Emily Baldoni: Sister Nicci

Bound

Sister Nicci

Richard Cypher: Even if we find the Stone and you destroy it, even if you kill yourself and take Kahlan with you, you won't win.
Sister Nicci: Your fight against the Keeper is futile. In the end, he will win. He always does. Life is fleeting, death is eternal.

Sister Nicci: What would you do with a horse whose leg was broken? You'd put it out of its misery. This world is like a lame horse. Helping people only prolongs their suffering.

Sister Nicci: Marissa, do you really think your han can compete with mine?
Sister Merissa: I'm not here to compete with your han. I'm here to take it.
Sister Nicci: There are only four of you. Either you overestimate your power, or you underestimate mine.

Sister Nicci: [chant] Great Keeper of the Underworld, as I walk in the path to eternal darkness, grant me the strength to carry your will.

Sister Nicci: Lord Rahl, have I displeased the Keeper?
Frederick Amnell: The stench of your failure passes through the veil to sicken him even in the Underworld. Yet there is one way you may regain his favor.
Sister Nicci: Tell me.
Frederick Amnell: Bring me the Stone of Tears.
Sister Nicci: Lord Rahl, the compass that points to the Stone of Tears only works in the hands of the Seeker.
Frederick Amnell: Well then, if you cannot control the compass, you must find a way to control the Seeker.
Sister Nicci: What about the Mother Confessor? The Prophecy says the Keeper is doomed to fail as long as her pure heart beats.
Frederick Amnell: We can address the problem of the Mother Confessor's beating heart once you get the Stone from the Seeker.
Sister Nicci: [struck by idea] I may know a way to control the Seeker, find the Stone, and kill the Mother Confessor.

Richard Cypher: [seething] And what is it that you want?
Sister Nicci: You're going to lead me to the Stone of Tears. And if any of you attempt to follow us, Kahlan will die.
Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: And so will you!
Sister Nicci: I serve the Keeper. I'm not afraid of death. Neither are the four powerful Sisters of the Dark who are trying to kill me and take my han.

Sister Nicci: [raven brought what was sought] A strand of the Mother Confessor's hair. You have served the Keeper well.

Sister Nicci: [to Richard] I'm going to the bridge now, and if you're not with me by the time I get there, the Mother Confessor and I will meet the Keeper together.

Sister Nicci: I could still force you to lead me to the Stone.
Richard Cypher: [sword ready] I will fight you until my last breath.
Sister Nicci: [It's a standoff with him glaring at her as she looks at him with cold disdain] Prophecy says you'll find the Stone and give it to the Enemy of the Light. You're more use to the Keeper alive than dead.
[walks off]

[last lines]
Darken Rahl: [conjured up by Nicci again] The Keeper is not pleased.
[voice makes an echo]
Sister Nicci: Actually, I've been thinking about the Keeper. And since it appears you still run his errands, perhaps you could deliver a message for me. Tell your Master I no longer serve him.
Darken Rahl: Don't tell me the Seeker has gotten to you.
Sister Nicci: My loyalties aren't with the Seeker. Nor are they with the Creator or the Keeper.
[eyes turn cat-like, glowing eerily in the dark]
Sister Nicci: My strength is mine and mine alone. And from now on, I serve only myself.
[full jungle-cat demonic glare, then she smiles all angelic again, blows him a kiss, and he dissipates]

Richard Cypher: [after hearing that Nicci killed her rapist] What happened to you was wrong.
Sister Nicci: The whole world is wrong. That's why the Keeper wants to end it. And I thank him every day for giving me the strength to help him.
Richard Cypher: [shakes his head] Nicci, you *are* strong, but I don't believe people's strength comes from the Keeper... or the Creator. Your strength is yours,
[shakes his head]
Richard Cypher: and yours alone. What you do with it, is up to you.