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Well... Sidious Send a noteboard - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM

I assume that this is some effort to see whether Graendal's statement on women of exceedingly rare strength applies to Nynaeve. Well, I don't think it does.

Although Nynaeve is one of the strongest women in the world, there are actually quote a few women with confirmed greater strength - Lanfear, Alivia and Sharina. Talaan matches her. Someryn, Graendal and Cyndane are all possible contenders to exceed her. RJ tends to have one Forsaken strength channeler from each race/faction, with one channeler of Nynaeve's strength in perhaps 1000 channelers i.e.

Aiel - Someryn
Tower - Nynaeve
Salidar - Sharina
Seafolk - Talaan
Seanchan - Alivia

I think the strength levels work in powers of ten...
- 1 in 10 - Moiraine strength
- 1 in 100 - Egwene strength
- 1 in 1000 - Nynaeve strength
- 1 in 10 000 - Graendal strength
- 1 in 100 000 - Lanfear strength

There is no answer to the question except to ask whether 1 in 1000 means rare, or very rare, or exceedingly rare to you. In context, Graendal's statement to me means that she met perhaps one or two women in her entire lifespan of over 400 years who exceeded her in strength, and thus Cyndane was exceedingly rare.

Your question is totally subjective, so it's up to the reader to decide.

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Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 02:53:22 PM 1672 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1022 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1204 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 865 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 342 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 967 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 798 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 726 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 702 Views
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 316 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 649 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 644 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 763 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 326 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 323 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 318 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 324 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 921 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 724 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 308 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 670 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 730 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 761 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 750 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 682 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 738 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 738 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 824 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 725 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 731 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 770 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 739 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 740 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 813 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 769 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 790 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 749 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 694 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 744 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 794 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 800 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 750 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 965 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 933 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 642 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 312 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 349 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 304 Views

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