* [[Love At First Punch]]: 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.]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: She insists she didn't know what it was going to do until ''after'' she touched it, though.
* [[No
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Drifts in this direction in the later books.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: She starts to have lighter moments as the series goes on, but if anyone threatens Richard, she morphs into a Determinator.
* [[Self
* [[Shipper
* [[Shoot Your Mate]]: Again, part of her training. And she did.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: 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.
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Unless the process involves rats, of course.
* [[Torture Technician]]
* [[Training
* [[Used to Be
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Rats]]
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her mother.
* [[Affably Evil]]: How she appears at first. 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. Richard finds her friendly and respectful exterior to be much more disturbing than the arrogant, sneering ones of the villains he's faced in the past.
* [[Anti
* [[Ascended Extra]]: She was originally a minor character in ''Stone of Tears'', a secondary antagonist, but when ''Faith of the Fallen'' came around . . .
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Boast]]: Several, to Richard, in ''Faith of the Fallen'', driving home the point that she is not like any enemy he's faced before and is not going to be outsmarted easily.
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: She was a Sister of the Light for well over a hundred years before she appeared in the series, and it shows.
* [[The Baroness]]: Of the redeemable variety.
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* [[Black Magic]]: She is one of the few who actually wields Subtractive Magic.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Piercing, lucid, intelligent, and [[What Beautiful Eyes!|often remarked upon]].
* [[Character Filibuster]]: Aside from Richard, there is ''no one'' in the series who can go on a filibuster like Nicci can. Her particularly specialty is deconstructing the Imperial Order inside and out.
* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]
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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: A really, really big understatement.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: No one seems to find it funny, though.
* [[Deal
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Deuteragonist]]: In ''Faith of the Fallen'' and the ''Chainfire Trilogy,'' though it can be argued that she is actually the protagonist of ''Faith of the Fallen'' and the tritagonist during the ''Chainfire Trilogy.''
* [[Distracted
* [[The Dragon]]: To Emperor Jagang.
* [[The Dreaded]]: As Death's Mistress, she's more feared than Emperor Jagang himself. An entire town of hundreds of people committed mass suicide at the news of her approach, the children taking poison first, then the adults. {{spoiler|Even after her [[Heel Face Turn]], her reputation still frightens many of the people who are now on her side.}}
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* [[Mundane Utility]]: Subtractive Magic is not just useful for combat, but also for getting that nasty pink color she hates so much out of the nightdress they put her in.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Death's Mistress.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: She worries that she is responsible for Richard's, “delusions.”
* [[Number Two]]: She has a habit of playing [[Number Two]] on whatever she she is currently on.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Drifts in this direction after ''Faith of the Fallen.'' Before that, she was a straight up female [[Determinator]].
* [[Put
* [[Rape
* [[Razor Wind]]: And so skilled with it that she can decapitate multiple armed soldiers without a sound.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: She doesn't seem to enjoy it, though.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: 181.
* [[Romantic Runner
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Or just go topless.
* [[So Beautiful
* [[Stalker
* [[Synchronization]]: The maternity spell.
* [[The Stoic]]
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* [[The Unfettered]]: She is like this in operation, willing to do just about anything to accomplish her goals.
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Her mother.
* [[Up to Eleven]]: She is so beautiful that ''[[
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: When Richard {{spoiler|refuses to sleep with her}}, and again when {{spoiler|she thinks that he's "profiteering."}}
* [[Villainesses Want Heroes]]: Does she ''ever''.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: In ''Faith of the Fallen'' she is given a comparable number of her own chapters as Richard and Kahlan, and her personal development is about one half of the story of that book, the other half being the continuation of the war against the Order. At this point, she is still very much a villain.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Lice.
* [[
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]
* [[Workplace
* [[World Half Empty]]: How she views the world. {{spoiler|Until Richard changes her mind.}}
* [[
== Secondary Characters ==
=== Dell "Chase" Brandstone: ===
The leader of the boundary wardens in Westland, and an old friend of Richard Cypher and his father. He is the husband of Emma Brandstone, and the father of several children. Chase and his men serve the Westland government publicly, but their true loyalty is only to the true Seeker.
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* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]
* [[Put
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: His mother.
* [[Walking Armory]]
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An orphan in the Midlands who was taken by the government to be Princess Violet's "playmate", which pretty much meant she was a punching bag to be bossed around and abused. By a combination of guile and help from the wizard Giller, Rachel escaped her position, delivered the third Box of Orden to Richard and Kahlan, and became Chase's adopted daughter.
* [[Badass Lolita]]: Considering that she was adopted by Chase, it's no surprise.▼
* [[Badass Normal]]: No magic, no powers, no antimagic, no magic weapons, and still a major piece in the overall plot.
* [[Geometric Magic]]: She had no magical training or upbringing, but managed to learn how to use the written magic of Tamarang by listening to Six and Violet talk about it.
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Becomes trapped in one with Chase in the second book.
* [[Put
* [[She
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Her mother.
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* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: To Kahlan, after being Confessed.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
* [[Honest
* [[Noble Demon]]: He cultivated a tough-guy image before being Confessed, and hated the idea of any softness being attached to his image, but was squarely a good person who donated money to orphanages.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]
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* [[Blind Seer]]
* [[Cold
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: She can tell truth from lie with perfect accuracy.
* [[Mutilation Interrogation]]: Has had it done to her, and also did it to someone else herself.
* [[Put
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: She has this in her backstory as well.
* [[Super Senses]]: Though missing her eyesight, she's learned to compensate using her other senses, including some magical ones.
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* [[The Archer]]: He's a professional marksman and hunter among the Mud People, and can make shots that most people think are borderline impossible.
* [[Back for
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
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* [[Noble Savage]]
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: He puts ten-step poison on his arrows, and also carries around the cure for said poison.
* [[Put
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: He repeatedly calls Richard and Kahlan out on what happens.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti
* [[Back for
* [[Badass]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Deal
* [[Enemy to All Living Things]]: Temporarily.
* [[Fake
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
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* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Properly Paranoid]]
* [[Put
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Her mother.
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The Prelate, leader of the Sisters of the Light. Ann is a major political player who carefully watches and enforces prophecy to ensure events turn out the way she wants them to.
* [[Be a Whore
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Her philosophy. She is not shy about enforcing it.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Flanderization]]: She becomes more and more fanatical as the books progress, until she mostly just shouts, "Prophecy demands it!" and "There is no way you could know such things!" at random intervals.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Shipper
* [[Omniscient Morality License]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kahlan eventually brings her to task for what she's been doing, and actually manages to dent her conviction a little.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Including an unborn child, just because the mother happened to be in the way and could "possibly" have been a Sister of the Dark.
=== Nathan Rahl: ===
The prophet held prisoner by the Prelate Annalina and the Sisters of the Light, delivering prophecies to them. He is also a descendant of the Rahl family, and a distant relation of Richard's.
* [[Adult Child]]: At times. When he first buys a sword, Annalina mentions in a Journeybook entry that he is busy fighting imaginary monsters, calling him a thousand-year-old child.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Because he can see events, he's also exceptionally good at influencing them. On one occasion, he simultaneously started one war and prevented an even bigger one while imprisoned by whispering something to a consort.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Given his usual cheerful, bright demeanor, it's easy to forget that he's a wizard and just as capable of throwing fire and lightning around as any of them.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Gilded Cage]]: The Sisters of the Light have him in one.
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* [[Old Master]]
* [[Omniscient Morality License]]
* [[Playing
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: He's nearly a thousand.
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== Villains ==
=== Darken Rahl: ===
The Master of D'Hara, heir to the throne of the House of Rahl, Prince of Lies, and the Player for the power of Orden. Darken Rahl seeks to rule the world, and intends to use the Boxes of Orden to this end. He appears as a benevolent man promising peace and security between all the nations. In secret, however, Darken Rahl is a rapist, a sadist, a cannibal, a child molester, a tyrant and a demon workshipper. He secretly serves the Keeper.
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* [[The Casanova]]: A very dark version of this trope. He takes numerous women to his bed, and the ones who bear ungifted offspring or laugh at his scars are killed.
* [[Character Tics]]: Licking his fingers and rubbing his eyebrows, as a result of being horribly burned as a child.
* [[Cold
* [[Deal
* [[Dystopian Edict]]: Fire is bad. Fire was used against Darken Rahl's father. Fire is a sign of disrespect to the house of Rahl. Fire is outlawed. Except, oddly, for the candles in his father's tomb, which have to be kept lit [[You Have Failed Me...|or else]].
* [[Eats Babies]]
* [[Eat the Dog]]
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* [[Eunuchs Are Evil]]: Not quite a eunuch, but Darken Rahl is implied to have a serious scarred, nearly burnt-off penis. But it's damn close.
* [[Evil Overlord]]
* [[False
* [[Finger
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: He spent a lot of time and effort trying to get a gifted, male heir. He does. {{spoiler|It's Richard, so things don't ''quite'' work out how he'd wanted.}}
* [[Hair
* [[Heir Club for Men]]: He has had quite a bit of trouble getting just the right gifted heir, and he has plenty of bastard children as a testament to his efforts.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: He's normally a vegetarian, and he considers eating meat distasteful, but when the ritual calls for it, he'll still devour the organs of a child.
* [[Lie to
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Though for someone called the Prince of Lies right on the back cover of the first book, it's pretty much a given.
* [[Mind Rape]]
* [[More Than Mind Control]]
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* [[Offing the Offspring]]: He won't tolerate any ungifted offspring remaining alive.
* [[Plot Armour]]: Thanks to the magic of Orden, Rahl cannot be killed until he opens a box, or the first day of winter arrives.
* [[Politically
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: He may be evil, but he's not entirely unreasonable. To one Mord-Sith's surprise, he doesn't have her executed after her pet breaks free, because he realizes that the failure was not her fault, as the task was, in hindsight, impossible, and it would be pointless to get rid of his best Mord-Sith because of it.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: His body is scarred in embarrassing places.
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* [[Hard Gay]]
* [[Just Add Bitch]]: His dialogue when talking to women contains generous helpings of the word.
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|He is confessed by Kahlan, leaving him utterly consumed with devotion to a woman. Kahlan than castrates him and makes him ''eat it'', then bashes his head in with a mace.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: While he does plenty of puppy-kicking all through ''Wizard's First Rule'', the moment that stands out is when he {{spoiler|kills Brophy in a fight.}}
* [[Large and In Charge]]: One of the biggest men in D'Hara, and the highest ranked servant of the house of Rahl, giving orders to all but Darken Rahl himself.
* [[Murder, Inc.]]: He's the leader of the quads, D'Hara's professional hitmen and anti-Confessor units.
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: Darken Rahl put webs around him that block all magic and attack, making him immune to Additive Magic and Confession. {{spoiler|But not to the Con Dar.}}
* [[Rape
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: "Shut up, bitch."
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* [[Agony Beam]]
* [[Anti
* [[The Baroness]]
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: 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}}.
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Richard, out of [[Stockholm Syndrome|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 [[Agony Beam|the Agiel]]), asks her to let a different Mord-Sith take over his training. She explodes into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] and launches a [[No
** To clarify, at first he just asks that another Mord-Sith (Denna's friend/rival) train him without explaining why. She beats the tar out of him because she thinks her "pet" likes the other Mord-Sith better. It's only afterward that she asks ''why'' Richard made the request and he explains, which puts her into a minor [[Villainous BSOD]] and is the start of her redemption.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She was [[Used to Be
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: 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.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Dying
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: 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 [[Torture Technician]] that she is today.
* [[Hair
* [[Hell
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Constance, another Mord-Sith. The "heterosexual" might only be on Denna's half of the relationship, however, as Constance [[Does Not Like Men|hates men]] and generally acts like a [[Psycho Lesbian]].
* {{spoiler|[[High Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: She does not show Richard any mercy, regardless of whether he is standing up, lying down, or passed out at her feet and unable to move.
* [[Kick the Son of
* [[Kiss of Life]]: She uses to technique to make sure her pets don't die during training.
* [[Last Request]]: She asks Richard to {{spoiler|take her last breath before she dies.}}
* [[Love Redeems]]
* [[Mutilation Interrogation]]: 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 [[Groin Attack]], sticking the Agiel ''inside his ear'', and a lot of other things, all described in excruciating detail.
* [[No
* [[Pet the Dog]]: 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.
* [[The Power of Love]]: Richard, while his magic is held by her, finds out he can still use the magic through love. He later uses it {{spoiler|to ''kill her'', using his own sympathy and forgiveness for her as the fuel.}}
* [[Rape Is Love]]: Richard being the victim, and Denna being the rapist.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* [[Self
* [[Shoot Your Mate]]
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: In ''Temple of the Winds'' and ''Confessor.''
* [[Torture Always Works]]
* [[Torture Technician]]
* [[Training
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Used to Be
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* [[Casanova]]: Either the darkest version of this imaginable, or a horrible subversion. As the emperor, Jagang has a whole army of women who would be all too happy to be with him, but instead of sleeping with any of them, he deliberately chooses women who are slaves or unwilling captives, because being a serial rapist is more fun.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: It turns out being able to read the minds of most of the planet really helps in this regard.
* [[Cold
* [[Dirty Communists]]
* [[Dream Weaver]]: He has this power as a result of being a Dreamwalker, and he uses it to great effect.
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* [[Forced to Watch]]: He's rather fond of his tactic for people he knows won't break from being tortured themselves. Once, in an attempt to get {{spoiler|Zedd}} to divulge important information, he brought in a group of children captured from the Midlands, and made him listen while his best torturers went to work on them. He also used a similar tactic as a threat on {{spoiler|Kahlan}}, to keep her in line; since she more or less does stay in line, he never has to go through with it.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: 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 far from being just some stupid brute. "He was a very smart brute."
* [[Green
* [[Hair
* [[Hypocrite]]: When Richard [[Shoot the Dog|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 [[Complete Monster]] for doing this, despite that this is exactly what Jagang has been doing to the New World since the early books of the series.
* [[Knight Templar]]: According to several characters, he honestly believes he's doing the right thing.
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* [[The Napoleon]]: Of average height, small compared to most of the characters in the series, but plenty mean.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: He still thinks he's on the side of good, though.
* [[Politically
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: He's willing to listen to others, particularly when they know more about magic than he does, rather than just asserting his opinion.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Rape Is Love]]: He believes it is, apparently. Towards Nicci, at least.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: Pretty much the Imperial Order's MO.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: His eyes, which mark his status as a Dreamwalker.
* [[Ripple
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Stalker
* [[Straw Misogynist]]: Not to the same extent as Darken Rahl, but still.
* [[Take Over the World]]
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Would torture them as well.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Invoking a certain [[Either
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* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Cain and Abel]]: He's Cain.
* [[Cold
* [[Combat Medic]]: What he seems to be at first.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: After his evil side is revealed.
* [[Deal
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: He throws knives into a wall. They all hit within an inch of each other. Oh, and the wall was behind him.
* [[Knife Nut]]
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* [[Straw Misogynist]]: Given that he's a villain in a Sword of Truth novel, that's almost mandatory.
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: His mother.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: To [[Cold
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: His mother.
* [[Anti
* [[Attempted Rape]]: Of Nyda, along with some more successful attempts on women he meets along the way.
* [[Bastard Bastard]]
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Brother
* [[Cain and Abel]]: He's Cain.
* [[Deal
* [[Dumb Muscle]]
* [[Enemy to All Living Things]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Jennsen. They are both pristinely ungifted bastard children of Darken Rahl, and are the two main characters of ''The Pillars of Creation'', and are repeatedly contrasted. Jennsen's mother was seduced by Darken Rahl when she was fifteen, while Oba's mother intentionally seduced Darken Rahl as a plan to increase her status.(It didn't work.) Jennsen is horrified and shocked when her mother is murdered by quadsman, while Oba [[Self
* [[Evilly Affable]]: He doesn't have a single redeeming trait compared to his numerous [[Kick the Dog]] moments, but his self-righteous and blatantly disturbed way of thinking still makes him incredibly amusing.
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: He was originally fairly well-behaved, if obviously weird and with traits of the potential sociopath, before he began dealing with the Keeper.
* [[Self
* [[Shovel Strike]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: He likes to think of himself as a cunning [[Warrior Poet]] with a healthy curiosity who likes to learn things, and thinks he's got the whole cast wrapped around his finger and will become the ruler of D'Hara in time. In reality, he's a blundering, sociopathic idiot who's being manipulated by the Keeper.
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Anti
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: 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.}}
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* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]
* [[We Have Reserves]]/ [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: He doesn't seem to have a problem with causing the deaths of his own men along the way, once they do their part.
* [[White
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: 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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The Princess of Tamarang. Though only a child, she already orders beheadings, keeps a "playmate" who she regularly slaps and punishes for no reason other than her own enjoyment, enjoys torturing prisoners, and makes plans to have women she does not like gang-raped by the castle guard.
* [[Cold
* [[Enfant Terrible]]
* [[
* [[For the Evulz]]: Many of her horrific deeds are done just because she was feeling spiteful or because she thought it was fun.
* [[Geometric Magic]]: Although it takes so long to teach her, that Rachel gets the hang of it just from listening.
* [[Kick the Son of
* [[
* [[Royal Brat]]
* [[Royally Screwed
* [[She
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
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* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Visionary Villain]]
* [[Well
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=== The Chimes of Death: ===
A soulless, demonic force that destroys magic, beginning [[The End of the World
* [[Anti
* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: They aren't hurting the people who summoned them.
* [[Feathered Fiend]]
* [[Kill It
* [[Kill It
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Nobody Here but Us Chickens]]
* [[Playing
* [[Speak of the Devil]]: Don't say their names out loud; that's how you summon them.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]
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* [[Black Magic]]
* [[Deal
* [[Devil but No God]]: The Keeper takes an activate role in trying to exterminate the living. Aside from sealing him away in the first place, the Creator doesn't seem to do much at all.
* [[For the Evulz]]: He hates that you live. Your life is the crime.
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* [[The Scottish Trope]]
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