A simple survey here. Brandon Sanderson said that of all of the female channelers in the world, only 6 females are stronger than Nynaeve. So this simple survey asks one question. Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength?
Let me know what you think?
Edit1: To put this in perspective, there are 400 Shaido Wise Ones who can channel. So among the Aiel, there are approximately 3500-5000 female channelers. I'd guess that in Randland there are an equal number, probably another 4000 (plus or minus) female channelers. And then there are the damane. Who knows how many channelers there are there, but probably thousands. Anyway, there easily appears to be at least 10,000 female channelers just in Randland, the Aiel, and the damane the Seanchan brought with them from Seanchan. Of those 10,000+ female channelers, only 6 are stronger than Nynaeve. Okay, now I've put it in proper perspective.
Let me know what you think?
Edit1: To put this in perspective, there are 400 Shaido Wise Ones who can channel. So among the Aiel, there are approximately 3500-5000 female channelers. I'd guess that in Randland there are an equal number, probably another 4000 (plus or minus) female channelers. And then there are the damane. Who knows how many channelers there are there, but probably thousands. Anyway, there easily appears to be at least 10,000 female channelers just in Randland, the Aiel, and the damane the Seanchan brought with them from Seanchan. Of those 10,000+ female channelers, only 6 are stronger than Nynaeve. Okay, now I've put it in proper perspective.
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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Yes *NM*
- 21/11/2009 03:56:12 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. 
*NM*
- 21/11/2009 09:59:28 PM
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*NM*
- 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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