Those six weren't the absolute best, they were among the best. - Edit 1
Before modification by Gher at 25/08/2010 02:14:53 AM
"Ishamael, Demandred, Lanfear, Graendal, Semirhage, and later Sammael, were always at the top end of the pyramid"
If these ones are at the TOP of the pyramid, and Rand killed 4 out of 6 of these ones (some twice), then he seems to be doing very well.
Don't forget Ltt may have killed some lesser 'chosen', but he also had plenty of help with other powerful male and female Aes Sedai.
He never killed the best of the Chosen, and Rand did. He beat the living hell out of the strongest Chosen twice now.
So stuff it. j/k
If these ones are at the TOP of the pyramid, and Rand killed 4 out of 6 of these ones (some twice), then he seems to be doing very well.
Don't forget Ltt may have killed some lesser 'chosen', but he also had plenty of help with other powerful male and female Aes Sedai.
He never killed the best of the Chosen, and Rand did. He beat the living hell out of the strongest Chosen twice now.
So stuff it. j/k
At one point in the books, a Forsaken mentions that the Great Lord had only ever given 29 people access to the True Power, and we know that the Dark One would only give the True Power out to the best of his followers. So obviously there were other top tier players out there.
We've been told numerous times that Moghedien has killed Forsaken that were stronger than her. So there again, we know that other Forsaken existed who were near the peak of channeling power, stronger than Moghedien.
We also know that the Demandred-Mesaana-Semirhage alliance has eliminated many other Forsaken. Chances are good that if they had to team up to do it, some of their victims were very strong and capable channelers too.
The Big Bad Forsaken that we know by name were just 13 of many uber-powerful Forsaken, with countless other channelers of various potential serving the Shadow under them.
I don't think it's unreasonable to assume LTT killed at least 6 High-Level Forsaken, (IMO, much more than that). And it wasn't just one-on-one duels, he had to deal with mixed gender circles, angreals, combat ter'angreals, regular non-Power weapons of war, and huge amounts of enemy soldiers and Trollocs. He was the greatest champion of the Light, at a time when both sides had an incredible amount of highly-skilled, very knowledgable channelers and non-channeling strategists fighting on its side.
And who is it that Rand has killed twice? The only Forsaken we know of that died twice was Aginor/Osan'gar. And Rand didn't really kill him either time. He drew too much of the Eye of the World and killed himself the first time, and Elza incinerated him the second time.