Verna Sauventreen is a main character in the Sword of Truth series, written by Terry Goodkind. She is a Sister of the Light and a sorceress. Verna is the only Sister, of the three who set out, to return to the Palace after discovering Richard Rahl. She helps Richard escape and fulfill prophecy and becomes one of his closest friends and advisors. Verna later becomes Prelate of the Sisters after Ann fakes her death and then becomes in charge of the gifted forces with the D'Haran Army. 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 been translated into 20 different languages. ... In the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind: The Sisters of the Light are sorceresses from the Old World who lived in the Palace of the Prophets in the city of Tanimura. ... A sorceress is a fictional class of people in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... The Palace of the Prophets is a fictional location in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... Richard Rahl (aka Richard Cypher) is the protagonist in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. ... Prelate Annalina Aldurren is a main character in The Sword Of Truth series written by Terry Goodkind. ...

Characteristics

Physical

Verna is a tall, slender woman with long curly brown hair. She appears to be in her late 30's to very early 40's, but is in fact close to 160 years old, due to the age-slowing spell that is cast over the Palace of the Prophets. This is young for a Sisters of the Light, though she appears to be one of the middle aged Sisters. She looks older than the Sisters her age as she was sent on a journey for twenty years (Sisters journeys normally only last one standard year at most) and aged as those outside of the Palace age. She is thought to be a rather attractive woman. She has deep brown eyes and is not adverse to scowling when it is needed. The Palace of the Prophets is a fictional location in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ...

Emotional

Verna Sauventreen is generally kind-hearted, although she does come off as being a no nonsense kind of a woman. Having grown up with the Sisters of the Light as a novice, later becoming a Sister and then the Prelate, she believes in The Creator and like her predecessor Annalina, though to a lesser extent, she believes that Richard is the only one who can triumph over the forces of evil as prophecy dictates. The Creator God is the divine being that created the omniverse, according to various traditions and faiths. ...

She once had a relationship with Jedidiah and even had a daughter named Leitis with him. As Leitis was ungifted it was decided that she would go and live with a regular family outside the Palace. Verna discovered that Jedidiah had pledged himself to the Keeper and was forced to kill him with her dacra, when he attempted to murder Richard.

She married the wizard Warren during the time of the book "Faith of the Fallen" but he was killed by assassins when he saved one of Verna's novices. They shared one final kiss as he lay dying from wounds even Zedd could not heal. He had a talent for prophecy and it was speculated that he knew of his death. As he died he informed Kahlan and Verna that Richard was correct and that the D'Haran Army could not face the Imperial Order head on. Warren is a fictional character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... Faith of the Fallen begins right where Soul of the Fire leaves off. ... Zeddicus Zul Zorander (Zedd) is a main character in the fictional Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. ... In the fictional fantasy series Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, Kahlan Amnell is the Mother Confessor and the last remaining Confessor, originally from the Midlands. ... 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. ...

Unusual Amount of Power

After her beloved Warren's death Verna stayed on and continued in her capacity as director of the D'Haran armies gifted forces. It was Verna who was the main node of power to create the shields of magic to defend the D'haran passes. This was because she held an exceptional amount of power (or Han) as she had absorbed the gift of the two Sisters who had given their lives when she originally found and brought Richard to the Palace.