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How we think the fight will go
Kahlan Amnell hid within the drooping boughs of the wayward pine. One man stepped into the clearing, but Kahlan knew there would be others to follow. Three others, if her guess was right. The man was dressed all in black, from booted feet to deep cowl. Slung on either hip were a pair of swords, one twinkled in the twilight, the other was icy as death. Lavender eyes surveyed the clearing, hunting for prey.
“Err, you can come out from there,” said the slender man.
“Tell your friends to leave!” Kahlan called out, using her best ‘Mother Confessor’ voice.
The rest of the Quad emerged from the trees, but to Kahlan’s surprise, none of them were dressed in black, nor did they look D’Haran. One was tall as a mountain, with blond hair and a close-trimmed beard. Despite the chill, he wore only the pelt of a small fox around his waist. Next to him was a short man, nearly as wide as he was tall. His red beard dragged along the ground, the braids stuck full of twigs and moss. He held an astoundingly large battle-axe, hefted over his shoulder like it weighed nothing. The final member of the quad was even shorter, barely taller than a child, with no beard, but a belly to make any innkeeper proud. He looked confused and tired.
“We do not wish to harm you. We simply need to take you into custody.”
Custody? She’d heard that before. But Kahlan left the safety of the wayward pine anyway, confident that her experience in being kidnapped would see her through the situation fine. She strode up to the man in black and put a hand on his arm.
“Ooh, but aren’t you a fine specimen.”
“Ahh, well… but, err-” the man in black said. His blush was hidden behind his cowl, but obvious in his words.
His hands were gloved, but she slid one off, for she was a mistress of seduction and no man could see her and not be immediately smitten. His skin was like living obsidian. She danced her fingertips along the top of his hand.
Kahlan’s magic erupted from her, a concussion of air that shook the clearing, loud as thunder, and wrapped the man in its powerful embrace. Kahlan collapsed to the ground, all of her strength fleeing her body with the magical attack. But it was no problem, the man in black was now hers.
“What happened?” he said, staring down at her curiously, purple eyes fully under his control, not hers.
But…. Realization dawned on her. He’s an elf!
She was swept off the ground by the remaining members of the quad, slung over the should of the tall blond one.
They had not even left the clearing when anger itself burst from the trees, sword swinging and lungs bellowing. He looked like an ordinary man, but was, in fact, the physical embodiment of rage and anger and bloodlust and temper and strength and hate and righteousness. He was her husband.
“You, evil men whom I do not have the time to speak to nor reason with (and would not reason with, if given the chance), put down my wife, or else.”
“Or else what?” said the black skinned man.
“You will die an even more painful death. If you put her down now, I will simply kick your jaw in, cut off your nipples, pillage your homeland, slaughter your people and force my values down the throats of those who remain. You do not want to know the alternative,” the angry man said.
“We shall see,” said the cloaked man. He drew his two swords.
Kahlan’s husband drew his own sword (much larger than the cloaked man’s, she was happy to notice) and his eyes glazed over as the sword’s magic captured all the pure, perfect rage in his heart and turned it into potential carnage.
The man she loved launched a brutal attack at the elf. The elf just stood still, watching the man hurtle through the clearing, not budging an inch. The entirety of his passion and weight fueled the overhand chop, meant to split the elf in half. But then, his sword was lodged in the ground, no elf-bits clinging to it.
Kahlan cringed, and the child-like man cheered, as the elf reappeared, a whirling black cloud of death and metal. Still trying to wrench his sword from the stony ground, her husband was enveloped by that maelstrom attack. He was eviscerated immediately, a plume of red mist left in his wake.
The elf stepped from the crimson fog. His swords were already back in their sheathes and he was dusting off his hands, as if nothing were amiss.
“Let’s go,” he said.
Kahlan was hiked higher on her captors shoulder and the motley crew fled into the forest.
Who was going to save her now?
Predicted Winner: Drizzt (With help from his ‘Quad’)
Kahlan Amnell is a character from Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series; Drizzt Do’Urden is a character created and written by R.A. Salvatore in Wizard of the Coast’s Forgotten Realms series
Kahlan Amnell image courtesy of ABC Studios. Drizzt Do’Urden image courtesy of Todd Lockwood
Are you kidding me? Drizzt could take Kahlan in his sleep.
of course he could.
and he fights with scimitars, not regular swords.
Kahlan vs. Nynaeve al’meara…now THAT would be interesting!!!
Remember, all Kahlan has to do is touch him… One man can never take a Confessor, no matter how powerful!
This drives me nuts. If her husband is listed as an advantage Richard would completely destroy Drizzt. This makes Richard look like a pansy git, when really he’s amazingly cunning, has additive magic (the ability to basically create anything) and subtractive magic (to remove things from existance). Besides that Richard can take pretty much any type of pain, no matter how bad it is, and keep going. He’s ridiculously fast, moving so fast that you may not even be able to see him. He’s killed hundreds of men all on his own. >_>
Then there’s Kahlan alone. It isn’t mind control, it’s the complete destruction of self and will. All she needs is one part of her, any, to touch him and in less than a second he is hers. His entire life would be to please her. If she wished him to die, he would simple drop dead. It happened in the books.
Then they completely left out Kahlan’s sword fighting skills, which she was trained in from birth and then furthered along by Richard.
Drizzt would be destroyed. This is a bloody popularity match.
Drizzt is a noble guy and would not immediately attack Kahlan which would give her the split second needed to confess him. Then she would use him to fight for her in the later rounds, making her far tougher going forward. Sorry Driz, nice guys do finish last!
Uh…yeah…look, while Kahlan is an annoying character in a hundred ways and Richard Rahl is worse…guys, Drizzt would get his ASS handed to him.
I mean, seriously. Richard is so overpowered that there’s probably no one man in the fantasy UNIVERSE who could take him out, aside from maybe Rand al’Thor or Gandalf. And while Drizzt could slice and dice Kahlan easily enough…he wouldn’t. He’s kind of a pansy that way. Drizzt just would not murder some random chick unless she came at him waving a sword or dagger. And Kahlan would not. She’d walk up to him, take his hand, and use her power. I’d like to buy the whole “elven immunity” thing, but that is so contrived it’s laughable.
No, Drizzt would end up as Kahlan’s slave.
Sorry, but I don’t think Kahlan would just walk up to Drizzt and confess him, I just don’t see her that way if she doesn’t see him as an enemy, and never would Drizzt aproach as an enemy. In a one on one combat Drizzt is just faster and stronger, at least that’s how I see it.
Drizzt is a skilled weaponsmaster who specializes in scimitars. As an elf, he is also resistant to both sleep and charm spells (90% resist for the elven race itself, not just drow). Bringing someone under your control mentally through magic is considered a charm.
He grew up in a place where fighting for one’s life was the rule, not the exception, because even your own siblings will try to do you in. He held first place in the fighting academy of drow elves in Menzoberranzan for *years.* After that, he literally had to fight simply for his own survival both in the dangerous wilds of the Underdark and then in the wilds of the surface world of Toril.
As to her getting close enough to take one of his gloves off? Not bloody likely. Drizzt is apprehensive when meeting new people because of the hatred from others that his race has caused. Very, very few people are welcome to simply walk up and touch him on first meeting. While he will not draw weapons on her until she becomes threatening, he would not allow her to lay hands on him. He would keep a polite distance back and try to resolve things until her intentions proved too hostile for words.
The Companions of the Hall would not resort to “kidnapping” either. Since she had not drawn a weapon, they would have left her alone while she was stunned and continued on their merry way.
Lastly, Drizzt prefers single combat even against multiple opponents. If he and she were to duel, the others would honor his skill and stay back from the fight. They would only intervene if she were about to kill him.
If things on her end would have gone according to that small cut-scene written above, she wouldn’t have stood a chance. The husband, as soon as he opened his mouth and started blathering that nonsense, would have likely inspired naught but anger in both Drizzt and in his companions.
Winner would be Drizzt. No contest.
I’ve read some of the Drizzt novels and he does take on Lolth and an artifact. I pick him for this encounter.
With his past expeririences he may even be able to take on Cthulu. Just think Cthulu and Lolth can commiserate together.
Richard could defeat Drizzt in theory but before he could do that he would need to defeat the companions, and Guenhwyvar(a tiger) I would say that he truly was overpowered to hell in the SOT books, and he has magic powers as well so he would defeat them,
before that happens Drizt would have a scimitar at khalhans throat, to force Richard to back off.
while Richard would eventually save her(he is overpowered and has a giant ruthless trained army) I would say the encounter would go to Drizzt assuming you accept the confessor power not working on elfs.
Voting for Drizzt a)because he’d clean her clock in a heartbeat due to spell resistance and b) I can’t stand Terry Goodkind’s poorly written right-wing diatribe.
Lidia, all I have to say is that while it describes Richard as an ability in the battle between Kahlan and Drizzt, it’s worth noting that Drizzt always comes with Guenhwyvar, that’s just a given. And then the battle further suggests that he gets help from his “Quad”. Alright, so we’re throwing in Cattie-brie, Wulfgar, Bruenor, and Regis (ooo, Regis). If that’s the case, I think Kahlan is overwhelmed before Richard is able to bring down Drizzt. The battle may continue for quite some time after that, but power in powerful numbers wins here. Straight up Drizzt vs. Kahlan, I don’t see Kahlan being able to touch anything of Drizzt’s but Twinkle and Icingdeath.
From a character standpoint though, tough first round draw, enjoy both characters and novels quite a bit.
Drizzt is in a very tough bracket. In the next round he’ll either face a near invincible brutal time travelling robot or a very savvy guy who will find a way to render his panther and scimitars into irrelevance.
To get out of his bracket he’ll probably have to defeat Aragorn. Ged and the Freemen will be tough as well. Edward Cullen would be the easiest. His teenage girl fans will fall in love with Wulfgar.
If all of the others are involved, the Companions of the Hall and Richard Rahl, then the fight would be a knock down, drag out, and I’d give it to Richard Rahl in the end. There’s just too much power there. However, since the matchup is Drizzt and Kahlan, she couldn’t touch him, period.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Drizzts anyday kahlen is bangin but drizzt is the better drizzt vs darkhen rahl lmao darkhen rahl epic fail
The problem with this fight, for Drizzt, is TMI. Unlike virtually all of the other characters here, we have an objective standard to measure him by-his 3.5 D&D stats (I have no use for 4th edition) which you can find @ WotC.com. His SR (Spell resistance or the ability to ignore spells) is fairly high (27 when most beings have an SR of 0) BUT it is not absolute and that makes all the difference in the world. Kahlan’s power ONLY fails if the individual already loves her mind-body-soul which on a first meeting isn’t happening (even for a woman of Kahlan’s obvious charms…and I’d be VERY happy to test that theory AND be proven wrong
). So assuming she gets the chance to touch him, she wins as Drizzt would then clean the floor against his own companions. Assuming Lord Rahl is actually involved, this just becomes laughable.
Tough one. Very closely matched. I don’t quite think Drizzt would be able to be immune to Confession, since it affects any being, human or not, that has the potential for compassion, though I’d give the benefit of possibility to him resisting. If she gets Richard to help her, however, it’s game over for Drizzt. Sure, as much of a jerk and a Marty Stu Richard is, his presence would enable Kahlan to use the Con Dar, which allows her to use Confession repeatedly and even at a distance, and also to project extremely powerful blasts of Subtractive Lightning.
pfft.
This is like saying my whiny neice has a shot against my caged, angry lion.
Can’t help but feel whoever made the “prediction” was just a little bit biased against Sword of Truth, and sold Kahlan painfully short. “Gets kidnapped a lot”? She’s probably the most powerful woman in the Sword of Truth series and that’s saying something. A brilliant tactician, surgical with a knife, and of course her Confessor power. It seems a cheat to assume an Elf is immune to the power.
Also agree that it should be one on one, but if Richard becomes involved there is no way she loses. But I choose to interpret the bracket as one on one.
I’m not saying her winning is a foregone conclusion, but there shouldn’t be this wide a disparity in the votes!
Drizzt has magic braces on his feet so they can keep up w/his hands. do you really think a “fast” human can kill Drizzt?
All she has to do is touch him???? she has to touch and HOLD him. Very few have been able to touch him when he is fighting.
Drizzt would wipe the floor with both her and her husband.
Yep, I say again, much as I hate to imagine Kahlan winning anything…
Drizzt will get his ass handed to him.
He’s not going to kill her without provocation, which the bint won’t give him. If he’s going to grab her, he’s going to get touched.
His elven immunity is NOT full-proof. Kahlan’s ability always works, except for Richard. Drizzt is usually immune to magic. This is a case of universes colliding, but Kahlan has the clear advantage, b/c hers actually is fullproof. Drizzt’s is not.
So when he gets touched, he’s going to be her slave for life. All the while holding his own dislocated ass on a platter.
This isn’t even bringing Richard into it. Richard is an annoyingly powerful dick with truckload of magical power and the power and abilities of a ton of different people in his sword. All that would be LEFT of Drizzt would be the dislocated ass by the time that battle was done.
And even if by some miracle, Drizzt gets the upper hand…
Kahlan’ll just fry him with the Con Dar anyway.
Look, Drizzt will win, fanboys. Breathe a sigh of relief.
But he shouldn’t, logically.
Kahlan doesn’t have to touch him and hold on. All she has to do is touch him and then it is as if time slows. They can’t move away. Time is hers because she is so fast with her power she only has to release it. Her power would take him and this guy would be gone. If it is one on one no one can take a confessor especially Kahlan.
This also doesn’t even mention how good she is with a sword. There was certainly an occasion where she hacked her way out of an army killing a hundred men. That is also not something to be taken lightly.
Unquestionably, she will touch him. Drizzt is too polite, kind and R. A. Salvatorian to just come and attack her.
If both Kahlan and Drizzt went into the match knowing they had to kill the other, Drizzt would wipe the floor with Kahlan. It wouldn’t be close at all.
One on one with Richard would be interesting considering Richard is basically Goku from Dragon Ball Z in that he’s just a huge Dues Ex Machina.
“Oh my this elf is a better swordsman than I am. I fear this is the end . . . or is it?! It seems there are more levels to my power, and I now know how to use multiplicative and divisive magic! I win! Also, I’ve prepared a fifteen page speech on why non-objectivists are evil and should die.”
Lets look at the way they now that they need to kill each other. Drizzt have a bow,and as ranger is master of disguise. Arrow straight through her head,and when Richard comes & holds her and start yelling that she will be avneged,another arrow. The End
Wtf? Drizzt kills Richard?!
WTF?! If Richard can move all of the people in the world opposing him into an alternate universe, taking care of one pesky elf would be simple.
Okay, it says Kahlan, not Kahlan and Richard. If you wanted Drizzt fighting Richard, it should have been Richard VS Drizzt.
One on one, no help, no tag-teaming on either side, Drizzt would win. I’m sorry, but there’s just no way you can walk up to an elven ranger and touch him, especially not a Drow. There’s no way she would get that close.
Look, Sword of Truth people who have never played any Dungeons and Dragons, you need to understand that Richard and Kahlan’s silly overly-dramatic powers are just nowhere near as cool as a 30th level fighter. Sorry.
You do realise Richard (Kahlan’s husband) is a war wizard right? He could probably burn poor Drizzt alive if he would want to, he certainly doesn’t need his sword. (Afterall, he killed 1,000+ professional soldiers within a matter of a second while he only lifted a finger) Besides, as strong as Drizzt may be. the moment Kahlan touches him he’s a goner.
PS: Kahlan in bloodrage doesn’t really need to touch Drizzt, she just needs to look at him before he’s gone.
How about this?
*Kahlan somehow confesses Drizzt*
*Drizzt’s Quad kills Kahlan before she can issue orders*
*Drizzt/Richard no longer confessed*
*They have a beer later*
Sorry for the double post, no editing button.
Anyways, if you still doubt Kahlan’s powers check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScWlZmH1lts&feature=related
After that you can tell me how Drizzt is going to win this.
Have to disagree with the editors: it feels cheap to just say “he’s an elf, confession doesn’t work.”
If we’re all playing by the rules here (Drizzt has magic that obviously works, therefore Kahlen’s should too), then as soon as the Mother confessor touches him, he’s a goner. That said, if Drizzt did his homework and was properly weary he could avoid Kahlen’s touch and destroy her from a distance.
I choose to believe that Richard wouldn’t be ale to partcipate in this fight, nor Drizzt’s “Quad,” since it’s supposed to be a one-on-one cage fight. But if Richard *did* get in there, well, poor Drizzt stands NO chance. Next to Rand, Richard is the most over-powered character in these fights. He could destroy Drizzt with any combination of magic (he’s the most powerful war wizard in 3,000 years) or eviscerate him with the Dance with Death (the only true Seeker to master the Sword of Truth in history).
God, I hate Richard
don’t forget Drizzt has those magic bracers equipped on his legs so he’s pretty fast, and if she has Richard he has Guenivar(sp?) and she can take care of Kahlan while he fights and owns Richard. TRichard can’t cut what he can’t hit
Though Richard is overpowered as all hell, and he isn’t technically part of this fight, you are all forgetting two things. 1. Richard ALWAYS loses his stupid sword and 2. Drizzt has a sentient sword, Twinkle. I highly doubt that Drizzt is going to walk into a fight and let Kahlan touch him, thus her powers are pretty well moot.
Maybe I don’t fully understand the rules of this contest but if the description provided by the site describes the parameters of the contest, than Drizzt loses for the reasons I mentioned above based on his D&D stats ( http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/fx20010117d ; @ Ben, he’s a 10th level fighter [with some Barbarian and Ranger thrown in for a total of 16 levels + 1 level for being a Drow), NOT a 30th level fighter according to WotC). Richard is a factor solely because whoever wrote this included Richard as well as Cattie Briw, Bruenor, and the Thor/Conan rip-off (can’t remember his name). Leaving them out of this, if Drizzt has access to all of HIS powers, than Kahlan’s Con Darr powers work at full capacity as well. In that case, Drizzt can only win if he surprises and one-shots her. Possible? Yes. Likely? No. Drizzt loses.
Remember that Drizzt has his “quad” with him. If they came upon Kahlan in the woods all nice and rich looking, who would approach first? Why the little klepto git thats who. So the klepto gets enslaved and nobody is suprised of the git turning as he is always getting into trouble. The barbarian throws his worthless ass up a tree where he’ll be safe for the duration of the fight. So the confessor is on the ground totally spent and Rahl comes rushing out. The sight of another alpha male will provoke the barbarian so he steps up and quickly gets mowed down and that’s the exact moment when Drizzt becomes..well Drizzt. KO, match over, winner Drizzt by extreme violence.
Drizzt is so awesome… by the way, it’s not truly the Companions of the Hall without Cattie-Brie. Even if he went under that mind-control crap, he still would have Bruenor, Wulfgar (with his freaking boomerang warhammer), Guenhwyvar (the biggest black panther ever), and Regis (who could… uncharm Drizzt I guess). Drizzt likely would snap out of it if he was fighting his friends.
But none of that matters really, seeing that Drizzt is so damn popular your ears will bleed.
I personally believe that Drizzt would win, as it is one on one, and she has to touch him. He’s NOT going to let her just touch him, and assuming he’s going after her he’ll have done his research and know she can’t be let to touch him. If he’s not going after her then the battle wouldn’t occur at all.
So now Drizzt going against Shrike. I will vote for Drizzt cause he’s nice guy. I also think the semi will be very dull with only dieties.
Remember, Drizzt has defeated the evil Spider Queen Lolth. He may have the chance of all these characters to do some serious god smacking.
You guys do know that Kahlan’s ability is never said to apply to Elves. Elves, especially Dark Elves, have greater will than men. Anyway, if Kahlan gets Richard, Drizzt should get Catti-Brie. Which would lead to Richard’s death by magic arrows from Taulmaril(SP?) or Richard being transported to a Hell( probably Tarterus) where he would eventually be overwhelmed by Demons. It only depends on when the fight occurs. It’s not a bloody popularity contest, you’re really just sad because Kahlan is losing. It really doesn’t matter, though, Cthulhu will kill all. @RFPII Where does it say in Sword of Truth that she can charm Drow? I probably won’t reply to your potential retort so, saying that she can because it never says that she can’t is stupid. If you would make that retort, I suggest you retreat some creationist forum.
Um, whatsthisnow? Where did I mention creationism? When did I argue that “it doesn’t say she can’t?” While this argument is no less “stupid” than your “where does it say she can?” argument, *I* argued from Drizzt’s D&D stats and his strong resistance to but not immunity to magic. In D&D lore, charm/dominate spells at low levels work on the broad category of humanoid vs. monster and at the highest levels (conceivably Kahlan’s power level) on anything. Drows, like humans, fall under the humanoid category and thus any spell that affects a human CAN affect a drow–it must simply pass their spell resistance. Since Kahlan’s powers are said to ALWAYS work, and Drizzt’s can potentially fail, she wins. That seems pretty cut-and-dried and I didn’t have to resort to the “stupid” argument.
I’d ask you to enlighten me about the creationism thing but, alas, your oh-so cogent rebuttal doesn’t inspire a great deal of faith in your ability to do so.
ben,dritzz is not a D@d character.. he’s a storybook character that would never appear in game because there is no such thing as good drow or two handed melle weapon capability or a dozen other things that anybody who has played d@d laughs at because they know dritzz is a poster douch with no d@d value whatsoever…by the by..con dor..end story
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