Balefire

Balefire II
By Brandon Stolz [Air, Earth, Fire, Spirit, Water](Lost) Level: 9-17 Casting Time: 1 full round Range: Long(400 ft. + 40 ft./level) Duration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: none Weave Resistance: No

Where balefire will wipe a thread from existence, this weave is the exact opposite. If something or someone has been balefired, this weave is the only thing that can return their weave back to the pattern. But where balefire can be catastrophic to the pattern, this weave is always worse. Since this weave can only be used after balefire has already had its effect, it affects the pattern more and therefore is more dangerous to use. Even the Dark One would leave his minions dead by balefire rather then risk affecting the pattern so much. This weave has only been used once in the history of the turning of the Wheel, but at such a weak power, that the Wheel managed to hold itself together as the thread that was lost wove itself back into the pattern. But where balefire cuts the thread at a certain time, balefire II will regrow the thread. Even worse, it won’t necessarily thread itself the exact same way it was before the balefire. This effect is completely random in nature, not necessarily changing the person, but so, not necessarily in a bad way.

There is another use of balefire II. If used at the exact same time as balefire, it will negate it. Balefire II must be used at the same power or better, then the balefire being counter woven. If the balefire has been increased to concentration, using the same power will negate it at that moment, and using more will negate what it has done as well. In this case, you count same power level at 0 second backburn and each level higher follows the backburn shown below in the table. For example, a level 9 balefire boosted to concentration has been held for 3 rounds( 18 seconds) of battle, doing its destruction constantly. A level 9 balefire II would negate the balefire at that moment. Level 10 would negate it up to 5 seconds and level 11 up to one minute. Since the balefire has not been going for one minute, all its effects would be negated.

Balefire II is known by no one and has never been known. The one time it was used, it was used out of frustration and love, completely randomly. The channeler could not remember how he had woven it. Even worse, the person he brought back had changed. She was no longer the same woman he had loved. She followed the Dark One and killed him as he cried at her feet.

The few channelers who had heard about this weave at the time it was woven, speculated that it may pull the thread from an alternate reality where it wasn’t balefired. But due to the lack of knowledge of the weave, this was never proven.

This weave cannot be tied off.



Casting Level Backburn
9th 5 seconds
10th 10 minutes
11th 2 hours
12th 1 day
13th 1 day
14th 10 days
15th 3 months
16th 3 years
17th 30 years