That there are six female channelers in the series (i.e. named characters) above Nynaeve on the list. Most likely there are other stronger damane, Ayyad or channelers in the Land of the Madmen, who will never be named.
However, to have a strength like Nynaeve is of course still a rare thing.
You add the word "named," but that isn't quite what Brandon said.
From KCF's report, here is what Brandon said:
Robert Jordan has a list of all the channeler’s strengths. On that list, only 6 people are stronger than Nynaeve. It’s such a rare event that pretty much anytime we meet someone stronger than her, it’s explicitly said. There are two One Power strength scales – an ‘old’ and a ‘new’. Nynaeve was the top of the female list for the ‘old’ list. Six are stronger on the ‘new’ list.
Nowhere does Brandon use the term "named," which I'm assuming you've added either by mistake or else to make Nynaeve appear less than she really is?
Please note Brandon said the list is of "all" the channelers. Although, taken in context, I'm pretty certain he's referring to female characters in Nynaeve's ranking. Also, we also learned from Brandon that when he asked Maria for a list of who was traveling with Perrin that he got a huge document listing a ton of people from Emond's field who had never even appeared in the books yet. So that is evidence that RJ actually does have names for some people not named yet.
This message last edited by Logain on 21/11/2009 at 03:49:13 PM
Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength?
- 21/11/2009 02:53:22 PM
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BS said...
- 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM
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Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there.
- 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM
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IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters
- 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM
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IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM*
- 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM
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Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters
- 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM
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I don't know
- 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM
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I find it unlikely that a super strong channeler would end up being unimportant to the plot *NM*
- 21/11/2009 11:54:43 PM
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she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of
- 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM
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She's in the top 0.05% *NM*
- 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM
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Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength?
- 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM
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So, in terms of Nynaeve's power, do you think she is VERY rare? *NM*
- 21/11/2009 06:23:14 PM
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Yes. She is so rare that she is mythic. A foiled Nynaeve can prolly fetch $100. 
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- 21/11/2009 09:59:28 PM
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- 21/11/2009 09:59:28 PM
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So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM*
- 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM
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Well...
- 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM
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I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand...
- 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM
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I agree with you!
- 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM
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Re: I agree with you!
- 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM
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Re: I agree with you!
- 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
- 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
- 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
- 26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM
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Hmmm...
- 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
- 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM
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Re: Hmmm...
- 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM
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Re: Hmmm...
- 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
- 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
- 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM
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Don't forget Therava. She's stronger than any woman in the tower according to Galina.
- 28/11/2009 09:41:10 PM
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Re: Don't forget Therava. She's stronger than any woman in the tower according to Galina.
- 29/11/2009 12:40:02 AM
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Fionwe1987 is right. We do have a large enough sample. And the linking examples are good. *NM*
- 28/11/2009 09:32:14 PM
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