Why does kahlan wear black

For the most part the people there earn their living as professional diplomats for hire. The consul general would be the equivalent of a king. She nodded. When they do have such a need, they will often hire an Estorian. Estorians sometimes argued the position of a patron before me on the council.

Anyone from a wealthy individual having a dispute with a ruler to a kingdom on the verge of war. Skilled diplomacy can in some cases resolve a dispute, or at least stall armed conflict indefinitely while talks drag on and on.

Estoria is considered neutral ground, so they often host the different sides in complicated negotiations. Putting up such important guests and their entourage is part of how the people there earn a living.

The consul general will often host elaborate banquets for each side of the negotiations. At separate times, of course. They live to negotiate. They are very good at it.

It is often said that an Estorian would try to negotiate with the Keeper of the underworld himself to try to come to an agreement on a later departure from life. Estorians negotiate. Richard finally understood what had her hackles up. This man was certainly making a demand, and apparently such a thing was completely out of their nature. He turned his attention back to the diplomat standing before the gate through the railing not far in front of them.

A pair of guards in intimidating dark leather breastplates over chain mail stood at the railing to each side of the low gate to admit supplicants with documen- tation for review or anyone else Richard or Kahlan might gesture to come closer. Inside the railing to either side were the phalanxes of palace officials in white or pale blue robes. They seemed to relish minutiae. Once a person had come before Richard and Kahlan to state their case, make a technical request, or ask for guidance, they were often directed to one of the variety of officials who could handle the details of their concern.

They all wanted to look their best at the banquets planned for later. Peace greased the wheels of trade. Being a willing and cooperative part of the empire made trade with all parts of the empire easier. The man blinked, as if the question had been unexpected and totally irrelevant. For some reason he had difficulty looking directly at Richard. He averted his eyes whenever possible. Richard was taken aback. He had heard of goddesses only in mythology. You are.

The man hesitated, avoiding looking directly at Richard. He picked up a long lock of gray hair that had fallen forward over his dark eyes and placed it back down over the bald top of his head. He licked his finger and then smoothed the lock down to paste it in place. The man lifted the freshly licked finger to make a correction. And it is not a request.

It is a command. My world. I stand corrected. And it is a command, not a request. Duly noted. Nolo bowed his head slightly. Nolo bowed his head deeper, as if Richard were dense. I thought that I had made that clear. Let me kill him. Berdine, also in white leather, leaned in beside Cassia. I think I deserve to be the one to kill him.

Both rolled their eyes as they straightened, but they released their Agiels, letting the weapons hang from their wrists on fine gold chains, always at the ready.

Head of Zeus, The D'Harans acted quickly, apprehending the man before alerting Kahlan to the danger. Kahlan proceeded to interrogate the man along with the Mord-Sith Cara , who had pledged herself to protecting the Lord Rahl and Mother Confessor.

Cara noted that Kahlan had fought mercilessly in the battle of Aydindril and deemed her worthy of Richard; indeed, she even proclaimed her a sister of the Agiel. Kahlan Amnell and Richard Rahl. Cara was keen to kill the threat to her charge, however, Kahlan ordered that they assess the threat Marlin posed first.

It soon became clear that the assassin was in fact a wizard , though Cara was able to capture his magic through her talents as a Mord-Sith and direct it back at him. Marlin revealed that he was a wizard under the power of the dream walker Emperor Jagang and had been ordered to announce himself and his intentions upon gaining entry to the Confessor's Palace.

Knowing that the emperor must have known that Marlin would be captured after announcing himself and unable to identify what Jagang's true motives were, Kahlan had the wizard placed in the pit outside the palace, which had once housed the murderers and rapists that had attempted to defile her and had caused her half-sister Cyrilla to become deranged. In the pit, Marlin revealed that he had travelled to Aydindril with another person sent by Jagang; a Sister of the Dark, though he did not know her name.

However, his description of the woman seemed to match with that of a woman, by the name of Nadine , who Kahlan and Cara had observed with suspicion whilst making their way to interrogate Marlin.

Nadine appeared to be nothing more than she seemed; however, she revealed that a woman named Shota had come to her and told her that her destiny was to marry her old friend Richard Cypher, and that Richard Rahl would be able to help her find him. Knowing full well that Richard had once gone by the name of Cypher, Kahlan became furious at Shota's inexplicable meddling, as she had tried to prevent Kahlan and Richard's union since they first encountered her.

Richard assured Nadine that he had no intention of marrying anyone but Kahlan, though it was clear to all that Nadine was far from causing trouble.

Kahlan reluctantly informed Richard of the appearance of Marlin and he hoped to dissuade her and Cara from continuing their interrogation. Equally as reluctantly, Kahlan allowed Nadine to stay at the palace after learning that Shota had asked her to warn Richard that "the winds were hunting him". Nadine followed Kahlan and Cara to their interrogation of Marlin and proved a burden. Emperor Jagang, through his control over Marlin had been able to capture Cara's link to the wizard, causing it to become useless.

Using Marlin, Jagang imprinted on the walls of the pit the words of a prophecy, in High D'Haran, which he claimed to have invoked through Marlin and the Sister of the Dark, Sister Amelia , and would ensure the death of Richard. In Marlin's escape, Jagang manipulated the link between himself and Cara to strike the Mord-Sith down causing her to feel extraordinary amounts of pain.

Nadine and Kahlan pursued Marlin, and when Kahlan attempted to use her power on him, in the hopes of also destroying Jagang's mind, Marlin died as Jagang burnt the bridges of his mind whilst he removed his control over the wizard.

Subsequently, a healer named Drefan Rahl , who claimed to be the half-brother of Richard, appeared and was able to successfully heal Cara of her ailments. The prophecy proved extremely disturbing for Kahlan, as it indicated that she would betray Richard. In addition, it mentioned the mysterious winds that Shota had warned were hunting him. Richard helped to dissuade Kahlan's fears that she could possibly betray him by reminding her that prophecy was not meant to be read by the words alone, and by talking of their approaching wedding.

Richard also found it disturbing that the healing order his brother Drefan claimed to be part of was named the Raug'Moss , a term that meant Divine Wind in High D'Haran. Later, as Jagang had told Kahlan it would, the moon rose red for several days. Following a train of thought based on his repeated encounters with "the winds", Richard researched ancient texts written by Koloblicin and eventually found an interesting passage mentioning the Temple of the Winds.

It was also learnt that the Temple was often referred to as simply the winds and that the rising of the red moons was a warning sent by the Temple that indicated that it had been violated. Kahlan was also involved in accepting the surrender several nations of the Midlands and in condemning those who chose neutrality in the war against the Order. In addition, she became disturbed at the outbreak of murders within Aydindril. However, she became horrified further when it became clear that a deadly plague had begun to take the lives of her people.

It soon became clear that the plague was what had been referred to in the ancient prophecy Jagang had revealed to her. To end the plague, Richard Rahl traveled to the Temple of the Winds , though the price for doing so was that he marry Nadine and Kahlan marry Drefan, where he learned how to take the plague from the world and trap it within his own body. Upon returning, he did so, but was then committed to dying. Kahlan traveled through the sliph to find Nathan Rahl , who told her to recite the names of the three chimes.

Kahlan returned to Richard and did so, which in turn released the chimes into the world. Later, Nadine having been murdered by Drefan, who in turn had been killed, Kahlan and Richard married at the village of the Mud People. Richard and Kahlan at the Ovens. The function of the chimes was to drain the world of magic, which would leave everyone helpless. Zedd and Ann tried to trick Richard and Kahlan into believing the chimes were not the cause of the magic's failing, but as the Seeker of Truth, Richard learned otherwise.

Though Additive magic failed, Subtractive did not, allowing the Sisters of the Dark to still use some of their magic. Jagang was unable to use his powers as dream walker. Cara found it troublesome that she could not feel the bond with Richard, and her Agiel did not work.

Richard learned that the chimes were defeated by Joseph Ander, nicknamed "The Mountain," and discovered that Joseph used the chimes to power the Dominie Dirtch , a bell-shaped defense system that formed a perimeter around Anderith.

Richard turned the chimes against Joseph, destroying the Dominie Dirtch and sending the chimes back to the underworld; returning magic to the world. However, beforehand Kahlan had been dreadfully beaten and had had a spell of Subtractive nature cast over her that ensured magic could not be used to heal her. Having lost faith because of the people of Anderith, Richard renounced his claim to rule the D'Haran Empire and went to the woods of Westland with Cara and Kahlan, so that the later could heal in peace.

In addition, the beating caused Kahlan to miscarry Richard's child. Richard was devastated by the fall of Ander, but most of all by Kahlan's abuse. He lost faith in the cause of the D'Haran Empire, believing that the people did not deserve freedom if they would not fight for it, and abandoned his army.

He took Kahlan and Cara back across the boundary to Westland and built them a small cabin in the mountains to hide. They lived here for many months, and Richard and Cara managed to nurse Kahlan back to health. Once she was recovered, Kahlan became determined to return to the Midlands and continue to lead the Empire. She, unlike Richard, believed that although the people do not always stand up for themselves, it is their leader's duty to patiently teach them, and to not give up on them.

Kahlan feels the effects of the Agiel on Nicci. But before Kahlan could leave or convince Richard to leave, she was attacked by the sorceress Nicci , who proceeded to cast a maternity spell on her, linking the lives of the two women.

Nicci demanded that Richard abandon all of his obligations and identities and come with her as her husband to the Old World, lest she kill Kahlan. Kahlan, horrified at the thought of Richard being thus enslaved to Nicci, ordered him to kill them both. However, Richard valued Kahlan's life more than his own freedom, and went with Nicci anyway.

Before he left, Kahlan convinced him to take Shota's magical necklace, so that Richard could render Nicci infertile in the eventuality that she would force him to sleep with her. Enraged by this turn of events, Kahlan vows to lead the Empire into battle until every man, woman and child of the Imperial Order are dead, including Nicci, freeing Richard and the New World.

Kahlan blamed Ann for all that had transpired and threw her journey book in the campfire before leaving for Galea. There, Kahlan had her half-brother Harold Amnell ready the Galean army, and left with an advance guard of one thousand men to aid the D'Haran Army in its battle with the Imperial Order. Kahlan and her small force arrived at the D'Haran camp in the aftermath of a major battle with the Order. Unfortunately the commanding general of the army, Reibisch , had been killed along with most of the senior officers; as such, Kahlan instated Benjamin Meiffert as commanding general.

She withdrew into herself as she informed Zedd, Verna, Adie and other important people within the army that Richard had been taken by Nicci, and then organised a very successful raid on the Order's camp, in which not a single D'Haran was killed.

Later, the Order would attempt a similar attack upon the D'Haran army, and though they were partially successful, Kahlan and the army ensured that the Order lost many men during the skirmish. However, the attack forshadowed the full force of the coming Imperial Order army which Jagang had decided to throw against Kahlan in the hopes of annihilating her, whom he had come to despise more than even Richard, and the entire D'Haran army itself.

Fortunately, a weapon designed by Verna, and used by her, Kahlan, Philippa and Cara, that blinded and injured thousands of the enemy, stalled Jagang's horde long enough for the army to retreat behind the passes to D'Hara which were easily defended, as it was an arduous journey to outflank any army protected by them. Whilst commanding the army from behind the passes, Kahlan also participated in diplomacy with representatives and ambassadors of Midlands nations. In one such meeting with Representative Theriault of Herjborgue , Kahlan was able to ensure the army acquired warm woolen uniforms, for the terrible winter ahead, that also served as camouflage.

Later, when her half-brother Prince Harold of Galea finally arrived, overdue, instead of the one hundred thousand men she had been expecting, he brought but a thousand; his sister, Queen Cyrilla, had regained her mind and the throne, before calling all Galeans back to the homeland for protection. The one thousand men were members of the force she had lead in defence of Galea at the beginning of the war, who had renounced Galea in favour of Kahlan's leadership. Kahlan ordered that Cyrilla be removed from power and that Harold bring the army he had promised; however he refused, and one of the gifted with her, Zedd, Adie, Verna and Warren , killed him Kahlan stated she never wanted to know which one Most likely Zedd or Adie having grown up under the rule of the Mother Confessor would not talerate the way she was treated.

By the next morning, half the Galean contingent of the army had left as ordered by Prince Harold before his death and were soon followed by Lieutenant Leiden and his Keltish forces. However, shortly afterwards, during the wedding of Verna and Warren , which Kahlan helped organise for her dear friends in the hopes of raising morale, General Baldwin of Kelton arrived with the entire Keltish army, having demoted Leiden.

In addition, a force of additional Mord-Sith arrived to aid the army. Soon afterward, Kahlan ordered her home city, and the capital of Midlands, Aydindril evacuated so as to deny Jagang the satisfaction of capturing it. Unfortunately, Warren was killed when several Imperial Order assassins entered the camp, though before dying he warned Kahlan that Richard had been right in avoiding to fight the Order head on.

After Warren's death, Cara extracted from the assassin where Nicci had taken Richard, and as such, she and Kahlan left for the heart of the Order; Altur'Rang. When the pair arrived at Altur'Rang, they found that it was in revolt against the control of the Order. Kahlan searched desperately for Richard, running him through with his own sword when she began to duel him not realizing who he was; however, Richard had allowed Kahlan to stab him so that Nicci would feel compelled to sever the link between them so as to use her magic to heal Richard.

Kahlan was wary of Nicci, though she ultimately allowed the sorceress close enough to remove the link between them and heal Richard. Unfortunately for Richard, Nicci had made the choice to free Kahlan from her magic and release Richard the moment she saw the statue carved by him that caused the people of Altur'Rang to revolt, and had not needed to allow himself to be injured. Nicci apologized to the pair and swore herself to their cause.

Once activated, sand began to fall from within the small statue, indicating that Kahlan's life was in danger. Horrified by this implication, the trio began to return to Altur'Rang to seek Nicci's advice, however, were tracked by hearthounds ; creatures of the underworld. In addition, Richard saved a man named Friedrich Gilder from the hounds. Friedrich had been sent by Nathan Rahl to deliver a book entitled Pillars of Creation to Richard, as prophecy warned that the book would prove instrumental to him.

However, whilest they pondered this, they were beset upon by Oba Rahl , who with the Keepers aid managed to temporarily paralyze them and kidnap Kahlan.

Oba proved to be pristinely ungifted; that is, immune to magic. Richard followed his mad half-brother to a place known as the Pillars of Creation and there was followed by his half-sister, Jennsen Rahl , who also proved to be pristinely ungifted.

Richard managed to prove to Jennsen that he was different to other members of the House of Rahl and held no wish to kill her; as such, she joined with him and aided in rescuing Kahlan. Shortly after meeting Jennsen, the small group came across a man named Owen ; who after taking advantage of their kindness, poisoned Richard as a means of forcing him to aid his people. Richard, who was also suffering from a terrible illness caused by his gift, soon discovered that Owen and his people in the land of Bandakar were pristinely ungifted just as Jennsen was.

In addition, the entire populace of Bandakar had been taught to abhor violence and refused to take up arms against the Imperial Order force that had taken control of their land.

When Kahlan attempted to take the leader of this force, Nicholas the Slide , with her power, Nicholas used his own ability to capture her soul before she could unleash her magic. However, Richard ultimately proved able to kill the Slide and free Kahlan. In addition, he was able to remedy the problem with his gift, which allowed him to instinctively create the antidote to the poison Owen had trapped him with.

One night Kahlan was snatched from her bed by the Sisters of the Dark ; Ulicia , Armina , Tovi , and Cecilia ; who had first cast a drowsy spell over her husband to prevent him from waking. Kahlan with a Rada'Han around her neck. A Rada'Han was then placed around the Mother Confessor's neck before the four sister's proceeded to cast the Chainfire over her.

Kahlan's entire life was taken from her in an instant. All memories of Richard, her friends and sister confessors, even her own power and position as Mother Confessor , was lost. In addition, every single prophecy, and record of Kahlan Amnell was wiped out as well. This left her invisible to all because they couldn't remember what they saw long enough to realize who and what she was.

The only people in the world who could see her were the Sisters because they had cast the spell. Though the Sisters referred to her as Kahlan, they never spoke her last name or her title in the mother confessors presence.

As a result Kahlan came to view herself as a nobody with no past or hope for the future. Following her capture the four Sisters and their captive then set off for the People's Palace in D'Hara. However, along the way they stopped in the city of Aydindril and planted a corpse in a grave marked "Kahlan".

Once at the People's Palace, the Sisters pretended to be kindly tourists who were eager to see the sights of the famous Palace. However, this was merely an act designed to allow them the best chance to scope out the direction of the Garden of Life. Armina was the Sister who discovered which hallway led to the Garden. Ulicia then ordered her to keep a look out at one end of the hallway and Cecilia the other.

This just left her, Sister Tovi, and Kahlan to approach the heavenly guarded door. As they approached, Ulicia directed Kahlan to walk past the guards and into the Garden. For a moment the guards noticed that she was unauthorized to be in this area, but a mere second after noticing her, she was wiped from their memory due to the Chainfire spell that surrounded her.

Ulicia and Tovi played at admiring artwork near the entry to the Garden while waiting for Kahlan to return. When she did, they were ecstatic; she had brought them the one counter to the Chainfire Event: the Boxes of Orden.

However, Kahlan did not had enough room in her pack for all three of the Boxes. Ulicia reacted violently to this and savagely beat Kahlan with her ever present stout oak rod. She then used her gift to pin Kahlan against a wall and instructed her to return to the Garden, remove whatever she had in her pack and bring her the other two Boxes.

After this, Ulicia ordered Tovi to leave the Palace with the first box, as it was too dangerous to stand idly by with something so important to their plan and so jealously guarded by the D'Haran troops.

They would rendezvous later. It was here that they were to meet up with Sister Tovi and finally have all three Boxes of Orden in their possession. The inn keeper and his wife, Orlan and Emmy , let the women in out of the rain.

At first the Sisters did not realize that the inn keeper and his wife were fighting over the number of women present. Emmy believed there to be only three, while Orlan believed there to be four.

However, the importance of the conversation didn't escape them for long. The Sisters quickly forced Orlan to describe the extra woman that he saw. It soon becomes obvious that he was able to see Kahlan. Armina could not believe that Orlan was able to see Kahlan, as they had done the verification webs to ensure everything had gone to plan.

Cecilia then argued that they did not do the interior webs, only the exterior. However, this practice had not been done since the Great War. Orlan became angered at the gruff way he was being treated by the Sisters, but was quickly knocked down by Sister Ulicia, with her oak rod. When he got back to his feet and almost used Kahlan's title, Mother Confessor , Ulicia used her gift to unleash a powerful bolt of lightning that blasted the man in two.

She later used her dacra to kill the man's wife and daughter, but only after discovering that Tovi was no longer at the inn and had stated she was on her way to Caska. On the way to Caska, the Sisters and Kahlan were forced to avoid Imperial Order troops, however, they could not avoid the carnage left in their wake.

The Sister's dreamt of the power they would be able to unleash upon Jagang, once they had opened a Box of Orden. Eventually making it to the Deep Nothing , the land in which Caska was situated, the Sisters began to sense someone was following them.

They later captured the person; a young girl named Jillian. Jillian said that Tovi had her grandfather captured and that she had sent her to guide her Sisters to her. They also discovered that Jillian was also able to see Kahlan. Jillian guided the Sisters through a labyrinth and when they came to a door, using their gifts, the Sisters could sense Tovi beyond it. However, when they entered the room, it was not Tovi who waited for them, but Emperor Jagang.

Jagang informed them that Tovi had been dead for some time now and that their supposed bond to Richard Rahl had never been anything more than a fantasy, he had been using them all along, because he liked the idea of having Sisters of the Dark out in the world, who were up to things he could use to his advantage.

He also realized that their plans would help him further sabotage Richard Rahl's cause and net him the prize of prizes; Kahlan Amnell. What Jillian had said about her grandfather earlier, had been true, except that it was Jagang, not Tovi, who held him captive. As the book insisted that a Confessor was the only way to verify the truth of the book, Jagang and the Sisters had Kahlan study the book to see if she can find a way to do so.

She pointed out that the book says Shadow , not Shadows. The Sisters argue the relevance of this, Ulicia insisting that Kahlan had verified the falseity of the book, as it said she would.

While Jagang listened to the Sister's argue, Kahlan helped Jillian to escape. She killed two guards, took a knife and then ran with Jillian, knowing she would be apprehended due to the Rada'Han on her neck. As Kahlan turned back, she threw the knife as hard as she could at the open doorway, before anyone had even come through.

As the knife reached the doorway, Cecilia walked through it and was stabbed directly through the heart, dying instantly. Kahlan was apprehended via the Rada'Han and made unconscious, while Jillian was able to escape. Ulicia and Armina continued to argue over whether Kahlan's verification was relevant or not. Later, Jagang had Kahlan walk naked through his camp, to draw out anomalies among his men who were able to see her despite the Chainfire spell.

Ulicia and Armina were made to follow her from a distance, so as to make sure she was unharmed by the soldiers. These soldiers were made Kahlan's guards. After long discussions with Jagang about matters to do with the Book of Counted Shadows and the Boxes of Orden, Ulicia and Armina were sent to the tents, as they were so long ago, to be used and abused by Jagang's men, in any way they saw fit, so long as their wounds weren't fatal.

Both women continued to accompany Jagang during the day, however, their attractive appearances had eroded, due to their treatment. Shortly after, Jagang began excavating under the Azrith Plains so that his forces could secretly enter the People's Palace and wipe out the D'Haran army and all those inside. Armina and two other Sister of the Dark then entered the palace and managed to capture Nicci. Nicci was then brought to Jagang where she met Kahlan; realising instantly who she was.

Meanwhile, Jagang's forces were competing in a Ja'La tournament. During the ultimate match between Jagang's prized team and a rival squad led by a man whom Kahlan was instantly drawn to, riots broke out due to Jagang's unfair decision about the outcome.

In the process, the man, really Richard, was able to rescue Nicci, whilst Kahlan was taken by Samuel. After several days of journeying, Samuel attempted to rape Kahlan. During the struggle, she touched the Sword of Truth, which caused the affects of Chainfire to be countered. She recalled that she was a Confessor, and released her power into him so as to save her life.

Even though she remembered that she was a Confessor; she did not recall anything of her past. Samuel revealed that he was an agent of the witch woman Six of Tamarang, and that Richard Rahl and Kahlan were once married.

Samuel died when he realized that he was going to rape Kahlan, his mistress, and she could not forgive him. En route to Tamarang, Richard met up with Kahlan. He wouldn't answer her questions about the circumstances of their marriage, for fear of contaminating what was known as the sterile field , the consequences of which would ensure she could never regain her memories.

To make amends for his lack of forthrightness and to show he did care for her, he carved for her a smaller model of Spirit.

However, the timely arrival of Shota resulted in Six's death, whilst Kahlan, Richard and Zedd were able to escape to the People's Palace atop the red dragon Gregory. At the Palace, Richard surrendered to Jagang's terms, allowing him and his Sisters of the Dark into the palace so they could use the Garden of Life to open the boxes of Orden. During the ritual, Jagang goes, unguarded, to a cell where Nicci was held. She promptly locked a Rada'Han around his neck, rendering him powerless, and eventually killed him unceremoniously, insisting that he would not become a martyr or have a drawn-out, climactic death.

Her imprisonment had simply been a ruse to lure Jagang unguarded, so that she could eliminate him once and for all. In the Garden of Life, the Sisters of the Dark completed the ritual to find out which Box was correct and subsequently opened it. At first, it seemed they were successful. However, it became increasingly clear that something was wrong. Richard explained to the furious Sisters that all of the Books of Counted Shadows were fake keys - they mentioned Confessors, which were created after the boxes were.

He also told them that even if they did have the true key, they would still fail because of their intent. The Book of Life warned against hatred and malicious intent in the very beginning, and since they were using the power for evil, no matter which box they opened they would forfeit their lives. This was proven correct when the Sisters were sucked into the underworld. Richard explained to everyone that the real key to the magic of Orden was the Sword of Truth. Much to Richard's dismay, Kahlan told Richard she loved him, proving that she was no longer a sterile field and that emotions had contaminated her chances of regaining her memory.

Richard then put the Sword over each box in turn. Each box on the side turned the sword black; the one in the middle turned it a brilliant white.

Richard stabbed the box, capturing the magic of Orden. Now in command of life and death, he used the magic to send the followers of the Order to a new world, devoid of all magic, as they wished.

Richard's half sister Jennsen and the rest of the Pillars of Creation decided that they also wished to go to this new world too. They felt that because they had no magic, a world without magic was a better place for them, because in this new world magic will be bred out because of their presence. Tom, the man that loved Jennsen, also went to this world so that he could be with her. Richard also used Orden to repair the damage caused by the chimes, and to remove Chainfire and send it off to the new world he had created, where instead of causing harm it could serve a useful purpose - ensuring the complete removal of magic from that world, and removing all its inhabitants' memories of their previous world.

As Richard went to close the doorway, he feared Kahlan was lost because the sterile field required for Orden was tainted. She then told him that she was protected because she realized she had fallen in love with him on her own, and for the same reasons that she had fallen in love with him at first, similar to his realization of his love for her when they had first met.

As such, Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands, remained a sterile field and regained all of her memories of her previous life.

Following the wars end, Richard and Kahlan presided over the reconstruction of the New World. Together, they attended the wedding of Cara and Benjamin Meiffert and appeared to retain close ties with all the allies they gathered around themselves throughout the war. Kahlan was a very beautiful, tall woman with intelligent green eyes. She wore her dark brown hair longer than any other woman in the Midlands, as she held the highest rank of all.

Being the Mother Confessor, she was usually dressed in her white Mother Confessor's dress, though she was not adverse to wearing traveling clothes. In the books she wears pants and a tunic when traveling, while in the television series she wears a green, black, or purple dress. Kahlan carries a knife given to her by Chase two daggers from Aydindril in the television series. She wears a necklace with a pendant of black stone given to her by Shota that makes it impossible for her to have children.

She also wears the Agiel of Denna around her neck, a sign of her simultaneous respect and hatred for the Mord-Sith who guides her husband in the spirit world and yet tortured him and took him as a mate in life. Despite having grown up in the beautiful Confessors' Palace , Kahlan was far from arrogant. She longed for peace across the Old and New Worlds and for the freedom and prosperity of all her people. Kahlan was capable of being ruthless to those who committed treason or who were allied with the Imperial Order , and was ruled by cold, unrelenting justice and duty.

Kahlan was adept at hiding her emotions behind the face of a Confessor. As a Confessor, Kahlan valued and respected truth immensely; as Zedd once said, "you know, dear one, you might make a good Seeker yourself.

Confessors have no friends, bar other Confessors, and all her life Kahlan longed to have a friend who loved her for herself, and also for the possibility of being a woman and living the life of family and children. Kahlan's lifetime wish became a reality when she met her future husband, Richard Rahl. Soon after, Kahlan made many friends with Richard's allies and no longer felt the loneliness of being born a Confessor. Kahlan using her power. In addition to her magical abilities, Kahlan was a master linguist, having mastered every major language of the Midlands, as well as a majority of the minor ones.

As the Mother Confessor, Kahlan was naturally a skilled diplomat and well versed in all matters of state. Kahlan also had a strong knowledge of principles of magic, having been tutored by wizards as a child, though she herself did not possess powers beyond her Confessor's magic. Having been taught all manner of combat styles by her father, and in greater depth by Richard, Kahlan was a skilled physical combatant.

In particular, Kahlan proved more than capable as a swordsman and archer. As the Mother Confessor, Kahlan was well versed in military strategy, and was a tactician comparable to Emperor Jagang. Richard Rahl was, simply put, Kahlan's true love and soul mate. He was also her husband, Seeker, war wizard, and co-ruler of the D'Haran Empire. Growing up as a Confessor, Kahlan was denied the simple pleasures of having a friend.

However, in 40 ACB , when Kahlan met Richard Cypher on her mission to find the First Wizard , she found herself exploring her very first friendship outside of the sisterhood of the Confessors. Richard and Kahlan's friendship grew throughout the Second D'Haran War , as they became unified in their quest to defeat the evil tyrant, Darken Rahl. During this quest, Kahlan found her feelings for Richard growing to the point of love; something she feared greatly, as she had been taught that Confessors were unable to love in the traditional sense without destroying the mind of her partner.

Unknown to her however, should a Confessors' partner come to love the Confessor unconditionally, to the exclusion of all else, they would be immune to her power. Indeed, Richard discovered this during the final confrontation with Rahl, allowing the pair to love freely. Kahlan added her authority as the Mother Confessor to his, and together they acted as the chief opponents of Emperor Jagang and his horde, In the aftermath of the plague pandemic sparked by Jagang, Richard and Kahlan married in a private ceremony in the village of the Mud People.

With the release of the chimes the magical precaution taken to ensure that she did not fall pregnant failed, and Kahlan became with child. However, she was viciously beaten by the underlings of Jagang's supporters in Anderith , and as result miscarried and nearly lost her life. Richard became so disillusioned by the attack on his wife that he temporarily withdrew from the war. Later, when four Sisters of the Dark captured Kahlan and cast the Chainfire spell on her, causing everyone to lose all memory of her, Richard remained adamant that she was more than a simple fantasy.

Ultimately, Richard was able to prove Kahlan's existence, and was aided by all of the allies they had amassed together, to undo the dangerous spell. However, Richard was eventually forced to take upon himself the power of Orden to reverse the spell and reunite with the woman he loved. Following the end of the war, Richard and Kahlan took residence at the People's Palace and began their lives together in peace.

After encountering Richard who eventually led her to his friend, Zedd, the wizard and Mother Confessor worked together to heal Richard, who had been poisoned by a magical thorn. Because of the spell Zedd cast before leaving to Westland, Kahlan had no idea that the First Wizard for whom she searched was really Zedd.

However, as the true Seeker of Truth, Richard realizes that the First Wizard is indeed Zedd, and the three of them set off for the Midlands at once. Zedd, seeing the growing attachment between Richard and Kahlan, warned her that she must be honest with Richard about who and what she is. Kahlan feared doing so because she knew that it would mean the loss of her only friend left in the world.

However, after Richard learned the truth and overcame the only obstacle in the way of their relationship—Kahlan's power—the two embraced a future together.

As Richard's grandfather, Zedd is both proud and happy for his grandson for having found a way toward happiness with the woman he loves.