Keeping is special weave of the One Power and were used to preserve things. It adheres of the surface and somehow time is not passing inside of it. Using on a breathing creature would certainly kill it. [1]
Keepings were usually used on food, preserving them for as long as is needed. With a constant Keeping present, food can go unspoiled for years on end. Keepings do need to be reinforced every so often, depending on the length of its existence and the quantity that it has been placed on.[verify]
As the Last Battle was coming the Dark One had stronger and stronger touch on the world. Even Keeping was not able to preserve food from getting spoiled.[verify]
Examples of recent use[]
The weave was kept as one of Egwene's new "discoveries", although in truth, she learned it from Moghedien while she was in captivity.
Elayne wove a Keeping around the golden lily that Rand had left on her pillow. [2]
Notes
- ↑ The Wheel of Time Companion, Keeping
- ↑ Winter's Heart, Chapter 13