Zedd is, in the Sword of Truth fantasy series by Terry Goodkind, a skinny old man, a cloud-reader, and a friend of Richard Cypher.
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Actually, Zedd is Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, the powerful First Wizard and the grandfather of the current Seeker of Truth, Richard Rahl.
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