Talk:Thuchir

How did Thuchir sacrifice himself (which I take to mean he died) and yet still survive the battle? I mean, sure, there's many magical options on how, but the article seems contradictory. — BadCatMan (talk) 01:47, September 12, 2017 (UTC)
 * My copy of the book doesn't mention anything about Thuchir sacrificing himself. The heroes are alluded to have *expected* to die, but the legend then attributes their survival to the mountain actively not channelling its power down the lava tubes that they were inside. -hashtalk 12:10, September 12, 2017 (UTC)


 * According to Dumuzi, in chapter 23 (the end of the chapter), the Breath of Petron always "ask a price" for its usage: transforming part of the lungs of the user into crystal. The Breath doesn't work if you don't sacrifice something. That's why Dumuzi had to stop Tam Zawad when he was about to cure Shestandeliath Geshthax, when the dragonborn raised the earth wall surrounding Djerad Thymar during the First Tymanther-Unther War. If Tam had healed Geshthax, the Breath of Petron would have "taken back" the wall. So, its implied Thuchir had to sacrifice its lungs to use the Breath (he use it to open a passage into the mountain), just like Geshthax had to create the wall. But, as Dumuzi also said, "not everyone dies of the Breath of Petron."--Zero (talk) 15:41, September 12, 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay. The default reading of "sacrificed himself" is that he let himself be killed (that is, he sacrificed his self, his existence), so perhaps this could be clarified, e.g., "He sacrificed his health to use the Breath of Petron..." — BadCatMan (talk) 15:48, September 12, 2017 (UTC)