Sisters of the Light
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- "The Sisters of the Light are many things, but gentle is not one of them."
- — Verna Sauventreen
The Sisters of the Light are a group of women who are dedicated to serve the Creator and who do his bidding in all things. Each Sister must be a sorceress of some skill and learn to use their gift for the good of man kind. The calling of the Sisters is to help train young wizards to use their gift, when there is no other alternative.
[edit] Life of a Sister
The Sisters are lead by a Prelate, who has supreme authority over their lives and runs the Palace of the Prophets, where the Sisters reside. The Prelate of the Sisters of the Light has been Annalina Aldurren for almost eight hundred years, though upon faking her death, she handed her title and authority over to Verna Sauventreen.
A Sister of the Light can be sent on journeys for several reasons, though the most important missions involve the bringing of a gifted boy to the Palace, because of the rarity of the event. The most important journey of all was given to Sister Verna, when she was sent to find Richard Rahl and bring him to the Palace. Prelate Annalina, who sent Verna, knew that this would fulfill prophecy and cause Richard to flush out the Sisters of the Dark that infested the Palace, in the guise of Sisters of the Light.
The Sisters of the Dark are the polar opposites, in terms of beliefs, of the Sisters of the Light and though most Sisters originally believed the Sisters of the Dark to be a myth, they are eternal enemies.
Sisters of the Light wield only their natural ability as a sorceress, though this is formidable in its own right.
[edit] Known Sisters of the Light
Below is a list of known Sisters of the Light:
