Wizards First Rule- Darken Rahl ( Caution :SPOILER!!)

In my last post I said I would be talking about the villain in Wizards First Rule. Darken Rahl. He is a character that will be stuck into your head for a very long time. The way his description is laid out for you in the book is creative and effective. Richard has been talking to Kahlan and has found out all of the horrible things that Darken Rahl has done to people. For example, he learns information about the people by cutting their stomach open and reading the entrails. Coincidentally that was how George Cypher was found, dead, with his insides spilt all over the floor. Richard has been searching for the man who killed his father since he died and now he knows who it is. Logically he asks Kahlan his name. She replied... Darken Rahl.

Richard is determined to search out and find this horrible man. He starts by learning as much as he can about him. He learns that he is the master of the land D'Hara. He can use both additive and subtractive magic. He is a tyrant to his people, and most importantly. He wants to kill Richard.

His description portrays him as a snake like character, but with charm. He has long white hair that's straighter than an arrow, hes tall and muscular, but with a lean build. His features are flawless except for a scar he has running form his middle down past his groin and down his leg. that scar was caused by the First Wizard...Zedd. During the war, Zedd was putting up the barrier when Darken Rahl's father, Panis Rahl, tried to stop him. Zedd sent Wizards fire through the barrier and it engulfed Panis. alternately Darken was with Panis when he tried to stop Zedd. A splash of Wizards Fire caught darken at the hip and it ran down his leg. Creating the scar he has today.

Darken Rahl wanted nothing more than to rule the world. He doesn't use armies or bombs, but he uses magic. The magic of the Box's or Orden. These boxes will give the person who opens it supreme power and enough power to control all the lands. To do this though, he needs to know the instructions. For if he opens the wrong box, he will die. These instructions were in an ancient book that was stolen from the Wizards keep long ago and has been lost for many a century. This book is The Book of Counted Shadows . Darken Rahl has figured out that George Cypher had stolen the book and has it in Westland. He went there and when George wouldn't talk, he killed him and read his entrails so he could find out the instructions. His entrails told him that Richard knew the book.

Darken Rahl obtained all three boxes and had lured Richard to his palace. Richard using the Wizards First rule ,"people will believe anything they want to believe is true",tricked Darken Rahl into believing that the box he told him to open was the correct box. As soon as the torrent of sand that was engulfing Darken Rahl started to increase, Richard ran after Kahlan who had left in the midst of things. The room was empty except for Darken Rahl being taken into the underworld and Zedd. Darken Rahl looked down and screamed "WHO IS THAT BOY! HOW COULD HE HAVE DONE THIS!!!" . Zedd simply replied...

**CAUTION IF YOU DO NOT WANT THIS BOOK TO BE RUINED BEYOND BELIEF DO NOT READ THE NEXT THING I AM ABOUT TO WRITE! This was the point in the book where I set it down and said wooooooooooooow...and then re-read the part because it was sooo EPIC!**

Zedd simply replied... he is your son, the son of my daughter, which you raped. Darken Rahl just stared back as he was engulfed by the underworld.

NOW....that you are informed on this fact that changes the whole story line. I'd like to hear what you have to say about Darken Rahl. What do you think of him? I personally think he is the most horrid man I have ever read about. He rapes women because he can without consequence, he killed people for no apparent reason he's destroyed thousands upon thousands of peoples lives and he continued to do it right up until the end. But that's just my opinion. Lets hear yours