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Not really strange... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 30/12/2015 08:02:04 AM

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Sucks to be blown out of the water there, but what can one do. Also strange considering the circumstances. Moiraine did start before her but maybe Siuan grew faster.

Moiraine and Siuan joined the Tower on the same day. Moraine's training before that was pretty short, per the companion, and she can't have been using the OP all that much at such an early stage. Further, we have this from Vandene's entry:
She progressed in near lockstep with her sister; they were raised within a month of each other in both instances. About 5'5" tall, and slender and graceful with a straight back—a mirror image of her sister—she wore her nearly white hair gathered at the back of her neck and had dark eyes. Vandene had a potential strength level of 20( but never achieved it because her older sister was weaker; some women who were close did not diverge greatly in strength even if their potentials did.

The situation is different here. Despite her same start time, though, Vandene stopped growing when her sister did. With Moiraine, despite her earlier start, her rate of growth was such that she and Siuan also grew in "lockstep". It seems close women do grow in "lockstep". A similar thing seems to have happened with Bera and Kiruna, and for further proof that Moiraine and Siuan were close:


A frown creased her forehead for a moment, and then Moiraine felt that small tingle again as the light of saidar briefly surrounded the other woman. Any woman who could channel could feel another wielding the Power if she was close enough, but the tingle was unusual. Women who spent a lot of time together in their training sometimes felt it, but the sensation was supposed to fade away over time. Hers and Siuan’s never had. Sometimes Moiraine thought it was a sign of how close their friendship was.

Will reply to your longer post above later. Don't have my computer on me.

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One Power strength: let's play with numbers Sidious - 18/12/2015 01:09:06 PM 2199 Views
Actually, I largely agree fionwe1987 - 18/12/2015 03:33:27 PM 1011 Views
Yup ... note how silent he's been since the Companion came out *NM* darius_sedai - 18/12/2015 05:50:44 PM 543 Views
I've been silent because the Companion is a joke and hardly worth pointing out all the errors... Shannow - 19/12/2015 09:37:53 AM 1063 Views
Clearly there are mistakes in the Companion darius_sedai - 19/12/2015 03:28:49 PM 1030 Views
fionwe1987 - 19/12/2015 05:52:29 PM 983 Views
It is easy to accept the Companion. All you have to do is reject the evidence in the books. Shannow - 19/12/2015 06:58:41 PM 1017 Views
No... fionwe1987 - 19/12/2015 08:59:58 PM 1008 Views
And let's not forget Mylen darius_sedai - 21/12/2015 09:07:27 PM 1066 Views
Splitting flows: the Great Aes Sedai mixup fionwe1987 - 22/12/2015 01:34:54 AM 1513 Views
Re: Splitting flows: the Great Aes Sedai mixup Sidious - 22/12/2015 06:05:02 AM 1165 Views
I have a theory on why darius_sedai - 23/12/2015 05:26:52 PM 851 Views
Re: I have a theory on why Sidious - 24/12/2015 09:44:44 AM 896 Views
Well it is stated as being difficult and grows with each additional split darius_sedai - 24/12/2015 07:32:48 PM 1010 Views
Re: Well it is stated as being difficult and grows with each additional split fionwe1987 - 24/12/2015 11:37:35 PM 835 Views
That's why I brought it up ... Seemed like that's what RJ wanted us to see darius_sedai - 25/12/2015 11:48:20 PM 1096 Views
How I see Traveling... fionwe1987 - 24/12/2015 11:35:30 PM 948 Views
Re: How I see Traveling... Sidious - 26/12/2015 10:43:13 AM 939 Views
Re: How I see Traveling... fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 02:34:58 AM 943 Views
Re: How I see Traveling... Sidious - 30/12/2015 07:41:43 AM 1065 Views
Re: How I see Traveling... darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 08:33:34 PM 940 Views
Some thoughts Sidious - 20/12/2015 09:29:28 AM 969 Views
My response to your thoughts... Shannow - 20/12/2015 07:19:15 PM 1045 Views
My thoughts on your thoughts Sidious - 21/12/2015 02:34:38 PM 863 Views
Re: My thoughts on your thoughts darius_sedai - 21/12/2015 08:55:40 PM 935 Views
How do you come to these conclusions when the books so obviously refute them? darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 03:30:53 AM 926 Views
Re: Some thoughts DomA - 22/12/2015 06:21:41 PM 1083 Views
No palpitations here ... I pretty much agree with all of this *NM* darius_sedai - 18/12/2015 05:50:08 PM 503 Views
Well this is inconvenient Sidious - 19/12/2015 07:38:30 AM 878 Views
hahaha darius_sedai - 19/12/2015 03:09:41 PM 930 Views
Moraine and Siuan level in NS darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 02:13:05 AM 831 Views
Here are my thoughts Sidious - 30/12/2015 06:29:02 AM 906 Views
They were the same strength... fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 06:55:18 AM 970 Views
Thanks Sidious - 30/12/2015 07:44:22 AM 832 Views
Not really strange... fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 08:02:04 AM 972 Views
Siuan was also a wilder, she was sent to TV when the spark manifested darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 03:50:17 PM 918 Views
Not sure that works fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 07:17:27 AM 972 Views
Part of this is also about an individual's personality darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 04:40:28 PM 1206 Views
Re: Part of this is also about an individual's personality Sidious - 30/12/2015 05:10:50 PM 993 Views
Re: Part of this is also about an individual's personality darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 05:52:41 PM 949 Views
Re: Part of this is also about an individual's personality Sidious - 30/12/2015 06:15:36 PM 1065 Views
Totally darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 06:46:14 PM 1054 Views
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True gban007 - 02/01/2016 05:39:12 AM 966 Views
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The more I look at this the more I think you are both right and wrong darius_sedai - 12/01/2016 09:02:57 PM 957 Views
Re: The more I look at this the more I think you are both right and wrong Sidious - 16/01/2016 05:57:39 AM 1164 Views
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