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Agree with many points Lord o' Salv Send a noteboard - 13/11/2009 05:07:53 AM
I think that Sheriam would know the potential strength of Nynaeve and Sharina. It has been remarked on as being greater than any other Aes Sedai. She is so over-awed by the strength of the woman outside her tent that I feel Mesaana must be stronger than those two.


As you say this is correct, the above poster forgot about this.

In the Prologue to LOC, Mesaana thinks to herself that she matched well with Semirhage. So Semirhage would be stronger than Nynaeve too.


I think it is a fair assumption to make that this is someone inferior trying to boost themself up, she is trying to make herself sound just as strong as Semi. She fears Semi, but probably does match up well with her having stronger capabilities in some areas than Semi perhaps.

In TSR where Nynaeve fights Moghedian and later in TFOH where she captures her, I did not think that Nynaeve was stronger. I thought that she was close to Moghedian's strength but won by using her wits. Didn't she throw something at Moghedian that distracted her in the TSR fight? And putting the TAR adam on Moghedian in TFOH was pure quick thinking.


If anything Nynaeve was just fractionally stronger then, and at most has gotten just a tad bit stronger since then, since she was near her max strength at such an early juncture in the story.

Moghedian escaped in TSR with 1 channeler shieding her. Was this only because that shield was tied off? Perhaps 1-2 chanellers could hold Semirhage as long as it remained ongoing and not tied off.


yes it was. As we heard from LTT the age of legends channelers had knowledge of how to escape from a tied off weave, but breaking out of a held/maintained shield was another matter.
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Semirhage's strength in the Power... Shannow - 12/11/2009 06:57:37 AM 1183 Views
No you did not... fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 07:27:06 AM 802 Views
I'll look again tonight, but I'm sure Nynaeve made a comment... Shannow - 12/11/2009 07:33:29 AM 807 Views
Actually, Nynaeave is far stronger than Moghedian now LordScimitar - 12/11/2009 12:30:29 PM 769 Views
We DON'T know that Graendal is stronger than Semirhage and Mesaana... Shannow - 12/11/2009 12:48:32 PM 863 Views
Wasn't that rather meaningless? fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 03:26:22 PM 822 Views
Inconsistency? Lord o' Salv - 12/11/2009 08:53:39 AM 735 Views
Holding a shield vs. making one... fionwe1987 - 12/11/2009 03:19:09 PM 702 Views
Don't they clearly say one single would suffice but they used 2 for Lord o' Salv - 13/11/2009 04:57:15 AM 640 Views
To HOLD her. Didn't I make the distinction clear? fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:04:58 AM 614 Views
Reducing the number of people holding the shield, reduces the strength of the shield correspondingly Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:15:24 AM 608 Views
Not necessarily true (Plus, another possibility)... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 07:43:37 AM 598 Views
I agree about the angreal, but not the 1 woman shield part... Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:50:26 AM 636 Views
Agree to disagree? fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:07:59 AM 612 Views
Sure, just a couple of points... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:18:15 AM 690 Views
Re: Sure, just a couple of points... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:51:28 AM 689 Views
Interesting concept... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:59:53 AM 711 Views
The answer lies in a fundamental difference between spinning and maintaining a weave... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:33:00 AM 699 Views
Yeah, I posted on this Sidious - 12/11/2009 08:53:26 PM 680 Views
Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 12:42:37 AM 711 Views
Mesaana thought she matched Semirhage catkin - 13/11/2009 01:45:09 AM 843 Views
Agree with many points Lord o' Salv - 13/11/2009 05:07:53 AM 689 Views
Re: Agree with many points fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:16:12 AM 600 Views
And that means nothing... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 05:08:44 AM 702 Views
Re: Hmmm.... Sidious - 13/11/2009 06:56:56 AM 640 Views
I think Sanderson just doesn't have the interest and knowledge of relative strength that RJ did.. Shannow - 13/11/2009 07:07:45 AM 630 Views
Re: Hmmm.... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 07:59:57 AM 698 Views
The reason behind our (certainly MY) hesitance to place Nynaeve too high, is Alivia... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:04:51 AM 718 Views
There is a simple answer... skill... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 08:21:25 AM 713 Views
Except that... Shannow - 13/11/2009 08:49:15 AM 706 Views
We only assume that... fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:08:56 AM 732 Views
Well... Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:25:08 AM 699 Views
fionwe1987 - 13/11/2009 09:53:39 AM 605 Views
What about Sharina? Sidious - 13/11/2009 09:17:20 AM 609 Views
No evidence either way, but you leave a massive gap between Lanfear and the average Forsaken... Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:31:27 AM 716 Views
I don't think it's massive Sidious - 13/11/2009 09:46:27 AM 688 Views
I disagree with your last comment Shannow - 13/11/2009 09:58:03 AM 734 Views
Hmm... Sidious - 13/11/2009 03:57:48 PM 725 Views
Re: Hmm... Watcher - 13/11/2009 07:54:23 PM 697 Views
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