In addition to training wizards, some resided in Thandore, where they protected young children who had special gifts. The Sisters of Light that appeared in Legend of the Seeker are apparently an altered version of the canonical Sisters. In addition to their magic abilities the Sisters employ enchanted knife-like (the TV series portrays them as foldable throwing blades) weapons called dacras. Sisters of the Light wielded only their natural ability as sorceresses, though this still made them formidable in their own right.

The Sisters of the Dark were the polar opposites, in terms of beliefs, of the Sisters of the Light and though most Sisters originally believed the Sisters of the Dark to be a myth, they were very real eternal enemies.

Prelate Annalina, who sent Verna, knew that this would fulfill prophecy and cause Richard to flush out the Sisters of the Dark that infested the Palace, in the guise of Sisters of the Light. The most important journey of all was given to Sister Verna when she was sent to find Richard Rahl and bring him to the Palace. The Prelate of the Sisters of the Light had been Annalina Aldurren for almost eight hundred years, though upon faking her death, she handed her title and authority over to Verna Sauventreen.Ī Sister of the Light could be sent on journeys for several reasons, though the most important missions involved the bringing of a gifted boy to the Palace, because of the rarity of such an event. The Sisters were led by a Prelate, who had supreme authority over their lives and ran the Palace of the Prophets, where the Sisters resided.

Because it takes a long time for a Sorceress to teach a wizard, the Palace of the Prophets was created for them so they had enough time to teach the young wizards.Īfter the end of the Imperial Order War and because the Palace of the Prophets was destroyed, the Sisters of the Light went to the Wizard's Keep to help train young wizards with the help of the First Wizard Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander. Once the birth rate of wizards started to fall, making them increasingly rare while many older wizards were hesitant to teach younger wizards because they did not want to share their power, a number of wizards banded together to create the Sisters of the Light to serve the wizard community.

Sisters of Light by Stan Sudan