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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 1548 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 887 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1073 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 754 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 286 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 855 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 694 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 621 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 582 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 271 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 550 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 534 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 642 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 272 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 275 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 253 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 265 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 799 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 602 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 259 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 538 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 600 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 649 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 639 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 564 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 604 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 588 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 707 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 608 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 627 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 616 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 583 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 675 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 648 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 656 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 614 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 556 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 627 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 641 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 661 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 631 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 850 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 785 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 533 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 266 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 291 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 247 Views

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