Baraccus
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Baraccus was the First Wizard during the Great War, between the wizards of the New World and the Old World. He was married to Magda Searus, the woman who would later become the first ever Mother Confessor. He was the last War wizard born before Richard Rahl.
[edit] History
| Preceded By | Title | Succeeded by |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | First Wizard | Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander (3000 years later) |
Baraccus is mentioned in the following books in the Sword of Truth series; Temple of the Winds, and Phantom.
[edit] Temple of the Winds
When the war was nearing its end, the New World wizards, decided to lock away certain, dangerous magic's within the Temple of the Winds. A team was created to accomplish this, however, it soon became apparent that something had gone wrong with their efforts.
It would soon be discovered that the one hundred members of the Temple team, had betrayed the New World and locked away Subtractive Magic, in an attempt to rid the world of magic. These wizards would be sentenced to death by the New World's head prosecutor, Lothain.
Lothain himself, would then volunteer, to enter the Temple and attempt to reverse the damage done by the Temple team. However, his meddling only caused more damage.
After realizing Lothain had betrayed them, Baraccus entered the Temple to see if he would be able to reverse the Temple team and Lothain's tampering. Baraccus would learn that Lothain had allowed the magic of the Dream walker to seep out, so that person born with the abilities it gave, to continue the Old World's crusade to end magic.
[edit] Phantom
Baraccus realized he was unable to reverse this damage, but instead created a balance. He allowed for some Subtractive Magic to seep out so that when a dream walker would be born in future years, so would a war wizard. While in the Temple, Baraccus also wrote a book titled Secrets of a War Wizard's Power, so that the person born with that particular gift would have aid in learning to deal with his powers.
Baraccus would then leave the Temple, go to his wife, Magda Searus, instruct her to take the book to his secret library in the land of the night wisps (via the sliph), before jumping out of his window in the Wizard's Keep, to his death below.
