It's a totally broken power. It just makes no sense. And I don't like it. It's the 'easy way out' in writing. And not to mention half the inconsistencies of it being throughout the series. Did balefire annoy anybody else while reading Wheel of Time? I love the books. Love the story. The character, the complex worldbuilding. The magic uses. It's all great. But balefire just really irks me.