Legend of the Seeker (TV Series)

Reckoning (2009)

Craig Parker: Darken Rahl

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• [first lines] 

  Darken Rahl : [to the assembled Mord-Sith warriors all kneeling around him]  The Seeker now has all three Boxes of Orden. And The Book Of Counted Shadows.

  Cara Mason : My Lord...

  Darken Rahl : Yes, Cara?

  Cara Mason : I'm looking around, and I don't see any of us groveling at the Seeker's feet begging to be commanded. If he truly has the power of Orden, he would have used it already.

  Darken Rahl : There must be some reason he hasn't. But I'm not willing to wait around to find out when he does. We kill him... tonight.

  Cara Mason : If you'd given me the task... he'd already be dead. Tell us where he is.

  Darken Rahl : He was last seen yesterday. Somewhere around West Granthia.

  Cara Mason : He's somewhere? In a province that crosses two rivers, a mountain range and six-hundred leagues of forest? Forgive me, my Lord, but my sisters and I are Mord-Sith, we are not magicians. How will we find him?

  Darken Rahl : [grabs her face]  Tell me, Cara... How does a sea hawk find a tiny fish in a great wide ocean?

• Kahlan Amnell : [held captive]  What do you want from me?

  Darken Rahl : Your understanding.

  Kahlan Amnell : I understand you perfectly. You take whatever you want.

  Darken Rahl : You're wrong, Kahlan. If I were simply to take whatever I wanted, you'd already be in my bed-chamber. Oh, don't worry, I shan't lay a finger on you... until I'm invited.

  Kahlan Amnell : [contemptuously]  Then you'll be waiting an eternity!

  Darken Rahl : You're being very selfish, Kahlan. As my Queen, you can bring comforts to the sick... rebuild razed villages... create homes for the poor children orphaned in this terrible war your Seeker and his misguided followers have waged against me.

  Kahlan Amnell : You're afraid that even if Richard is gone, people will still believe everything he stood for. They'll blame you for his death, keep fighting you, and if you think I'm gonna help you quell their anger, you're as mad as you are cruel!

  Darken Rahl : Yes, Kahlan, I do want to quell the people's anger. With the power of your love.

  Kahlan Amnell : [contemptuously]  I would rather die than be your puppet!

  Darken Rahl : Perhaps some time in a cold damp dungeon, where your love and compassion will be of no use to anyone, will help you reconsider.

  [as Kahlan is led away:] 

  Darken Rahl : Oh, and if you're expecting to be warmed by the flame of hope, know this: My sorcerers examined the spot where the Seeker disappeared. They were unanimous. No one could have survived the explosion of magic.

  Kahlan Amnell : [as she is taken away]  You haven't won! You still have powerful enemies!

  Darken Rahl : And I will destroy them one... by one.