Episode Six "Elixir"-Synopsis

At the start of the episode we see how Richard’s powers are growing, as he becomes more and more aware and accepting of his true destiny. While Richard is training, a boy from a nearby town steals their horses. Zedd, Richard and Kahlan enter the town to find the boy and get their horses back, and just as they hit a dead end, Richard has a vision of the thief’s location. True enough they find him there, but all they find out is that he has already traded their horses for a magic love potion. The boy leads them back to the peddlers and they try to get the horses back, which leads to an all out fight during which Kahlan manages to bring the peddlers’ leader under her control, causing him to fall madly in love with her. The curse of her power becomes apparent; for her it is impossible to be loved by a man.

From the enchanted leader they find out that the whole town is hopelessly addicted to the potions sold by the peddlers and that their source is a wizard who lives just beyond the town’s limits. Richard also finds out that having the vision of the thief’s location was a result of being given an elixir by the barmaid. The three head out to find the wizard, but they are attacked and Zedd is captured. But the wizard peddling the potions is actually and old student of Zedd’s called Jeziah who tries to recruit him to his true cause of toppling Rahl’s rule by raising a militia, financed by the sale of the magic potions. When Zedd refuses to help him, he incapacitates him and proceeds to drain him of his magic powers.

Richard and Kahlan, meanwhile, are doing all they can to find and save Zedd. With no better option, Richard returns to the barmaid and asks for more of the tracking elixir, despite Kahlan’s protests. He immediately sees that Zedd is in real trouble and they set out to find him, but by the time they find him it is already too late. But Jeziah has already drained Zedd of all his magical powers, and escaped with his men. They are able to catch up to them however, and Richard is able to defeat Jeziah in combat using his newfound Seeker powers.

The feelings that Richard and Kahlan have for each other are becoming more and more apparent, but so is the sad reason why they cannot allow to act on their feelings.