It burns their thread backward, undoing whatever that person has recently done. Probably only Jordan could have answered (and he may have, but I've never read of it) what level of intelligence the living things must possess to have their actions undone. Rand undoes the actions of Darkhounds, so there's some evidence it works beyond just for people. I would assume you could also balefire a dog who shit on your carpet to suddenly have a clean carpet as well. But could you balefire a mosquito to keep from getting an itchy bump?
My little tangent aside... I re-iterate: non-living things, including inanimate objects and one-power weaves, can not affect time by being balefired.
My little tangent aside... I re-iterate: non-living things, including inanimate objects and one-power weaves, can not affect time by being balefired.
look at the balefireing of the boat that nynaeve was in, if it only affected the people rowing the boat it would have moved back in the river, but only started to fill with water after the balefire hit. Instead if reverts back in the water, and becomes filled with water as if the boat had a hole in if for the few minutes the balefire removed from the wood making up the boat.
However, I'm not sure how it affects the metaphysical aspects. I mean if it could do that people could remove wards, such as those around Callandor, by useing balefire on them and then grab the sword. I do not think that balfire can affect OP weaves as I am not sure that they have "threads" the same way as physical things. Have we ever seen someone balefire a OP weave. I think Mordins balefire was affected because the balefire itself is not a weave but an energy produced by a weave.
I think this would be the same concept as using balefire on a fireball. I think you can balefire the fireball because it is a physical thing, but if you were to balefire the weave itself nothing would happen to the fireball flying at your head.
edited for additional thoughts and spelling.
This message last edited by Apsalar Shadowdancer on 26/10/2010 at 01:27:45 AM
Prologue: A Question on Gateways
- 25/10/2010 07:33:23 PM
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I was wondering this myself *NM*
- 25/10/2010 08:23:57 PM
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I'm thinking it got overlooked... *NM*
- 25/10/2010 08:35:31 PM
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I'm inclined to agree, but there are other possibilities
- 25/10/2010 08:48:01 PM
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Seems pretty obvious to me that she released it (and was holding it) before the BF hit it
- 26/10/2010 04:40:04 AM
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Balefire's reversal of actions taken only works on living things that can perform said actions.
- 25/10/2010 09:36:46 PM
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Agreed. I think Graendal's weave is only undone if the BF hits her, not the gateway *NM*
- 25/10/2010 10:48:07 PM
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thats not true
- 26/10/2010 01:18:16 AM
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It is true. Objects do not have threads that can be affected by balefire.
- 26/10/2010 01:56:48 AM
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Re: It is true. Objects do not have threads that can be affected by balefire.
- 26/10/2010 04:55:20 AM
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This will sound bad to say and I realize it sounds more petulant than it is...
- 27/10/2010 02:31:33 AM
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here is the quote from the sceen, it is not confusing, you were just to lazy to read it.
- 26/10/2010 07:24:19 AM
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I don't agree
- 26/10/2010 12:08:41 PM
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so you think it made the hole in the boat back in time to allow the water into the boat
- 26/10/2010 06:25:37 PM
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sceen=scene, yes? And I didn't mean confusing to me. I meant to others. It's always been clear to me
- 27/10/2010 02:51:41 AM
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A weave should be destroyed
- 26/10/2010 10:19:13 AM
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Thank you for reminding us of the scene, but it doesn't sell me completely.
- 27/10/2010 02:28:00 AM
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