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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 1815 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1180 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1399 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 1039 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 416 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 1116 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 972 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 877 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 853 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 397 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 804 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 782 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 928 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 401 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 406 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 395 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 401 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 1090 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 876 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 384 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 827 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 888 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 910 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 890 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 852 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 919 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 886 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 984 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 882 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM 821 Views
Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 894 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 914 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 887 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 876 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 985 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 917 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 943 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 906 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 847 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 899 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 936 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 942 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 899 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 1142 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 1079 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 793 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 390 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 418 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 375 Views

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