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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 1513 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 874 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1060 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 743 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 279 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 845 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 682 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 611 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 572 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 266 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 541 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 522 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 633 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 267 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 269 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 246 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 259 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 786 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 591 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 252 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 527 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 583 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 636 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 627 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 551 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 593 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 575 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 690 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 581 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 596 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 617 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 604 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 573 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 657 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 638 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 642 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 602 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 545 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 603 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 630 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 649 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 619 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 837 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 773 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 522 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 260 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 283 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 243 Views

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