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they also had the rod ter'angreal and knew that it produced Balefire. darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 17/08/2010 05:05:24 AM
I thought just in the flow of the text that it was quite clear that Cadsuane knew clearly what balefire is and thus by implication given her backstory of being the oldest and wisest of the Aes Sedai alive that she knows how to do it. I base that off of how the text and story read but you are right (as far as I can remember) that she never outright admits that she knows the weave.

Knowing what Balefire is does not equal knowing how to weave it. I think any Aes Sedai who sees a liquid bar of fire vaporizing sutff in its way will know that Balefire is being used. They do know quite a lot about it, after all.

And her back story only made me more convinced that she wouldn't know the weave. Moiraine doesn't seem to have any problems braking all the rules of the Tower. But, for all of Cadsuane's iconoclast image, she seems to have very traditional views about some things. She's the last person I'd expect who knows how to use Balefire.


Nothing to say they need to know how to produce the weave in order to recognize what it is.
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Re: Moiraine VERSUS Cadsuane malekithe - 15/08/2010 03:47:37 AM 804 Views
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omigod that's so awesome. *NM* LadyLorraine - 16/08/2010 02:19:33 AM 296 Views
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Do they? fionwe1987 - 15/08/2010 09:18:53 PM 755 Views
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Huh? fionwe1987 - 15/08/2010 10:09:37 PM 744 Views
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Yes *NM* Sidious - 16/08/2010 05:23:08 AM 287 Views
Not at all! fionwe1987 - 16/08/2010 07:55:49 AM 713 Views
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Inverting... fionwe1987 - 17/08/2010 05:03:06 PM 661 Views
Ahh but Cadsuane didnt know Traveling malekithe - 20/08/2010 04:18:36 AM 813 Views
they also had the rod ter'angreal and knew that it produced Balefire. darius_sedai - 17/08/2010 05:05:24 AM 711 Views
Cadsuane has no problems breaking rules when it suits her. Look at all the goodies she has. everynametaken - 26/08/2010 01:55:03 AM 683 Views
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No Contest... scooter - 15/08/2010 08:50:20 PM 763 Views
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This is stupid... fionwe1987 - 17/08/2010 07:06:13 AM 760 Views
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