If Rahl isn’t stopped, he will free the Keeper itself, an evil entity whose power is so vast and foul that once freed, it can never again be contained. Horrifying creatures escape through the torn veil, wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting world above. Aided by Zedd, the last of the wizards who opposed Rahl, they were able to cast him into the underworld, saving the world from the living hell of life under Rahl.īut the veil to the underworld has been torn, and Rahl, from beyond the veil, begins to summon a sinister power more dreadful than any he has wielded before. He was joined on this epic quest by his beloved Kahlan, the only survivor among the Confessors, who brought a powerful but benevolent justice to the land before Rahl’s evil scourge. Author: Terry Goodkind List (LIT): Sword of Truth 00 - Debt of Bones.lit Sword of Truth 01 - Wizards First Rule.lit Sword of Truth 02 - Stone of Tears.lit Sword of Truth 03 - Blood of the Fold.lit Sword of Truth 04 - Temple of the Winds.lit Sword of Truth 05 - Soul of the Fire.lit Sword of Truth 06 - Faith of the Fallen.lit Sword of Truth 07 - The Pillars of Creation.lit Sword of Truth 08. Once a simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save the world from the vile dominance of Darken Rahl, the most viciously savage and powerful wizard the world had ever seen. The people were deceived into thinking she had died by a vision that Zedd had created.In, Richard Cypher’s world was turned upside down. Richard kills the council that supposedly puts her to death but is visited by a spirit who tells him that Kahlan is still alive. Richard finds a man selling pieces of Kahlan's hair in the street as she is the last Mother Confessor. Richard quickly starts the long journey to the kingdom where Kahlan is to be beheaded. Richard is able to defeat Darken Rahl and replaces the Stone of Tears on the Keeper's prison. Richard loves Kahlan but can't imagine sentencing the entire world to death for her. Followed byBlood of the Fold Stone Of Tears is the second book in Terry Goodkinds epic. The agent, Darken Rahl, tells Richard that Kahlan is to be beheaded, but Darken Rahl will save Kahlan if Richard will help to free the Keeper. message) Stone of Tears AuthorTerry GoodkindCover artistKeith. Richard leaves the Palace of the profits to face the agent that wishes to free the Keeper and finds Rachel and retrieves the Stone of Tears from her. The Sisters of the Dark flee upon being discovered. The Sisters of the Dark try to kill Richard. After Richard arrives at the Palace of the Profits, where the Sisters of the Light live, Richard learns that there are Sisters of the Dark that work in secret towards freeing the Keeper from the underworld. The collar can't be removed until Richard learns to use his power. Richard is distraught that Kahlan would want him to go but leaves her, putting on a collar provided by the Sisters of the Light. He refuses to go with them, but Kahlan fears he will die and tells him that if he loves her he will go.
The head aches are Richard's magic that has recently begun to surface in Richard. They tell Richard that he must come with them or the head aches will kill him. Richard has begun to have head aches and soon is visited by three women who call themselves the Sisters of the Light. Kahlan is the Mother Confessor, a sorceress who can take over a person's mind with a single touch. Richard is in a faraway village with his intended wife Kahlan. Zedd sends Rachel and her father, Chase, on a mission to find Richard, who Zedd knows is the only one that can mend the veil between the living and the dead. Zedd realizes that if the Stone of Tears is in the world of the living then the veil that separates the world of the living and the world of the dead has been torn. Zedd puts the stone around the neck of a little girl named Rachel and puts a spell on it to ensure that when Richard sees it, he will be drawn to the stone. The Stone of Tears is one of the items that prevents the Keeper from escaping from the underworld. Zedd, a powerful wizard, has found the Stone of Tears. Richard alone has the power to fix the veil that has been torn and stop the Keeper from destroying all life on earth.
Richard Rahl is a wizard that the prophecies have told about for thousands of years.
Stone of Tears, by Terry Goodkind, follows a group of characters as each do their part to stop the Keeper, the ruler of the underworld, from escaping into the world of the living.