Blood of the Fold
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Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind is the third book in the Sword of Truth series. It was first released on October 15, 1996, and followed in paperback on August 15, 1997. It follows Stone of Tears and is followed by Temple of the Winds.
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[edit] Synopsis
Blood of the Fold picks up the story where the last volume, Stone of Tears, left off. Richard Rahl has just reunited with his future wife, Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor, in a place between worlds. When he gets back, he finds there's only one way to halt the continuous advance of the Imperial Order throughout the Midlands: seize power. Richard ends the alliance upon which the Midlands was based and the rule of the Confessors. Thus, Richard Rahl, the new Master of D'Hara, takes control over Aydindril.
Meanwhile, in the Old World, trouble courses through the Palace of the Prophets. Sister Verna, the newly named Prelate, discovers the former Prelate, Annalina, isn't really dead, but has fled with Nathan Rahl, the prophet. The two of them reveal that they are on a quest to fulfill the Prophecies and save the New World from the dominion of Jagang, the Dream Walker, Emperor of the Old World.
The lands of the Midlands must decide whether to surrender to D'Hara or the Imperial Order. However, there is a force that, although it claims to be loyal to the Order, bows to no one: The Blood of the Fold. In his never ending search for banelings, what The Blood call those with some form of the gift, Tobias Brogan, the Lord General of the Blood of the Fold, captures Kahlan Amnell and Adie and takes them, following the instructions of a so-called Creator (the Dream Walker, actually), to the Palace of the Prophets.
Richard, who finds out too late his wife-to-be is in the Old World, uses an ancient means of transportation, the Sliph, to travel to her almost instantaneously. There, seduced by the ability to become invisible (granted to him by his mriswith cape), Richard inadvertently releases the Mriswith Queen, who then flees to Aydindril back through the Sliph.
Brought back to his senses, Richard then destroys the Palace of the Prophets to prevent Jagang from receiving the treasures inside, saves Kahlan, and hurries back to the New World, where he leads his armies toward a victorious battle over the Blood of the Fold and the mriswith.
[edit] Resources
[edit] Wizard's Rule
- Main Article: Wizard's Rules
[edit] Chapter Guide
Blood of the Fold has a total of 54 chapters.
[edit] Characters
Here is a list of all the characters who appear in Blood of the Fold:
- Adie
- Prelate Annalina Aldurren
- Sister Armina
- Berdine
- Cathryn Lumholtz
- Cara
- Sister Cecilia
- Sister Dulcinia
- Egan
- Ettore
- Hally
- Holly
- Emperor Jagang
- Jebra Bevinvier
- Kahlan Amnell
- Sister Leoma Marsick
- Lunetta Brogan
- Sister Merissa
- Sister Nicci
- Nathan Rahl
- Sister Phillipa
- Sister Phoebe
- Richard Rahl
- Raina
- Tobias Brogan
- Sister Tovi
- Ulic
- Sister Ulicia
- Valdora
- Sister Verna Sauventreen
- Warren
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
[edit] Extras
[edit] Dedication
To Ann Hansen,
the light in the darkness
[edit] Awards
- 1997 - Locus Poll Award - Best Fantasy Novel - 18th place
[edit] Facts & Trivia
- The title of the book refers to the radical faction, the Blood of the Fold, that is featured in the book and hopes to wipe out magic.
[edit] Alternate Artwork
 Original hardback (1996) and mass market paperback (1997) |
 Revised paperback edition (coming soon) |
 Cover art by Kevin Murphy (1996) |
[edit] External Links
| Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind | ||
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Prequel: Debt of Bones |
Book 4: Temple of the Winds |
Book 8: Naked Empire |
| Wizard's Rules | ||
