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"Lord Rahl" the D'Haran Officer said as he entered the study.
"What is it" Darken Rahl said as he turned away from the book he was reading.
"There is someone here to speak with you" the Officer said.
"Who" Rahl asked.
"No one of importance My Lord I will send them away if that is your wish" the Officer said.
"No" Rahl sighed. "I will attend to them" he said as he rose from his chair dismissing the Officer as he walked out the door.
He walked through the halls of the People's Palace lost in thought as he considered what he would do now that the Keeper was trapped again. He entered the large receiving room and sat in the comfortable winged back chair.
His eyes flicked towards the door as it opened and two of his guards led in a man in plain peasant's garb and a little girl in a white dress. "Lord Rahl this man has come to you with a plea" one of the guards said as he pushed the man forward.
The man dropped to his knees his head bowing to the floor "Lord Rahl" he said with great respect. "My name is Ararl Notman" the man said. "And…" Darken Rahl raised his hand and the man was abruptly silent.
"Let me guess you have come to beg because any food you had was destroyed by the Keeper's servants and now your family is starving" he said repeating the problem he had heard dozens of times in the past two weeks.
"No My Lord you misunderstand me" Ararl said. "I have come to offer you a gift" he said and from his sleeve removed a long knife sheathed in an ornately carved gold scabbard. "Please except it My Lord" he said.
Rahl motioned and one of the guards took the knife and handed it to him. He drew it and looked at it admiring how the bronze colored blade caught the light. "Why are you giving this to me" he asked. "I'm guessing you don't have any money so why give away such a valuable thing" he asked.
"Because I had hoped that you would grant me a small request in return" Ararl said.
Rahl nodded "very well" he said.
"All I ask is that you take that dagger and slit your throat" Ararl said.
Rahl was shocked for a moment but then his face contorted in fury and he shouted "seize him." two of the guards rushed forward and grabbed Ararl. "Give me one good reason why…" Rahl started but was interrupted as Ararl wailed.
"Please" he begged. "She'll kill me she'll kill us all if you don't" he shouted.
"Who" Rahl asked.
"Lil…" Ararl started but was cut short by a sickening crunch as his neck snapped.
Rahl looked around the room waiting for an attack. Suddenly with two more crunches the guards holding Ararl's body fell their necks snapped. "Who's there" Rahl shouted.
"You really thought you could escape that easily" a childish voice said.
Rahl looked down at the little girl that had come with Ararl as she smiled wickedly.
"You really thought you could cheat the darkness out of a soul" she said.
"Who are you" Rahl asked.
The child's smile grew as her irises and pupils turned completely white. "My name's Lilith perhaps you've heard of me" she said.
Rahl backed away as he recognized the name "how are you here the palace is protected against your kind" he said.
Lilith laughed "please maybe that spell works in the minor leagues but not with me" she said.
"What is it you want" Rahl asked as he mentally prepared himself to call on the power to banish her.
"The Keeper wants your soul Rahl and he has something my Master wants. So I sent here to get you to use as a bargaining chip" Lilith said.
Rahl was silent as he drew the full strength of his power. "Exorcizamus te…" he started.
"Emetgis gmicalzo oiad" Lilith interrupted.
Rahl chocked back a yell as sigil was burned into his forehead. He glared at Lilith as he swayed "omnis immundus…" he started again.
Lilith shook her head "you really shouldn't try to fight us it never ends well" she said as she snapped her fingers.
Rahl's eyes drooped and he fell unconscious as Lilith smiled.
She tensed as she heard a rush of air. She turned and relaxed as she saw one of the book shelves swing open and a man with in a neat suit with short thinning gray hair and a cleanly shaven face stepped out. "Well that was more fun than I thought it would be" the man said as he cleaned his blood saturated hands on an expensive tapestry.
Lilith cocked her head to one side in confusion "Alastair what are you wearing" she asked.
"I think he was Rahl's tailor" the man said shrugging as he finished cleaning his hands.
The door opened and a man walked in. he wore a brown leather vest over a black long sleeve shirt and pants. His face was heavily wrinkled with age and he had short brown hair. His blue eyes flicked around the room a perfect picture of horror. that is until he smiled and his eyes became a spirals of pale yellow with slightly darker pupils.
His smile turned into a scowl though as he saw his two subordinates just standing there. "Hay you two pick up the pace the Master is expecting us in Aydindril" he said.
Lilith shrugged "calm down Azazel we're done here" she said.
"Well we haven't left any behind yet" Alastair said.
"What do you think I was doing" Azazel snapped. "I scattered a few Shadows throughout the ranks" he said.
Lilith nodded "then shall we go" she asked.
"You want to leave these behind" Alastair asked gesturing to himself.
"Of course not" Lilith said as she bent over the guards and drew the knives from their belts. She tossed one to Alastair and flicked her eyes towards Azazel.
"This is my Vessel" he said.
Lilith shrugged and with that she and Alastair plunged the knives into their chests. They collapsed as black smoke poured from their mouths swirling up collecting on the ceiling until it looked like a large storm cloud.
Azazel walked forward and snapped his fingers. There was a sound like a whip crack and ropes appeared around Rahl obscuring him completely. Then with one hand he lifted Rahl like a child and swung him over his shoulder. "See you two in Aydindril" he said as he and Rahl burst into flames and vanished.
The black smoke remained still for a moment before it split into two separate streams and rushed out the window flying off in the direction of Aydindril.
Richard sighed as he sat on the bench. It had been a little over a month since the resealing of the Veil and only a few weeks since he married Kahlan and moved into the Keep at Aydindril. And he still had trouble finding his way around the massive building.
Richard turned as he heard running footsteps and a young man barely a youth stopped panting in front of him. He was of mid height thin and wiry with short ear length black hair and green eyes. "Master Richard" he said as he caught his breath.
"Jazen how many times do I have to tell you it's just Richard" Richard said to his valet.
"Sorry" Jazen said.
"It's no problem" Richard said. "So why were you running" he asked.
"I was looking for you" Jazen said.
"Well you found me" Richard said.
"I needed to tell you that the Mother Confessor wants to see you" Jazen said.
Richard frowned as he thought about the phrasing. The Mother Confessor wanted him. Not Kahlan not his wife which could only mean one thing the Mother Confessor needed her Seeker. "Where is she" he asked gravely.
"In the meeting room" Jazen said.
Richard nodded and rose from the bench "take the rest of the day off" he said and without waiting for Jazen's reply he walked off his thoughts darkening as he thought about the summons. There were only a handful of people that scared Kahlan enough for her to call him like this.
He pushed the thoughts away as he pushed open the small side door and walked in stopping next to the high backed chair that served as the Mother Confessor's throne. "Who's coming" Richard asked his voice flat and emotionless.
"No one" Kahlan said.
"Then what has you worried" Richard asked.
"Just a feeling" Kahlan said. "Like a great darkness has fallen across Aydindril" she said.
"So you can feel it to" Richard said.
"How long have you felt it" Kahlan asked.
"For about a week" Richard said. "Ever since the first reports of the sickness" he said referring to the strange illness that had appeared out of nowhere in the area around Aydindril.
The disease appeared mild on the first day by the second the victim started to grow cold until their skin became gray. Once it was the person had only hours left before they became so cold their blood froze in their veins.
Kahlan nodded "then we felt it at the same time" she said. "And now with the audiences today I have a sense of dread like the darkness is ready to crush us" she said.
"Well it will have to go through me first" Richard said.
"Alright" Kahlan said and motioned to one of the guards. "Let the first one in" she said.
The guard nodded opened the large double doors and walked out. He returned a moment later a confused and worried look on his face.
"What's wrong" Richard asked.
"There were dozens of them" the guard said. "Just a little while ago and now they're all gone" he said.
"All of them" Kahlan asked.
"All but one" the guard said.
"Send them in then perhaps they can tell us what happened" Kahlan said.
The guard nodded and walked out again. He returned quickly escorting a tall man in a long black trench coat its hood raised obscuring his face with its shadows.
The man stepped into the center of the room and bowed "blessings to the Mother Confessor and her new husband" he said.
"And blessings to you traveler. What is it you seek" Kahlan said.
"My Lady I seek only deliverance from a life of pain and persecution" the man said.
"And I would like to help you. But first could you tell me what happened to the others" Kahlan said.
"I arrived late as I come from faraway but the few that were still here when I arrived left saying they did not feel well" the man said.
"Were any of them gray" Richard asked.
"Gray" the man asked and was silent for a moment. "Yes I believe so" he said.
"Then it is the sickness" Richard said to Kahlan. She nodded.
"Sickness" the man asked.
"A strange disease has appeared in the area around Aydindril leaving its victims dead within days" Kahlan said.
"I see so his hand is at work here" the man said.
"Who's hand" Kahlan asked.
"No one" the man said quickly.
"I don't believe you told us your name" Kahlan said.
"Please excuse the disrespect My Lady but anonymity is the only defense I have against those who seek to do me harm."
"Very well now what is that you seek" Kahlan said.
"I need a key" the man said. "I have spent many years searching for it and I have finally tracked it to here. I believe it is in the possession of Wizard Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander" he said.
"A key" Kahlan asked. "Can you describe it."
the man nodded as he removed a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to her.
She unrolled it and marveled at the detail of the drawing.
The key seemed to be made of blue metal with veins of gold snaking through it. its six prongs were attached to a flat plate that was connected to a shot stem that led up to a snarling demon carved of black stone that held a ruby cut in the shape of a strange sigil.
"I've never seen a key like it" she said as she handed the drawing to Richard.
He glanced at it and nodded "I've seen it Zedd keeps it around his neck and never lets it out of his sight" he said.
"Then may I speak to the Wizard it is very important" the man asked.
"Perhaps you could tell us more about this key first" Kahlan asked. "And what you know about the sickness" Richard added.
The man sighed "I do not wish to burden you with the knowledge. The key has a dark past" he said.
"We will bare it" Kahlan said. "We aren't strangers to the darkness."
the man nodded again "very well" he said. "I like you Mother Confessor is being of magic. And I am the only one of my kind ever born" he said. "I am called a…" he started but was interrupted as something banged on the double doors.
The guard moved towards it but before he could reach them the doors slammed open and three people walked in. one was a woman with long blond hair and hazel eyes. She wore dark cloths and a forest green jacket. Next to her was an older man with short graying brown hair his wrinkled face framed strange swirl like yellow eyes with yellow pupils. Next to him was a man in a white shirt and black jacket and pants. He had shot ear length brown hair dark eyes and a neatly cut beard.
Richard drew his sword and stepped forward standing between Kahlan and the newcomers. "Who are you and what business do you have here" he said addressing the yellow eyed man who was obviously the leader.
The man shrugged "I just came to deliver this" he said. It was then that Richard noticed that he had a man sized thing wrapped in rope slung over his shoulder. The yellow eyed man removed the thing and leaned it against the wall.
Richard stared at it for a moment and saw a tuft of red fabric sticking out from between the ropes. He recognized it. "Why have you captured the Lord Rahl" he asked as he leveled the sword at the man. "That is a declaration of war against D'Hara and by a treaty it a declaration of war against the Midlands" he said. "Release him and we will forgive your foolish act."
The yellow eyed man leaned against the wall and simply stared at Richard. "Sorry kid" he said a moment later. "That's not my decision" he said.
"Then who's…" Richard started but stopped as the sound of clapping echoed through the room.
"Well done my children" a voice said.
Richard turned and saw it was the pleading man that had spoken.
"You did this and what do you mean by children" Richard asked.
"Yes I did this" the man said. "And I meant what I said about them being my children" he said. "I am the one who gripped them tight and lifted them from the depths of the Underworld and turned them into what they are now" he said.
"Who are you" Kahlan asked.
The man turned to her as he removed his hood. He looked about eighteen with handsome angular features that reminded Kahlan of a predatory cat pale skin midnight black hair and golden eyes that seemed to shimmer with power. "Most only call me Master" he said. "But you my dear Mother Confessor may call me Zar'roc" he said.
"And what is it you want" Kahlan asked. "As I said I want my key" Zar'roc said.
"And why should we give it to you" Richard asked.
"Because I can make the sickness stop" Zar'roc said.
"You're doing this" Kahlan asked.
"No but a friend of mine is" Zar'roc said. "You might have heard of him he rides a green horse" he said.
"Liar" Richard said and ran at Zar'roc.
Half way there he fell forward the sword falling from his hand as he clutched his stomach.
Zar'roc tisked "you really should keep a better leash on your pets" he said.
"Richard are you all right" Kahlan shouted.
"I'm fine" he said as he wiped blood from the side of his mouth and stood up. He reached for the sword and was flung against the wall by an invisible force.
"Enough of this" Zar'roc said. "Give me the key now or I snap his neck" he said.
"You won't have the key" someone shouted.
They turned as the door opened and Zedd walked in. "I won't let your kind back into the world of the living" he said as he raised his hand. Wizard fire shot from his fingertips straight at Zar'roc.
He smirked "please" he said and raised a hand. The fire stopped before it could reach him still raging as it hit an invisible barrier. Zar'roc took a step towards the fire and blew on it and like a candle it winked out.
"Hello Zeddicus long time no see" he said.
"Quiet" Zedd snapped. "Leave now or I will destroy you."
"Because that worked so well last time" Zar'roc said.
Zedd was silent as he gathered his power.
"Now I've had enough of these games" Zar'roc said. "So I'll make you a deal you give me the key and my friend won't use the Mother Confessor as a chew toy" he said.
"What" Zedd said as he let the power go. Zar'roc clicked his tongue and Zedd turned as the air around Kahlan shimmered and a creature appeared.
It was bottle blue its head perching atop a long neck as its beady black eyes flicked around the room. Its long scaly tail was wrapped around Kahlan pinning her arms to her side and its sharp talons were placed over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. The creature grinned at Zedd as it bent its neck opened its mouth and placed its fangs on Kahlan's neck.
"Anzu" Zar'roc said in warning. The creature froze and backed away from Kahlan's throat. "So it's your choice Zeddicus Kahlan's life of the key" Zar'roc said.
In panic Zedd looked back and forth between Zar'roc and Kahlan then he stopped and smiled at Zar'roc. "It was a good plan" he said. "But you forgot one thing."
"What" Zar'roc asked. Then he spun as he heard something whistling through the air. He fell backwards the Sword of Truth through his heart pinning him to the ground.
"I'm the Seeker" Richard said then he turned to Kahlan sighing with relief as he saw the creature fade. "Zedd burn the body" he said.
Zedd nodded and shot wizard fire at Zar'rocs corpse continuing to feed the flames as they engulfed the body. He released the fire letting it burn as he sighed.
"Zedd what was the key he was looking for" Kahlan asked.
Zedd pulled something from around his neck and held it up. The key seemed to shimmer in the fire light as it spun on the leather thong. "It is said that somewhere in the world there is a cage sealed by six hundred locks" he said. "The cage was used to trap the soul of a monster" he said looking at Zar'rocs burning body. "Eleven of these keys exist and together unlock the cage" he said.
"Zedd what is in the cage" Kahlan asked.
"The Keeper's…" Zedd started.
He was interrupted as a whirlwind whipped through the room howling like the souls of the dead. The fire guttered out as a long sadistic laugh filled the room rising on the wind. Dark power filled the room and it darkened into twilight. They all turned to Zar'roc as his eyes snapped open. His hand came up and drew the sword from his heart throwing it aside as he rose. He dusted ash from his coat and smiled at them "you really thought that could kill me with that insignificant little toothpick" he asked his eyes filled with dry amusement. But this turned to a kind of hunger as he saw the key "I won't ask again" he said.
Zedd looked at the key and shrugged "take it" he said and tossed it at Zar'roc.
He reached for it as twin bolts of lightning shot from Zedd's hand. Zar'roc was flung back as one hit him in the chest. "No" he shouted as he saw the other hit the key.
Waves of power pulsed off of it as it shook wreathed in the lightning. With an earth shattering crack and the sound of wailing souls the key shattered spraying white hot fragments of metal across the room.
Zar'roc just sat there disbelieving eyes locked on the fragments. He closed his eyes as he rose. "That was the last mistake you will ever make Zeddicus" he said his voice harsh with restrained fury. His eyes snapped open as power rushed out of him with a roar.
Zedd took a step back as he saw that Zar'rocs gold eyes had changed to a deep bloody crimson. He watched as symbols flickered in their depths.
Zar'roc took a step towards Zedd as he snarled "die Wizard."
Richard snatched up the sword and ran at Zar'roc. Phantom hands bloomed in the air and slammed him into the wall as they wrenched the sword from his grasp.
Kahlan ran for Richard but phantom hands grabbed her and slammed her against the wall knocking her unconscious like Richard.
"Ergo draco maledicte cessa decipere humanas creaturas" Zedd said.
Zar'roc stopped dead in his tracks as he heard the words. The rage in his eyes grew and he lunged for Zedd as his hand became a black claw.
"Vade magister omnis fallaciae hostis humanae salutis" Zedd shouted.
Zar'roc stumbled and fell to one knee as he tried to fight the spell. "Get Rahl out of here we still need him" he said through clinched teeth as he turned towards Azazel and the others. He cursed silently as he found their bodies lying limp on the ground.
"Domine Satanaica invocato a nobis sancto" he said. Then he shouted "Azazel, Alastair, Lilith." as he did black smoke appeared around the bodies and breath filled their lungs. "Get out of here and take Rahl" he said.
They nodded and Azazel grabbed Rahl as they dissolved into nothingness.
The task complete Zar'roc turned his crimson eyes back to on the Wizard. He rose sweeping his coat aside to reveal the ruby pumble of a sword hilt. He grabbed it and the sword hissed from its sheath.
The blade was a long hand and a half sword its blade an iridescent black with glowing veins of red spiderwebing through it. Zar'roc muttered something and black fire roared into life wreathing the blade in flames. Zar'roc continued to mutter as the fire rose up and formed a dragon's head. "Torzul" he shouted causing the dragon head to snap forward lunging for Zedd.
"Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris libertate servire te rogamus audi nos" Zedd said.
The flaming dragon stopped inches from Zedd before it doubled back wrapping around Zar'roc. He howled in pain as the dragon turned into a floor to ceiling column with Zar'roc at the center. With a final howl the column split apart and Zar'roc vanished leaving only a pile of ash and a ring of scorch marks.
Zedd sighed and slumped against the wall taking a moment to steady his breath. He opened his eyes and saw Richard and Kahlan unconscious. He picked himself up and went to tend to their wounds.
Fire erupted from the black stone altar forming an inferno like gate. Zar'roc stumbled out and leaned against the altar as he caught his breath. "Damn the Wizard" he muttered to himself.
"Master" a voice said from behind him.
Zar'roc turned still leaning against the altar as a man in a black suit stepped out of the shadows. "What is it Mercury" he asked the butler.
"Lord Azazel wanted me to tell you that Rahl is safely contained and ready for your interrogation" Mercury said.
"Leave him to Alastair for a while I need some rest" Zar'roc said.
"Perhaps this will give you the energy you need" Mercury said and held out a ravenglass goblet to Zar'roc.
Zar'roc took it and looked at the thick crimson liquid it held. "From a Wizard My Lord" Mercury said.
Zar'roc smiled raised the glass in a salute and drank deeply draining it in a few gulps. Sighing he returned the glass to Mercury and rose from the altar. Without a word walked out the door and into the room across the hall.
The room was small containing only a small rack of blades, a cabinet of poisons, a black high backed chair, Rahl, and Lilith, Alastair, and Azazel.
Zar'roc sat in the chair and faced the still unconscious and bound Rahl. "Awaken" he said imbuing the word with power as it resonated in the room. The rope disappeared and Rahl's head snapped up.
"Where am I" he shouted.
"You are home Rahl" Zar'roc said.
"What" Rahl asked.
"The Underworld" Zar'roc said.
"So I'm dead" Rahl asked.
"No I assure you you're very much alive" Zar'roc said. "At least for now" he said.
"What do you mean" Rahl asked.
"Do you know who I am" Zar'roc asked.
"I know exactly what you are" Rahl said "you are a Cambion a demon spawn" he said.
"No" Zar'roc said. "I am not a Cambion I am the Cambion" he said.
"You mean…" Rahl started.
"That's right the one from the prophecy" Zar'roc said.
"And you brought me here to trade my soul to the Keeper for a key" Rahl said and laughed. "He won't risk letting you out just to get me" he said.
"I don't know he was very angry when he discovered that you betrayed him" Zar'roc said and shrugged. "But it doesn't matter even if he won't give me the key at least I still have the pleasure of sending your soul to him" he said.
"What if I told you I knew another way to free you" Rahl said.
Zar'roc raised an eyebrow "are you proposing a deal" he asked.
"You will get out one way or another and when you do you will destroy everything. I just want immunity" Rahl said.
"Is that all" Zar'roc asked.
"Why don't you tell me what you want" Rahl said.
Zar'roc smiled "I want my freedom, I want the Seeker's and the Mother Confessor's power, I want the land cast into eternal night, I want revenge on the Creator for what she did to me, and I want my father's head on a pike" he said.
Rahl looked surprised "is that all" he asked.
Zar'roc smiled "I think we'll work well together" he said.
"So it's a deal" Rahl asked.
"It's a deal" Zar'roc said extending his hand.
Rahl took it and a black snake appeared coiling around their hands for a moment before it vanished.
"Good now what do you know about my cage" Zar'roc said.
"I know that the eleven keys unlock it and I know there are six hundred seals keeping you in place" Rahl said.
"I knew that already" Zar'roc said.
"But do you know about the sixty six seals that if broken will brake all the others" he asked.
Zar'roc sighed "of course I know but every time I try to break them the Sisters of the Light stop me" he said.
"Yes but the Sisters have obligations now to the Mother Confessor and Seeker. So if something were to happen to them the Sisters would go to help them instead of chase you" Rahl said.
Zar'roc thought about it for a moment "no" he said at last. "I can't kill them yet I still need them. But if a war was to break out the Sisters might go to their aid" Zar'roc said.
"There is still bad blood between the Midlands and D'Hara" Rahl said. "I could send a squad to destroy a few villages and restart the war" he said.
"No" Zar'roc said. "The Mother Confessor is cleaver. If a lone D'Haran squad is seen terrorizing villages she could say they went rogue and simply take care of them herself" he said. "However if there were a dozen synchronized attacks throughout the Midlands…" Zar'roc said letting it hang.
"That would take hundreds of men" Rahl said.
Zar'roc laughed "we don't need hundreds of men" he said. "We need only thirteen."
"How" Rahl asked.
"I will tell you later for now you must return to the People's Palace" Zar'roc said and pointed to the wall. It shimmered and a door appeared.
"I'll be in touch" he said and motioned.
The remaining bounds holding Rahl in place broke and he rose and walked to the door.
"Rahl" Zar'roc said stopping him before he could open the door. "Remember you better not betray me" he said. "Or you will wish I sent you to the Keeper and trust me you won't have the luxury of dying well I torture you" he said.
Rahl said nothing he only nodded opened the door and vanished.
Kahlan groaned and her eyes flickered open "what happened" she asked.
"You were thrown into a wall" a voice said.
Kahlan turned and saw Zedd sitting next to the bed she was in. "Zedd where is Richard is he okay" she asked.
"He's fine" Zedd said pointing to a bed on the other side of the room where Richard slept.
Kahlan sighed with relief "Zedd who was that" she asked. "It seemed like he knew you."
Zedd sighed "his name is Zar'roc" he said. "And he does know me. A long time ago back when Panis Rahl still ruled D'Hara a small rift in the Veil was opened. I was sent from Aydindril to investigate. When I got there five people walked out of the rift" he said. "You met four of them today" he said. "Their leader said his name was Zar'roc and that he had come for the key. I knew who he was then so I threw everything I had into a blast of wizard fire and burned him to ash" he said. "There was a flash of light and they along with the rift vanished."
"If you killed him how is he still alive" Kahlan asked.
"He is alive because I didn't kill him" Zedd said.
"But you said…" Kahlan started.
"I know" Zedd interrupted. "What I destroyed was his Vessel" he said. "You see Zar'roc is not human."
"Then what is he and who were the people with him" Kahlan asked.
"The ones with him are his Generals demons that he created" Zedd said. "Their names are Lilith, Alastair, and Azazel."
"Where have I heard those names before" Kahlan asked herself.
"And as for what he is" Zedd sighed. "I should have seen this coming" he said and pulled a small black book from his sleeve.
"Isn't that one of the books of prophecy" Kahlan asked.
"Yes" Zedd said and opened it to a page. "When the Keeper rises and enters the land of the living as a child so to shall his child his rise heralded by the Red, Green, Black, and Pale ones. In his coming the sixty six will brake and all realms shall become one under the tyranny of the Cambion" Zedd read.
"The Cambion" Kahlan asked. "You don't mean…" she started.
"Yes Zar'roc is the Keeper's son. His half human son and more powerful than any of us can imagine" Zedd said.
"There has to be something we can do to stop him" Kahlan asked.
"There is" Zedd said. "It said that his rise will be heralded by the Red, Green, Black, and Pale ones" he said. "Each of them are trapped by powerful spells that the old Wizards created. As long as they stay locked up Zar'roc can't win" he said.
"Zedd when I asked Zar'roc if he had anything to do with the sickness around Aydindril he told me a friend of his did and he rides a green horse" Kahlan said.
"Then it has begun" Zedd said. "Our only hope now is to find the sixty six Bearers of Light and protect them from Zar'roc."
"Who are the Bearers of Light" Kahlan asked.
"They are said to be those who can trace their bloodlines back to Michael the Creator's first angel. It is said that their blood is the key to the cage that binds Zar'roc" Zedd said.
"We should start looking for them" Kahlan said as she started to climb out of bed.
"No you need rest" Zedd said. "If you are tired you will make mistakes and when dealing with Zar'roc a mistake can be fatal" he said.
Kahlan nodded got back into bed and fell into a fitful sleep.
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Next time:The disease spreads as Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd leave Aydindril, a single horseman with the power to start a war is revealed, and Richard, Kahlan, and Zedd find what is happening beyond Aydindril