They discuss the meaning of the name Alexander: Saviour of Men, in relation to a prophecy stating that Alex will have to save another world the world Jax comes from. Jax tries to convince Alex of the truth of her story. Alex agrees to think about it, and leaves.Īs Alex returns to the gallery, he comes across Jax again and his adventure truly begins. Ben urges Alex to sell the land and live handsomely for the rest of his life on the profits. If he so chooses, he can sell it to the 'Daggett Trust', which controls the rest of the nature preserve. The inheritance is a huge swath of land in the far east part of the country in a heavily wooded and mountainous nature preserve. It would have passed to his mother, but she was committed soon after her 27th birthday and so the inheritance passes to Alex.

On his 27th birthday, Ben gives Alex a packet of papers and explains that it is an inheritance that passes to the oldest member of Alex's bloodline. Alex resolves to give the painting of the mountain clearing to Jax, but before he can do so Jax disappears. Alex refuses, proclaiming that he only likes to paint real life. At the gallery, the owner urges Alex to paint more dystopian themes, like the best-selling artist at the gallery (named R.C. Jax accompanies Alex to the gallery where she compliments him on a painting of a mountain clearing with nine trees. He is instantly fascinated with her, and saves her from a runaway truck when it nearly runs the two of them down on a street corner. His only other family is a grandfather named Ben, a peace-loving former special forces soldier.Īlex is en route to the local art gallery that carries his work when he meets a young woman named Jax.

His father died in an accident when he was young. His mother is committed to an asylum for violent tendencies and schizophrenia she often claims that people are watching her through mirrors. 2 Relation with the Sword of Truth seriesĪlexander Rahl (Alex for short) is a struggling artist, living in Orden, Nebraska.

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