Legend of the Seeker - A Fan of Both Show and Books
I'm currently reading the books in this
series. I've read books one through six, and Chain Fire Pt. 1 and Naked
Empire. I want more. These are not short stories let me tell you, over
800 pages. The storylines are always imaginative. There are similarities
in the show with the characters in the books but they are not as dark
and foreboding as in the books. I'm glad they haven't followed all the
aspects of the books, some of what happens in the books can be a bit
unsettling and disturbing.I highly recommend, Legend of the Seeker both the television series and the books.
First Season
The First Season for this series
contains 22 episodes. The first episode is a two-hour movie introducing
the Legend of the Seeker. These are the episodes that fired my
imagination and interest. I've watched all 22 episodes more than once.
My favorite episode is "Denna". We are introduced to the Mord-Sith up
close and personal. Denna is Darken Rahl's best Mord-Sith and torturer.
Her assignment, capture Richard Cypher, the Seeker, and train him, so
that he will bow down before Darken Rahl in front of the People's Palace
and swear his undying allegiance.
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First season is loosely based
on the first book of the Terry Goodkind novels, Sword of Truth. The
first book is entitled "Wizard's First Rule". This rule states that
everyone believes a lie because they want it to be true or because they
are afraid it might be true.
It ain't easy being the first true seeker in a 1,000 years. It's a good vs evil story, a love story and thought provoking storylines. Alot of sword fighting, murder, torture and Kahlan crying.
Unfortunately, they couldn't put the "Mud People" in the series. I like the "Mud People".
It ain't easy being the first true seeker in a 1,000 years. It's a good vs evil story, a love story and thought provoking storylines. Alot of sword fighting, murder, torture and Kahlan crying.
Unfortunately, they couldn't put the "Mud People" in the series. I like the "Mud People".
Second Season
Darken Rahl has been defeated and all
should be well with the world, right? Wrong. Our heroes find that in
defeating the evil tyrant, they unwittingly tore the veil between the
world of the living and the underworld. There are rifts appearing all
over the land and terrible things are coming into the land of the
living. There's no rest for the weary. Now our heroes have to find a way
to seal the tear in the veil and prevent the Keeper of the underworld
from escaping and making this world a part of his own.
The second season of the series is loosely based on the second book of the Sword of Truth series entitled, Soul of Tears.
I was anxious to see how the series would translate the events of the book, which I think is more action oriented and introduces some really interesting characters. Book 2 introduces the mreswith, banelings, the Sisters of the Light, the Sisters of the Dark, and the Old World that has it's own menace, the Imperial Order. We find out that Darken Rahl although dead is still very much involved in destroying all life as we know it. What's a little thing like death to keep an evil tyrant down. The Keeper has decided to give him one more chance and Darken Rahl intends to make the best of it.
The second season so far has not disappointed me. I realize that the story could not be followed exactly as in the books but I'm finding their ingenuity very exciting and I look forward to each episode. That's not to say I was satisfied with every episode, a couple were a bit weak, but they have been getting better with each episode.
Episode Guide for Season 2
Episode 1 - Title Marked This is when our heroes find out about the tear in the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead. A scree has escaped the underworld and is killing everything it meets. How can Richard kill something that is already dead?
Episode 2 - Title Baneling Kinda reminds you of the Klondike bar commercial, "What would you do for a Klondike bar?" Only this question is asked by Darken Rahl and the question is, "What would you do for a chance to live again, would you be willing to kill and send souls to the Keeper, in exchange for being returned to the land of the living?" Banelings are people who've been killed and have accepted this offer. They must kill in order to remain alive and in the service of the Keeper.
Episode 3 - Title Broken We get more insight on how a Mord Sith is created when Cara returns home to her family, she and her father were taken from their home years before and no one ever knew what happened to them. Young girls are disappearing from the village and no one knows why.
Episode 4 - Title Touched Is Kahlan really the last confessor? Or is there another?
Episode 5 - Title Wizard Zedd is rejuvenated into a young wizard again. Can you say "swell headed"?
Episode 6 - Title Fury Talk about needing anger management classes.
Episode 7 - Title Resurrection An old nemesis is back, and she's figured out how to get Richard to be on her side.
Episode 8 - Title Light Zedd's been kidnapped and Richard must get him back. Wait a minute, was she just about to...?
Episode 9 - Title Dark Richard is taken to the Palace of the Prophets to be trained to be a wizard. What aren't they telling him?
Episode 10 - Title Perdition Richard is trapped in the desert of Perdition. There's a new seeker, Kahlan's married and has a little daughter, and the Keeper has won.
Episode 11 - Title Torn "Holy transporter malfunction, Batman!" There are two Kahlans.
Episode 12 - Title Hunger Cara is killed. Neither dark of night or even death will get between a Mord Sith and her appointed duties.
Episode 13 - Title Princess Zedd, a cross-dresser? He was really enjoying himself in that dress. Blonde is not Richard's color.
Zedd as aunty in episode "Princess" Photo courtesy of http://www.sword-of-truth.com
Episode 14 - Title Bound Nicci, Nicci, Nicci, what are you up to now? Blackmail of the darkest kind. I wish Richard was my boyfriend. Nicci learns a profound truth.
Now I know why Sisters of the Dark are so evil, check out those shoes.
Some photos courtesy of http://www.dadt.com/lots
The second season of the series is loosely based on the second book of the Sword of Truth series entitled, Soul of Tears.
I was anxious to see how the series would translate the events of the book, which I think is more action oriented and introduces some really interesting characters. Book 2 introduces the mreswith, banelings, the Sisters of the Light, the Sisters of the Dark, and the Old World that has it's own menace, the Imperial Order. We find out that Darken Rahl although dead is still very much involved in destroying all life as we know it. What's a little thing like death to keep an evil tyrant down. The Keeper has decided to give him one more chance and Darken Rahl intends to make the best of it.
The second season so far has not disappointed me. I realize that the story could not be followed exactly as in the books but I'm finding their ingenuity very exciting and I look forward to each episode. That's not to say I was satisfied with every episode, a couple were a bit weak, but they have been getting better with each episode.
Episode Guide for Season 2
Episode 1 - Title Marked This is when our heroes find out about the tear in the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead. A scree has escaped the underworld and is killing everything it meets. How can Richard kill something that is already dead?
Episode 2 - Title Baneling Kinda reminds you of the Klondike bar commercial, "What would you do for a Klondike bar?" Only this question is asked by Darken Rahl and the question is, "What would you do for a chance to live again, would you be willing to kill and send souls to the Keeper, in exchange for being returned to the land of the living?" Banelings are people who've been killed and have accepted this offer. They must kill in order to remain alive and in the service of the Keeper.
Episode 3 - Title Broken We get more insight on how a Mord Sith is created when Cara returns home to her family, she and her father were taken from their home years before and no one ever knew what happened to them. Young girls are disappearing from the village and no one knows why.
Episode 4 - Title Touched Is Kahlan really the last confessor? Or is there another?
Episode 5 - Title Wizard Zedd is rejuvenated into a young wizard again. Can you say "swell headed"?
Episode 6 - Title Fury Talk about needing anger management classes.
Episode 7 - Title Resurrection An old nemesis is back, and she's figured out how to get Richard to be on her side.
Episode 8 - Title Light Zedd's been kidnapped and Richard must get him back. Wait a minute, was she just about to...?
Episode 9 - Title Dark Richard is taken to the Palace of the Prophets to be trained to be a wizard. What aren't they telling him?
Episode 10 - Title Perdition Richard is trapped in the desert of Perdition. There's a new seeker, Kahlan's married and has a little daughter, and the Keeper has won.
Episode 11 - Title Torn "Holy transporter malfunction, Batman!" There are two Kahlans.
Episode 12 - Title Hunger Cara is killed. Neither dark of night or even death will get between a Mord Sith and her appointed duties.
Episode 13 - Title Princess Zedd, a cross-dresser? He was really enjoying himself in that dress. Blonde is not Richard's color.
Zedd as aunty in episode "Princess" Photo courtesy of http://www.sword-of-truth.com
Episode 14 - Title Bound Nicci, Nicci, Nicci, what are you up to now? Blackmail of the darkest kind. I wish Richard was my boyfriend. Nicci learns a profound truth.
Now I know why Sisters of the Dark are so evil, check out those shoes.
Some photos courtesy of http://www.dadt.com/lots
Second Season - Continued
There was just too much for one module.
Episode 15 - Title CreatorUpcoming
- Is it the Creator or a powerful impostor? Here I was looking for this
fantastic episode, the Creator may finally make an entrance. If you've
read the books, you know this never happens, but what an interesting new
development, and it includes Keisha Castle-Hughes. Surely this would
raise questions, speculations, but this was not to be. It was just a
clever ploy to recap the 2nd season as Richard must defend himself after
being accused of being a disciple of the "Keeper", the lord of the
underworld. But it does offer one or two interesting questions
though...What happened to the Sisters of the Light? Will they still be a
force to be reckoned with? Hmmmm...
Sneak Peak at the "Creator" episode starring Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes, airs April 3, 2010.
The above are my takes on the episodes I've already seen. The following are upcoming episodes
News just in, there will be seven (7) new episodes beginning April 10. I'm giddy with excitement; I really am. This is my favorite show.
I'm wondering if Richard will get his wizard powers back? But then we come to the sticky question of how he could since Nicci has it.
Episode 16 - Title Desecrated Featuring Cara and Kahlan. Richard is blackmailed to kill 5 men for the safe return of Cara and Kahlan, who were kidnapped and placed in a location with a limited air supply. How will he avoid having to kill the men? That would be telling and I'm no spoiler.
Episode 17 - Title Vengeance Zedd hunts down his father's killer. There will be some tense moments between Richard and Zedd. John Rhys-Davies guest stars. Is there a statute of limitations on vengeance? Who knew...Panis Rahl. He's nothing I thought he would be. I know the book version and let's say Darken Rahl was a chip off the old block.
Episode 18 - Title Walter Fun episode, we get so few of these. Funny but action packed. Darken Rahl's back and he's got plans.
Episode 19 - Title Extinction Darken Rahl and Richard form an uneasy alliance. Darken Rahl has the scroll and Richard needs it to find the Soul of Tears. Let's see what the bad boy has in store for our hero.
THIS JUST IN - RUMORS HAVE IT THAT THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS TO BE THE LAST SEASON. WHYYYYYYYY???
Read it for yourself
Fans are trying to save the show.
There are still two more episodes left. I'm am so sad right now.
Episode 20 - Title Eternity Oh, you're a mean one Darken Rahl. Cara's in for a world of hurt.
Episode 21 - Title Unbroken Season finale, part 1 of 2 part-episode. This is gonna be good. Saw the trailer. The what if...Cara never became a Mord-Sith? A definite edge of your seat ending for part 1...did the spell work in time? Stay tuned for Part 2 next week.
Episode 22 - Title TearsPart 2 of the 2nd Season Finale. Is it the end of the world? This episode had more twists than a pretzel. They finally got Nicci right, but now I hate the black dress. Richard blinded, the Keeper walks among us, and Kahlan is confessed? Talk about your action packed episode. Is this truly a season finale or a series finale, it could go both ways.
Sneak Peak at the "Creator" episode starring Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes, airs April 3, 2010.
The above are my takes on the episodes I've already seen. The following are upcoming episodes
News just in, there will be seven (7) new episodes beginning April 10. I'm giddy with excitement; I really am. This is my favorite show.
I'm wondering if Richard will get his wizard powers back? But then we come to the sticky question of how he could since Nicci has it.
Episode 16 - Title Desecrated Featuring Cara and Kahlan. Richard is blackmailed to kill 5 men for the safe return of Cara and Kahlan, who were kidnapped and placed in a location with a limited air supply. How will he avoid having to kill the men? That would be telling and I'm no spoiler.
Episode 17 - Title Vengeance Zedd hunts down his father's killer. There will be some tense moments between Richard and Zedd. John Rhys-Davies guest stars. Is there a statute of limitations on vengeance? Who knew...Panis Rahl. He's nothing I thought he would be. I know the book version and let's say Darken Rahl was a chip off the old block.
Episode 18 - Title Walter Fun episode, we get so few of these. Funny but action packed. Darken Rahl's back and he's got plans.
Episode 19 - Title Extinction Darken Rahl and Richard form an uneasy alliance. Darken Rahl has the scroll and Richard needs it to find the Soul of Tears. Let's see what the bad boy has in store for our hero.
THIS JUST IN - RUMORS HAVE IT THAT THE SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS TO BE THE LAST SEASON. WHYYYYYYYY???
Read it for yourself
Fans are trying to save the show.
There are still two more episodes left. I'm am so sad right now.
Episode 20 - Title Eternity Oh, you're a mean one Darken Rahl. Cara's in for a world of hurt.
Episode 21 - Title Unbroken Season finale, part 1 of 2 part-episode. This is gonna be good. Saw the trailer. The what if...Cara never became a Mord-Sith? A definite edge of your seat ending for part 1...did the spell work in time? Stay tuned for Part 2 next week.
Episode 22 - Title TearsPart 2 of the 2nd Season Finale. Is it the end of the world? This episode had more twists than a pretzel. They finally got Nicci right, but now I hate the black dress. Richard blinded, the Keeper walks among us, and Kahlan is confessed? Talk about your action packed episode. Is this truly a season finale or a series finale, it could go both ways.
Promo Trailer for Episode 15 "CREATOR"
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Sisters of the Light
I guess you could call them warrior
nuns for the Creator. They worship the goodness of the Creator and feel
it is their self-appointed duty to train any new wizards that they find.
Wizards as their power starts to develop start experiencing terrible
headaches. These headaches are so severe that if not stopped will lead
to death. Richard has started getting these headaches.
Poor Richard, he has to find a way to repair the tear in the veil between life and death to stop the Keeper from taking over the world of the living, he finds out that he's a wizard, he's getting migraines multiplied to the 2nd degree, and he's about to be kidnapped by nuns.
The Sisters of the Light are located in the Old World and live in the Palace of the Prophets. It seems someone got mad at somebody else and they decided to throw up barriers to cut themselves off from the other. Remember the Midlands and the Westlands, both of these are in what is considered the New World. The Sisters of the Light are in the Old World separated by a great barrier constructed by powerful wizards 1,000's of years ago. I'm still not quite clear why. If anyone would like to enlighten me, please feel free to let me know.
The Sisters of the Light are also keepers of prophecy. They follow all lines of prophecy and it's meaning. They found a line of prophecy about a seeker who is also a wizard, a war wizard. The child will be the first war wizard born in 3,000 years. Unfortunately, the Sisters were unable to pinpoint the child's birth or location, so they've been searching a few hundred years. But that doesn't matter, they have time. You see the Palace of the Prophets has been spelled with a powerful spell that keeps it's occupants from aging normally. What could seem like only a matter of days to someone inside the Palace of the Prophets would be literally months to someone on the outside. If anyone leaves the Palace, they would begin to age normally. So it's not unusual to have nuns 1,000 years old who look like they are in their 30's or 50's depending when they came to the Palace.
In the books, there is or was a boundary between the Old World and the New World. You must know what path to take to make it through the boundary, but you can only ever travel through it twice, after that you will die. Sister Verna has been looking for the Seeker for over 20 years. I must say here that Richard's interaction with the Sisters of the Light and their attempts to train him is to me the most fun in the book. If I can remember one of the passages in the book, it compares trying to subdue Richard to sneaking up on a badger and smacking it on the rump.
Now in the current show's storyline, Richard willingly goes with the Sisters of the Light with Zedd's blessing if they can help Richard with the headaches he's been having. Zedd and Kahlan will continue searching for the Stone of Tears while Richard is learning to control his wizard power. In the book, it's a totally different story. For one thing, Zedd would never have allowed Richard to go with the Sisters of the Light, only wizards can train other wizards. Also there's the truce agreed to a thousand years ago that Sisters of the Light were forbidden from coming into the New World to get wizards to train, their methods were considered barbaric and presumptuous. How can a sorceress train a wizard? Taking Richard was a clear violation of the truce, punishable by death.
Poor Richard, he has to find a way to repair the tear in the veil between life and death to stop the Keeper from taking over the world of the living, he finds out that he's a wizard, he's getting migraines multiplied to the 2nd degree, and he's about to be kidnapped by nuns.
The Sisters of the Light are located in the Old World and live in the Palace of the Prophets. It seems someone got mad at somebody else and they decided to throw up barriers to cut themselves off from the other. Remember the Midlands and the Westlands, both of these are in what is considered the New World. The Sisters of the Light are in the Old World separated by a great barrier constructed by powerful wizards 1,000's of years ago. I'm still not quite clear why. If anyone would like to enlighten me, please feel free to let me know.
The Sisters of the Light are also keepers of prophecy. They follow all lines of prophecy and it's meaning. They found a line of prophecy about a seeker who is also a wizard, a war wizard. The child will be the first war wizard born in 3,000 years. Unfortunately, the Sisters were unable to pinpoint the child's birth or location, so they've been searching a few hundred years. But that doesn't matter, they have time. You see the Palace of the Prophets has been spelled with a powerful spell that keeps it's occupants from aging normally. What could seem like only a matter of days to someone inside the Palace of the Prophets would be literally months to someone on the outside. If anyone leaves the Palace, they would begin to age normally. So it's not unusual to have nuns 1,000 years old who look like they are in their 30's or 50's depending when they came to the Palace.
In the books, there is or was a boundary between the Old World and the New World. You must know what path to take to make it through the boundary, but you can only ever travel through it twice, after that you will die. Sister Verna has been looking for the Seeker for over 20 years. I must say here that Richard's interaction with the Sisters of the Light and their attempts to train him is to me the most fun in the book. If I can remember one of the passages in the book, it compares trying to subdue Richard to sneaking up on a badger and smacking it on the rump.
Now in the current show's storyline, Richard willingly goes with the Sisters of the Light with Zedd's blessing if they can help Richard with the headaches he's been having. Zedd and Kahlan will continue searching for the Stone of Tears while Richard is learning to control his wizard power. In the book, it's a totally different story. For one thing, Zedd would never have allowed Richard to go with the Sisters of the Light, only wizards can train other wizards. Also there's the truce agreed to a thousand years ago that Sisters of the Light were forbidden from coming into the New World to get wizards to train, their methods were considered barbaric and presumptuous. How can a sorceress train a wizard? Taking Richard was a clear violation of the truce, punishable by death.
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SISTERS OF THE DARK
SISTERS OF THE DARKNow the Sisters of the Dark are warrior nuns as well but they serve the Keeper. The Keeper is the lord of the underworld, the world of the dead. Their main purpose is to aid the Dark Lord in gaining dominion over the world of the living, and in exchange receive great power. They have managed to infiltrate the Palace of the Prophets. You'd think that if the palace was so great, they'd have a spell to detect a Sister of the Dark, some type of bells or whistles would go off. Maybe a big light would shine on them saying, bad girl, bad girl, or bad nun, bad nun, something. But no, they get in easily and do their dirty work.
All the Sisters of the Light must be so self absorbed to the point they fail to realize what's happening in their own Palace. They are trusting souls even when they know that Sisters of the Dark are in the palace. Star Wars analogy here, some of the sisters of the Light were good, but were lured to the dark side to become Sisters of the Dark. I guess all that time on their hands, maybe they get bored with being good and decide to shake things up a bit. Remember many of them are hundreds of years old.
Well anyway, the Sisters of the Dark are definitely villains of the boo-hiss variety. They are evil. While in the palace they pretend to be one of the Sisters of the Light and if they find a powerful wizard, they manage to seduce him or if that does not work trick him so that they can tear his power away from him and make it their own. It seems both the Sisters of the Dark and the Light have the ability to join their power or Hans as they call it. The more Hans you have the more powerful you are.
In the television series, this is briefly touched on with the introduction of one of the all time best Sister of the Dark, Nicci. The 2nd season of the show is loosely based on the second book, Soul of Tears. This is when we are first introduced to the Sisters and to Nicci. In the show when Richard is bought to the Palace of the Prophets for training to be a wizard, he meets Nicci, who pretends to be his friend. She tells Richard that the Sisters of the Light are lying to him and she wants to help him escape. She is in fact plotting to take away his wizard powers and help him get away so that he can fulfill another prophecy. In this prophecy, it foretells that Richard as the Seeker will hand over the Soul of Tears to the Keeper and all would be lost. The Sisters of the Light, based on this prophecy, have also decided to hold Richard prisoner. Poor sisters both the Dark and the Light, they don't know Richard. Now in the book, taking away a true wizard's power means his death, it would be like taking away your ability to breathe.
Personnally, I think Nicci has always had a soft spot for Richard. Richard has never acted the way he was supposed to act. Just when she thought she had him pegged, he'd surprise her. In Soul of Tears, she was about to destroy him and take his han or magic powers, when he surprised her and gave her a flower and apologized for giving her such a hard time. She was completely thrown off guard. Richard lives another day.
Now in the book the Sisters of the Dark are evil, yes to be sure and will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. They are also sensual depraved evil. The things they have to do to get the power out of a wizard and into themselves, is, let us say, nasty! Back to Nicci. I said I thought Nicci was one of the best Sisters of the Dark. She is very powerful, I personally think she's wizard class. But chauvanism only allows her to be called a sorceress. Nicci wears all black, unlike the other Sisters of the Light or the Dark for that matter. Unfortunately in the show, they have her wearing this red outfit, nice, but that's not the book Nicci. The book Nicci wears all Black. She is blonde and is supposed to be a very beautiful woman. The television show Nicci is being played by Jolene Blalock. If you remember, Ms. Blalock played T'pol in the Star Trek Enterprise TV series. So here, she is a brunette and doesn't fit all the attributes of Nicci at first glance. But we'll see.
In the TV episode "Perdition" it looks like Nicci played by Ms. Blalock bit the big one. Showdown in the desert did not go well for her. This was a thrilling episode. Nicci and her Sisters of the Dark vs Kahlan, Cara, the new temporary seeker; Verna, a Sister of the Light, and bringing up the rear Richard. Those Sisters of the Dark never stood a chance. The fight was exciting. Nicci went out fighting in a burst of flame. But knowing this show, what's a little thing like death to keep you out of the game. I think she'll be back.
She's baaaaaaccck......Can't keep a dark nun down. Photo courtesy of http://www.sword-of-truth.com
Yep, she's back, and now she's blonde. Like I said, a little thing like death won't slow them down. In the episode "Hunger", Nicci is bought back to life by Sisters of the Dark by some sort of exchange. Exchange the soul of one Sister of the Dark for Nicci's. Nicci is now blonde, and not played by Ms. Blalock. Now they just have to get rid of that red outfit and change it for the black. Black is the color the Nicci in the books always wears. Black to symbolize her life, her mother's death, and her outlook on life in general. In the books, Nicci never took Richard's power, she didn't need to, she was already powerful enough without it. She and Richard both have additive and subtractive magic, which make them the most powerful wizard and sorceress living. All wizards and sorceresses born within the last 1,000 years only have the additive side of magic. Something caused the subtractive ability to die out.
We next see Nicci in the book, Faith of the Fallen when she kidnaps Richard to make a point. To prove to the world and herself that Richard can be broken, that his ideals are not strong enough to stand against those of the Imperial Order. Little does she know what's she's gotten herself into. I'll do a lens just on Nicci. She has undergone the most amazing character development and change, more so than any other character in the book.
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