Dahlia, Legend of the Seeker

Dahlia (Laura Brent)

Dahlia was introduced at the end of season 2 as one of the women warriors called Mord-Sith. She had been kidnapped as a child and tortured until her training was considered complete. The Mord-Sith belived that their sole purpose in life was to protect the evil lord Rahl.

Dahlia was brought in during May sweeps, and when the show was suffering from bad ratings, to do a storyline featuring the reveal that she and former Mord-Sith, and main character, Cara used to be more than friends. Dahlia found Cara and her travelling companions and offered her help, which they accepted, and one night Cara and Dahlia kissed and it was implied they had sex.

However, Dahlia then kidnapped Cara and brought her back to the other Mord-Sith to torture and break her again. Cara later escaped and after a fight Dahlia was killed, however, thanks to magic, Dahlias death was reversed and in the end her past was changed, making it so that she never became a Mord-Sith. It was assumed she instead became an ordinary woman living in her old village.

Appearances:

• 3 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Cara Mason (Tabrett Bethell, bisexual, regular 23 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? Yes

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.