I think my earlier reply (#471) has a quote where RJ explains the details on how those things work.

 

 

I would suggest this is the wrong thread for discussions on Balefire and the paradoxes it can cause. I doubt it is possible to give a Simple Answer about Balefire. There is an entire thread discussing this issue and perhaps that is a more appropriate place for detailed discussions on Balefire.  ;D

Somewhere it was told that the Dark One could resurrect someone from very weak balefire.

I suspect the balefire's time would need to be 0 (of any time unit); would this be accurate?

 

I would suggest this is the wrong thread for discussions on Balefire and the paradoxes it can cause. There is an entire thread discussing this issue and perhaps that is a more appropriate place for detailed discussions on Balefire.  ;D

This thread was created by a moderator, the other threads about balefire were not.  To me moderator created threads would be more appropriate than other threads about the topic.

 

I doubt it is possible to give a Simple Answer about Balefire.

I do not recall anyone making such a claim.  Part of the reason balefire is discussed might be that it is complex.

 

Basically consider Balefire as burning someone's thread, that's ultimately all it really does.  It burns a thread, which in itself is definitely harmful, but the more powerful burns it further back.

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