Long time lurker, first time poster!

 

I'm not sure if it's alright to have spoilers in this area but just in case: this contains spoilers from book 5

 

In tFoH Rhavin kills Aviendha, Mat, and Asmodean. Rhavin and Rand begin a chase and Rand gets eaten up by pihrannas(sp?) or some fish in TAR. After he balefires Rhavin, Aviendha, Mat, and Asmodean are all alive again but Rand is still full of cuts and such.

Am I missing something here? It seems to me that Rand's wounds should have been gone. Could this somehow be part of the big unnoticed theory?

Long time lurker, first time poster!

 

I'm not sure if it's alright to have spoilers in this area but just in case: this contains spoilers from book 5

 

In tFoH Rhavin kills Aviendha, Mat, and Asmodean. Rhavin and Rand begin a chase and Rand gets eaten up by pihrannas(sp?) or some fish in TAR. After he balefires Rhavin, Aviendha, Mat, and Asmodean are all alive again but Rand is still full of cuts and such.

Am I missing something here? It seems to me that Rand's wounds should have been gone. Could this somehow be part of the big unnoticed theory?

hmmm...uhh... idk.... good thought.

RJ answered this at a signing once:

 

 

Brisbane 21 September 1999 - Joel Gilmore reporting

 

I got an answer to the Rahvin/balefire/Tel'aran'rhiod question - when someone is balefired, the constructs they make in Tel'aran'rhiod do not disappear, but instead fade away slowly over time. There are lots of weird effects associated with Tel'aran'rhiod and balefire, such as the way the world flickers after balefire used. I asked him just generally about it, and then he jumped straight in, gave the answer, then used the Rand and the fish example.