Compared to the war of power, not nearly as much balefire as been used. At worst if the rest of the seals broke off camera, the bore is only as large as it was at the end of the War of Power, not worse.
We don't really know for sure.
In both cases, the women seemed to experience reality/the pattern on the verge of unravelling before the Wheel managed to stabilize it again. If the weakness of the pattern is what you call the "root cause", then yes it's the same thing that happened.
But we don't really know the "root cause" in the Faile episode. It seems to be the cumulative effects of the increase in the DO's touch on the Pattern and all the chaos. The Pattern is weak, and there are random moments of instability of reality like this, when the Wheel nearly loses control. The Wheel also seems to have problems keeping details like the layout of places, or the relation between past and present, together. Or the Pattern may have gone through a direct touch by Shai'tan at that moment, similar to a bubble of evil.
In Min's case, there's no mystery about the root cause of the instability she felt: the Pattern is already weak and all in a flux (as Graendal put it) and it's Rand's massive use of balefire that has nearly unravelled it before the Wheel managed to keep the weaving together.
But yes, that's both related phenomenons caused by the global bad state the Pattern is in.
In both cases, the women seemed to experience reality/the pattern on the verge of unravelling before the Wheel managed to stabilize it again. If the weakness of the pattern is what you call the "root cause", then yes it's the same thing that happened.
But we don't really know the "root cause" in the Faile episode. It seems to be the cumulative effects of the increase in the DO's touch on the Pattern and all the chaos. The Pattern is weak, and there are random moments of instability of reality like this, when the Wheel nearly loses control. The Wheel also seems to have problems keeping details like the layout of places, or the relation between past and present, together. Or the Pattern may have gone through a direct touch by Shai'tan at that moment, similar to a bubble of evil.
In Min's case, there's no mystery about the root cause of the instability she felt: the Pattern is already weak and all in a flux (as Graendal put it) and it's Rand's massive use of balefire that has nearly unravelled it before the Wheel managed to keep the weaving together.
But yes, that's both related phenomenons caused by the global bad state the Pattern is in.
When the Wolf King carries the hammer, thus are the final days known. When the fox marries the raven, and the trumpets of battle are blown.
Faile's "ripples" and Min's "shockwave"
- 23/05/2010 06:06:31 PM
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Probably the DO
- 23/05/2010 09:18:32 PM
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Min's is certainly the effects of Balefire
- 23/05/2010 09:39:30 PM
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Re: Min's is certainly the effects of Balefire
- 23/05/2010 10:42:13 PM
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Yes and no... it depends what you consider the "root cause"
- 24/05/2010 03:40:24 PM
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Why is it in such a bad state though?
- 05/06/2010 09:59:01 AM
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