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, finds out after some time that the former Prelate, Annalina, isn't really dead, but had 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 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.
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I noticed that, so far in each book summary you haven't mentioned Gratch once; why is that? I guess if you're going for a brief overview, or somewhat brief, you wouldn't mention him--but Gratch is a big part and he's pretty dang awesome--he's actually one of my favorite characters, [and] by Richard telling him to leave and not come back, because he wanted Gratch to live, [that] was how he came to the realization that Kahlan still loved him. It's monumental you need Gratch!
Whew I got that out of my system, sorry about that, but there it is.
Thanks for the Post. I'm going to go outside and soak up some sun before the fog rolls in, see you later and have an awesome day!
Debra Taron
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