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If you guys are also reading the 'Prologue Through to the End of the Epilogue--Full Book Discussion' thread I apologise for repeating myself but I think I might have a good theory re the anti-balefire and how it might help explain Nakomi. I felt that it should probably go under Egwene's thread as well:
"With regards to Egwene's anti-balefire weave...
A lot seem a bit annoyed by it and find it implausible that she could suddenly come up with this weave that no one in the Age of Legends ever heard of.
Well it's not the first time Forsaken have remarked upon Aes Sedai abilities that were unknown back in the day (from memory the Warder's bond is one of those - I think that was mentioned in aCoS) and it's not the first time Egwene has discovered a new weave (or new to her at least - she doesn't have memories of a previous life to assist). If I remember correctly gateways and making cuendillar were hers (on top of the ones extracted from Moghedien).
So there was a definite set up to her being able to work out the opposite of balefire. This is on top of the the many many mentions going back to tDR about how epic-ally dangerous balefire is. How is that not foreshadowing that this is something that needs to be fixed?
The AoL never worked out anti-balefire because they only ever started using it when they were in a war. They didn't know everything and Egwene has a skill for working out new weaves (which she may have been reminded of when Perrin told her "It's just a weave" in ToM).
Also the massive tree that's in place where her body turned into Light (I can't think of a better way to put that) - did anyone else immediately think Avendoraldera. You know that tree on the spot where the true Aiel all disappeared? Right near some glass columns? Maybe it's not such a new weave.
And if this anti-balefire restores the Pattern might it not be less of a coincidence that Nakomi was hanging around the lands of the true Aiel when Aviendha was on her way to Rhuidean? Could the fact that the anti-balefire weave was used by these Aiel not go someway to explaining the mystery of Nakomi? Egwene spoke to Rand apparently after death. Did Nakomi do the same thing as Egwene once upon a time?
I'm literally developing this theory as I type and it's 2am here. This might be very full of wholes. And someone may have already raised this (I haven't read a lot of these posts yet). What do you think? Some of it's a bit more of a stretch than other bits."
Again sorry if you're reading this twice.
Egwene's Arc (Full Spoilers)
in Wheel of Time Books
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There is some foreshadowing though - the white fluted rod that Egwene uses is possibly a counterpart to the large black fluted rod that creates balefire that Egwene notices that Verin has. It was mentioned in the book discussion thread somewhere but I can't find it now. Too many pages
The poster also pointed out that most of the early references to balefire is from Egwene's POV where she's trying to get her head around it. Aviendha talks to Egwene on the subject and then says something along the lines of "but we have forgotten that we have once known". Interesting coming from an Aiel... I admit I'm really trying to push my above theory. I'm very impressed with myself at the moment.
So there was some foreshadowing but not bashing you across the skull stuff. Unlike the Fain/Mat thing that Moiraine spelled out many books ago. That plus when she healed the cracks in the Dreamworld earlier in the book (or possibly the book before?)