Long ago, the First Wizard Barracus went to the Temple of the Winds to ensure that someone with the Subtractive side of the gift would be born again. Pleased, Shota gives Richard a prediction she has had from the flow of time. Despite how important Kahlan's life is to him, it is only one life, while the whole of the New World is threatened by the Order. In this dream-like reality, Richard sees Kahlan begging for his life and they profess their love for each other.Īs Nicci and Shota have a minor confrontation, Richard realizes that Shota is right. Richard says that he understands the situations, but Shota remains unconvinced and touches him with her power, opening his mind to see a vision that places Richard in the position of the slaughtered men of Ebissinia, who are condemned to death while listening to the vulgar promises of what the soldiers will do to their wives. Shota reveals that Samuel was under the control of another witch woman, Six. To that end, she instructs Jebra to testify to the horrific terrors that had befallen the people of Ebissinia. Shota arrives at the Keep, bringing Jebra in an attempt to make Richard believe that he is wasting his time trying to find Kahlan when there is a whole world that needs to be saved from the Imperial Order. Richard saves her from the spell a second time. By refusing to actually supply the magic to the spell, the power of life and the power of the underworld come together and strike the beast, driving it away for the time being. In order to drive it off, Nicci places herself back into the spell form to draw upon the power between life and death. Before Nicci can tell anyone that the spell was indeed corrupted, the deadly beast that Jagang had created to hunt Richard appears in the room. Despite the other three's refusal of his analysis, he is able to disable the spell to release Nicci before the spell kills her.
TERRY GOODKIND SWORD OF TRUTH SERIES WIKI VERIFICATION
Richard realizes that there is something wrong with the spell, recognizing that the corruption of the spell was caused by the presence of the three chimes - Reechani, Sentrosi, Vasi - being in the world, and the chimes not only corrupted the verification web, but they have corrupted all magic, including the Chainfire spell. The web is meant to examine the Chainfire spell and see if there is any way to undo it. He discovers Zedd, Ann and Nathan in a room where Nicci is caught up in the grips of a powerful spell called a verification web. The Sisters kill the man and his family, and continue on, traveling toward Caska where they believe Tovi has gone.īack at the Wizard's Keep, Richard senses powerful magic and goes to investigate. She was erased from the memories of all who knew her and anyone who sees her instantly forgets. Because of the Chainfire enacted on Kahlan, no one should be able to know she exists. They stop at the White Horse Inn, and the Sisters are shocked when the innkeeper can see Kahlan and correctly title her. Unbeknownst to them, Tovi is dead, stabbed by Samuel and allowed to die after being questioned by Nicci. Kahlan still travels with the Sisters of the Dark Ulicia, Cecilia and Armina as they hurry to catch up with the fourth Sister, Tovi. The story continues with Richard's quest to find his wife, Kahlan, and release her from the Chainfire spell. Due to this corruption Kahlan is not invisible to everyone and Jagang uses this fact to continue to control her. Richard reveals that not only the spell but also all magic has been corrupted due to the effects of the chimes being in the world. As the reader discovered in Chainfire, the spell used to make everyone forget Kahlan, Chainfire, was initiated by the Sisters of the Dark, working for the Keeper of the Underworld. Plot introduction Ī continuation of the story in Chainfire, Phantom begins with Richard Rahl searching for his wife, Kahlan Amnell, whom only he remembers. The author pre-signed 10,000 copies of the book before the release. Following the hit sales of the other books in the Sword of Truth series, Tor ran 500,000 copies in Phantom's first printing.
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