The Pillars of Creation

Author	Terry Goodkind
Cover Artist	Keith Parkinson
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Sword of Truth
Genre(s)	Epic fantasy
Publisher	Tor Fantasy
Released	November 2001
Media Type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	553
ISBN	ISBN 0-7653-0026-5
Preceded by	Faith of the Fallen
Followed by	Naked Empire

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Plot introduction

This book revolves around several new characters in the sword of truth series. Jennsen, for most of her life, has been running from the assassins sent by Lord Rahl to kill her. Any ungifted child of the Lord Rahl must die. A stranger convinces her that running will do her no good for wherever she goes, Lord Rahl's soldiers will find her. It is time for her to stop fleeing and fight back. If she wants to live, she must kill Lord Rahl.

Plot summary

Jennsen Rahl, Richard Rahl's half sister, spent the first twenty years of her life running from their father, Darken Rahl. Born without any aspect of the gift of magic, Jennsen fears that Darken Rahl will kill her. Upon learning that Darken Rahl is dead, and upon the death of her mother, she sets out to take vengeance upon Richard, having been led to believe that he ordered the death of her mother and blaming him for the brutish actions of the Imperial Order. In non-technical terms, no matter what the context (whether scientific, philosophical, legal, etc) a narrative is a story, an interpretation of some aspect of the world that is historically and culturally grounded and shaped by human personality (per Walter Fisher). ... An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup. ... Richard Rahl (aka Richard Cypher) is the protagonist in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ... Darken Rahl is a fictional character from Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series. ... This article is about magic in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... 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. ...

Meanwhile, another sibling of Richard's, Oba Rahl, has broken free of his upbringing - a mother who he felt never loved him, and forced him into menial and pointless labor. Taking his vengeance out on his mother, he also sets out on a quest to Lord Richard, only to find that the kingdom of D'Hara is under rule by a new lord, Richard Rahl. Oba, who is pristinely ungifted and immune to magic, eventually encounters Richard and his wife Kahlan. Rather than kill Richard immediately, Oba is ordered by the Keeper to kidnap Kahlan and take the Sword of Truth. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... DHara is a fictional location in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ... In the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind, Kahlan Amnell is the Mother Confessor and the last Confessor, originally from the Midlands. ... The Keeper is a being in Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series, very much like the devil. ... The Sword of Truth is a magical sword in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ...

Using his link to the sword, Richard pursues Oba to the Pillars of Creation, where Richard encounters Jennsen Rahl, who has also been drawn to the same spot by the Keeper. Jennsen, who was convinced by Emperor Jagang that Kahlan, the Mother Confessor was evil, had plans to kill her. The Keeper's supreme plan, however, was for Richard to kill Jennsen at the Pillars of Creation and open a gate between the Keeper's realm and the world of the living. Before any tragedy strikes, however, Richard and Jennsen recognize the goodness in one another and the Keeper's plan is foiled. Jennsen learns that men who were sent to kill her mother were actually soldiers of the Imperial Order, and after coming to believe that Richard is truly a loving and caring brother, she joins him and Kahlan in their quest against Jagang. Emperor Jagang is a dreamwalker: a person who had some attributes removed witj Subtractive Magic and others added with Additive Magic. ... The Mother Confessor is a fictional title given to a person in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ...

Themes

Unlike previous Goodkind novels, The Pillars of Creation allows the reader to examine the world that the author has created well apart from the usual adventurers' surroundings.

There is also an emphasis on the ability to choose our own course in our lives - this is most evident through the parallel tales of Oba and Jennsen.

Characters in "The Pillars of Creation"

• Jennsen Rahl
• Oba Rahl
• Richard Rahl
• Kahlan Amnell
• Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
• Adie
• Nathan Rahl
• Nyda, a Mord'Sith
• Emperor Jagang
• Sebastian
• Althea
• Friedrich Gilder
• Lathea
• Betty the Goat
• Tom

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Wizards Seventh Rule

In this volume we discover the Wizard's Seventh Rule: "Life is the future, not the past." In the Sword of Truth series, a new Wizards Rule is introduced in each new novel. ...