04-25-2014, 07:44 AM
Yeahh, I'm thinking it would be highly unlikely to actually time-travel in the traditional sense. The 'real world' wouldn't be affected, it would probably splinter into a mirror world and you'd be screwed trying to get back to the 'real world'.
Balefire doesn't exactly time travel, it erases things so they didn't happen. Of course, in effect it is kinda time-travel-y, but the essence of what happens is just erasure, and balefire causes all sorts of chaos with the Pattern.
Anyhow, more to the point, it may be possible to do so - although I doubt it would be anything more than something like the columns Rand goes through - but it would either get that person completely lost in alternate worlds or have major repercussions on the world.
If we are talking about using it in the story, I'd prefer to avoid the mess altogether, but something like a max 10min journey into the past to change something once or twice might be alright. Beyond that it would get too complicated.
Balefire doesn't exactly time travel, it erases things so they didn't happen. Of course, in effect it is kinda time-travel-y, but the essence of what happens is just erasure, and balefire causes all sorts of chaos with the Pattern.
Anyhow, more to the point, it may be possible to do so - although I doubt it would be anything more than something like the columns Rand goes through - but it would either get that person completely lost in alternate worlds or have major repercussions on the world.
If we are talking about using it in the story, I'd prefer to avoid the mess altogether, but something like a max 10min journey into the past to change something once or twice might be alright. Beyond that it would get too complicated.
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."