
He allowed for some Subtractive Magic to seep out so that when a dream walker is born in future years, so would a war wizard. Baraccus would learn that Lothain had allowed the magic of the Dream Walker to seep out, so that a person born with the abilities it gave could continue the Old World's crusade to end magic.īaraccus realized he was unable to reverse this damage, but instead created a balance. However, his meddling only caused more damage.Īfter realizing Lothain had betrayed them, Baraccus entered the Temple to see if he would be able to reverse the Temple team and Lothain's tampering. Lothain himself then volunteered to enter the Temple and attempt to reverse the damage done by the Temple team. These wizards would be sentenced to death by the New World's head prosecutor, Lothain. It would soon be discovered that the one hundred members of the Temple team had betrayed the New World and locked away Subtractive Magic in an attempt to rid the world of magic.

However, it soon became apparent that something had gone wrong with their efforts. When the great war was nearing its end, the New World wizards decided to lock away dangerous magic within the Temple of the Winds. The entry into the Temple by Amelia violated the Temple and caused a variety of other effects requiring that Richard come there to set it right. Later, Jagang would have Sister Amelia unleash a plague from the Temple. A wizard entering the temple will inherit all the knowledge of the people stored there, in much the same way that the spirits of former wielders of the Sword of Truth guide the current Seeker's hand in its use. It is through meddling done by wizards of old in the Temple that Subtractive Magic was lost to the world and Emperor Jagang and Richard Rahl were born with their respective abilities.


It was created by the wizards of the old war, in an attempt to lock away dangerous forms of magic from the world. The Temple of the Winds is a place between the worlds. Richard and Cara before the Temple of the Winds
