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but "during the war of power... whole cities were burned out of the pattern" moondog Send a noteboard - 30/11/2009 07:11:36 AM
I mean, objectively, yeah, it seems that stones and related objects shouldn't have a thread. But they can be destroyed by balefire. They can be affected by ta'varen.

I'm not sure if I can argue that they can play a role in the whole "destiny" aspect of the Pattern, though. But as a random example, say a rock rolled off the side of a mountain, causing a rock slide that blocked a narrow pass and forced a person to go back to a village where that evening they saved the life of a drowning child who would one day become king. Is the stone part of the Pattern? Or did some rock rabbit thing, more likely to have a thread, have to cause the rock to fall because the rock is not part of the Pattern?

I'm not sure.


I think it's a continuity error. Also, we saw earlier in the books that Mashadar can be (partially) destroyed by balefire. I don't think that was ever really explained, maybe just RAFO'd?


i'm not entirely sure how to interpret this one honestly. i mean, if you can find the person/people who actually built something and balefire them strongly enough, then their buildings should theoretically disappear right? otoh, rand pretty well destroyed the castle at natrin's barrows didn't he?
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A small something MyLordDragon - 29/11/2009 05:04:28 AM 969 Views
Re: A small something darius_sedai - 29/11/2009 05:16:28 AM 620 Views
it was implied he used a particularly strong balefire moondog - 29/11/2009 08:06:10 AM 760 Views
Sermihage just got a whipcord of balefire darius_sedai - 29/11/2009 03:53:23 PM 688 Views
Why would he (or 98% of WoT readers) want that? *NM* BlackAdder - 29/11/2009 05:37:34 AM 229 Views
Maybe because it was done with the True Power ? *NM* Simon - 29/11/2009 06:10:26 AM 213 Views
I just thought it was a continuity error *NM* Knightscape - 29/11/2009 08:14:25 AM 226 Views
The simplest explanation ... Nate - 29/11/2009 09:24:55 AM 654 Views
That's Really the Only Way Balefire Is Plausible. The Name With No Man - 29/11/2009 11:10:15 AM 644 Views
Nice catch Sandwich - 29/11/2009 03:28:56 PM 515 Views
Ramshalan BlackAdder - 29/11/2009 07:24:59 PM 511 Views
BS explained it on his tour... Etzel - 29/11/2009 11:23:18 AM 671 Views
Re: BS explained it on his tour... TaskmasterJack - 29/11/2009 08:39:07 PM 567 Views
Are we sure? Nate - 29/11/2009 09:14:45 PM 629 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 525 Views
but "during the war of power... whole cities were burned out of the pattern" moondog - 30/11/2009 07:11:36 AM 484 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 248 Views
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