Nathan Rahl
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| Nathan Rahl | |
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Male |
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White |
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Azure |
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Nathan Rahl was 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 was called upon to take up the mantle of Lord Rahl on several occasions.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
[edit] Tear in the veil
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] Imperial Order War
[edit] Invoking prophecy
[edit] Battle of the Palace of the Prophets
[edit] Renwold
[edit] Negotiations
[edit] Lord Rahl
[edit] Althea's sacrifice
[edit] Slide
[edit] The Chainfire Effect
[edit] Holes in prophecy
[edit] Wizard's Keep
[edit] Lord Rahl once more
[edit] End of the war
[edit] Aftermath
[edit] Personality and traits
Nathan was a tall, broad shouldered man. He had a raptor like gaze, as all Rahls did and had bright azure eyes. His long white hair was straight and met his shoulders and he was clean shaven. Though he was close to one thousand years old, Nathan appeared 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 relished the opportunity to wear different clothes. He was 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 believed that he was deranged, though this was not the truth. Though he could be eccentric and sometimes forget that normal people did not think the way he did, he was very intelligent and still had his wits about him.
[edit] Powers and Abilities
Nathan Rahl was a powerful wizard and prophet. Having lived one thousand years he was incredibly knowledgable about magic and able to use it in innovative ways; as when he simply linked the Rada'Han he wore to the bifurcated web around the Palace of the Prophets as it was being destroyed, as a means of removing it. He was a talented wizard and had an extrordinary talent for prophecy.
[edit] Appearances
- Stone of Tears (First appearance)
- Blood of the Fold
- Temple of the Winds
- Pillars of Creation
- Naked Empire
- Chainfire
- Phantom
- Confessor
