Active Users:782 Time:23/12/2024 07:04:59 AM
It will be someone who was alive at some point during the series... Shannow Send a noteboard - 22/01/2011 07:11:57 PM
Just a random thought on Sanderson's comment that there are only 6 women stronger than Nynaeve on RJs list ... then it started occurring to me that Cadsuane has never been particularly overawed by Nynaeve or Alivia's strength in the Power, and she's made a couple of interesting comments about Strength:

NS
An Arrival

Cadsuane scowled, a fearsome sight. "No one has come to the Tower in a thousand years who could match me. No one to match Meilyn or Kerene in almost six hundred.

interesting that she specifically points out "has come to the Tower" in this statement ... almost as if she's encountered a woman stronger than her who never went to the Tower.


Then she makes this interesting statement in

WH
The Hummingbirds Secret

And she had not been put through the lessons that what must be endured, could be endured. In truth, Cadsuane sympathized with her. Somewhat. It was a lesson not everyone could learn in the Tower. She herself, full of pride in her new shawl and her own strength, had been taught by a near toothless wilder at a farm in the heart of the Black Hills.

Then there is the comment Cadsuane makes about it being 270 years since she last encountered a task she could not complete ...

It all paints a picture that Norla was extremely strong in the OP ... perhaps she's the mysterious woman who is also ahead of Nynaeve on the list ...



While it is certainly POSSIBLE that Norla was of Forsaken strength, there is really zero evidence supporting it.

In any case, it seems likely that the 6 women above Nynaeve will all have been alive at some point during the series, else they might as well add anyone else who has lived in the last 1000 years, whether that be in the Aiel Waste, the land of the Seanchan or wherever, and there undoubtedly were other individuals during this time who matched or exceeded Nynaeve's strength and who never joined the Tower.

Personally, I think the answer to your question is therefore NO.
Reply to message
Could Norla be the other woman stronger than Nynaeve? - 22/01/2011 06:54:36 PM 2067 Views
It's a nice idea, really - 22/01/2011 07:04:03 PM 1119 Views
we don't know the strength difference between Cadsuane and Nynaeve - 22/01/2011 08:55:48 PM 1053 Views
Nynaeve is of course roughly twice as strong as Cadsuane... - 24/01/2011 10:26:49 PM 1149 Views
Still sticking to the nonsense I see... - 25/01/2011 12:14:12 AM 960 Views
you and your assumptions crack me up ... there is zero evidence that Nyn is 2x Cadsuane - 26/01/2011 04:41:33 PM 981 Views
Waits for the candle flame vs. bonfire quote to appear... - 26/01/2011 05:01:28 PM 1010 Views
*blows out the friggin candle* ... why does anyone take EoTW Moiraine quotes seriously? - 26/01/2011 09:41:53 PM 981 Views
tGH, but I agree... - 27/01/2011 04:58:08 AM 1061 Views
Re: tGH, but I agree... - 27/01/2011 07:29:15 AM 908 Views
I think it's a matter of perspective too - 27/01/2011 05:12:29 PM 863 Views
Nynaeve temporarily holds Logain shielded on her own, while 5 average strength Aes Sedai cannot... - 27/01/2011 05:35:26 PM 770 Views
Another inconsistency ... since 4 women held a shield on Rand who is Stronger than Logain EDIT - 27/01/2011 07:47:31 PM 867 Views
Not an inconsistency and if you analyse it... - 27/01/2011 08:21:39 PM 1090 Views
Wait... what? - 27/01/2011 11:16:32 PM 831 Views
Re: Wait... what? - 28/01/2011 12:26:22 AM 779 Views
Nope... - 28/01/2011 01:24:18 AM 870 Views
Yeah, but... - 28/01/2011 12:53:26 PM 921 Views
Therer is a direct quote in New Spring - 28/01/2011 02:20:40 PM 896 Views
Yup... *NM* - 28/01/2011 02:42:15 PM 472 Views
Thanks - 28/01/2011 04:05:47 PM 942 Views
Not really the case though - 28/01/2011 04:54:28 PM 736 Views
That's your evidence? You mean like Caddy defers to Nynaeve? - 28/01/2011 02:29:46 PM 833 Views
So Elayne is Cadsunae in you stupid play? - 28/01/2011 02:44:07 PM 801 Views
Getting hot under the collar and irrational again, I see... - 28/01/2011 03:01:14 PM 752 Views
right tGH but still! *NM* - 27/01/2011 04:02:57 PM 416 Views
It will be someone who was alive at some point during the series... - 22/01/2011 07:11:57 PM 1062 Views
it's obviously a stretch, just a random thought - 22/01/2011 08:26:49 PM 1073 Views
Possibly? But unlikely. - 23/01/2011 11:12:01 PM 838 Views
The 6 are... - 24/01/2011 10:09:33 PM 1155 Views
I disagree. If anything Semirhage is at the same strength level - 24/01/2011 11:10:30 PM 925 Views
Agree and disagree... - 25/01/2011 10:44:26 AM 883 Views
Re: Agree and disagree... - 25/01/2011 11:04:11 PM 818 Views
I didn't say Semirhage is definitely one of the 6, but his answer leaves it as a viable possibility. - 26/01/2011 07:36:52 AM 935 Views
Not really - 26/01/2011 05:15:59 PM 814 Views
Lanfear and Cyndane are the same person *NM* - 25/01/2011 10:24:15 AM 409 Views
Re: The 6 are... - 25/01/2011 10:51:40 PM 944 Views
I agree. - 24/01/2011 03:56:00 PM 827 Views
Possible... - 25/01/2011 12:17:42 AM 805 Views
none whatsoever ... purely speculating here *NM* - 26/01/2011 04:44:15 PM 361 Views
Not necessarily - 25/01/2011 08:07:02 PM 745 Views
nah - 25/01/2011 10:55:10 PM 1072 Views
it's obvious that Norla made her "earn" the ornaments - 26/01/2011 04:47:32 PM 973 Views
Re: it's obvious that Norla made her "earn" the ornaments - 26/01/2011 05:17:16 PM 853 Views
I can see that as a possibility too - 26/01/2011 10:22:02 PM 856 Views
Re: I can see that as a possibility too - 27/01/2011 07:38:31 AM 948 Views
we'll always disagree I suppose - 27/01/2011 04:47:42 PM 910 Views
Strongest since the breaking? I disagree - 19/08/2011 01:09:37 PM 1076 Views
I doubt it. - 26/01/2011 03:53:33 AM 872 Views
Could Norla be the other woman stronger than Nynaeve? - 26/01/2011 09:31:36 AM 963 Views

Reply to Message