Denna
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Female |
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Blond |
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Blue |
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Denna was a Mord-Sith under the rule of Darken Rahl. Denna was considered the best of all the Mord-Sith at their profession, and as such, was assigned by Rahl to torture and break Richard Cypher. Denna fell in love with Richard, and sacrificed her life to free him from his captivity and herself from her role as a Mord-Sith, by allowing him to kill her.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
Denna was taken to become a Mord-Sith at a very young age. She was chosen, like other Mord-Sith for being an uncommonly compassionate girl.
[edit] Final pet
Denna was assigned to torture Richard so he would be compliant and provide his father with the text from the Book of Counted Shadows which would allow Darken Rahl to open the Boxes of Orden and unleash the Keeper, thus granting himself immortality. Denna fell in love with Richard, due to his insistence on showing her compassion despite the way she treated him. She eventually realized he was the one to truly master the sword of truth and was the one in prophecy to kill her with the white sword. She gave Richard her Agiel as a token of her love right before he killed her.
[edit] Post Mortem
After the second tearing of the veil of the underworld, Denna returned as a spirit to save Richard from both his own gift and from the mark of the Keeper placed on him by Darken Rahl. She removed the mark by taking it on herself, meaning that she will suffer for eternity at the hands of the Keeper of the underworld. However, her act of sacrifice on Richard's behalf "disgusted" the Keeper and he refused to take her, thus allowing her to join the ranks of the good spirits. When Richard and Kahlan were later separated and sought to know if the other is alright, Denna appeared and caused a rift in time to briefly reunite the lovers.
After Richard entered the Temple of the Winds, he was visited by many spirits. Denna was one of them. She helped Richard finally decide to leave the temple and return to world of the living. She did this by forcing Richard to remember the events and emotions of what it was like to be under her control as the pet of a Mord-Sith, so he could understand that pain may be an expression of love.
Denna appeared as Richard's guide of the Underworld, when he traveled there to obtain what he needed to use the power of Orden to reverse the chainfire spell and to vanquish the beast, sent by Jagang's Sisters of the Dark.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The television portrayal of Denna is slightly different from the Sword of Truth books. Denna is portrayed as having blond hair while the books state she had auburn hair, and what took 3 weeks in the book version was condensed in the television episode to happen within two days. The main difference between the two versions was that unlike the book incarnation, Denna did not die to safeguard Richard even though, like her book incarnation, she was openly attracted to him. Instead, Richard killed her to save Kahlan, whom Denna had also caught and intended to train. Denna was revived by fellow Mord-Sith Constance with the "Breath of Life" a form used to retrieve a person from the edge of death. She later reappeared to capture Richard's half sister Jennsen, before being allowed to flee with her life by Richard; from him and Darken Rahl.
Actress Jessica Marais portrayed Denna in the episode of the same title. She later reprised the role for the episode "Bloodline".
[edit] Personality and traits
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Books
- Wizard's First Rule (First appearance)
- Stone of Tears (Appears as spirit)
- Temple of the Winds (Appears as spirit)
- Confessor (Appears as spirit)
