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ZEDD: Richard Cypher, you are the true Seeker.

(heroic theme playing)

If the compass continues pointing us south,

we'll go right past the Falls of Aldermont.

Is that someplace important?

It's considered the most romantic spot

in all the Midlands.

Many a child was conceived beneath those cascading waters.

I was there once. It's beautiful.

Oh, really? And who were you with?

My sister.

At sunset, when the light hits the falls,

the water glistens red.

They say it's the reflection of all the lovers' hearts

who've kissed there.

That or a reflection of the blood spilled

at the Battle of Aldermont.

Two hundred men were killed in that spot.

The rest threw their bodies into the rapids

rather than surrender.

Well, that does sound romantic.

( chuckles) If we move fast,

we can get there in time to see the sunset.

(ominous theme playing)

CARA: These men were tortured.

Not very inspired work.

RICHARD: Looks like they died before they hung.

Then why hang them?

Whoever did this wanted to put them on display

to send a message.

ZEDD: "Whoever attempts to subvert justice

shall meet the same fate."

Kahlan, take a look at this.

It's the seal of Aydindril.

"By order of the High Lord Regent."

Who's that?

There's no such title.

The only person with the authority

to confer this seal is the Mother Confessor.

Then who ordered these men killed?

(dramatic theme playing)

MAN: I can pay you 15 gold pieces now.

I'll have the rest soon, I promise.

Please, Lord Regent,

give me a little more time.

You've had more than a month.

It's been difficult for me to find work

since you cut off my hand.

Your hand was removed

as punishment for stealing grain.

Times were hard after the war.

My family needed food.

You were tried fairly and found guilty.

In accordance with the law, you lost your hand.

Wasn't that punishment enough?

For theft?

But to steal that grain,

you also trespassed on Olrich Larson's land.

Should that crime simply go unpunished?

If the Council and the Mother Confessor were here,

they would never allow...

But they aren't here, are they?

Please.

Have mercy...

( scoffs)

I'm showing you mercy, Shaun.

Fifty gold pieces and you can go home.

I don't have it.

Please don't take my other hand.

Oh, I'm not going to take your other hand.

Tomorrow at dawn, cut off his head.

No! No!

No, please don't kill me! No!

No!

My family will starve! Don't do this!

You see why I asked you to come.

I only wish I could have gotten here sooner.

Fyren's army is occupying the city.

The people are afraid to oppose him.

Even a Wizard of the Second Order might find himself

swinging from a noose

if he tried to use magic to stop him.

I need your help.

What about Oloron's Amulet?

Fyren has it locked in the treasury

with a dozen men guarding it.

I'll get it. FYREN: The next prisoner.

There are not many Wizards left in this world, Silas.

Going in there would... Would be tantamount

to signing your own death warrant.

And how many more death warrants will be signed

if we don't bring the Mother Confessor back to Aydindril?

(dramatic theme playing)

( chatter)

Halt, Wizard.

Halt or I'll shoot.

( chanting in ancient tongue)

( grunting)

CARA: Richard, those bodies we found were at least two days old.

Whoever killed those men is long gone.

( rumbling)

Silas. You know him?

He's a Wizard of the Second Order from Aydindril.

Cara.

CARA: He's already cold.

The Breath of Life won't work.

You can put your weapons down.

Whoever shot him couldn't follow him here.

He used this.

Oloron's Amulet.

What is it?

A magical device that's kept in Aydindril.

It was devised hundreds of years ago as a safeguard.

If the Mother Confessor were urgently needed,

a skilled Wizard could use the amulet

to find her anywhere in the world

and carry them both home.

He must have been shot in Aydindril.

It seems he managed to recite the incantation

just before he died.

He came here to tell you something.

It must have been important.

My guess is it has something to do

with this "High Lord Regent" who ordered those men killed.

I have to get to Aydindril.

That's hundreds of leagues from here.

Zedd, can you use that amulet to get us there?

Its magic is only strong enough

to transport a Wizard and a Confessor.

Then we'll meet up with you there.

ZEDD: That could take weeks.

Every day the quest is delayed, the Keeper grows stronger.

You and Cara continue the search for the Stone of Tears

while Kahlan and I go to Aydindril.

The Seeker needs his Wizard and his Confessor by his side.

If we leave him again...

After we killed Darken Rahl,

you should have gone back to Aydindril then,

but instead, you came with me.

The quest was more important.

The quest is my burden.

I've kept you away from your home long enough.

My home is with you.

We've been apart before.

We always find our way back to each other.

(soft theme playing)

( Zedd chanting in ancient tongue)

I wish I didn't have to go.

( rumbling)

Kahlan?

What...? What happened?

Why am I still here?

And where's Zedd?

How do you feel?

All in one piece.

I wish I could say the same for the amulet.

At least it got us here safely.

It's good to be home.

If Zedd got to Aydindril

and realized I wasn't with him,

he'd come back for me. RICHARD: Maybe he can't.

I have a feeling Zedd got to Aydindril

with the other half of this.

Even if he did get there, look at what happened to Silas.

Zedd could be walking into a trap.

The Wizard isn't exactly defenseless.

If I can get a horse I can be there in less than a week.

You can't go alone.

It's too dangerous.

Cara and I will go with you.

But the compass is pointing in the opposite direction.

And we'll follow it that way once we know Zedd is safe.

Let's go.

(ominous theme playing)

Silas knew that stealing the amulet

could cost him his life.

It's a rare man willing to make such a sacrifice.

( speaking inaudibly)

Who are those guards?

Prince Fyren's men.

Prince Fyren?

Of Kelton?

When Rahl fell,

Fyren threw the D'Harans out of Kelton and Aydindril.

Then he jailed the Council members

and proclaimed himself "High Lord Regent."

In a forest near Gallimar,

we found two bodies hanging from a tree

bearing the seal of Aydindril round their necks.

Fyren's work.

He's given bands of hoodlums

the authority to enforce his laws,

mostly archaic or invented, demanding fines.

When people can't pay, or won't, he makes examples out of them.

I've heard enough.

Where can I find Prince Fyren?

Well.

What crime could this lovely young lady

possibly have committed?

It's a private matter.

Come closer.

Tell me what I can do for you.

(dramatic theme playing)

You can get out of my chair.

Command me, Confessor.

Order your men to stand down.

Death to anyone who harms her!

The Mother Confessor has returned to Aydindril.

Everyone answers to me

or you will meet the same fate as Prince Fyren.

All of his edicts will be subject to my review.

There will be no more unjust fines or executions.

The rule of law will be restored to the Midlands.

( applause)

What are you smiling about?

Nothing. I was just thinking. About what?

Even though I'm worried about Zedd, I have to admit,

part of me is glad the amulet didn't work.

I always dreamed we'd go to Aydindril together.

( woman screams)

Please, we won't do it again.

You've violated the code of Aydindril.

If you don't pay your fine, you'll be put to death.

For kissing her?

RICHARD: Let them go.

This is none of your concern, Seeker.

We're here under the authority

of the High Lord Regent of Aydindril.

Release them. Now.

Or what?

Get out of here!

( all grunting)

(action theme playing)

( Agiel whining)

( gasping)

You're no Confessor.

( grunts)

( panting)

What happened? Why didn't you confess him?

I couldn't.

What?

My power...

it's gone.

I knew I wasn't feeling right.

Now I know why.

It must have been the accident with the amulet.

Richard, this has never happened before.

To any Confessor. Ever.

There has to be a way to fix it.

Confessor magic isn't something you can just "fix."

Without it I'm... I'm not a Confessor at all.

Hey.

We'll get to Aydindril, we'll find Zedd...

We don't even know if Zedd's alive.

It takes more magic than a broken amulet to kill Zedd.

Trust me.

I asked our friends if we could borrow their horses.

They didn't object.

The faster we move, the sooner we can get back to Zedd.

Come on.

Hyah!

( horse whinnies)

The sentence issued by Prince Fyren

was unduly harsh.

His order for your beheading is hereby overturned.

Bless you, Mother Confessor.

Kahlan, I believe we can do more

to mitigate this man's loss.

Just a moment, Zedd.

His hand was removed because he stole grain.

I had to. To feed my family.

But you stole that grain from another family.

Yes, Mother Confessor.

Then according to the code of Aydindril,

cutting off your hand was the fitting punishment.

I'm afraid I can't let the Wizard restore it.

Kahlan, are you sure?

I've made my decision.

She's changed since I last saw her.

She's changed since this morning.

My men have returned nearly all the fines I collected.

They have orders not to stop

until they've paid everyone back.

Have I pleased you, mistress?

For now.

See to it that all the released prisoners get home safely.

Yes, mistress.

Zedd.

I thought you'd be feasting on lamb

at Ambrosio's Tavern by now.

And miss watching the Mother Confessor

bring justice back to Aydindril?

Not even for Ambrosio's.

There's still so much to set right.

Why didn't you allow me

to restore that young man's hand?

He stole grain from another family.

With his hand he could have worked to repay them.

According to the code of Aydindril...

You know better than I do that those barbaric codes

haven't been enforced for hundreds of years.

Yes, and look at the Midlands now.

Zedd, I did not come here to grant amnesty

to thieves and petty criminals.

I came here to abolish a corrupt system.

To bring back the rule of law. If I start making exceptions

the rules will lose their meaning.

In the past, you've always been one to err on the side of mercy.

What you call "mercy" is a stone's throw from chaos.

Do you think I'm being unreasonable?

Not unreasonable,

just very different

from the Kahlan Amnell I know.

Before, my duty was to protect Richard.

Here, I'm the leader.

I have to have the people's respect.

I hope I have yours.

Always, Kahlan.

Thank you.

( crickets chirping)

Richard, Richard.

What's wrong? You all right?

Oh, yeah, I'm fine, everything's fine.

I just...

I need to talk to you.

Alone.

We're going to take a walk.

I couldn't sleep.

I kept thinking: I don't have my powers...

I know, but... No, no.

No, Richard, it's not that, I...

(soft theme playing)

I don't know if I'm going to get them back tomorrow or ever.

But right now...

This...

This could be our only chance.

Are you saying...?

Yes.

If you want to.

( knocks)

You asked to see me, mistress?

Before you were confessed,

your motives were greedy and selfish,

and your methods unlawful.

Forgive me, mistress.

( latch clanks)

However, you also showed great strength and leadership.

You took the D'Harans out of Aydindril.

You easily unseated the Council.

You come from a line of kings and great warriors.

You meet the qualifications to sire the next Confessor.

Mistress, I'm honored.

I'll please you in ways you can't imagine.

Hm. I doubt that.

But you can try.

Oh, that won't be necessary.

Just take off your clothes.

(soft upbeat theme playing)

The sun's coming up.

Are you sure?

I think that's the moon.

Cara's going to be wondering where we are.

I think Cara can figure it out.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be ordinary people?

You mean the kind that sleep in beds in houses?

Yes, yes.

And who make each other breakfast in the morning

and kiss their children goodnight.

The kind that have time

to go see the Falls of Aldermont at sunset.

Do you ever think about that?

Every day.

I wish we didn't have to go.

Me too.

( chuckles)

I'll meet you back at the campsite.

( sighs)

This is Aydindril.

If we go through the Rang'Shada mountains

we won't have to cross the Kael river.

There's a bridge after the river forks.

It might be faster.

We'll go that way, then.

That was a long walk you took.

What are you two doing?

We're just discussing whether to go through the mountains

or across the river.

You had your hands all over him.

I was taking a leaf out of his hair.

I may not have my powers, but I have eyes, Cara.

I know what I saw.

You can't stand that Richard and I were together last night.

Why would I care?

Do you think I don't see how you look at him?

"I'd die for you, Richard."

"How can I serve you, Richard?"

You want him for yourself. You always have, just admit it.

Kahlan, you are seeing things that aren't there.

Richard,

she has been trying to get her claws into you

ever since you rescued her from the Mord-Sith.

No one rescued me.

Cara...

You think if it weren't for me, you'd have him already?

Well, you will never have him.

If I wanted him, I would have had him already.

RICHARD: Kahlan.

You're not thinking.

Cara hasn't done anything...

Why do you always defend her?

Just calm down.

( gasps)

You love her, don't you?

Kahlan... All right. Fine.

If you want her, you can have her.

I hope you two are very happy together.

RICHARD: Kahlan, stop.

Kahlan.

( sighs) I'm sorry.

I don't know what I was thinking.

I don't know why I said those things to Cara.

Cara's fine.

Look, what is this about?

I just...

I saw her with you and I was afraid that...

That last night meant nothing to you.

It meant everything to me.

But you want to go to Aydindril.

You want me to get my powers back.

Then we'll never be able to...

I want you to get your powers back

because they're a part of you.

I thought that's what you wanted too.

But whatever happens, you are the one I love.

When the rift is sealed and the world is safe again,

I want nothing more than just to be with you.

We could be together now.

What are you talking about?

Richard, the Prophecy says

that as long as the Mother Confessor's pure heart beats,

the Keeper will never win.

All I have to do is stay alive.

We could go into hiding somewhere where I'd be safe

and we can give the Sword to Cara,

and she could go to Aydindril and give it to Zedd.

And they can name a new Seeker.

And we can live like ordinary people.

We could... We could have children.

Kahlan, I can't abandon my quest.

Does that always have to come first?

Before our happiness?

The Kahlan I know cares more about the fate of the world

than her own happiness.

Well, maybe it's our turn.

We can both have what we want.

Listen to me.

Something is wrong with you.

You didn't just lose your powers, you lost...

something else.

No, Richard, I'm fine. You're not fine.

You're making accusations that don't make sense.

You're talking about abandoning our quest.

Richard, I just... I love you so much.

I can't lose you. I can't. I can't.

You're not going to lose me.

And if you love me, you need to trust me.

I don't know what's happened to you, but we need to find out.

Do you trust me?

Then we need to get to Aydindril and get there fast.

(suspenseful theme playing)

Havre the Council brought to me when they arrive.

Kahlan.

May I have a word?

Leave us, Fyren.

I take it you finally made it

to Ambrosio's last night?

Yes, and I heard a rather disturbing rumor

that the Mother Confessor had taken Prince Fyren as her mate.

I assured those gossiping fools that there was no truth to it,

but his appearance by your side

might give some the impression...

It's no rumor, Zedd.

Kahlan, you couldn't have.

He's been confessed.

He meets the requirements.

But what about Richard?

You know I can't mate with Richard.

My powers would destroy him.

Of course, but you've always resisted taking a mate

because of your love for him.

I don't have the luxury of love.

I have a duty to continue the line of Confessors.

Richard understands that.

So should you.

I understand that,

but to do it so rashly,

and with him...

FYREN: The Council is here to see you, mistress.

Show them in.

Zedd,

this really isn't your concern.

Mother Confessor.

The Council of the Midlands has returned to be seated.

KAHLAN: That won't be necessary.

Under the Council's watch,

Prince Fyren was able to usurp my authority

and unleash a reign of terror all over the Midlands.

The Council has proven itself

utterly ineffective,

and is hereby disbanded.

Justice in the Midlands requires only one voice:

mine.

(ominous theme playing)

I don't know what happened to you

when we used that amulet to get here,

but something has happened to you, Kahlan.

You are not yourself.

Zedd, you came with me to ensure that I arrived safely.

I'm safe.

Now, you're free to go back to Cara and Richard

and help them find the Stone of Tears,

but if you choose to stay in Aydindril,

you will not question my authority again.

(dramatic theme playing)

I've held my tongue for days now.

I can no longer remain silent.

I know Kahlan Amnell very well, and this is not Kahlan.

You think the Mother Confessor is an imposter?

She can't be.

I traveled here with her myself.

Something happened to her when the amulet was broken.

I've been searching the scrolls at the Wizard's Keep

for answers, but I've found nothing.

What do you suggest we do?

We can't let her remain in power.

A Wizard's web will keep her contained, but unharmed.

Putting the Mother Confessor in a Wizard's web is treason.

I wish there was another way.

So do I.

( grunting)

I may only be a Wizard of the Second Order,

but I believe it was you

who taught me the element of surprise is everything.

Guards!

( shouting in ancient tongue)

Alferon, why?

You were plotting against my mistress.

She confessed me just yesterday.

(dramatic theme playing)

( horse whinnying)

This man has committed treason.

As Mother Confessor,

I am sworn to uphold the highest standards of justice.

The crime of treason threatens justice itself.

And when justice is threatened,

it is all of society that suffers.

Though I have known this man for a long time,

I do not make exceptions.

Everyone is to be treated fairly.

No one, not even a Wizard of the First Order...

Who is that?

Is above the law. It's you.

For conspiring to overthrow the Mother Confessor,

Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander,

I sentence you to death by hanging at first light.

( crowd chattering)

We have to do something.

Wait.

Don't let her see you.

But that imposter just sentenced Zedd to death.

She has guards everywhere.

If she's powerful enough to capture Zedd,

there's no telling what she's capable of.

I have to tell them that she's not me.

I'm not so sure about that. What do you mean?

I don't think the amulet

was the only thing that split in two.

Don't ask me to explain it. We need to get to Zedd.

Not like that.

Then how do you propose we get to him?

KAHLAN: Seven years' hard labor.

Bring the next supplicant.

Mother Confessor.

Richard.

I'm surprised to see you in Aydindril.

Why are you here?

I was concerned about you and my grandfather.

I'm sorry, Richard.

But Zedd has become a threat.

He tried to depose me.

I had no choice but to find him guilty of treason.

That doesn't sound like Zedd.

How can you be sure?

I'm always sure.

It's part of my gift.

He dies in the morning.

Now, you should get back to your quest.

We're all depending on you.

Yes, Mother Confessor,

but before my grandfather dies,

I'd like to see him.

I believe it's my right.

Guards, please escort the Seeker to the dungeon.

Of course. It all makes sense now.

If only I realized it sooner.

Realized what?

The amulet is very powerful.

It's magically linked to the heart

of the Mother Confessor.

It can find her anywhere in the world.

When we used it to come here,

in her heart, Kahlan was torn.

Part of her wanted to stay with you,

and that part stayed.

So which one is really Kahlan?

Neither.

I don't understand.

We're all a delicate combination of duty and desire.

The heart and the head.

Constantly keeping each other in balance.

It takes both to make us whole.

How did this happen?

Kahlan's innermost desire was to stay,

but her duty was to go.

So when the amulet broke,

the woman in love stayed with you,

and the Confessor sworn to serve the Midlands came here.

There has to be a way to put both halves back together.

With both pieces of the amulet, I think I could.

Of course, that's assuming I have the use of my hands.

I'm going to get you out of here.

How?

You said the Mother Confessor is guided by reason alone?

RICHARD: I'd like to speak on Zedd's behalf

before his sentence is carried out.

It's your right to speak.

In sentencing Zedd for treason,

you failed to take into consideration

his exceptional life and deeds.

Should I list them?

I'm well aware of Zedd's accomplishments,

but it doesn't change the fact

that he conspired to overthrow me.

He broke the law.

As the Mother Confessor, the law is what you say it is.

And I say the Code of Aydindril is the law.

I've read the Code of Aydindril.

It was written by the first Mother Confessor.

She said there is no justice be it not tempered by mercy.

Magda Searus, the first Mother Confessor,

she was not without her enemies.

She killed when it was necessary.

RICHARD: She did kill.

In fact, she insisted that all male Confessor babies be killed

because they lacked the compassion necessary

to control their powers.

Is my sex in question, Richard?

No.

But your compassion is.

You have none.

Because you are, in fact, not the Mother Confessor.

You know who I am, Richard.

RICHARD: I know your kindness,

your wisdom,

and yes, your compassion,

but I don't see these things in you.

Because they're in her.

( all gasping)

(dramatic theme playing)

This is a trick.

RICHARD: This is no trick.

She's been with me since the moment you left.

When you used the amulet, you were split in two.

You may have your powers and your sharp mind,

but the rest of you is in her.

Your heart. Your compassion.

Your mercy.

Mother Confessor needs all of it.

Zedd can fix this.

He can put you back together.

He can make you a whole person again,

but until he does,

you don't have the right to decide his fate

or anyone else's.

Let's assume you're correct,

and I no longer have the part of me that cares for you

or for Zedd.

That "compassion," as you call it,

kept me from my duties here.

Without it, I'm a better leader.

A better judge.

A better Confessor.

Whatever she is, I don't need her getting in the way of that.

If you refuse to allow Zedd to put you back together,

you will leave this woman without her reason, her power.

Is that just?

She has no powers?

Then you and Richard can be together.

Do you feel incomplete?

You can't lie to a Confessor.

I think you know that.

No.

I don't feel incomplete.

If you're part of me, then I don't want you back.

Not if it means I'd put duty above love.

Not if it means I can never be Richard's wife.

I'm never going to be your husband.

No, you'll change your mind.

I can be everything that you want.

I won't ask you to give up your quest.

I'll... I'll love Cara like a sister, and...

And you can have her too, if that's what you want,

and you'll love me just like you did before.

Would you look at her?

She's not in her right mind.

And neither are you.

Richard.

I understand that you missed some idealized version

of the Kahlan you loved,

but you do not have the right to murder

two distinct individuals

simply to get the one that you want.

I've made my decision.

Go back to your quest. Take her with you.

I'm not going anywhere until you let Zedd go.

Then you will be arrested for defying the Mother Confessor.

Seize them.

(exciting theme playing)

( indistinct shouting)

( shouting)

Richard!

Stop them. They'll kill him.

Richard!

( gasps)

It seems my emotions are still getting in my way.

Kahlan, no!

Command me, mistress.

Help me fight him.

Yes, mistress.

That was foolish, Cara.

One touch from me could kill you.

( Agiel whining) Ah!

Mistress!

I told you I'd die to protect Richard.

Fortunately, I won't have to.

Drop your weapons or I kill her.

Mistress, please, they'll kill you.

Richard won't let her kill me.

I never said both of you had to be alive for Zedd to fix you.

You're bluffing.

Am I?

How can you be sure of that?

KAHLAN: Don't kill her. Mistress, please, do as they say.

(suspenseful theme playing)

Drop your weapons.

RICHARD: Release Zedd.

Right now.

I will.

But before you do anything to harm me,

you should know I may be with child.

Mistress, I could also be with child.

Your child.

Neither of you is with child.

But Fyren and I were intimate many times.

Both of you are nothing more than magical fragments.

Conception under such circumstances

would be impossible.

You know I'm telling you the truth.

Richard, please don't kill her.

If you still love me...

If you care about the Midlands...

Do it.

( Zedd chanting in ancient tongue)

Kahlan.

Are we in Aydindril?

Yes. Yes, we're in Aydindril.

( exhales heavily)

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

I'm so sorry, old friend.

There's no need.

RICHARD: If he's released from confession,

then we really did kill two women.

Two women who should never have existed in the first place.

What are you two talking about?

You really don't remember?

Remember what?

Richard, there are some things that you told me

that I'm glad I don't remember.

And some that I wish I did.

I have enough memories for the both of us.

When Zedd put me back together,

you gave up something too.

Kahlan.

If I'd known what happened to you, I never would have...

I know.

But we did.

And you said it was...

Yes, it was.

( both chuckle)

But I'd rather have you, all of you, just the way we are,

than everything else with someone who's not you.

Richard, if you hadn't stopped me,

I would have executed Zedd.

That wasn't you.

Well, at least I get the chance to make things right here.

You're going to stay?

No.

I'm going to reinstate the Council

and send for my sister

so Aydindril doesn't have to be without a Confessor.

And if I'm needed, Alferon has the amulet.

You know I'd understand if you did want to stay.

I'll always be torn,

but I can only be in one place at a time.

Right now, that place is with you.

(soft theme swells)

(heroic theme playing)