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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 1786 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1141 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1353 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 999 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 398 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 1076 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 925 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 846 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 818 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 383 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 768 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 747 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 884 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 383 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 387 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 376 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 383 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 1053 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 842 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 365 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 789 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 847 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 880 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 861 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 818 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 870 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 853 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 943 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 842 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM 792 Views
Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 848 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 888 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 855 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 848 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 942 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 882 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 904 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 873 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 814 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 857 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 911 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 905 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 866 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 1103 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 1041 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 763 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 373 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 399 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 359 Views

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