Nathan Rahl
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Nathan Rahl is a talented wizard, with the gift of prophecy. He had a strong relationship with Annalina Aldurren before her death, despite having been imprisoned by her for most of his thousand year life. He is called upon to take up the mantle of Lord Rahl on several occassions.
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[edit] Attributes
Nathan is a tall, broad shouldered man. He has a raptor like gaze, as all Rahls do and has bright azure eyes. His long white hair is straight and meets his shoulders and he is clean shaven. Though he is close to one thousand years old, Nathan appears to be in his seventies, though far from defeated. While living at the Palace, Nathan always wore a black hooded robe, though since gaining his freedom he relishes the opportunity to wear different clothes. He is often seen to be wearing a white ruffled shirt, with a green vest and a long black cape.
Many Sister's at the Palace feared to hear the prophets name even mentioned. Some believe that he is deranged, though this is not the truth. Though he can be eccentric and sometimes forget that normal people do not think the way he does, he is very intelligent and still has his wits about him.
[edit] Appearances
First Appearance
- Stone of Tears: Chapter ???
Latest Appearance
- Confessor: Chapter ???
[edit] History
Nathan appears in the following books of the Sword of Truth series; Stone of Tears, Blood of the Fold, Temple of the Winds, Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire, Phantom and Confessor.
[edit] Stone of Tears
Having used the small amount of power he was able to get around the blocks the Sisters had placed on his gift with the Rada'Han, Nathan had successfully caused a tiny breach in the powerful shields that locked him in his compound in the Palace of the Prophets. Through it, he called out for the Prelate, to immediately come down and see him. The guards, not daring to wake the Prelate in the middle of the night, instead sent for a Sister. It would be Sister Margaret that would answer.
Margaret entered the prophets quarters, using her gift to repair the breach he had created in the extensive shield network, with a barbed piece of power that would thwart him should he try the same thing again. Nathan entered from the small garden outside his room when he sensed that the Sister had come.
Nathan at first reminded Margaret, that he had called for the Prelate herself, not any old Sister. Margaret retorted by saying that any Sister is capable of writing down the prophecy he had given. Nathan then informed the young Sister that he had given no prophecy; one had come to pass.
Nathan then offered to show the Sister something he had never shown anybody else. Prophecy in its true form. As a vision, not just words. Margaret accepted the offer. She saw the path the prophecy would now have to take for the world of life to continue. She also learned from Nathan that she would soon find herself asking a question and when she had need for the answer, to go to him. Nathan also asked Sister Margaret to give the Prelate a message; The pebble is in the pond.
Margaret would soon return to Nathan with the question of whether there were Sisters of the Dark in the Palace. Nathan would then confirm her suspicions. It would be following the Sisters she had come to suspect, that would lead to Margaret's demise.
Later Richard Rahl, Nathan's descendant, would be taken as a student to the Palace and would talk his way through Nathan's guards, into his compound. There Nathan would help Richard to accept that he is a war wizard and set his gift to rights.
Richard would later call upon Nathan's aid again, to help heal Prelate Annalina, who had been gravely injured in a battle with the Sister of the Dark, Sister Ulicia, who had finally revealed herself. He would also teach Sister Verna, how she could shield the Rada'Han around Ricahrd's neck so as to help him escape the Palace outer shields, before setting back to the extensive healing challenge before him.
[edit] Blood of the Fold
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[edit] Temple of the Winds
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[edit] Pillars of Creation
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[edit] Naked Empire
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[edit] Chainfire
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[edit] Phantom
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[edit] Confessor
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[edit] Known Relatives
- Alric Rahl (distant relative)
- Panis Rahl (distant relative)
- Darken Rahl (distant relative)
- Drefan Rahl (distant relative)
- Richard Rahl (distant relative)
- Oba Rahl (distant relative)
- Jennsen Rahl (distant relative)
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