The Recurring Cast
Character · The D'Haran Empire · 13 books

Cara

Mord-Sith who becomes Richard's bodyguard · Terry Goodkind

Cara is a Mord-Sith, a warrior trained in torture, who becomes Richard’s fiercely loyal bodyguard.

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Character facts

First appearance
Blood of the Fold (1996)
Latest appearance
Warheart (2015)
Books
13 (13 major)
Series
The Sword of Truth
Author
Terry Goodkind
Circle
The D'Haran Empire

Where to meet Cara

Cara first appears in Blood of the Fold (1996), in a major role, book 3 of the The Sword of Truth series.

Buy Blood of the Fold

Every book with Cara

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1996MBlood of the Foldmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  2. 1997MTemple of the Windsmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  3. 1999MSoul of the Firemajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  4. 2000MFaith of the Fallenmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  5. 2001MThe Pillars of Creationmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  6. 2003MNaked Empiremajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  7. 2005MChainfiremajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  8. 2006MPhantommajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  9. 2007MConfessormajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  10. 2011MThe Omen Machinemajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  11. 2013MThe Third Kingdommajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  12. 2014MSevered Soulsmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  13. 2015MWarheartmajor role · The Sword of TruthBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Kahlan AmnellMother Confessor13
Richard RahlWoods guide who becomes Seeker of Truth and Lord Rahl13
Zeddicus Zu'l ZoranderFirst Wizard, Richard's grandfather13
NicciSorceress, first an enemy and then an ally11
Jennsen RahlRichard's half-sister2