In response, all remaining Mord-Sith, including Cara, pledged themselves to Richard as his foremost bodyguards and protectors. However, through Denna he had come to understand the Mord-Sith in a way no Lord Rahl before him had, and as such, he refused to execute them and allowed them to have their freedom. Having suffered at the hands of the Mord-Sith, Richard ordered that they cease to live as the Lord Rahl's personal torturers. In "Legend of the Seeker," it was Panis Rahl, Darken Rahl's father, who sired Richard. From then on, he was known as Richard Rahl. Cypher ultimately proved able to defeat Rahl, and in his place became the new Lord Rahl since he had been sired by Darken Rahl's years before when Darken Rahl brutally raped his mother. Denna ultimately fell in love with Cypher however, and allowed him to kill her so that he could escape.
As was routinue among the Mord-Sith, Denna allowed her sister Mord-Sith to participate in the torture of her "pet" Cara among them. Rahl had Cypher captured by his most gifted Mord-Sith, Denna, in the nation of Tamarang, and had her attempt to break him. However, he was opposed in this endeavour by Richard Cypher, the Seeker of Truth. Rahl expected total obedience of his Mord-Sith, and was known to beat and rape Cara and her "sisters".Ī new Lord Rahl Darken Rahl's defeat Ĭara's master, Darken Rahl, eventually sought to gain dominion over the entire world by gaining the power of Orden. As with all Mord-Sith, she feared dying toothless and in bed of old age.Īs a Mord-Sith, Cara was forced to be loyal to the reigning Lord Rahl of D'Hara, Darken Rahl. Her early life left her with an immense fear of rats, as they would nibble and bite her in the room she was kept at night during her training, and hesitation, which caused her to get caught and turned her into what she was and ultimately resulted in the death of her family.
Hence, as all Mord-Sith candidates she was subjected to the three breakings first of herself being broken, then of her Mord-Sith trainer, who she referred to as Snake, breaking her mother, then of herself breaking her father, and finally killing him. That hesitation changed her life forever. She vividly recalled her hesitation in not killing the men who tried to take her away (as her father had pleaded her to do). ” ―Cara Early life Ĭara was chosen to be trained into a Mord-Sith as a young girl. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. “ Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. She was, by this time, considered the "implicit authority" amongst the Mord-Sith. Cara also proved loyal during the events surrounding the Chainfire spell, during which she came close to death at the hands of the Blood Beast.įollowing the end of the war, Cara remained loyal to Richard and Kahlan, and eventually wed General Benjamin Meiffert. Through her years of service to the Lord Rahl and Mother Confessor she developed a strong friendship, and sense of loyalty, to both.Ĭara proved herself an exceptional ally to the cause of the D'Haran Empire, serving throughout the Imperial Order War saving the lives of Kahlan and Richard many times throughout. Following the defeat of Darken Rahl, Cara pledged her life to serving Richard as the new Lord Rahl. ” ―Cara, to KahlanĬara was a former personal Mord-Sith protector of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell, as well as one of their closest friends. It's my life to live, not yours to live for me. “ If this is the end, all there is to be, then I will do with the rest of my life as I wish.