Blood of the Fold

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name = Blood of the Fold
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author = Terry Goodkind
cover_artist = Kevin Murphy
country = United States
language = English
series = The Sword of Truth
genre = Epic fantasy
publisher = Tor Fantasy
release_date = October 1996
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 464
isbn = ISBN 0-312-89052-4
preceded_by = Stone of Tears
followed_by = Temple of the Winds

"Blood of the Fold" is the third book in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series, The Sword of Truth.

Plot introduction

Richard has finally come to terms with his true identity and none-too-soon. The New World, and all the freedom of humankind, is under threat from a terrible nemesis: The Imperial Order from the Old World. With the barrier between the Old and New Worlds down, The Imperial Order wastes no time in sending its delegations to the countries of the New World, quickly followed by its expeditionary army forces. Richard's only option to stop the invasion is to claim his heritage and unite all free kingdoms and provinces under one rule and one command. One chance to survive the onslaught of barbarians bent on destroying all that is good in life.

Plot summary

Blood of the Fold picks up the story where the last volume, Stone of Tears, left off. Richard Rahl has just reunited with his future wife, Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor, in a place between worlds. When he gets back, he finds there's only one way to halt the continuous advance of the Imperial Order throughout the Midlands: seize power. Richard ends the alliance upon which the Midlands was based and the rule of the Confessors. Thus, Richard Rahl, the new Master of D'Hara, takes control over Aydindril.

Meanwhile, in the Old World, trouble courses through the Palace of the Prophets. Sister Verna, the newly named Prelate, discovers the former Prelate, Annalina, isn't really dead, but has fled with Nathan Rahl, the prophet. The two of them reveal that they are on a quest to fulfill the Prophecies and save the New World from the dominion of Jagang, the Dream Walker, Emperor of the Old World.

The lands of the Midlands must decide whether to surrender to D'Hara or the Imperial Order. However, there is a force that, although it claims to be loyal to the Order, bows to no one: The Blood of the Fold. In his neverending search for banelings, what The Blood call those with some form of the gift, Tobias Brogan, the Lord General of the Blood of the Fold, captures Kahlan Amnell and Adie and takes them, following the instructions of a so-called Creator (the Dream Walker, actually), to the Palace of the Prophets.

Richard, who finds out too late his wife-to-be is in the Old World, uses an ancient means of transportation, the Sliph, to travel to her almost instantaneously. There, seduced by the ability to become invisible (granted to him by his mriswith cape), Richard inadvertently releases the Mriswith Queen, who then flees to Aydindril back through the Sliph.

Brought back to his senses, Richard then destroys the Palace of the Prophets to prevent Jagang from receiving the treasures inside, saves Kahlan, and hurries back to the New World, where he leads his armies toward a victorious battle over the Blood of the Fold and the mriswith.

Characters in "Blood of the Fold"

*Richard Rahl
*Kahlan Amnell
*Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
*Adie
*Cara
*Berdine
*Raina
*Gratch
*Sister Verna
*Prelate Annalina
*Warren
*Nathan Rahl
*Emperor Jagang
*Sister Armina
*Sister Tovi
*Sister Ulicia
*Tobias Brogan

Wizards Third Rule

In this volume we discover the Wizard's Third Rule: "Passion rules reason."

References

External links

* [http://www.terrygoodkind.com Official Terry Goodkind website]
* [http://www.terrygoodkind.net Unofficial Terry Goodkind website] (endorsed by Terry Goodkind)
* [http://sot.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Welcome to the Sword of Truth Wiki] , including characters, places, items, etc.