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Character · The D'Haran Empire · 15 books

Richard Rahl

Woods guide who becomes Seeker of Truth and Lord Rahl · Terry Goodkind

Richard Rahl, first known as Richard Cypher, is a woods guide who becomes the Seeker of Truth and Lord Rahl.

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Character facts

First appearance
Wizard's First Rule (1994)
Latest appearance
Warheart (2015)
Books
15 (14 as lead, 1 minor)
Series
The Sword of Truth
Author
Terry Goodkind
Circle
The D'Haran Empire

Where to meet Richard Rahl

Richard Rahl first appears in Wizard's First Rule (1994), as the lead, book 1 of the The Sword of Truth series.

Buy Wizard's First Rule

Every book with Richard Rahl

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

  1. 1994LWizard's First Rulelead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  2. 1995LStone of Tearslead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  3. 1996LBlood of the Foldlead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  4. 1997LTemple of the Windslead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  5. 1999LSoul of the Firelead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  6. 2000LFaith of the Fallenlead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  7. 2001·The Pillars of Creationminor role · The Sword of TruthBuy
  8. 2003LNaked Empirelead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  9. 2005LChainfirelead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  10. 2006LPhantomlead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  11. 2007LConfessorlead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  12. 2011LThe Omen Machinelead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  13. 2013LThe Third Kingdomlead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  14. 2014LSevered Soulslead · The Sword of TruthBuy
  15. 2015LWarheartlead · The Sword of TruthBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Kahlan AmnellMother Confessor15
Zeddicus Zu'l ZoranderFirst Wizard, Richard's grandfather15
CaraMord-Sith who becomes Richard's bodyguard13
NicciSorceress, first an enemy and then an ally11
Jennsen RahlRichard's half-sister2