Talk:Chainfire

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Plot intro[edit]

Hi all. I shortened the plot intro to make it less specific - if people want more information the plot summary is right below. Now it reads less like the back of a book and more like a brief introduction to the rest of the article. Congratulations Mystar, by the way, a nice edit on your part. I took out subtractive magic 'cause the word magic alone is enough to give a sense of how he was healed (i.e. supernaturally) while 'subtractive magic' requires a greater background knowledge of the series that I think is inappropriate for a brief intro. I also took out a sentence in the plot summary 'cause it didn't make sense - you'll see it when you compare version. I didn't change it because I'm not sure what actually happens in the books, so I figured I'd leave it up to you. It's right after "Chainfire" in the second-last paragraph. The sentence I took out was " Richard, Nicci and Cara travel back Richard leaves the Palace and his army to find Kahlan and to prevent..." and I think it's obvious that there needs to be more info. WLU 15:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, Subtractive magic cannot be used to heal anyone or anything. Subtractive magic in the context of this series can only erase or remove things. I see the subtractive and the Nicci placement as important and I think it shoudl remainMystar 16:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the plot intro should be something individuals can read and understand without needing any context or series-specific knowledge. Hence, magic rather than subtractive magic, a note to say Kahlan is Richard's wife, and I'm kinda tempted to put in (the protagonist) after Richard. Nicci and subtractive magic should definitely go into the plot summary of course(by the way, did you get a chance to fix that section in the plot summary or is it better with the sentence taken out completely?). I'd be happy to hear someone else weigh in on this as a tie-breaker. WLU 17:46, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]