Ah, I just love how the puzzle is coming together. This excerpt has given us yet more ammunition showing that the Strength list has major flaws in it, or else that the distribution is most certainly not uniform from one level to the next.

This evidence comes from the Siuan entry in the Amyrlin list. It gives us both Siuan's pre and post stilling strength. Before stilling, she was a level 13, and after stilling, a level 35.

Now, if you plot that on a uniformly distributed 72 point list, then it means her post stilling strength was 64% of her former strength. Quite simply, this directly contradicts Siuan's own comments on the matter.

In the books, Siuan wishes that she could get back to at least half her former strength. Clearly, Siuan is currently well below half her former strength, which makes it impossible for her to be at level 35 on a uniformly distributed strength list.

This is just another nail in the coffin of those who try to argue that the list somehow gives us an indication of the comparative strength of various characters. As if we needed any more convincing other than the absurdity of Elaida supposedly being at 83% of Lanfear's strength, which would be the implication if she was indeed 60/72 as strong as Lanfear.

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