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Sermihage just got a whipcord of balefire darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 29/11/2009 03:53:23 PM

I was reading TGS and i came across the part where Semirhage has Rand collared. She uses it to have Rand choke Min, but then Semirhage was balefired by Rand and the True Power. So why, if she is balefired do the bruises remain on her neck? I understand her and Rand would remember it but if Semirhage is balefired would the marks on Min's neck not disappear?

Maybe he only balefired her a few seconds out of the pattern... if he'd gone any further back he would have undone the whole scene!

i've been wondering the same question actually. my only guess is that it's due to the fact rand used the TP instead of the OP. maybe there's a difference in how much gets "reset" between balefire between the powers?

I don't see the implication that he used a lot of balefire in the text:

~The Gathering Storm
The Last That Could Be Done
Rand raised a hand and, filled with the power he did not understand, wove a single weave. A bar of pure white light, a cleansing fire, burst from his hand and struck Semirhage in the chest. She flashed and vanished, leaving a faint afterimage to Rand's vision.

compared to

~The Gathering Storm
A Force of Light
And then, with a sound like a sigh, he released it. A column of pure whiteness exploded from him and burned across the silent night sky, illuminating the trees below it in a wave. It moved as quick as a snap of the fingers, striking the wall of the distant fortress. The stones came alight, as if they werebreathing in the force of the energy. The entire fortress glowed, transforming into living light, an amazing, spectacular palace of unadulterated energy. It was beautiful."

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A small something MyLordDragon - 29/11/2009 05:04:28 AM 911 Views

Re: A small something darius_sedai - 29/11/2009 05:16:28 AM 564 Views

it was implied he used a particularly strong balefire moondog - 29/11/2009 08:06:10 AM 679 Views

Sermihage just got a whipcord of balefire darius_sedai - 29/11/2009 03:53:23 PM 635 Views

Why would he (or 98% of WoT readers) want that? *NM* BlackAdder - 29/11/2009 05:37:34 AM 207 Views

Maybe because it was done with the True Power ? *NM* Simon - 29/11/2009 06:10:26 AM 191 Views

I just thought it was a continuity error *NM* Knightscape - 29/11/2009 08:14:25 AM 201 Views

The simplest explanation ... Nate - 29/11/2009 09:24:55 AM 595 Views

That's Really the Only Way Balefire Is Plausible. The Name With No Man - 29/11/2009 11:10:15 AM 597 Views

Nice catch Sandwich - 29/11/2009 03:28:56 PM 459 Views

Ramshalan BlackAdder - 29/11/2009 07:24:59 PM 453 Views

BS explained it on his tour... Etzel - 29/11/2009 11:23:18 AM 616 Views

Re: BS explained it on his tour... TaskmasterJack - 29/11/2009 08:39:07 PM 510 Views

Are we sure? Nate - 29/11/2009 09:14:45 PM 574 Views

AFAIK, stones should not be destroyed by balefire because they're not threads in the pattern BlackAdder - 30/11/2009 05:30:18 AM 467 Views

but "during the war of power... whole cities were burned out of the pattern" moondog - 30/11/2009 07:11:36 AM 427 Views

They can be destroyed, they just don't have threads to be burned back to undo history. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 30/11/2009 03:31:41 PM 221 Views

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<quote id="54264"><quote id="54241"><quote id="54236">I was reading TGS and i came across the part where Semirhage has Rand collared. She uses it to have Rand choke Min, but then Semirhage was balefired by Rand and the True Power. So why, if she is balefired do the bruises remain on her neck? I understand her and Rand would remember it but if Semirhage is balefired would the marks on Min's neck not disappear?</quote>

Maybe he only balefired her a few seconds out of the pattern... if he'd gone any further back he would have undone the whole scene!</quote>

i've been wondering the same question actually. my only guess is that it's due to the fact rand used the TP instead of the OP. maybe there's a difference in how much gets "reset" between balefire between the powers?</quote>

I don't see the implication that he used a lot of balefire in the text:

~The Gathering Storm
The Last That Could Be Done
Rand raised a hand and, filled with the power he did not understand, wove a single weave. A bar of pure white light, a cleansing fire, burst from his hand and struck Semirhage in the chest. She flashed and vanished, leaving a faint afterimage to Rand's vision.

compared to

~The Gathering Storm
 A Force of Light
And then, with a sound like a sigh, he released it. A column of pure whiteness exploded from him and burned across the silent night sky, illuminating the trees below it in a wave. It moved as quick as a snap of the fingers, striking the wall of the distant fortress. The stones came alight, as if they werebreathing in the force of the energy. The entire fortress glowed, transforming into living light, an amazing, spectacular palace of unadulterated energy. It was beautiful."
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