Will the wheel burn it's self out by defeating the dark one?

[nophone]

Thoughts on balefire:

 

If every time you use balefire on an individual, it singes the weave of a life or soul out of the pattern for ever... and people are born and reborn, be they hero's or not, the question that i propose is, supposing that the DO is fought off every single time the wheel turns, isn't the wheel destined to eventually spin out a humanless world? Eventually what? there's not enough souls to be reborn and spin out Rands in the future.

 

The point here is that the dragon reborn, will spin out weaves of balefire at some point during each turn of the wheel, and that otherss will do the same, weather in a time period similar to ours here, or one similar to the AoL.

If that's the case, the turning of the wheel is it's on greatest enemry? or even if not... if the wheel continues to spin out our universe without people... The wheel winds up being humanity's own greatest enemy

[Barid Bel Medar]

Thoughts on balefire:

 

If every time you use balefire on an individual, it singes the weave of a life or soul out of the pattern for ever... and people are born and reborn, be they hero's or not, the question that i propose is, supposing that the DO is fought off every single time the wheel turns, isn't the wheel destined to eventually spin out a humanless world? Eventually what? there's not enough souls to be reborn and spin out Rands in the future.

 

The point here is that the dragon reborn, will spin out weaves of balefire at some point during each turn of the wheel, and that otherss will do the same, weather in a time period similar to ours here, or one similar to the AoL.

If that's the case, the turning of the wheel is it's on greatest enemry? or even if not... if the wheel continues to spin out our universe without people... The wheel winds up being humanity's own greatest enemy

 

Balefire does not burn a soul out of the pattern forever. It only burns it a bit.

 

The Path of Daggers book tour 21 November 1998, VA - John Novak reporting

 

 

Balefire: If someone is balefired, the Dark One can't reincarnate them. But they CAN be spun back out into the Pattern as normal. Balefire is NOT the eternal death of the soul. He also made a comment to the effect that even in the absence of balefire, there may be circumstances where the Dark One cannot bring someone back. There was a long line, so I didn't press.

from theoryland database.

 

So yeah... I am afraid that the theory is invalid.

[Byzantine279]

Well, we do know that he cannot bring someone back who has fallen to mashadar(sp?) since Sammael is truly dead (as RJ confirmed).

 

But it is true the wheel is self-defeating since it is the one who spins out the very people who release the DO.

[Durinax]

hmmm what if the DO doesnt want to destroy the pattern but rather break the axle the wheel spins on so that there will be a eternal change so that he wont get bored playing the same chess game over and over again

[nophone]

Thoughts on balefire:

 

If every time you use balefire on an individual, it singes the weave of a life or soul out of the pattern for ever... and people are born and reborn, be they hero's or not, the question that i propose is, supposing that the DO is fought off every single time the wheel turns, isn't the wheel destined to eventually spin out a humanless world? Eventually what? there's not enough souls to be reborn and spin out Rands in the future.

 

The point here is that the dragon reborn, will spin out weaves of balefire at some point during each turn of the wheel, and that otherss will do the same, weather in a time period similar to ours here, or one similar to the AoL.

If that's the case, the turning of the wheel is it's on greatest enemry? or even if not... if the wheel continues to spin out our universe without people... The wheel winds up being humanity's own greatest enemy

 

Balefire does not burn a soul out of the pattern forever. It only burns it a bit.

 

The Path of Daggers book tour 21 November 1998, VA - John Novak reporting

 

 

Balefire: If someone is balefired, the Dark One can't reincarnate them. But they CAN be spun back out into the Pattern as normal. Balefire is NOT the eternal death of the soul. He also made a comment to the effect that even in the absence of balefire, there may be circumstances where the Dark One cannot bring someone back. There was a long line, so I didn't press.

from theoryland database.

 

So yeah... I am afraid that the theory is invalid.

 

Thanks for this. I am really happy to know there is a firm answer to this question.