Sword of Truth index

A

ABERNATHY. Captain in the Galean army.
ABIGAIL (Abby). Daughter of Helsa. Married to Philip. Mother of Jana. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander in his youth.
ADIE. Bone Woman. Sorceress. Married to Pell. Granddaughter of Lindel. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander, Richard Rahl, and Kahlan Amnell. Blinded by the Blood of the Fold.
AGADEN REACH. Located in the Midlands; home of Shota the witch woman.
AGIEL. Tool of the Mord-Sith; red leather rod that brings pain. Useless against the pillars of Creation.
AHERN. Man who hauls iron for the Midlands. Took Zeddicus Zorander and Adie to Nicobarese.
ALBERT. Non-magical Westland villager. Friend of Richard Cypher. Father of Lester.
ALBINO FEVER. Caused by the albino mosquito; turns the victim’s flesh white; first symptom is blindness; victim is unable to move, is very weak, and loses control of their bodily functions; there is no cure.
ALBINO MOSQUITO. Creature of magic in the Midlands; causes albino fever.
ALDURREN, ANNALINA. Prelate of the Sisters of the Light. Faked her own death so she could influence prophecy. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander and Richard Rahl. Lover of Nathan Rahl.
ALESSANDRA. Sister of the Dark; became a Sister of the Light again. Captured by Jagang; escaped with Annalina Aldurren. Killed by Brother Narev.
ALTHEA. Sorceress. Sister of Lathea. Married to Friedrich Gilder. Helped Jennsen Rahl and Oba Rahl escape the notice of Darken Rahl, and was punished for it; her legs and gift were destroyed and she was sentenced to living in a swamp filled with evil creatures made from her own magic until she died. Retained the gift of prophecy. Protector to the Lord Rahl. Murdered by Oba Rahl.
ALTUR’RANG. City located in the heart of the Old World; home of Jagang. Revolution for freedom started here by Richard Rahl.
AMELIA. Sister of the Dark. Killed by Kahlan Amnell.
AMNELL, BERNADINE. Queen of Galea. Married to King Wyborn. Mother of Cyrilla and Harold. Lives in Ebinissia.
AMNELL, CYRILLA. Queen of Galea. Daughter of Wyborn and Bernadine. Sister of Harold. Half-sister of Kahlan. Lives in Ebinissia. Went insane and demanded for Kahlan Amnell to be queen of Galea.
AMNELL, HAROLD. Commander of the Galean Army. Son of Wyborn and Bernadine. Brother of Cyrilla. Half-brother of Kahlan. Lives in Ebinissia. Killed in front of Kahlan Amnell for treason by Adie, Zeddicus Zorander, Warren, or Verna Sauventreen.
AMNELL, KAHLAN. Mother Confessor of the Midlands. Married to Richard Rahl. Honorary member of the Mud People. Daughter of Wyborn Amnell and the Mother Confessor. Half-sister of Harold and Cyrilla. Queen of Galea and Kelton. Was to be executed by the people of Aydindril, but Zeddicus Zorander put a death spell on her. Was pregnant, but she was beaten to death by a group of Hakens by the order of Dalton Campbell and lost the child; given the breath of life back by Richard Rahl; taken to Westland to recover. Was connected to Nicci by the maternity spell against her will. Taken by Nicholas the Slide, and rescued by Richard Rahl.
AMNELL, WYBORN. Married to Kahlan’s mother. King of Galea. Married to Queen Bernadine. Father of Cyrilla, Harold, and Kahlan. Killed himself when Kahlan’s mother died.
ANARGO. D’Haran soldier that captured Pendisan Reach in the time of the old war.
ANDELLMERE, KEVIN. Swordsman. Guard of the Prelate. Friend of Richard Rahl.
ANDER, JOSEPH. Founder of Anderith. Ander. War Wizard. Father of the Chimes.
ANDERS. People of Anderith; used to be a nomadic people; taken over by the Hakens; became moneylenders and in charge of education. This gave them power and they overthrew the Hakens; now control the Hakens and do not allow them to read or think for themselves.
ANDERITH. Land in the southern part of the Midlands; considered the breadbasket of the Midlands.
ANDERITH LIBRARY. Located in Fairfield in the home of the Minister of Culture; contains books of the Anderith culture.
ANDERSON, BETH. Daughter of Hattie and Clive. Sister of Darby and Lily. Recovered from the plague.
ANDERSON, CLIVE. Father of Darby, Beth, and Lily. Husband of Hattie. Son of Erling. Died of the plague.
ANDERSON, DARBY. Son of Hattie and Clive. Brother of Beth and Lily. Died of the plague. Friend of Kip and Yonick.
ANDERSON, ERLING. Father of Clive. Grandfather of Darby, Beth, and Lily. Recovered from the plague.
ANDERSON, HATTIE. Wife of Clive. Mother of Darby, Beth, and Lily. Died of the plague.
ANDERSON, LILY. Daughter of Hattie and Clive. Sister of Darby and Beth. Died of the plague.
ANDOLIANS. Creatures of magic that live in the Midlands; they steal shiny things; enjoy carrying messages.
ANNALEE. Healer.
ANNETTE. Haken. Member of the Anderith army.
ANSON. Pillar of Creation. Lived in Bandakar. Helped Richard Rahl free the Bandakaran Empire of the Imperial Order.
ARBRIN. Elder of the Mud People.
ARMINA. Sister in the Sisters of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl. Property of Jagang.
ASHLEY. Lady in waiting for Queen Cyrilla. Raped and murdered by the army of Kelton.
COMMISSIONER ASHMORE. Governor in charge of the trade commission. Kelton.
AUBREY. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
AYDINDRIL. City located in the northern part of the Midlands. Home of the Central Council, the Confessors’ Palace, and the Wizard’s Keep.
AZRITH PLAINS. Located in D’Hara, south of the People’s Palace.

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BAKA BAN MANA. Stands for those without masters. Tribe of people living near Tanimura in the Old World. Became the Baka Tau Mana (those with masters) after Richard Rahl restored them to their natural home; he is their Caharin.
GENERAL BALDWIN. Commander of all Keltish forces.
BANDAKAR. Region located in the Old World. Kaja-Rang banished the pillars of Creation and all who believed in the absence of evil to this region.
BANDAKARAN EMPIRE. See: Bandakar.
BANDU. The poison used in ten-step arrows.
BANELING. One turned to the Keeper.
BANTAK. Tribe of people that live east of the Mud People; very peaceful.
BARACCUS. First Wizard during Magda Searus’s time.
BASHKAR, JORIN. King of Jara. Uncle of Tristan Bashkar.
BASHKAR, TRISTAN. Jarian minister. Nephew of King Jorin. Executed by Richard Rahl for trying to murder the Mother Confessor.
BEATA. Haken. Sergeant of the Anderith army. Friend of Fitch. Raped by Minister Chanboor.
BECKY. Sister in the Sisters of the Light. Killed by Annalina Aldurren.
BELLA. Annalina Aldurren’s horse.
BENSTENT, HAM. Gravedigger in Tanimura.
BERDINE. Mord-Sith. Sister of the Agiel to Hally, Raina, and Cara. Lover of Raina.
MISTRESS BERNADETTE. Servant to Kahlan Amnell.
BERNIE. Pillar of Creation. Lives in Bandakar.
BERT. Died of the plague. Friend of Kip and Yonick.
BETHANY. Daughter of Nora and Julian. Sister of Bruce. Killed by the Fire Chime (Sentrosi).
BETTY. Goat belonging to Jennsen Rahl. Used by Nicholas the Slide to spy on Richard Rahl.
BEVINVIER, JEBRA. Seer. Ex-servant of Lady Ordith. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander and Kahlan Amnell.
BEZANCORT. Ambassador of Sanderia.
BILL. Father of Randy. Proprietor of an inn in Southaven. Friend of Chase.
BILL. Non-magical Westland villager.
THE BIRD MAN. In charge of the Mud People. Has a niece. Friend of Kahlan Amnell and Richard Rahl.
BLACK-TIPPED RACES. Birds from the Bandakaran Empire. Used by Nicholas the Slide to watch Richard Rahl.
CAPTAIN BLAKE. Captain of the Lady Sefa.
BLOOD FLIES. Help to flush out the prey of gars.
THE BLOOD OF THE FOLD. An army of men that hunt for banelings.
BLUNT MOUNTAIN. Also known as Blunt Cliff. Located in Westland in the Ven Forest by Hawkers Trail.
BOLLESDUN. Guard at the Palace of Prophets. Friend of Richard Rahl.
BONNIE. Horse belonging to the Sisters of the Light.
BOOK OF COUNTED SHADOWS. Magical book that is used when opening the Boxes of Orden. Hard to read; must only be read by one with the gift.
THE BOUNDARIES. Created by First Wizard Zeddicus Zorander with magic. Part of the underworld.
THE BOXES OF ORDEN. Contain ancient and dangerous magic spawned from the earth and from life itself. Once someone puts the Boxes of Orden into play, that person has one year to gather the other two boxes and open one; if the year is up, the person’s life is forfeit. One box will give the opener unlimited power, another will kill the person, and the third will kill every living thing. Use of the Book of Counted Shadows helps to discern which box to open.
BOY. Horse belonging to Richard Rahl and Nicci.
BRADFORD. Division General of Kelton.
BRAINARD. General for the Midlands.
BRANDSTONE, DELL (Chase). Boundary Warden of Westland. Married to Emma. Father of Lee and several others. Adoptive father of Rachel. Head of Boundary Wardens in Westland. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander and Richard Rahl.
BRANDSTONE, EMMA. Married to Chase. Mother of Lee and several others. Adoptive mother of Rachel.
BRANDSTONE, LEE. Daughter of Emma and Chase. Adoptive sister of Rachel. Sister of others.
BREASTON. City in the Old World.
BREGINDERIN. Elder of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People. Died of the plague.
THE BRIAR HOUSE. Inn located in Tanimura.
BRIARTON. The nearest town to where Jennsen Rahl and her mother lived.
BRIDGET. Prostitute.
BRIGHTON, CECIL. Non-magical Westland villager. Father of Nadine.
BRIGHTON, NADINE. Non-magical Westland villager. Daughter of Cecil. Wife of Richard Rahl. Murdered by Drefan Rahl.
BROC. A heavy, leather-covered ball used in Ja’La.
BROGAN, LUNETTA. Sister of Tobias. Sorceress. Killed by Galtero.
BROGAN, TOBIAS. Brother of Lunetta. Lord General of the Blood of the Fold. Killed by Lunetta. Baneling. Wizard.
BROPHY. Trader. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s Confessor power and turned into a wolf to rid himself of it. Killed by Demmin Nass. Loves children.
BROWNIE. Horse belonging to Inger.
BRUCE. Son of Nora and Julian. Brother of Bethany.
BRUMFORD. Ambassador from Togressa.
BRYCE. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith army. Killed by the Imperial Order.

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CAHARIN. Member of the Baka Ban Mana; the one who dances with the spirits. Richard Rahl is the Caharin.
CALDUS. Elder of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People.
CALLISIDRIN RIVER. Located in the Midlands.
CALTHROP. Underworld beast that kills at night.
CAMDEN. Ancient Ander.
COMMISSIONER CAMERON. Governor in charge of the trade commission. Kelton.
CAMPBELL, DALTON. Minister Chanboor’s aide. Promoted to Minister of Culture in Anderith. Ander. Husband of Teresa.
CAMPBELL, TERESA (TESS). Wife of Dalton. Ander.
CARA. Mord-Sith. Sister of the Agiel to Hally, Berdine, and Raina. Friend of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell. Body guard of the Lord Rahl. Lover of Benjamin Meiffert.
CARA. Daughter of Du Chaillu and a Majendie man.
CARINE. Haken. Member of the Anderith army.
CARL. Boy from D’Hara. Stolen by Demmin Nass for Darken Rahl. Murdered by Darken Rahl.
MASTER CARLISLE. Deputy administrator of strategic planning of Kelton.
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE. Inn located in Tamarang.
CASCELLA, VICTOR. Blacksmith in Altur’Rang. Friend of Richard Cypher. Homeland is Cavatura.
CASTAGLEN CROSSING. City that was destroyed by the Plague.
CAT. Zedd’s cat.
CAVATURA. Land in the Old World far south of Altur’Rang.
CECILIA. Sister in the Sisters of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl.
CELIA. Novice in the Sisters of the Light. Friend of Pasha Maes.
CELLION. City in the Midlands.
CENTRAL COUNCIL. Located in Aydindril; made up of representatives of the more important lands of the Midlands; rules the Midlands; the Mother Confessor rules the Central Council.
CHALMER. Baker in Aydindril.
CHANBOOR, BERTRAND. Minister of Culture in Anderith. Ander. Promoted to Sovereign. Husband of Hildemara.
CHANBOOR, HILDEMARA. Wife of Bertrand. Ander.
CHANDELEN. Nephew of Toffalar. Member of the Mud People. Elder of the Mud People. Friend of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
CHAPMAN, PETER. Driver in Galea. Member of the Galean army. Friend of Brin Jackson. Owner of Daisy and Pip.
CHERNA. Sister of the Light. Captured and killed by Jagang.
THE CHIMES. Put in the Dominie Dirtch by Joseph Ander; officially called the Chimes of Death or the Chimes of Doom; magical creatures. Named Reechani, Sentrosi, and Vasi.
CHOLBANE, LEONORA. Sister of Walter. Representative of Grennidon.
CHOLBANE, WALTER. Brother of Leonora. Representative of Grennidon.
CHOORA. City in the land of Nicobarese.
CHRISTABEL. Sister of the Dark. Killed by Jagang. Taken by the Keeper.
CLARISSA. Woman who lives in Renwold. Lover of Nathan Rahl. Killed by Manda Perlin.
CLARK, REGINA. Lives in Horners Mill. One of a few people left alive after a slaughter by the People’s Peace Army from Westland.
CLAYTON. Brother of Joe and Tom.
CLOVIS. Hawker working near the People’s Palace in D’Hara; sold charms. Helped Oba Rahl to the home of Althea.
SERGEANT COLLINS. Soldier in Aydindril. Killed by Marlin.
THE COLLINS INN. Inn located in Tamarang.
CON DAR. Means the Blood Rage; happens to a Confessor when they invoke the magic on behalf of another; the joining of a Confessor’s additive and subtractive magic; must be taught by the birth mother; something only the strongest Confessors can do.
LADY ORDITH CONDATITH DE DACKIDVICH. From the House of Burgalass. Lives in D’Hara.
CONEY CROSSING. Town by Coney River, in Pendisan Reach.
CONEY RIVER. Part of the Kern River.
CONFEDERATION OF LANDS. Part of the Central Council.
CONFESSORS. Confessors are above the law; has a wizard for protection; are the final arbiter of truth; are unable to cut their own hair with out pain; wear simple black dresses; only the Mother Confessor wears a white dress. They have Additive magic, the power of love and truth, except when in the Con Dar; then they use Subtractive as well. The Mother Confessor is the head of the Central Council.
CONFESSORS’ PALACE. Palace located in Aydindril; home of the Confessors.
CONSTANCE. Mord-Sith. Killed by Richard Rahl.
LIEUTENANT CRAWFORD. Soldier in Aydindril.
THE CREATOR’S FORGE. See: The Pillars of Creation.
SERGEANT CULLEN. Soldier in the Galean army.
CUTTER. Division General of Kelton.
CYNRIC. Sentry of the Galean army.
CYPHER, GEORGE. Father of Michael. Stepfather of Richard. Murdered by Darken Rahl. Responsible for retrieving the Book of Counted Shadows for Richard.
CYPHER, MICHAEL. Son of George. Stepbrother of Richard. First Councilor of Westland. Executed on Richard’s order because he was in league with Darken Rahl.
CYPHER, RICHARD. See: Rahl, Richard. Name Richard thought was his for his childhood; went by this name when living in the Old World with Nicci.

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DACRA. Weapon carried by the Sisters of the Light and the Sisters of the Dark, and is used to kill with the aid of the gift.
DAGGETT, JENNSEN. See: Rahl, Jennsen.
DAISY. Horse belonging to Brin Jackson and Peter Chapman.
DAMMAR RIVER. Located in the Midlands; part of the Drun River; poisonous.
LIEUTENANT DELIS. Killed in Aydindril by Darken Rahl. Friend of Kahlan Amnell.
DELORA. Sorceress. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander in his youth.
MISTER DEMPSEY. Ship mate on the Lady Sefa.
DENNA. Mord-Sith. Darken Rahl’s favorite. Mate of Richard Rahl.
DENNEE. Kahlan Amnell’s best friend and foster sister. Confessor. Killed and raped by a quad sent by Darken Rahl.
THE DEVOTION. Spoken by all bonded to the House of Rahl: “Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us. In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are sheltered. In your wisdom we are humbled. We live only to serve. Our lives are yours.”
D’HARA. Land to the east of Westland and the Midlands, and north of the Old World. Controlled by the House of Rahl.
DOBBIN PASS. Pass into D’Hara.
DOMINIE DIRTCH. Ancient weapons of magic created by the Anders; look like giant bells; the sound of the bells when rung sloughs the flesh right off the victim’s bones.
DOUDIET. Works in the Office of Commerce. Kelton.
DRAGONS. Creatures that have magic; there are a few types, including gray, green, and red. Gray dragons are shy and the smallest dragon; they are also used for hunting. Green dragons are bigger, rather dumb, have bad tempers, and can be dangerous. Red dragons are the smartest and biggest; they are very independent.
DREAM WALKER. A weapon created three thousand years before; the Towers of Perdition were built to stop them; able to slip in one’s dreams and command them; only the bond to the House of Rahl will protect one from a dream walker; able to slip into the infinite spaces of time between thoughts; can inhabit a person’s mind.
MASTER DRUMMOND. Ander. Master of the kitchens for Sovereign Chanboor.
DRUN RIVER. Located near the Boundary between Westland and the Midlands; is actually in the Midlands.
DRUN VALLEY. Near the Drun River in the southern part of the Midlands.
DU CHAILLU. Spirit woman of the Baka Ban Mana. Captured by the Majendie and rescued by Richard Rahl. Wife of Richard Rahl and five others. Mother of three Baka Ban Mana children and one Majendie child named Cara.
DULCINIA. Sister of the Light.
DULCY. Novice in the Sisters of the Light. Friend of Pasha Maes.

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EBINISSIA. Crown City of Galea.
EDGAR. Ancient Ander.
EDWARDS. D’Haran soldier. Killed by a mriswith.
EERIS. Mriswith.
EGAN. D’Haran soldier. Personal bodyguard for Richard Rahl.
ELSWYTH. Lady in waiting for Queen Cyrilla. Raped and murdered by the army of Kelton.
EMERSON. Division General. Kelton.
EMMELINE. Haken. Soldier in the Anderith army.
ETTORE. Soldier in the Blood of the Fold. Killed by Valdora.

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FAIRFIELD. Capital city of Anderith.
FAULKINGHAM. Works in the Office of Commerce. Kelton.
FAUVEL, MARIE. Corporal in the Anderith army. Ander.
FAVAL. Charcoal maker in Altur’Rang. Friend of Richard Cypher. Brother was arrested and killed by the Order.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE ORDER. Lead by a High Priest and his Brothers; created to do good in service of the Creator and Jagang.
FENG SAN MERIDIAN DISHARMONY. When one is unable to sleep without nightmares.
MASTER FINCH. Works with the horses at the Palace of the Prophets.
FINELLA. Sister in the Sisters of the Light. Killed by Sister Ulicia.
FIONELA. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
FIREFIGHTERS. Darken Rahl’s men; enforcers who travel the country to bring Rahl’s decree that people are not allowed to use fire.
FIRE SPRING. Located in the Midlands; contains vents where steam and boiling water comes up from the ground.
FIRKIN, VEDETTA. Mistress of the Library of Culture in Anderith. Ander.
FIRST FILE. The steel against steel for Lord Rahl; made up of D’Haran soldiers.
FIRST WIZARD. Teaches all other wizards; the most powerful wizard.
FIRST WIZARD’S ENCLAVE. Forbidden area of the Wizard’s Keep; only the First Wizard is allowed in.
FITCH. Haken. Kitchen boy, elevated to one of Dalton Campbell’s messengers. Killed by the Imperial Order. Friend of Beata and Morley.
FLECKNER, LUCY. Non-magical Westland villager.
FRANK. Non-magical Westland villager.
FRANK. Part of Queen Milena’s court. Lives in Tamarang.
FRYDA. Wife of Kolo; mother of a son and daughters.
SERGEANT FROST. Soldier In the Galean army.
FYREN. High Prince of Kelton. Murdered.

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GADI. Friend of Kamil and Nabbi. Tortured and killed by Cara’s Agiel. Soldier in the Imperial Order. Sold Richard Rahl to the Order.
GALEA. Land located in the Midlands near Kelton and the Rang’Shada Mountains. Fell to the Imperial Order.
GALINA. Mord-Sith. Killed by capturing Jagang in a Gifted host body.
GALLIENE, MATHRIN. Leader of the king’s circle of Choora. Baneling; Agent of the Keeper. Member of the Blood of the Fold. Tortured Adie and Pell. Killed Pell. Killed by Adie.
GALTERO. Soldier in the Blood of the Fold.
GAMBIT MOTH. Creature of magic in the Midlands; eaten by the Warfer birds.
GAR. Creature of D’Hara; there are two types: long-tailed and short-tailed; both have blood flies; short-tailed gars are smarter because they count their blood flies; created by Alric Rahl to destroy the mriswith.
THE GARDEN OF LIFE. Room in the center of the People’s Palace containing an indoor garden.
GARTHRAM. Representative of Lifany.
GEORGIA. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
GERALDINE. Horse belonging to the Sisters of the Light.
GILDER, FRIEDRICH. Married to Althea. Worked as a gilder and sold his wares by the People’s Palace in D’Hara. Protector to Lord Rahl. Named a boundary warden by Richard Rahl.
GILES. Non-magical Westland villager. Woods guide. Friend of Richard Cypher.
GILLAUME HALL. Building in the Palace of the Prophets that was named after a prophet.
GILLER. Wizard for Kahlan Amnell. Protector of the Third Box of Orden at Queen Milena’s palace. Killed by his own Wizard’s Life Fire. Wizard of the Second Order.
GILLIE. Cook for Minister Chanboor. Ander.
GIRL. Horse belonging to Richard Rahl and Nicci.
GODDING, BRANDIN. Chief advisor to Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang.
GOWENLOCK, FRANCA. Sorceress. Burned to death on the order of Serin Rajak. Loved Dalton Campbell.
GRACE. Drawn to conjure magic; a depiction of the continuum of the gift; can invoke alchemy or alter the way the worlds interact. Magical symbol drawn by people with magical abilities for thousands of years; resembles a star. The outer circle represents the beginning of the eternity of the underworld; the inner circle is the world of life; the square is the veil between both worlds; the star represents magic itself.
GRAFAN HARBOR. Located in the Old World south of the city of Tanimura.
GRATCH. Gar who was friend to Richard Rahl.
GREGORY. Ex-King of Tanimura. Killed by Jagang.
GREGORY. Haken. Messenger for Dalton Campbell.
GREGORY. Scarlet’s son. Red dragon.
GRENNIDON. Land in the Midlands.
GRETTON. Town a few miles northwest of where Oba Rahl and his mother lived.
GRIPPER. Underworld beast found in the Boundary.
GRISSOM. Soldier.
MR. GUDGEONS. Helped Richard Cypher find a job serving the Order in a quarry in Altur’Rang.
GUS. Villager who lives in Renwold. Killed by the Imperial Order.

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HAFF. Lives in the Midlands. Has four children and a wife.
HAGEN WOODS. Located in the Old World, near the Palace of the Prophets. Safe haven for those with subtractive magic.
HAJANLET. Elder of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People.
HAKENS. People whose education and weaponry was superior to those of the Anders, so they took over the Anders; taught them justice and how to read; were overthrown by Anders; now are virtually slaves to the Anders.
HALL OF THE BETRAYED. Entrance to the Temple of the Winds for those who have been betrayed.
HALL OF THE BETRAYER. The entrance to the Temple of the Winds for those wishing to breach the worlds.
HALL OF THE WINDS. Located in the Temple of the Winds.
HALLICK, KELLEY. Healer. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander.
HALLY. Mord-Sith. Sister of the Agiel to Berdine, Raina, and Cara. Killed by a mriswith. Body guard of Lord Rahl.
HALSBAND ISLAND. Island where the Palace of the Prophets sits.
HAMILTON, LINDY. Non-magical Westland villager.
HAN. The force of life within everyone; those with the gift can tap into their Han to perform magic.
HANIA. Mord-Sith captured and tortured by the Imperial Order. Killed by Nicci.
HANK. Kitchen staff at the Confessor’s Palace. Works for Mistress Sanderholt.
THE HARJA RIFT. Located in the Midlands.
HARPIES CLEFT. Located in the Midlands near Jara Pass.
LIEUTENANT HARRINGTON. Member of the Keltish palace guard.
CAPTAIN HARRIS. Soldier in Aydindril.
HARRY. Man who lives in Aydindril.
HARTLAND. City in Westland; home of the Council in Westland.
HARTLAND VALLEY. Located near the Upper Ven Forest in Westland.
HARTLAND WOODS. Located in Hartland, Westland.
HAWKERS TRAIL. Trail in the Upper Ven Forest that goes near Trunt Lake in Westland.
HAWTON. City in Bandakar.
HAYES. Scout and Corporal in the D’Haran army.
HEALERS OF REDCLIFF. Live in the Old World; fix or heal things of magic.
HEART HOUNDS. Creatures of the underworld; mostly prowl at night; when attacking they go straight for the heart; considered to be the Boundary’s watch dogs.
HELEN. Novice in the Sisters of the Light.
HELSA. Mother of Abby. Sorceress.
HERJBORGUE. Land in the Midlands.
HERKON SPLIT. Located in the Midlands.
HERSH. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light.
MASTER HILLMAN. Proprietor of an inn: The Ram’s Horn.
HOBSON, FLIN. Lieutenant in the Galean army.
HOLLY. Granddaughter of Valdora. Sorceress. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander, Annalina Aldurren, and Kahlan Amnell
HORNERS MILL. City on the edge of the Callisidrin River. Residents were murdered by the Westland army.
HOUSE OF RAHL. Family of wizards who rule D’Hara.
HOWARD. Father of Nicci. Armorer.
HOWLING CAVES. Located in the Midlands; home of many magical creatures.
HUON. Keltish soldier. Dead.

I

MR. IBSON. Merchant in Anderith. Ander.
IMPERIAL ORDER. Army whose purpose is to destroy those with the gift. Led by Jagang.
INGER. Butcher in Anderith. Ander.
IRMA. Known as the sausage lady; sold sausages near the People’s Palace in D’Hara. Watched over Betty, Rusty, and Pete for Jennsen Rahl and Sebastian.
ISAAC. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Lives in Gillaume Hall with Richard Rahl.
ISHAQ. Loadmaster in Altur’Rang. Friend of Richard Rahl.

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JACKSON, BRIN. Driver in Galea. Member of the Galean army. Friend of Peter Chapman. Owner of Daisy and Pip.
JAGANG. Emperor of the Old World. Dream walker. New title: “Jagang the Just”. Lover of Nicci. Enemy of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
JA’LA DH JIN. Known as Ja’La; game invented by Emperor Jagang; very bloody and savage; played with a broc.
JAMES. Court artist for Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang. Draws spells on people.
JANA. Daughter of Abby and Philip. Captured by D’Harans and rescued by Abby and Zedd.
JANET. Sister of the Dark.
JARA. Land located in the Midlands.
JARA PASS. Bridge in the Midlands near Harpies Cleft.
JEDIDIAH. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Lover of Verna Sauventreen. Betrothed to Sister Margaret. Killed by Sister Verna Sauventreen and taken by the Keeper. Father of Leitis.
JENKINS. Part of Queen Milena’s court. Lives in Tamarang.
JESSUP. Horse belonging to the Sisters of the Light.
JESTER’S INN. Inn located in the Midlands; destroyed by Zeddicus Zorander.
JIAAN. Baka Ban Mana Blade Master. Friend of Richard Rahl.
JOCELYN. Kitchen staff in the Confessor’s Palace. Works for Mistress Sanderholt. Killed by a mriswith.
JOCOPO. Tribe of people that used to live near the Mud People in the Midlands; were completely destroyed by the Mud People.
THE JOCOPO TREASURE. Gold and prophecies belonging to the Jocopo.
JODELLE. Sister of the Light.
JOE. Brother of Clayton and Tom.
JOHN. Pillar of Creation. Lives in Bandakar.
JOHN. Married to Sara. Non-magical Westland villager.
JORI. Driver who works for Ishaq. Lives in Altur’Rang.
JOLLY MAN TAVERN. Located on Wavern Street in Fairfield.
JOURNEY BOOKS. Books that Sisters of the Light write in; has a twin; the words appear in the twin of the journey book as well.
JUDITH. Ander.
JUKA. Drink of the Majendie; used to speak with the spirits.
JULIAN. Husband of Nora. Father of Bruce and Bethany. Killed by the Water Chime (Reechani).
JULIANA. Lady in waiting for Queen Cyrilla. Raped and murdered by the army of Kelton.
JULIE. Waitress at The Ram’s Horn.
JUNI. Member of the Mud People. One of the first people to be killed by the Chimes. Killed by Reechani.

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KAJA-RANG. Ancient wizard. Moved the pillars of Creation and those who did not believe in the existence of evil to Bandakar.
KAMIL. Son of Nicci and Richard Cypher’s landlord. Friend of Nabbi and Richard Cypher.
KARDEEF, KADAR. Commander in the Imperial Order. Hero of the Little Gap campaign. Killed by Nicci.
KARL. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith army. Killed by the Imperial Order.
GENERAL KARSH. Commander in the Keltish army.
KEA PLAINS. Located in the Midlands.
THE KEEPER’S FURNACE. See: The Pillars of Creation.
KELTON. Land located in the Midlands near Galea. Fell to the Imperial Order.
KELTON PALACE. Palace on King’s Row in Aydindril.
KENWAY. Ancient Ander.
KERENA. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
KERLOFF. Brother in the Raug’Moss.
KERN PLAIN. Entrance to Kelton.
KERN RIVER. Part of the Boundary between the Midlands, and D’Hara and the Old World. Part is located in the Midlands, the other fork is in D’Hara.
KERN RIVER VALLEY. Entrance to Kelton.
GENERAL KERSON. Commander in Aydindril.
KIP. Brother of Yonick. Lives in Aydindril. First to fall ill and die of the Black Plague.
KINGS’ PORT. Pass through the Boundary. Located in Southaven, Westland.
KING’S ROW. Street in Aydindril with a palace for most regions in the Midlands.
KIPP. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light.
KOLO. Nickname for an ancient wizard. Wrote in a journal. Has the Additive and Subtractive sides of the gift. Married to Fryda; father of a son and daughters.
LADY KYLEY. Star guide to Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang.

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LANCASTER, TOMMY. Non-magical Westland villager. Betrothed to Rita Wellington. Best friend of Lester. Killed by Cara’s Agiel.
LANGDEN. Land in the Midlands; home to very superstitious people.
LARDO. Delicacy made from the paunch fat of a boar and turned in marble tubs for one year.
LATHEA. Sorceress. Sister of Althea. Has the ability to mix potions and cures. Protector to Lord Rahl. Murdered by Oba Rahl.
LATHERTON, SILAS. Owner of Latherton Rooming House.
LATHERTON ROOMING HOUSE. House for prostitutes.
LEIDEN. Division General of Kelton. Second-in-Command after General Reibisch. Demoted to Lieutenant by Kahlan Amnell. Demoted further to Sergeant by Harold Amnell.
LEITIS. Daughter of Verna Sauventreen and Jedidiah. Died of old age.
LEOMA. Sister of the Dark.
CAPTAIN LERNER. Friend of Tom. Captain of the prison guards at the People’s Palace.
LESTER. Non-magical Westland villager. Best friend of Tommy Lancaster. Son of Albert.
LEVARDSON. Works in the Office of Commerce. Kelton.
LIBERTY SQUARE. Location of Spirit in Cavatura marble; located in Altur’Rang.
LIBRARY HALL. Located in the Wizard’s Keep; contains 26 rooms filled with books.
LIDMILA. Sister of the Light. Taught Nicci the maternity spell.
LIFANY. Land in the Midlands.
LIFE. Richard Rahl’s statue made with Victor Cascella’s piece of Cavatura marble; made into a sundial with the words “Your life is your own. Rise up and live it.” Written in the bronze; of two people, a man and a woman showing the nobility of mankind: spirit and life.
LILIANA. Sister in the Sisters of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl. Killed by Richard Rahl and taken by the Keeper.
LINDEL. Grandmother of Adie. Sorceress.
LINDIE, JENNSEN. See: Rahl, Jennsen.
LINSCOTT. Director in Anderith. Ander.
LONG LAKE. Located in the Midlands; home of many magical creatures.
LOTHAIN. Wizard in the time of Magda Searus.
LUCHAN. Commander in the Imperial Order. Kidnapped Marilee. Killed by Owen.
LUCY. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
LUMHOLTZ. Duke of Kelton. Married to Cathryn. Killed on Tobias Brogan’s order.
LUMHOLTZ, CATHRYN. Duchess of Kelton. Married to the Duke. Killed by a mriswith.
LURK. Zedd and Erilyn’s cat.
LYLE. Young wizard from the Palace of the Prophets. Part of the Imperial Order. Host for Jagang. Captured with Cara’s Agiel. Touched and killed by Kahlan Amnell’s power.
LYNFORD. Town in Pendisan Reach.

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MA BAN GRID. Spirit man of the Bantak.
MAES, PASHA. Novice, third rank, of the Sisters of the Light. In charge of Richard Rahl’s training to become a wizard. Killed by Warren. Lied to by a Sister of the Dark; tried to kill Richard Rahl.
MAJENDIE. Tribe of people living in the Old World.
CAPTAIN MALLACK. Soldier in the Imperial Order.
MARDALE. General for the Midlands.
MARDOVIA. Land located in the Midlands near the Wilds.
MAREN. Sister of the Light; in charge of the novices.
MARGARET. Sister of the Light. Betrothed to Jedidiah. Killed by Sister Liliana.
MARGERY. Woman who came to see Althea for a stone reading.
MARILEE. Wife of Owen. Kidnapped by Commander Luchan of the Imperial Order; rescued by Owen. Pillar of Creation.
MARISKA. Killed by Zeddicus Zorander’s spell; worked for Anargo and D’Hara.
MARK. Friend of Kip and Yonick.
MARSICH, LEOMA. Sister of the Dark.
MASONS GUILD. Guild of workers that set training, standards, and rates, govern disputes, assign workers to jobs, look after injured or sick members, and help the widows of men killed on the job. Located in Anderith.
MATERNITY SPELL. Takes all the power; cannot be undone without both people together; connects the two people; what happens to one happens to the other. Used by Nicci on Kahlan Amnell to control Richard Rahl.
MEIFFERT, BENJAMIN. D’Haran officer. Captain promoted to General. Lover of Cara.
MERISSA. Sister of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl. Killed by the Sliph.
MERRITT. Wizard to the first Mother Confessor. Created the Confessors’ power.
MIDDEA. Healer.
THE MIDLANDS. Land of magic located between D’Hara and Westland.
QUEEN MILENA of Tamarang. Mother of Violet. Killed by Denna.
LIEUTENANT MILLER. Killed in Aydindril by Darken Rahl. Friend of Kahlan Amnell.
MILLET, ANDY. Woods guide in Aydindril.
MILLIE. Cleaning lady for the Palace of the Prophets. Friend of Annalina Aldurren and Verna Sauventreen.
MINISTER OF CULTURE. Government official in Anderith; sets the agenda for Anderith; makes the laws; the power behind the Sovereign.
MASTER MONTLEON. Adjutant aide for Kelton.
MORD-SITH. Wears red leather with a yellow star and crescent when she is about to train someone; uses an Agiel; trained in the art of torture; sole purpose in life before Richard Rahl freed them was to torture those with magic to death. The most gentle and kindhearted young girls make the best Mord-Sith; the young girl is broken three times: first is to be tortured with an Agiel to break the spirit. Second is to break the empathy by watching the trainer torture the girl’s mother to death. Third is to break the girl of her fear of hurting another, and is done by making the girl torture her father to death.
MORLEY. Friend of Fitch. Haken. Killed by Cara.
MORVAN. Blacksmith in Galea.
MOSLE, WILLIAM. Soldier of the Galean army. Trained by Prince Harold Amnell. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s Confessor power, then killed.
MOTHER CONFESSOR. Head of the Confessors; the most powerful Confessor; only Confessor to wear white; the highest authority in the Midlands; encourages the good rulers and suppresses the bad.
MOUCK. Brother in the Raug’Moss.
MOUNT KYMERMOSST. Also known as Mountain of the Four Winds; location of the Temple of the Winds.
MOUNTAIN FEVER ROSE. When dried, resembles a Grace; one dried flower head makes one sleep off a fever, more than one produces a fever, more than two dozen causes death.
MRISWITH. Live in the Hagen Woods in the Old World; assume the color of their surroundings; used to be wizards.
THE MUD PEOPLE. Tribe of people living south of Agaden Reach in the lower half of the Midlands. They greet each other by a slap across the face.
MUKSIN. People’s Protector in the Imperial Order. In charge of the Order’s prison barracks.
MYRIC, ELIZABETH. Sister of the Dark. Killed by Sister Verna Sauventreen. One of the three to go to the New World to find Richard Rahl.

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NABBI. Friend of Kamil, Gadi, and Richard Rahl. Lives in Altur’Rang.
NAJARI. Friend and servant to Nicholas the Slide. Killed by Kahlan Amnell.
NAMBLE. Underworld beast; one of the Keepers minions.
THE NAMELESS ONE. Another name for the Keeper.
CAPTAIN NANCE. Soldier in Aydindril.
NANCY. Servant of Kahlan Amnell.
NANGTONG. People of the Wilds; have magic that negates other magic; seminomadic.
NAREEF VALLEY. Produces wine; located near the Dammar River in the Midlands.
BROTHER NAREV. High Priest of the Fellowship of the Order. Lived in the Palace of the Prophets. Sorcerer. Advisor to Emperor Jagang; Jagang’s pedagogue. Killed by Richard Rahl.
THE NARROWS. Part of the pass through the Boundary between Westland and the Midlands where the two walls of the Boundary are almost touching.
NASS, DEMMIN. Commander of the quads. Right hand man of Darken Rahl. Guard. Killed by Kahlan Amnell while she was in the Con Dar.
BROTHER NEAL. Wizard. Brother in the Fellowship of the Order. Killed by Richard Rahl.
MISTRESS NELDA. Chaperone of Juliana. Killed and raped by the army of Kelton.
NESBIT. Division General of Kelton.
NESTING CLIFF. Located above the Nareef Valley in the Midlands.
NEWTON. Ancient Ander.
NICCI. Sister of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl. Known as “Death’s Mistress” by the Imperial Order and “Slave Queen” by the other Sisters. Member of the Fellowship of the Order as a child. Connected to Kahlan Amnell with the maternity spell. Took Richard Rahl away from Kahlan Amnell in order to find out a mystery about him.
NICHOLAS THE SLIDE. Wizard. Turned into a Slide by the Sisters of the Dark at Jagang’s order. Killed by Richard Rahl.
NICK. Kahlan Amnell’s stallion.
NICOBARESE. Land located in the Midlands near the Rang’Shada Mountains.
NICOBARESE PALACE. Palace on King’s Row in Aydindril.
NIGHT STONE. Gives off light; wakes the dead.
NIGHT WISP. Creature of magic living in the Midlands; cannot be seen during the day.
NISSEL. Healer for the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People.
NORA. Wife of Julian. Mother of Bruce and Bethany.
NORRIS. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith Army. Killed by the Imperial Order.
NORTHWICK. City in Bandakar.
NYDA. Mord-Sith. Friend of Cara.

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ODETTE. Sister of the Dark. Agent for Darken Rahl. Killed by Richard Rahl and taken by the Keeper.
OFFICE OF CULTURAL AMITY. Located in Anderith; has twelve directors; hold sway over who is to be Sovereign; supposed to be a moral check on the Sovereign.
OGDEN. D’Haran soldier.
OLD JOHN. Calthrop; tried to kill Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
THE OLD WORLD. Located east of Westland and the Midlands, and south of D’Hara; land of magic. Home of the Sisters of the Light, the Sisters of the Dark, and Emperor Jagang.
ORSK. Soldier in the Imperial Order. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s Confessor power. Killed by the Blood of the Fold.
OSCAR. Man who lives in the Midlands.
THE OVENS. An abnormally hot cave located in Anderith above the Nareef Valley; location of the Chimes.
OWEN. Pillar of Creation. Served as the Wise One for the Bandakaran Empire. Banished from Bandakar for believing the Imperial Order was evil. Poisoned Richard Rahl in order to force him to help Bandakar. Husband of Marilee.

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PAKA. Plant growing in the Dammar River; turns the poison into something edible.
THE PALACE OF THE PROPHETS. Home of the Sisters of the Light and the Sisters of the Dark. Located in Tanimura in the Old World. Destroyed by Richard Rahl.
PELL. Married to Adie. Killed by The Blood of the Fold.
PELLETIER. Finance Minister of Kelton.
PENDISAN REACH. Land in the Midlands.
PENTHEA. Sister of the Dark.
PENVERRO. City in Kelton.
PEOPLE’S PALACE. Home of the Master Rahl; located in D’Hara; built on a pattern of a magic spell designed to protect the Master Rahl.
THE PEOPLE’S PEACE ARMY. Darken Rahl’s army during his Father Rahl movement.
PERDITA. Sister of the Dark; helps Jagang.
PERLIN, MANDA. Wife of Rupert Perlin. Captured and raped by the Imperial Order. Killed by Nathan Rahl.
PERLIN, RUPERT. Husband of Manda Perlin. Murdered by the Imperial Order.
PERRY. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Lives in Gillaume Hall with Richard Rahl. Killed by Pasha Maes.
PETE. Cup bearer. Ander.
PETE. Horse belonging to Jennsen Rahl and Sebastian.
PETITIONERS’ HALL. Located in the Confessors’ Palace; where officers of protocol determined the disposition of requests.
PHIL. Haken. Messenger for Dalton Campbell.
PHILIP. Husband of Abby. Father of Jana. Captured by D’Harans and rescued by Abby and Zedd.
PHILIPPA. Sister of the Light.
PHOEBE. Sister of the Light.
PICKARD, MARLIN. Assassin sent by Emperor Jagang to kill Richard Rahl. Wizard. Killed by Kahlan Amnell.
PICKTON. Located in the Midlands.
PIERCE. Wizard trained by the Sisters of the Light.
THE PILLARS OF CREATION. Located in the middle of a wasteland in the Old World. Contains tall stone pillars. Also known as The Creator’s Forge and The Keeper’s Furnace.
THE PILLARS OF CREATION. A book written about the pillars of Creation, and their banishment.
THE PILLARS OF CREATION. The name for people born pristinely ungifted. Also called a “hole in the world.” Accidentally created by Alric Rahl.
PIP. Horse belonging to Peter Chapman and Brin Jackson.
PLAGUE. Started by Emperor Jagang; also known as Black Death; kills almost all its victims.
PRATTER, BESS. Non-magical Westland villager.
DIRECTOR PREVOT. Director of the Office of Cultural Amity. Ander.
PRINDIN. Brother of Tossidin. Killed by Kahlan Amnell. Baneling. Member of the Mud People.
PRISKA. Foundry Master in Altur’Rang. Thought to be killed by the Order.

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QUAD. Group of four D’Haran soldiers sent to kill Confessors.
QUASSIN DOE. Antidote to Bandu; used to save one’s life.
QUEEN MOTHER. Leader of the Majendie; bound to the female spirits; represents the spirits of fertility; the embodiment of the receptacle of the divine seed from the spirit world.
QUILLION. Rare magic crystal; has the power to bleed the power from a wizard.

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RACHEL. Servant and playmate of Princess Violet until rescued by Giller. Adopted by Chase and Emma Brandstone.
RADA’HAN. Collar put around the neck of young wizards by the Sisters of the Light in order to train them.
RAHL, ALRIC. Created the bond between the D’Harans and the Rahls to save the D’Harans from the dream walkers. Ancestor of Richard Rahl. Created the gars to destroy the mriswith. One of the writers of The Pillars of Creation. Accidentally created the pillars of Creation when he sought to make each Rahl bear a gifted heir.
RAHL, DARKEN. Lord of D’Hara. Father of Richard, Drefan, Jennsen, and Oba. Bastard son of Panis. Wizard. Outlawed the use of fire in D’Hara and the Midlands. Practitioner of anthropomancy, the answering of questions by finding it on living human entrails. Killed by the Boxes of Orden and Richard.
RAHL, DREFAN. Son of Darken Rahl. Half-brother of Richard, Jennsen, and Oba. Member of the Raug’Moss. Killed by the Sliph.
RAHL, JENNSEN (Jenn). Daughter of Darken Rahl. Half-sister of Richard, Drefan, and Oba. Lover of Sebastian; Tom. Pillar of Creation. Protector to Lord Rahl.
RAHL, NATHAN. Prophet. Wizard. Lives with the Sisters of the Light in the Palace of the Prophets. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Ancestor of Richard Rahl. Author of The Adventures of Bonnie Day. Staged his death in order to influence prophecy. Also known as Wizard Rahl.
RAHL, OBA. Son of Darken Rahl. Half-brother of Richard, Drefan, and Jennsen. Sided with the Keeper. Known as a pillar of Creation. Killed by the Pillars of Creation.
RAHL, PANIS. Lord of D’Hara. Father of Darken. Grandfather of Richard. Wizard. Created the Shadow People. Used his magic to make all red fruit in the Midlands poisonous. Killed by the Wizard’s Fire of Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander.
RAHL, RICHARD. War wizard. Bastard son of Darken Rahl. Half-brother of Drefan, Jennsen, and Oba. Stepson of George Cypher and stepbrother of Michael Cypher. Seeker of Truth. Married to Kahlan Amnell. Known as “Richard With The Temper” by the Mud People. Honorary member of the Mud People. Mate of Denna. First Seeker to turn the blade of the Sword of Truth white; killed Denna with it. Trained by the Sisters of the Light to become a wizard. Lived in Gillaume Hall while at the Palace of the Prophets. Husband of Du Chaillu. Caharin of the Baka Ban Mana. Descendent of Alric Rahl, Nathan Rahl, and Panis Rahl. Husband of Nadine Brighton. Arrested for suspicion of insurrection by the Order. Unloads wagons for Ishaq and carves for the Order. Poisoned by Owen, and saved by his own gift.
RAINA. Mord-Sith. Sister of the Agiel to Hally, Berdine, and Cara. Died of the plague. Lover of Berdine.
RAJAK, SERIN. Member of the Blood of the Fold.
THE RAM’S HORN. Inn run by Master Hillman. Located in the Midlands.
RANDY. Son of Bill. Lives in Southaven.
RANG’SHADA MOUNTAINS. Mountain range in the Midlands; runs along the west side of the land.
RANSON, NEVILLE. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Loyal to the Dark side and the Keeper. Charged and executed Kahlan Amnell for treason. Killed by Kahlan Amnell and taken by the Keeper.
RASTIN. Trainer of Mord-Sith. Killed by Denna.
RAUG’MOSS. Secret sect of healers from D’Hara; use magic to heal.
RED MOON. Warning signifying a breach between worlds.
RED SPIRIT FROG. Used by the Mud People in their Gatherings to be able to see their ancestors’ spirits.
REDCLIFF WOOD. Home of the Healers of Redcliff.
REECHANI. One of the three Chimes: Water.
REGGIE. Chipmunk missing the end of his tail.
GENERAL REIBISCH. D’Haran general. Killed in battle against the Order.
REID. Queen Milena’s Lancer. Lives in Tamarang.
RENCLIFF, CHAD. Non-magical Westland villager.
RENDALL, GRACE. Sister of the Dark. Committed suicide. One of the three sent to find Richard Rahl.
RENWOLD. Mother city of Mardovia; people were slaughtered by the Imperial Order.
THE RETREAT. Jagang’s new palace; located on a site outside of Altur’Rang; is to be built on a spell similar to the slow-aging one of the Palace of the Prophets.
RICHARD WITH THE TEMPER. Name given to Richard Rahl by the Mud People.
RICKER. Wizard in the time of Magda Searus.
CAPTAIN RIFFKIN. Killed in Aydindril by Darken Rahl. Friend of Kahlan Amnell.
GENERAL RIGGS. Commands the Imperial Order. Lives in D’Hara. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s power. Killed by Prindin.
RIKKA. Mord-Sith.
RIPPLY. Named after the rippling foothills; town located in the corner of the Midlands; crossroads for trade between Renwold, the people of the Wilds, and villages in the North and East.
RISHI. Legate of the Andolians. Husband of six wives.
ROBERTA. Killed by the Air Chime (Vasi).
ROCHELLE. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
LORD RONDEL. Minister of Finance to Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang.
ROSA. Prostitute. Killed by Drefan Rahl.
ROSLYN. Sister of the Dark.
ROWLEY. Messenger for Dalton Campbell. Haken.
RUFFIN, ESTELLE. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith army.
RUSTY. Female horse belonging to Jennsen Rahl and Sebastian.
RYAN, BRADLEY. Captain of the Galean army. Trained by Prince Harold Amnell.

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SABAR. Loaded furnaces in Priska’s foundry in Altur’Rang. Friend of Richard Rahl. Killed by pillars of Creation sent by Nicholas the Slide.
SAHARA (Sarah). Servant of Kahlan Amnell.
SAMUEL. Shota’s pet. Ex-Seeker of Truth. Lives in Agaden Reach.
MISTRESS SANDERHOLT. Kahlan Amnell’s cook.
SANDERIA. Land in the Midlands.
MR. SANDERS. Part of Queen Milena’s court. Lives in Tamarang.
SANDERSON. General for the Midlands.
SANDILAR. Crown city of Jara.
SARA. Married to John. Non-magical Westland villager.
SAUVENTREEN, VERNA. Sister of the Light. In charge of bringing Richard Rahl to the Palace of the Prophets to learn magic. Mother of Leitis. Married to Warren. Became Prelate of the Sisters of the Light when Annalina Aldurren staged her death. Friend of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
SAVIDLIN. One of the Elders of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People. Husband of Weselan. Father of Siddin. Friend of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
SCARLET. Red dragon. Mother of Gregory and one other. Friend of Richard Rahl.
SCHAFFER. Coadjutant of Kelton.
SCHALK, OBA. See: Rahl, Oba.
SCREELING. Underworld beast with subtractive magic.
SEALAN. Located in the Midlands.
SEARUS, MAGDA. First Mother Confessor. Created by Merritt.
SEATON, BRADLEY. Son of Elayne and Henry. Non-magical Westland villager.
SEATON, ELAYNE. Mother of Bradley. Wife of Henry. Non-magical Westland villager.
SEATON, HENRY. Father of Bradley. Husband of Elayne. Non-magical Westland villager.
SEBASTIAN. Follower of Brother Narev and Emperor Jagang. Strategist for Jagang. Loved Jennsen Rahl. Died of a mountain fever rose overdose.
THE SEEKER OF TRUTH. Bearer of the Sword of Truth; answers to no one but himself; seeks the answers to things; standard-bearer of Justice.
SEER. Wears the Stone; somewhat like a prophet; sees visions of what might be the future.
SELDON. Ambassador from Mardovia.
SENTROSI. One of the three Chimes: Fire.
SHAHARI. Tribe of people that are now part of D’Hara; loved war so much that they went into battle naked and aroused.
SHAR. Night wisp from the Midlands. Magical. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s Confessor power. Died to help Kahlan Amnell cross the Boundary.
SHADOW PEOPLE. Created by Panis Rahl during the war between D’Hara and the Midland; had no solid form or shape; not really alive; can use no weapons against them; cannot hide from them; the touch of a shadow person causes one’s whole body to blister, swell, and split open.
SHADRIN. Beast that lives in the Shadrin’s Cave.
SHADRIN’S CAVE. Cave located by the Fire Spring in the Midlands; home of the Shadrin.
MRS. SHA’RIM. Lives next door to Richard Cypher and Nicci in Altur’Rang.
SHELBY. Ancient Ander.
SHINAVONT. Province in D’Hara.
THE SILVER GARDEN INN. Inn located in Tamarang.
SHINGA. Underworld beast.
SHOTA. Witch woman. Lives in Agaden Reach. Mistress of Samuel. Swore to kill a male child of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell; gave Kahlan a necklace to prevent her from conceiving a child.
SI DOAK. People of the Wilds.
SIDDIN. Son of Savidlin and Weselan. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People. Captured by Darken Rahl and rescued by Kahlan Amnell.
SIDNEY. Died of the plague. Friend of Yonick and Kip.
MASTER SIFOLD. Barrister to Duchess Lumholtz.
SIMONA. Sister of the Light.
SISTERS OF THE DARK. Live in the Palace of the Prophets; work for the Keeper.
SISTERS OF THE LIGHT. Live in the Palace of the Prophets; work for the Creator to train those with the gift to become wizards.
SKOW SWAMP. Located in Westland near the Boundary; safe from the heart hounds.
SKRIN Guardian beast of the boundary between worlds; help to keep the worlds separated.
SKRIN BONE. Helps protect the veil between the world of the living and the underworld.
SLAGLE. Wizard. Member of the Keltish army. Killed by Kahlan Amnell.
SLIDE. Ancient being created by magic with the ability to slide into another’s body and steal their soul. Unable to reproduce.
SLIPH. Magical being created by War Wizards in Magda Searus’s time. Used to be a prostitute.
SLITH. Mriswith.
SLOAN, NOLAN. Lieutenant in the Galean army. Killed by the Imperial Order.
SNAKE VINE. Signifies that the Boxes of Orden have been put into play.
SOLVIG. Mord-Sith. Killed by capturing Jagang in a Gifted host body.
SORCERER. More than normal people, and has the equivalent of the gift to a wizard; has Additive magic.
SORCERER’S SAND. Extremely valuable and priceless; made of the crystallized bones of the wizards who gave their life into the Towers of Perdition; gives power to spells drawn with it. White sorcerer’s sand can bring the Keeper, but the black sand can nullify that. Black sand and white sand nullify each other.
SORCERESS. More than normal people, but has less of the gift than a wizard; has Additive magic.
SOUTHAVEN. City in Westland.
SOVEREIGN. Religious ruler of Anderith.
SPAULDING. D’Haran soldier.
SPIDER. Zedd’s horse.
MASTER SPINK. Ander. Master and teacher of penance assembly.
SPIRIT. Name of a statue carved by Richard Rahl out of walnut for Kahlan Amnell. Used for a bigger statue in Liberty Square to be a sundial made in Cavatura marble.
SPROUL, MILTON. Gravedigger in Tanimura.
COMMISSIONER SPOONER. Governor in charge of the trade commission.
STEIN. Officer in the Imperial Order.
STENADINE TEA. Restores alertness and gives lovers stamina.
STENTOR STREET. Street in Aydindril.
STEPHENS. Galean soldier killed in a wagon accident.
STONE. Marks that the person wearing it is a Seer.
STONE OF TEARS. The seal that keeps the Keeper locked in the underworld. When touched by a wizard’s tears, it repulses the Keeper.
STREGANICHA. Means witch or one tainted by evil in Nicobarese.
SUNSET SPELL. Construction ignited by blood or saliva to destroy all stolen items from the Wizard’s Keep.
SURIN. Elder of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People.
SWORD OF TRUTH. Tool of the Seeker of Truth; contains magic; many people died to make it.

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TABOOR, MARSDEN. High Priest of the Raug’Moss.
TAHIRAH. Sister of the Dark under Jagang’s order. Killed by a sunset spell.
TAMARANG. City located in the Midlands; border land of the Wilds.
TANIMURA. City located in the Old World; home of the Palace of the Prophets.
TANNIC, SILAS. Chief advisor to Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang.
THE TEMPLE OF THE WINDS. Exists in the spirit world and in the world of life; located on Mount Kymermosst; home to many magical items; opened only by betrayal.
THE TEMPLE TEAM. Made up of almost one hundred men who sent away the Temple of the Winds three thousand years before; placed the magic in the Temple; were executed.
TEN OAKS. City in the Midlands.
TEN OAKS INN. Inn located in Ten Oaks.
TEN-STEP ARROW. Contains the ten-step poison.
TEN-STEP POISON. Once this poison is in someone, they have only ten steps before they die.
THEOLA. Sister of the Light. Captured by Jagang.
THERIAULT. Representative of Herjborgue.
THOMAS. Wizard. Friend of Zeddicus Zorander in his youth.
COUNCILOR THURSTAN. Councilor of Galea.
TINKER. Carl’s dog.
TOFFALAR. Elder of the Mud People. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People. Killed by Kahlan Amnell.
TOGRESSA. Land located in the Midlands.
CAPTAIN TOLBERT. Captain of Anderith army. Ander.
TOM. Brother of Joe and Clayton. Protector to Lord Rahl. Close friend of Jennsen Rahl. Sold wine near the People’s Palace in D’Hara. Helped Jennsen Rahl to Althea’s swamp.
TONDELEN VALE. Located in the Midlands.
TORMENTED VISION. Statue carved for the Imperial Order.
TOSCLA. Old name for Anderith.
TOSSIDIN. Brother of Prindin. Killed by Prindin. Member of the Mud People.
TOVI. Sister of the Dark. Taught Richard Rahl.
THE TOWERS OF PERDITION. Part of the boundary between the Old World and the New World; home of evil magic that is designed to keep people lost within the Towers; each Tower contains the Life Force of many wizards; the black Towers contain black sorcerer’s sand and the white Towers contain white sorcerer’s sand.
COMMANDER GENERAL TRIMACK. First File of the Palace Guard. Protector of Lord Rahl.
TRISTEN. City in the Midlands.
TROGA. Weapon of the Mud People; designed to decapitate a person before they can make a sound.
TROSS, DREFAN. Advisor to Queen Cyrilla of Galea. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s Confessor power and killed by trying to reveal a conspiracy.
TRUNT LAKE. Located in Westland below the Upper Ven Forest.
MR. TUCHMANN. Bought wool from Oba Rahl’s mother. Killed by Oba Rahl.
COMMISSIONER TUCK. Governor in charge of the trade commission.
TURNER. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith army. Killed by the Dominie Dirtch.
TURSLAN. Old name for Anderith.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. Tends the Dominie Dirtch in the Anderith army.
TYLER. Rapist. Prisoner in Galea. Touched by Kahlan Amnell’s power. Killed by fellow prisoners.

U

ULIC. D’Haran soldier. Personal bodyguard to Richard Rahl.
ULICIA. Sister of the Dark.
UNGI. Member of the Mud People.
UPPER VEN FOREST. Forest in Westland by the Boundary.
URDLAND. General for the Midlands.

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VALDORA. Grandmother of Holly. Novice in the Sisters of the Light. Committed rape and was banished from the Palace of the Prophets.
VALERY. Novice in the Sisters of the Light.
THE VALLEY OF THE LOST. Located at the end of the New World, before the Towers of Perdition.
VASI. One of the three Chimes: Air.
VENDICE. Old name for Anderith.
VENGREN. Old name for Anderith.
VINCENT. Wizard trained by the Sisters of the Light.
VIOLET. Princess of Tamarang. Daughter of Queen Milena. Lives in Tamarang.

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WALCOTT. Queen Milena’s Lancer. Lives in Tamarang.
WALSH. Guard at the Palace of Prophets. Friend of Richard Rahl.
WARFER BIRDS. Eat the gambit moth and the paka plant; live in the Midlands.
WARREN (Mole). Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Prophet. Married to Verna Sauventreen. Killed by Gadi. Friend of Richard Rahl, Kahlan Amnell, and Zeddicus Zorander.
WAR WIZARD. The most rare of all wizards; Richard Rahl is the first in over three thousand years. War wizards can tear the veil, bring destruction and death, bring war, and have the magic needed to fight against the powers of the Keeper.
WAVERN STREET. Located in Fairfield.
WEBER, SAM. Wizard. Trained by the Sisters of the Light. Killed by Neville Ranson.
WELLINGTON, RITA. Non-magical Westland villager. Betrothed to Tommy Lancaster.
MISTRESS WELLINGTON. Seamstress at Aydindril. Servant of Kahlan Amnell.
WESELAN. Married to Savidlin. Mother of Siddin. Belongs to the tribe of the Mud People. Friend of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.
WESTBROOK. Town in Anderith; was the home of Joseph Ander; located above the Nareef Valley; home of a shrine to Joseph Ander.
WESTLAND. Land located to the west of D’Hara and the Midlands. Reserved for those who do not wish to live among magic. Home of the Home Guard.
WEXLER. Ambassador from Pendisan Reach.
WETZEL. Sergeant in the army.
THE WHITE STALLION. Inn located in Tamarang.
THE WILDS. Located on the east side of the Midlands; named for the people who live there.
WILLAMINA. Sister of the Light.
WILLAN. Ancient Ander.
WILLIAM. Non-magical Westland villager.
WINSTEAD. City in Kelton.
WINTHROP, CLAUDINE. Ander. Murdered by Haken boys. Wife of Edwin.
WINTHROP, EDWIN. Ander. Burgess of Anderith. Husband of Claudine.
WINTHROP FAIR EMPLOYMENT LAW. Created by Dalton Campbell and credited to Claudine and Edwin; law where employment goes to anyone willing, skilled or not.
WISE ONE. Head of the Bandakaran Empire.
WITHERRIN, SAUL. Chief of Protocol for the Midlands. Killed by Darken Rahl.
WITHERTON. City in Bandakar.
WIZARD. More than sorceresses and common people. Nearly the same as a sorcerer. Most have Additive magic; some have Subtractive. Most sleep with their eyes open and have unusual eating habits. Headaches are a symptom of the gift awakening.
WIZARD’S KEEP. Palace located in Aydindril; home of the wizards; libraries, books, and weapons are there; protected by shields.
WIZARD’S LIFE FIRE. Fire that a wizard gives his life to. If the wizard gives his life to save another, the soot tastes sweet. If the wizard does it for himself, it tastes bitter.
WORM SPELL. Triggered by the healing touch of magic; kills the victim.

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YABREE. Triple-bladed knife used by the mriswith.
LIEUTENANT YARROW. Ander. Soldier in the Anderith army.
YONICK. Brother of Kip. Lives in Aydindril.

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ZIMMER. Captain in the D’Haran army.
ZORANDER, ERILYN. Married to Zeddicus. Grandmother of Richard Rahl. Mother of Richard’s mother. Killed by a quad sent by Panis Rahl.
ZORANDER, ZEDDICUS ZU’L (Zedd). Wizard of the First Order. Son of a wizard and a sorceress. Keeper of the Book of Counted Shadows. Grandfather of Richard Rahl. Married to Erilyn. Father of Richard’s mother. First Wizard. Created the boundary wardens.

WIZARD’S RULES

Wizard’s First Rule: “People are stupid, they believe what they want to believe.”
Wizard’s Second Rule: “The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.”
Wizard’s Third Rule: “Passion rules reason.”
Wizard’s Fourth Rule: “There is magic to heal in sincere forgiveness; in
forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive.”
Wizard’s Fifth Rule: “Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will
betray a lie.”
Wizard’s Sixth Rule: “The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.”
Wizard’s Seventh Rule: “Life is the future, not the past.”
Wizard’s Eighth Rule: “Deserve Victory.”

HIGH D’HARAN

Bandakar. The Banished; thought to mean “The Chosen.”
Berglendursch. Mountain.
Berglendursch Ost Kymermosst. Mountain of the Four Winds.
Dieser. Day.
Dirtch. Demon.
Dominie. Schooling, teaching, training, controlling.
Dominie Dirtch. Schooling the Demons.
Drauka. Death, spirits, the underworld.
Du. Is.
Dursch. Rock; strong-willed.
Fuer. The.
Fuer Berglendursch. The Mountain.
Fuer Grissa Ost Drauka. The bringer of Death.
Fuer Owbens. The Ovens.
Fuer Ulbrecken Ost Brennika Dieser. The Adventures of Bonnie Day.
Greschlechten. Trial.
Grissa. Bringer.
Grushdeva. Vengeance.
Grushdeva Du Kalt Misht. Vengeance is Through Me.
Kalt. Through.
Koloblicin. Strong advisor.
Kymer. Four.
Misht. Me.
Mosst. Winds.
Nich. And.
Oba. Servant; King.
Ost. Of.
Owbens. Ovens.
Raug. Divine.
Raug’Moss. Divine Wind.
Surangie. Surrender.
Ulbrecken. Adventures.
Tagenricht. Temple.
Tagenricht Ost Fuer Mosst Verlaschendreck Nich Greschlechten. Temple of the
Winds Inquisition and Trial.
Tagla. Deserve.
Tagla Vassternich. Deserve Victory.
Vassternich. Victory.
Verlaschendreck. Inquisition.

OTHER LANGUAGES

Altur’Rang. The Creator’s chosen; destiny’s people.
Ator. The.
De. Of.
Dh. Of.
Ja’La. Game.
Ja’La dh Jin. The Game of Life.
Jin. Life.
Ka Chenota. A chicken.
Lunetta. Little Moon.
Mortado. Dead.
Rang. Chosen.
Rang’Shada. War fist of the chosen.
Rosa. Rose.
Shada. Armored war gauntlet with spikes.
Streganicha. Witch; one tainted by evil.
Tavol. Path.
Tavol de ator Mortado. Path of the Dead.

With manny thanks to SaaveDra