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Demmzy15:
Bro, is it the same with 'Legend Of Seeker'?

dearpreye:
Brother, can you share some more thoughts on it?

The primary protagonist in Wizard's First Rule is
Richard Cypher , a young woods guide. Richard lives
in an area of the world known as Westland, which is
the only part of the world that at the time contains
no magic. The Westland is separated from the other
lands by a dangerous magical boundary that
prevents anyone without the aid of powerful magic
from passing through it. On the other side of the
boundary are many sovereign nations, jointly known
as the Midlands, and farther still past another
magical boundary lies the empire of D'Hara. Richard
works as a woods guide leading important political
figures through dangerous forests, while his
brother 's interests lie entirely in politics.

Richard is compelled to investigate the unsolved
murder of his father , who worked as a trader of
ancient artifacts. Investigating the only clue he has, a
small piece of vine, he happens upon a woman
named Kahlan Amnell , whom he helps keep alive as
she is being hunted by a group of four men sent to
assassinate her.

After Richard helps to save Kahlan's life, it is
revealed that Kahlan has come through the
boundary with the aid of five wizards searching for
the First Wizard, who is rumored to have crossed
into the Westland after the creation of the
boundaries. Richard takes Kahlan to his best friend
and mentor, Zedd. Richard collapses after showing
Zedd his vine piece, and Zedd recoils, saying it's a
snakevine.

When Richard wakes up the morning after being
healed from the bite by the snakevine, he identifies
Zedd as the First Wizard, and Zedd declares Richard
the Seeker of Truth because this was his final test.

The "Seeker" is a title which comes with many
responsibilities, primarily the Sword of Truth: an
ancient magical weapon forged by the powerful
wizards of old to enhance the righteous anger of the
Seeker of Truth. Zedd explains that while the Sword
is an awesome tool, Richard himself is the true
weapon. They begin their journey together to stop
Darken Rahl, the ruler of the eastern land of D'hara,
and prevent him from opening the boxes of Orden:
magical devices which can give absolute power over
life and death. Kahlan tells them that Rahl has two
of the boxes but requires the third before he is able
to make the magic work. Richard and Kahlan are
tasked with finding the third box and keeping it out
of Rahl's hands until the winter solstice, at which
time, unless Rahl opens a box, his life will be forfeit
to the magic of Orden.

However, due to an attack from some of the
creatures of the boundary, Richard and Kahlan are
forced to leave their companions in the care of Adie:
a mysterious bone woman and cross the boundary
alone. They journey to the village of the Mud People.

This tribe had the ability to contact spirit ancestors
for guidance. In order to seek out where the third
box of Orden is hidden, they ask for the ancestors
to be contacted. Overnight, Kahlan and Richard
share a passionate moment, and Richard asks what a
Confessor is, ending the moment. After finally
convincing the Mud people to comply by becoming
mud people themselves, they learn through a
gathering of the mud people's ancestors that only
the witch woman Shota, who is more feared than
any other person in all the Midlands, has the power
to reveal the location of the last box of Orden. While
in the gathering Darken Rahl slaughters several mud
people and kidnaps Siddin, the son of an elder.

Richard and Kahlan travel to Agaden Reach where
Shota tells them that the last box is in the hands of
Queen Milena. Kahlan finally tells Richard that a
Confessor uses the power of love to destroy a
persons mind, making them absolute slaves, able to
even die at the Confessors request. Shota also warns
Richard that both Kahlan and Zedd will use their
powers against him. From Agaden Reach, they travel
to Tamarang, seat of Queen Milena, meeting back up
with Zedd along the way.

Upon reaching Tamarang, they discover that the last
box is gone and eventually realize it was given to a
small girl named Rachel for safekeeping. Soon
Richard is separated from the group and he falls
into the hands of a Mord-Sith named Denna and
brutally tortured for a month. However, his innate
gentleness alters their relationship, and Richard
eventually breaks free of Dennas control after Denna
brings Richard to Darkhen Rahl to recite the Book of
Counted Shadows. Knowing that Denna has to die,
Richard turns the blade of the Sword white through
the power of his love and kills her. After helping a
dragon named Scarlet find her lost egg, he discovers
how to both beat Rahl, and be with Kahlan. Kahlan,
falsely thinking Richard dead by Rahl, enters the
Con-Dar, or Blood Rage. Thinking Richard is in fact
Rahl, she uses her powers on him. Rahl, thinking
Richard is now at his mercy, uses him to recite the
Book of Counted Shadows. In the end, Rahl opens
the wrong Box of Orden, under Richard's false
guidance, thus killing Rahl. Kahlan, alone by a pool,
orders Richard to leave, thinking he is still under her
power, and Richard reveals he was protected, by his
already complete and unconditional love for her.

Finally, it is learned upon Rahl's death that Rahl
raped Zedd's daughter, which resulted in Richard's
conception. Thus, Zedd is Richard's grandfather,
and Richard is the new Lord Rahl. Kahlan and
Richard set off for the Mud People's village to return
Siddin to his parents.