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Hehe, that old argument again. Shannow Send a noteboard - 26/09/2012 12:09:25 AM

Thanks for providing Moghedien's actual comment on Hessalem's strength.

The way it reads, based on your quote, seems to imply to me that Graendal is saying that she is suprised that someone of Graendal's strength was not picked up by her agents, given that they picked up Nynaeve so quickly.

Meaning that if Nynaeve was discovered, then someone even stronger than Nynaeve should have been discovered even sooner.

Not how it reads. This is the quote:

Granted, Moghedien thought, sitting, she is powerful. How had Moghedien missed noticing one with this talent among the Aes Sedai? Her sources had picked out that wretched lightskirt Nynaeve almost immediately, yet they'd missed this hag?


The implication is that Moghedien really doesn't see much difference between those two.

Anyway, that's how it reads to me. But I don't have the exact quote and context in front of me, so I guess it can be interpreted to suit whichever viewpoint one holds on their comparative strengths, other than one which holds Nynaeve to be stronger than Graendal, which we know is not the case anyway.

Any more on Moghedien's reference to Taim's strength? Howcome she knows how strong he is? She can't sense male strength. So who would have told her he is fairly strong?

Here's the quote:
Taim... M'Hael... was said to be strong, perhaps as strong as the rest of them, but elevating one from this Age, with all of their ignorance.... It galled her to consider that this M'Hael would be regarded as her equal.

Also, she doesn't seem to think that he is as strong as the stronger male Forsaken. Merely that he might be as strong as "them", which includes herself, the weakest of the Forsaken by some margin.

What she says makes sense, because as we've argued before, the strength differential isn't that great between the Foresaken. Moghedien at 75-80 is not hapless before someone like Rand.


I beg to differ, as always.

Moghedien has no chance against Rand or Lanfear, at her level of 65.

Which was matched by Nynaeve in Book 4 already. Given that Nynaeve is still not at full strength in Book 9, that tells me all I need to know about Moghedien's strength level.

In fact, there's even a reference to Moghedien standing no chance against Lanfear in this new Forsaken chapter, I believe, talking about the odds now being evened with Moghedien's mindtrap or something, if I understand correctly.


EDIT

Also, the full quote on Hessalam's strength is perfectly consistent with Hessalam being even stronger than Nynaeve. Nynaeve is the strongest modern Aes Sedai previously identified by Moghedien's spies.

If someone stronger comes along, of course she is going to register surprise at the fact that Nynaeve was discovered, but not this new, even stronger person.

Exactly as she did in the quote above.
This message last edited by Shannow on 26/09/2012 at 12:18:30 AM
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Well.. fionwe1987 - 25/09/2012 11:15:21 PM 988 Views
Thanks for the quote, but reading that, it kind of implies the opposite, to me... Shannow - 25/09/2012 11:35:53 PM 1305 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 26/09/2012 12:00:33 AM 1041 Views
Hehe, that old argument again. Shannow - 26/09/2012 12:09:25 AM 947 Views
Yes. fionwe1987 - 26/09/2012 12:58:03 AM 936 Views
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Re: I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength Sidious - 26/09/2012 08:53:02 AM 988 Views
Well... Shannow - 26/09/2012 09:09:38 AM 960 Views
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Re: Well... fionwe1987 - 27/09/2012 03:12:06 AM 979 Views
Re: Well... Shannow - 27/09/2012 08:17:07 AM 939 Views
Re: I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength fionwe1987 - 27/09/2012 03:00:04 AM 1033 Views
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As always you forget book 4 is more than half way through the timeline of the series darius_sedai - 26/09/2012 03:58:22 AM 1067 Views
Actually...... DomA - 26/09/2012 02:30:00 AM 1093 Views
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This is what I've been saying for years! darius_sedai - 26/09/2012 05:48:01 PM 834 Views
Re: Not sure that's completely true.. fionwe1987 - 27/09/2012 03:17:00 AM 1012 Views
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Re: Probably true, but maybe a hint from a Sanderson interview should be considered here... Sidious - 26/09/2012 10:01:08 AM 917 Views
Graendal almost has to be Stronger than Nynaeve darius_sedai - 26/09/2012 05:57:35 PM 1169 Views
One thing about that... fionwe1987 - 27/09/2012 02:58:56 AM 1056 Views
Possible, but I find it unlikely darius_sedai - 27/09/2012 06:16:56 AM 954 Views
The reason I think that... fionwe1987 - 27/09/2012 06:25:48 AM 1009 Views
I always assumed Nynaeve at the top was a list he later revised as he decided to bring in darius_sedai - 27/09/2012 06:39:35 AM 1073 Views
Of course that's the correct answer, yes. Shannow - 27/09/2012 08:12:45 AM 1135 Views
I wasn't making a Strength comparison ... I was commenting on her lack of cowardice darius_sedai - 26/09/2012 03:45:36 AM 1034 Views
Re: I wasn't making a Strength comparison ... I was commenting on her lack of cowardice kHz1000 - 26/09/2012 05:30:36 PM 1114 Views
That is the question I was getting at darius_sedai - 26/09/2012 06:00:03 PM 1078 Views
Re: That is the question I was getting at kHz1000 - 26/09/2012 07:01:34 PM 1104 Views
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