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Nope... Shannow Send a noteboard - 09/12/2010 09:42:58 PM
13 women of 10 strength would not be strong enough to easily overcome Rand who would be stronger than Lanfear who you have as a 100, on this scale Rand must me at least a 125 meaning he may well be stronger than 13 linked Daigians. Since not 100% of a woman's strength can be used in a circle it would be a close struggle with a man such as Rand and we know from Asmodean that 13 women of even weak strength could do it and the "13 weakest in the Tower" would manhandle him like a child.

Daigian is much more likely to be 13-15 with Moiraine maybe as high as 45 and Elayne could be from a 75-80 based on the same quotes you are basing your arguments on. If you look at all of the FS level women in the 90-100 range this all makes sense ... Elayne would need a 25% uptick in strength to match Nynaeve (significant when you consider it's probably more raw strength than Daigian has). If Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha were that much weaker than the FS we would have seen instances where they could not accomplish tasks that only the FS level seem capable of.


Egwene says she has no chance against Moghedien. That means you have to AT LEAST add a full Dagian on top of Egwene to get to Moghedien's level. At least, else the outcome would not be beyond a doubt as Egwene stated it was.

That means if Egwene is at 75, which is the LOWEST level you put her at, then Moghedien has to be at around 85-90.

Nynaeve exactly matches Moghedien in the Shadow Rising at a time when Nynaeve is FAR from her full potential. Considering that women increase gradually in strength, and that Nynaeve has never been forced like Ewgene was, Nynaeve would under normal circumstances continue increasing in strength for many years after this point.

And as late as Book 8, Nynaeve STILL states that she has not yet reached her full potential. In fact, even now we have not yet been definitively told that Nynaeve is at her full strength, although we ASSUME as much after the Cleansing.

It is therefore highly likely that Nynaeve, in Book 4 had another 20-30% of growth ahead of her before she reached her full strength. And yet she already matched Moghedien in strength.

Therefore, to get to Nynaeve's full potential you would probably have to add AT LEAST 20-25% to Moghedien's 90. That means that Nynaeve is already sitting at about 110.

Now consider that Alivia is CONSIDERABLY stronger than Nynaeve, and you get to what, 120? 130? And then Lanfear is conceivably even stronger than that. So it is clear that your placement of Egwene is way too high in this context.

AS for Dagian and the Linking story, there are many factors at play here. Too many to use it to discount the clear evidence from all the other quotes.

Asmodean says 13 women who can barely channel can overwhelm most men, linked. Not all men.

He says the 13 weakest women in the Tower could overwhelm Rand and barely breathe hard.

Well, you have to ask the obvious question: Who does Asmodean consider a woman who can barely channel? I would argue that he would place Dagian in that category - if he knew her strength. Rahvin says the Aes Sedai he Compels in FoH isn't strong enough to be let outside without a keeper.

How would Asmodean know the strength of the average Aes Sedai in the Third Age Tower? He hasn't spent any time amongst them. In fact, he's been hiding in some hole since he's been released from the Bore, according to Lanfear. Keeping a low profile.

By his standards, 13 Dagian's might well be the "13 women who can barely channel", and who can overwhelm MOST men, linked. Not all men.

Also, the precision and other benefits of the link - as evidenced by the massive gateways 13 women can make - something like 20 times larger than Rand can make, for example - makes it very difficult to use this as a direct strength comparison.

It certainly isn't enough to disprove the rest of the comparative strength picture that has consistently been presented by the books.



Egwene never says she has no chance against Moghedien. She says Mogs could kill her before she or anyone in camp even knew what was happening ... Egwene also says she can face and defeat Mesaana.

I think the comparative picture has shifted throughout the series. Note that now Graendal is strong enough to shield a FS level male channeler, another woman and hold open a gateway simultaneously... this is a clear indication that RJ at some point backed off his earlier assertion that men were much stronger, as back in LOC Rhavin assumed he could overwhelm Graendal or Lanfear, which is clearly not the case. Moiraine is certain Egwene and Aviendha (who were not yet at full potential) could overwhelm one of the female forsaken ... Nynaeve could not shield Elayne at one point, but later can shield Talaan who is even stronger ...

If Egwene/Elayne are 80 MOghedien could be a 90 with still plenty of room for the more powerful Forsaken levels. There is no reason Nynaeve needs to be less than a 94 which would be Egwene+Daigian, if Mesaana is a 92 that's in the range that Egwene could face and defeat. Egwene and Aviendha could have been an average 65 at the time Moiraine made her comment and linked would have been more than the equal of any FS female.

We had further evidence in TOM from Mat actually. He notes how AS never lift things more than a few inches off the ground. Compare to Egwene lifting 3 women 4 paces into the air! The evidence is all over the series that the "Wonder Girls" are just a step lower than the Forsaken and FAR above regular AS ... in fact we know that they are about 2x the strongest sisters (Cadsuane aside), but there is no evidence that Nynaeve is 3x Moiraine, if she was that strong there would have been no issue with her shielding Elayne. I'd say she's probably is 3x someone like Nesune (the level of women below Sheriam, let's say 32) where Egwene is more like 2.5x that level.

I have to run now, and this argument continues to go in the same circles anyway :)


So many fallacies here. Let's take one of the more obvious ones.

You're saying that Egwene is 80 and Moghedien is 90 and Nynaeve is 94.

Therefore you're saying that Nynaeve was only 5% below her full potential when she had her first encounter with Moghedien back in tSR?

Amazing. I guess this idea that women grow gradually in strength unless forced is complete hogwash, then.
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More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 09/12/2010 03:45:27 PM 3484 Views
Yes. - 09/12/2010 04:39:58 PM 1815 Views
No. - 09/12/2010 05:34:57 PM 1641 Views
Indeed! *NM* - 09/12/2010 05:39:47 PM 880 Views
Actually...exponential or at least non-linear makes alot of sense to me - 09/12/2010 06:27:29 PM 1545 Views
Nope. Then Rand would be able to crush 13 Aes Sedai with ease. - 09/12/2010 06:32:53 PM 1755 Views
Three things: - 09/12/2010 06:47:30 PM 1584 Views
I think that RJ's statement that the strongest man and strongest women were equal... - 10/12/2010 03:23:12 PM 1488 Views
I wasn't aware this was an issue? - 09/12/2010 04:45:02 PM 1614 Views
Agreed. - 20/12/2010 01:17:32 AM 1652 Views
not really - 09/12/2010 04:46:42 PM 1576 Views
and you'll note that none of the angreal are considered particularly strong - 09/12/2010 04:48:14 PM 1502 Views
She probably weaved them separately on account of being pregnant *NM* - 09/12/2010 04:56:12 PM 937 Views
Pregnancy seems to be interfere with her ability to grasp the power - 09/12/2010 05:06:15 PM 1550 Views
I don't know if it's a more complex CHANNELING undertaking, though - 09/12/2010 05:42:57 PM 1468 Views
Re: not really - 09/12/2010 05:16:02 PM 1521 Views
Angreal have buffers - 09/12/2010 05:38:45 PM 1535 Views
none of them are very strong - 09/12/2010 05:38:49 PM 1468 Views
We never really get a feel for their relative strengths - 09/12/2010 05:51:38 PM 1363 Views
Re: We never really get a feel for their relative strengths - 09/12/2010 10:00:23 PM 1646 Views
Exactly - 10/12/2010 09:36:52 AM 1650 Views
Yes. In PoD Aviendha states that the woman-wrapped-in-hair angreal almost doubles her strength... - 09/12/2010 06:30:41 PM 1543 Views
you have the wrong angreal and the wrong strength - 09/12/2010 07:07:18 PM 1502 Views
Nope. You are the one whose got the wrong angreal... - 09/12/2010 07:15:38 PM 1323 Views
where is that quote my friend? - 09/12/2010 08:07:50 PM 1396 Views
PoD: The Breaking Storm - 09/12/2010 08:16:58 PM 1353 Views
Ah yes, ... "almost 2x as much" still doesn't support your assertion that Nyn is 50% above Elayne - 09/12/2010 08:20:37 PM 1459 Views
That's a gross skewing of what that sentence means... - 09/12/2010 09:05:05 PM 1456 Views
Don't be absurd... - 09/12/2010 09:21:00 PM 1462 Views
Yes, but does BS know that? - 09/12/2010 09:26:10 PM 1409 Views
Nonsense... - 09/12/2010 09:45:17 PM 1412 Views
she does not say that! she says Moghedien could kill her before she could react. so could Daigian - 09/12/2010 09:34:50 PM 1531 Views
"The only Aes Sedai who could hope to match one of the Forsaken was in Ebou Dar..." - 09/12/2010 09:44:25 PM 1555 Views
And yet... - 09/12/2010 09:48:34 PM 1462 Views
No, Egwene does NOT think she can defeat Mesaana in a One Power battle... - 09/12/2010 09:59:35 PM 1698 Views
Here are te quotes... - 09/12/2010 10:10:09 PM 1491 Views
Did you not read the quote above, made by Egwene in the heat of battle with Mesaana? - 09/12/2010 10:34:05 PM 1520 Views
It might interest you to know that that was Katerine! - 10/12/2010 12:15:51 AM 1304 Views
Oh nonsense - 10/12/2010 04:43:44 AM 1400 Views
But that's his point. - 10/12/2010 06:01:59 AM 1399 Views
its a useless point - 10/12/2010 10:11:00 AM 1482 Views
Yes, utterly useless... - 10/12/2010 11:46:15 AM 1452 Views
Dude, you need to re-read the books... - 10/12/2010 04:15:11 PM 1394 Views
he means Sheriam, but your points still hold true - 10/12/2010 08:19:16 PM 1400 Views
Re: he means Sheriam, but your points still hold true - 11/12/2010 07:21:49 AM 1471 Views
I'm so glad you're a mod! Setting great standards there... - 10/12/2010 04:11:56 PM 1385 Views
Re: I'm so glad you're a mod! Setting great standards there... - 10/12/2010 04:35:23 PM 1437 Views
What? - 10/12/2010 11:19:57 PM 1519 Views
Re: What? - 11/12/2010 07:20:19 AM 1448 Views
Oh boohoo... - 11/12/2010 07:55:58 PM 1510 Views
Duh! Seriously, are you Elaida or something? Your logic is astounding. - 10/12/2010 06:47:17 AM 1309 Views
Duh! Seriously, are you Elaida or something? Your logic is astounding. - 10/12/2010 06:47:18 AM 1446 Views
Nynaeve has been channeling (albeit blocked) for close to 10 years - 10/12/2010 02:24:57 PM 1545 Views
Think about the logic of what you're proposing... - 10/12/2010 02:39:56 PM 1537 Views
It's what's in the friggin books! - 10/12/2010 03:33:08 PM 1445 Views
Duplicate post - deleted *NM* - 09/12/2010 08:19:05 PM 727 Views
Re: Yes. - 09/12/2010 07:49:12 PM 1480 Views
You're obviously a latecomer to this ongoing debate. Here's a recap... - 09/12/2010 08:03:51 PM 1610 Views
where this falls apart is that Daigian at a 10 is too weak - 09/12/2010 08:16:17 PM 1511 Views
Nope... - 09/12/2010 08:44:51 PM 1240 Views
now you are just force fitting quotes into what you want to say - 09/12/2010 09:29:20 PM 1410 Views
Nope... - 09/12/2010 09:42:58 PM 1414 Views
all of the girls were Forced! Nynaeve was already at least as strong as Moiraine in EoTW - 11/12/2010 08:04:02 PM 1467 Views
Re: all of the girls were Forced! Nynaeve was already at least as strong as Moiraine in EoTW - 11/12/2010 11:59:55 PM 1388 Views
that's the point I'm making - 12/12/2010 12:58:38 AM 1266 Views
I don't think Elayne was forced - 12/12/2010 04:33:26 PM 1423 Views
Re: now you are just force fitting quotes into what you want to say - 10/12/2010 01:17:10 AM 1643 Views
nope - 10/12/2010 02:05:00 PM 1525 Views
Mesaana - 10/12/2010 04:43:07 AM 1332 Views
agreed - 10/12/2010 01:48:59 PM 1355 Views
Re: agreed - 10/12/2010 04:38:28 PM 1241 Views
very true, and I find it interesting that during the TAR battle Mesaana didn't bother - 10/12/2010 05:03:43 PM 1353 Views
Re: very true, and I find it interesting that during the TAR battle Mesaana didn't bother - 11/12/2010 07:22:54 AM 1505 Views
yes and no - 11/12/2010 03:47:28 PM 1436 Views
Re: You're obviously a latecomer to this ongoing debate. Here's a recap... - 10/12/2010 09:19:17 AM 1501 Views
OK. Here's the clear evidence of Dagian's, Moiraine's, Egwenes and Moghedien's comparative levels. - 10/12/2010 12:00:48 PM 1385 Views
"clear evidence" - 10/12/2010 01:27:01 PM 1432 Views
Laughable interpretation... - 10/12/2010 01:31:57 PM 1416 Views
Re: Laughable interpretation... - 10/12/2010 03:34:01 PM 1468 Views
Amys is clearly stronger than half Egwene's strength... - 10/12/2010 04:27:30 PM 1376 Views
Doesn't the forkroot explain that? *NM* - 10/12/2010 04:47:53 PM 937 Views
couple of thoughts here - 10/12/2010 08:01:44 PM 1419 Views
Re: couple of thoughts here - 10/12/2010 11:27:19 PM 1348 Views
that's what I said! EDIT - 11/12/2010 04:03:59 PM 1266 Views
Well... - 11/12/2010 07:58:38 PM 1426 Views
Katerine is a pain in the ass and Silviana wasn't about to risk only one woman holding that shield - 11/12/2010 08:26:29 PM 1285 Views
Leane was shielded by two sisters as well - 11/12/2010 11:14:08 PM 1318 Views
I think that's almost certainly a custom for women held in the open cells - 11/12/2010 11:22:12 PM 1361 Views
Re: I think that's almost certainly a custom for women held in the open cells - 12/12/2010 12:04:33 AM 1460 Views
I agree with that completely. - 12/12/2010 01:03:54 AM 1387 Views
Oh... so we dismiss all quotes from people we don't like? - 12/12/2010 05:18:42 AM 1439 Views
re-read the section my friend. EDIT - 12/12/2010 03:58:28 PM 1376 Views
Dude... - 12/12/2010 06:29:43 PM 1357 Views
did you read the quote? They discuss how much they gave her on the way to the Tower! - 12/12/2010 07:39:55 PM 1453 Views
Not one of those things answers my rather simple question... - 13/12/2010 02:27:44 AM 1426 Views
because it's the first time Egwene has been dosed with Forkroot - 13/12/2010 03:55:18 AM 1340 Views
She knows but she doesn't know? - 13/12/2010 05:35:55 AM 1433 Views
She knows that Nynaeve had told her it dampened her ability - 13/12/2010 05:13:23 PM 1348 Views
And she doesn't know any details... - 13/12/2010 07:19:12 PM 1364 Views
this conversation is so pointless - 13/12/2010 10:43:35 PM 1256 Views
Yes. But since you continue to not answer the main question, necessary. - 13/12/2010 11:24:24 PM 1258 Views
Re: Yes. But since you continue to not answer the main question, necessary. - 14/12/2010 11:06:55 AM 1277 Views
Of course its obvious now! - 14/12/2010 12:44:59 PM 1444 Views
Shielding - 13/12/2010 08:01:19 PM 2809 Views
Practice. We do know that AS practice their weaves far more than WO - 13/12/2010 10:50:09 PM 1416 Views
There is, actually... - 13/12/2010 11:28:42 PM 1310 Views
Meh - 14/12/2010 04:22:45 AM 1417 Views
Well... - 14/12/2010 04:37:50 AM 1432 Views
Re: Well... - 14/12/2010 10:52:55 AM 1406 Views
Tell Darius that... - 14/12/2010 12:47:19 PM 1354 Views
of course Katerine is redundant! 2 women of Barasine and Katerine's strength - 18/12/2010 05:00:50 AM 1318 Views
Re: Amys is clearly stronger than half Egwene's strength... - 11/12/2010 07:31:25 AM 1511 Views
You forget... - 11/12/2010 08:02:03 PM 1450 Views
astounding "evidence" - 10/12/2010 09:58:47 PM 1460 Views
Re: astounding "evidence" - 11/12/2010 09:15:03 AM 1511 Views
thanks - 11/12/2010 03:54:54 PM 1610 Views
Re: thanks - 12/12/2010 12:49:52 PM 1331 Views
We're not in disagreement for the most part - 12/12/2010 04:23:02 PM 1325 Views
Re: We're not in disagreement for the most part - 12/12/2010 05:00:02 PM 1440 Views
I don't get the logic here... - 09/12/2010 09:41:18 PM 1458 Views
which was one of my first thoughts in reading the scene! *NM* - 09/12/2010 09:43:54 PM 954 Views
It doubles her strength. Nynaeve is only 50% stronger. So she only needs half of it to match Nynaeve - 09/12/2010 09:46:42 PM 1370 Views
And...? - 09/12/2010 09:51:57 PM 1395 Views
Personally, I thought it had something to do with not harming the babies. - 09/12/2010 10:01:10 PM 1324 Views
That was my interpretation too - 10/12/2010 04:36:38 AM 1364 Views
Re: That was my interpretation too - 10/12/2010 09:31:12 AM 1537 Views
what books are you reading? she's absolutely convinced until that scene - 10/12/2010 04:12:34 PM 1486 Views
The oaths proposal is after the jailhouse break in the timeline - 10/12/2010 04:31:12 PM 1350 Views
*Double post, please delete* *NM* - 10/12/2010 04:35:54 PM 803 Views
And... - 10/12/2010 04:32:28 PM 1364 Views
Re: what books are you reading? she's absolutely convinced until that scene - 10/12/2010 04:41:25 PM 1384 Views
Re: what books are you reading? she's absolutely convinced until that scene - 10/12/2010 05:02:10 PM 1362 Views
and as a poster above points out the scene is AFTER she's stabbed - 10/12/2010 05:07:17 PM 1402 Views
Yes, I did know that. - 11/12/2010 04:06:00 PM 1420 Views
meant that response to go to Sidious ... sorry! - 11/12/2010 08:44:40 PM 1446 Views
Oops. *NM* - 10/12/2010 07:15:57 PM 868 Views
Re: More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 10/12/2010 08:22:21 PM 1333 Views
Re: More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 10/12/2010 08:33:25 PM 1407 Views
We have very little to go on with the FS strengths... - 10/12/2010 09:04:33 PM 1489 Views
Re: More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 10/12/2010 09:31:13 PM 1462 Views
Re: More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 10/12/2010 10:50:20 PM 1433 Views
Re: More evidence that Elayne is much weaker than the Forsaken - 11/12/2010 07:29:30 AM 1596 Views
Help im new! - 13/12/2010 07:41:04 PM 1480 Views
Re: More evidence you haven't been paying attention. - 13/12/2010 09:56:45 PM 1582 Views
Re: More evidence you haven't been paying attention. - 13/12/2010 10:50:25 PM 1366 Views
How is it that this the longest thread on this board? Is it even relevant in the least? *NM* - 18/12/2010 02:53:22 PM 906 Views
Re: How is it that this the longest thread on this board? Is it even relevant in the least? - 18/12/2010 08:21:24 PM 1294 Views
Look at the topic. As if we needed evidence that Elayne is weaker than the Foresaken. - 19/12/2010 04:41:25 AM 1330 Views
you misread the topic - 19/12/2010 05:30:26 AM 1467 Views
But the debate is moronic because... - 19/12/2010 05:43:07 AM 1378 Views

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