Nathan Rahl is a fictional character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... On the cover of Stone of Tears, Richard is seen holding, presumably, the Sword of Truth. ... Terry Goodkind (born 1948) is a contemporary American writer and author of the best-selling epic fantasy series, The Sword of Truth, which according to his publisher TOR in an August, 2006 press release[1] has more than 10 million copies in print and has been translated into 20 different...

General Description

Nathan Rahl is a wizard and ancestor of the Sword of Truth's protagonist, Richard Rahl. He is tall perhaps 5' 10" ( recent studies have found he is not quite as tall as Richard Rahl ), he has broad shoulders, and has shoulder length white hair. Despite his extreme old age, Nathan is still a handsome man, and he is in excellent physical condition, all things considered. Nathan is clever and sometimes deceitful, but his intentions are always pure. Richard Rahl (aka Richard Cypher) is the protagonist in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ...

Background

He is a prophet, and as such had been kept prisoner in the Palace of the Prophets for nearly a thousand years until he and the Prelate of the Sisters of the Light faked their deaths and escaped. The Palace of the Prophets is a fictional location in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... Prelate Annalina Aldurren is a main character in The Sword Of Truth series written by Terry Goodkind. ... In the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind, the Sisters of the Light are sorceresses from the Old World who live in the Palace of the Prophets in the city of Tanimura. ...

After Richard destroyed the Palace of the Prophets to keep it from falling into the hands of the Imperial Order, Nathan escaped from the control of the Prelate and has since appeared in different places, such as the Peoples Palace in D'Hara, throughout the course of the series, apparently following his own path dictated by the prophecies he envisions. In the most recent book, Phantom, he was appointed as Lord Rahl because Richard had his gift sealed by Six and Violet. In the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, the Imperial Order is the brutal empire from the Old World, founded and ran by Emperor Jagang. ...