The Mord-Sith are an elite group of women warriors from D'Hara. They were created to defend the master of D'Hara, Lord Rahl, from creatures and people with magic. Mord-Sith believe that it is their sole purpose in life and in death to serve the Lord Rahl unconditionally, and in every way; their devotion is unparalled.

Contents 1 Becoming Mord-Sith 2 Weapons and powers 3 Appearance 4 Known Mord-Sith 5 Appearances 5.1 Books 5.2 Legend of the Seeker Episodes 6 Behind the Scenes

Becoming Mord-Sith Edit

Candidates to become Mord-Sith are selected from the gentlest and kindest girls in D'Hara, regardless of rank, wealth or any other factors. The kindest girls always make the best Mord-Sith because they have further to fall. Mord-Sith must have no siblings They are kidnapped along with their parents and trained from a young age on three levels. Each time, she must be "broken."

The first breaking is a time during which she is tortured to the point of obedience so strong that she would do absolutely anything her master/mistress tells her, without question or hesitation. This part of the training breaks her of her sense of self and personal desires.

During the second breaking, she is forced to watch as her teacher slowly and brutally tortures her mother to the point of being broken, and eventually, death. This is to rid her of compassion.

The third, and arguably the most difficult, breaking is when she is given the instrument of torture and must inflict pain and suffering upon her own father until he breaks as well, and then she must kill him. When she has completed this task, she is a full Mord-Sith.

Weapons and powersEdit

The only weapon that Mord-Sith carry is the Agiel, a magical rod that causes constant pain to anyone who touches it. Mord-Sith use Agiels to fight, but primarily to torture and break captives and enemies, turning them into devoted "pets." Each Mord-Sith wields the Agiel which she herself was broken with as a child.

The Lord Rahl bestows each Mord-Sith with the ability to capture and utilize magic that is used against them. Once someone's magic has been captured by a Mord-Sith, she can use it to cause him or her unimaginable pain at whim. As such, Mord-Sith are wizards' greatest vulnerability. This is a technique used for training pets. In Legend of the Seeker, the Mord-Sith's power is slightly different. A Mord-Sith is able to deflect any magic used against them back at the user, strengthening its effect until it is almost impossible to escape.

The Mord-Sith are taught the Breath of Life, essentially a resuscitation technique, that is used to revive victims that are dying from training. In Legend of the Seeker, the Breath of Life is magical mist that a Mord-Sith can blow into a dead person's mouth to bring them back to life. This Breath of Life only works if it is given while the corpse is still functional, warm and reasonably whole.

The greatest danger to a Mord-Sith is a Confessor. Since a Mord-Sith's power comes from hate, the Confessor's power to amplify love is deadly to her. In Legend of the Seeker and Debt of Bones, a Confessor's touch also causes a Mord-Sith several minutes' agonizing pain before killing her; during these minutes, the Mord-Sith would love the Confessor as an ordinary Confessed person would.

AppearanceEdit

Mord-Sith wear iconic skin-tight leather suits at all times. They usually wear brown leather, but when they are training a pet, suspect trouble, or are in battle, they wear red leather. This is to hide the blood of their victims. If a Mord-Sith selects a pet as her mate, she will don white leather, to show that she does not need to use the Agiel to draw blood because her mate is completely and absolutely broken. The leather uniform always has a crescent and a star on it, the symbol of the Mord-Sith.

Known Mord-SithEdit

• Cara
• Berdine
• Rikka
• Raina
• Denna
• Hally
• Constance
• Nyda
• Hania
• Solvig
• Triana
• Snake
• Nathair
• Alina
• Vika
• Garren (Legend of the Seeker - Walter/Extinction)
• Dahlia (Legend of the Seeker - Eternity)
• Sara (Legend of the Seeker)

AppearancesEdit

BooksEdit

• Wizard's First Rule
• Stone of Tears
• Blood of the Fold
• Temple of the Winds
• Soul of the Fire
• Faith of the Fallen
• Pillars of Creation
• Naked Empire
• Chainfire
• Phantom
• Confessor
• Debt of Bones
• The Omen Machine

Legend of the Seeker Episodes Edit

• 1.08: Denna
• 1.10: Sacrifice (Mentioned only)
• 1.12:  Home (Flash back)
• 1.16: Bloodline
• 1.18: Mirror
• 1.22: Reckoning
• Season 2 (Mord-Sith have occured in every episode of Season 2 because Cara joined the quest to find the Stone of Tears).

Behind the ScenesEdit

• In Legend of the Seeker, if the Mord-Sith wears white leather, they have successfully trained a person and continue to use their Agiel after that.

• In the television series, Mord-Sith do not die instantly at the touch of a Confessor. Instead, they suffer in pain and agony until they die as seen in episode 2:3 "Broken", but the training they receive to be a Mord-Sith makes them impossible to be read by confessors

• In the Legend of the Seeker, Mord-Sith do not have the ability to capture a persons magic to cause them pain, but merely to deflect it back at them with much deadlier power. They also appear to be able to deflect magical weapons such as the Dacra as Cara did in "Perdition".
• Mord-Sith only wear their trademark red leather when they feel there is trouble or if they are training someone. In relaxed times they will be found in their basic brown leather outfits.
• Not only is the agiel and leather outfit a trademark of being a Mord-SIth, it is also the long braid that their hair will always be fastened in.