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Fair comment, but my question then is: Shannow Send a noteboard - 04/02/2011 11:26:25 AM
...all at once?

What is the strength of this Egwene? Slightly stronger than Moiraine? Egwene at full potential shields Moiraine and Verin (a random place for Elayne in tSR), then she lifts them a few feet, makes a table dance, while at the same time heating some metal and weaving it, exploding a mattress and so on...? Well, it may be a stretch for her. She certainly wouldn't be able to do all those things to the same magnitude as Rand... perhaps. We have no real way of knowing.

He was holding two shields (one on Egwene and one on Elayne) while weaving a dozen flows together at the same time.

How do you know he was holding them or had tied them off? Further, neither of these women was really pushing the shield, and neither was holding the power when he made the shields! Can Egwene shield Moiraine and Verin when they aren't holding the power and still do other stuff? Hell yes. Can she do as much as Rand did? No clue.

Egwene was perfectly correct that she could never duplicate what Rand was doing.

She specifically said she couldn't split her flows that many ways. That is the point I was referring to.

But despite the above technicalities, if you truly believe that Nynaeve was more powerful than Rand at this point in the series then you are utterly out of touch with this series.

Based on what? Your imaginary placements of the characters at this point? You have not one shred of evidence of where Nynaeve stood. You have given me one ignorant statement from Egwene. Can I use Nynaeve's ignorant statement that she could draw in half as much of the power as a circle of 8 strong AS with one of them using a superbly powerful sa'angreal to conclusively prove that she is stronger than even Lews Therin? You're being completely absurd.


Women grow gradually in strength, except when they are forced.

Egwene was forced by the Seanchan in the first two books of the series. That jumped her strength up to close to her full strength. She is not forced again after that.

Most likely, the Seanchan took her straight to her full strength in one go. But even if they did not, then her growth subsequent to the forcing would revert back to the normal gradual basis again.

One book after tSR, Aviendha states that Egwene is strong enough to overwhelm Amys and Melaine combined. It is not possible for her to have jumped significantly from tSR to FoH, since no additional forcing took place between the two books. Therefore, Egwene is already very close to her full strength at the time when Rand shields her and Elayne.


I'd be surprised if Egwene was even half of her strength at that time. She's been forced, but that doesn't mean much. Instead of being 30% on the way to her potential she's been forced to 40% for instance.

Egwene was slightly stronger than Moiraine at that time. She says as much. Later she's as strong as Amys and Melaine combined, so clearly she's got a huge unfulfilled potential even in the beginning of TSR.


Women increase gradually in strength, with Moiraine saying in New Spring it would take her something like 5 years to reach her full potential even after becoming an Aes Sedai.

So other than specific jumps through being forced, Egwene's growth should be at this gradual, slow pace.

Egwene is only forced during her Seanchan captivity early in the series. So any dramatic burst in strength happens during this period. After that, whatever jump was achieved during the period of forcing is now her new base, but she then falls back to the gradual growth again from that point onwards.

So, if Egwene is only slightly stronger than Moiraine in The Shadow Rising, as you suggest, then how can normal gradual growth account for her being stronger than Amys and Melaine combined just one book later? That would equate to another BIG jump, but no forcing occurs between these two points.

All Egwene says in tSR is that she is stronger than Moiraine (who is the strongest Aes Sedai she knows). She doesn't say how much stronger. She compares herself to Moiraine, because of Rand's specific reference to Moiraine.

She could have been 50% stronger than Moiraine for all we know.

And if you look at the logic of the forcing situation, and Egwene's very high strength in FoH, then it would make sense that she arrived at that strength directly after her Seanchan captivity.
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Proof that Asmodean's effective One Power strength is greater than Moghedien's... Shannow - 03/02/2011 03:22:42 PM 2298 Views
Huh? fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 04:08:29 PM 1237 Views
Why do you deliberately misquote the text? Shannow - 03/02/2011 04:12:50 PM 1254 Views
You're deliberately being obtuse... as usual... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:07:09 PM 1188 Views
Right. So Egwene can shield someone of Egwene's own strength, plus Elayne, AND weave a dozen flows.. Shannow - 03/02/2011 10:26:27 PM 1190 Views
fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:46:40 PM 1060 Views
No. Egwene is very close to her full potential at the time... Shannow - 03/02/2011 11:44:20 PM 1165 Views
Bullshit... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 12:39:42 AM 1037 Views
Unbiased view... Nargs - 04/02/2011 01:46:40 AM 1175 Views
The WoT Board in a nutshell. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/02/2011 02:34:32 AM 561 Views
Yeah, thats unbiased... *NM* fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:23:17 PM 547 Views
Don't agree Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:30:02 AM 1152 Views
Fair comment, but my question then is: Shannow - 04/02/2011 11:26:25 AM 1037 Views
I think the WO and Moiraine also Force Egwene as they know what's coming and need her darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 03:55:46 PM 1042 Views
It is specifically stated that Egwene was forced by the rigours of the damane training... Shannow - 04/02/2011 05:15:20 PM 1048 Views
Egwene has been continually forced... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 06:02:08 PM 983 Views
The direct quotes contradict you... Shannow - 04/02/2011 06:23:03 PM 1084 Views
actually the quote substantiates that Egwene is only slightly stronger than Moiraine in TSR darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 07:51:10 PM 1091 Views
here ya go they were all Forced darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 07:59:40 PM 957 Views
Nope... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:23:00 PM 1041 Views
I think you may have misused the term - RJ meant 'effective' to mean something a bit different. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 04:40:41 PM 1212 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Shannow - 03/02/2011 05:30:15 PM 1132 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Master Ablar - 03/02/2011 05:45:30 PM 1130 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 06:31:34 PM 1054 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. Kieran - 03/02/2011 07:06:50 PM 1080 Views
Re: I think you are mistaking what RJ meant effective to mean. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 07:17:25 PM 1067 Views
We still don't know who is effectively stronger, and not sure if Asmo was equal to Rand by the end. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 06:58:14 PM 889 Views
See my post above, I would say Asmo is Weaker than Moggy... *NM* Kieran - 03/02/2011 07:10:07 PM 571 Views
I'm not certain either way. I think it all depends on the terms being used. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/02/2011 07:22:01 PM 1111 Views
Effective strength means who can make the bigger fireball, the stronger shield, the thicker balefire Shannow - 03/02/2011 07:42:17 PM 958 Views
I still hold to the point that your analogy is false. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:20:05 PM 1020 Views
My impression of your view, in general, is that... Shannow - 03/02/2011 07:33:37 PM 989 Views
How... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:15:34 PM 943 Views
If Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did to them, then I rest my case... Shannow - 03/02/2011 10:36:46 PM 1100 Views
Re: If Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did to them, then I rest my case... fionwe1987 - 03/02/2011 10:50:57 PM 1057 Views
Got you now... Shannow - 03/02/2011 11:32:49 PM 1014 Views
You're clearly delusional... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 12:59:26 AM 1018 Views
You sound ridiculous Nargs - 04/02/2011 02:05:18 AM 1042 Views
Re: You sound ridiculous Kieran - 04/02/2011 02:23:50 AM 1098 Views
Ok... Nargs - 04/02/2011 04:13:34 PM 965 Views
Elayne is not stronger than most AS at this point in the books darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:14:41 PM 996 Views
Where on earth does it say Nynaeve could do to Egwene and Elayne what Rand did? darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:06:48 PM 1060 Views
Re: How... Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:34:21 AM 1158 Views
They're very close now... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:46:48 PM 1120 Views
That is unfortunately not true... Shannow - 04/02/2011 06:02:34 PM 1107 Views
It is... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 06:05:05 PM 954 Views
Re: It is... Sidious - 04/02/2011 06:31:32 PM 1208 Views
Yup... fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:20:33 PM 980 Views
Semirhage hated Lanfear, but dared not act against her strength... Shannow - 04/02/2011 08:29:24 PM 1371 Views
yet Graendal showed a lot of respect for Semirhage ... even assumed she was the most darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:53:05 PM 1051 Views
Graendal on Semirhage and Demandred... Shannow - 04/02/2011 09:23:50 PM 1310 Views
No Sidious - 04/02/2011 11:10:00 PM 1090 Views
CLAPS *NM* darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:15:21 AM 599 Views
We will just have to disagree on this one... Shannow - 05/02/2011 06:57:36 AM 973 Views
Indeed Sidious - 05/02/2011 07:38:10 AM 972 Views
I agree with you ... especially abou the perpective issue darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:00:58 PM 1068 Views
I agree with you here darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:19:35 PM 979 Views
I don't think that's true.. fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 08:21:38 PM 922 Views
the evidence is that Aginor burnt out trying to channel the Eye and Rand didn't darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:23:50 PM 888 Views
Considering that Asmodean and Rand were using a sa'angreal... ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 04/02/2011 04:55:03 AM 1194 Views
I think this is a no brainer Sidious - 04/02/2011 08:22:00 AM 1138 Views
The nice fact which is proven is the magnitude of the gap between Moghedien and Semirhage... Shannow - 04/02/2011 11:32:00 AM 960 Views
Nynaeve could be at 90% or 80% when she faced Moghedien we have no way of measuring that darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:42:03 PM 957 Views
Disagree... Shannow - 04/02/2011 08:51:55 PM 1040 Views
spin it all you like... I'm tired of this arument and your creative quoting. darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:56:14 PM 934 Views
The creative quoter is Fionwe, not me. You quote correctly, but your interpretations are way off... Shannow - 04/02/2011 09:05:43 PM 912 Views
Nynaeve has grown in strength, but she started nearly as strong as Moiraine! darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 05:35:05 AM 932 Views
Starting out at Moiraine's strength meant starting out at barely 30% of her full potential... Shannow - 05/02/2011 07:05:46 AM 986 Views
Nynaeve's strength Sidious - 05/02/2011 07:49:07 AM 1029 Views
Agree, Egwene has never been as strong as Nynaeve at any stage. *NM* darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:03:25 PM 659 Views
I disagree that Moiraine is 30% of Nynaeve. Much closer to 50% of Nynaeve. EDIT darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:02:06 PM 1119 Views
Minor quibbles aside... fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 04:05:30 PM 1109 Views
Agreed, the exact numbers are arbitrary, I place Egwene a tad higher than you ... EDIT darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 04:30:00 PM 926 Views
Re: Agreed, the exact numbers are arbitrary, I place Egwene a tad higher than you ... EDIT fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 06:09:41 PM 1062 Views
shrugs darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 06:46:02 PM 985 Views
Re: shrugs fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 08:03:37 PM 1012 Views
I don't recall the Merise quote you are refering too and they have not been together in the series darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 09:20:56 PM 915 Views
I'm sorry, I meant the glossary entry... fionwe1987 - 05/02/2011 10:29:46 PM 947 Views
Thanks for clarifying darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 11:12:19 PM 900 Views
Re: Thanks for clarifying fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 12:42:51 AM 951 Views
fair enough ... I can agree to Cadsuane and Bode both being 70 with Egwene and co at 80 *NM* darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 04:29:49 AM 515 Views
Cool! *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:18:52 PM 548 Views
Sorry, but here your entire Bell Curve goes up in smoke... Shannow - 06/02/2011 01:13:15 PM 915 Views
In fact, Moiraine is even STRONGER than I postulated in the above post... Shannow - 06/02/2011 01:22:11 PM 1305 Views
well... Sidious - 06/02/2011 02:11:02 PM 1042 Views
Only a separate Bell Curve for the Age of Legends - when the average strength was higher - will work Shannow - 06/02/2011 03:29:49 PM 961 Views
Or, you know, the Aes Sedai aren't a representative sample... *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:19:22 PM 669 Views
I don't think Strength was higher in the AOL I think there were just more channelers darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 04:50:42 PM 1015 Views
Yup. fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 05:30:54 PM 926 Views
Trivial darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:10:55 PM 947 Views
Uhhh... no... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 04:18:19 PM 849 Views
Read these facts slowly, maybe you will grasp the implication then... Shannow - 06/02/2011 04:41:02 PM 1015 Views
you are missing the fact that women like Sharina have no interest in the Tower darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 05:05:10 PM 1026 Views
You equate random exclusions with the deliberate block exclusion of 37.5% weakest women... Shannow - 06/02/2011 05:41:47 PM 975 Views
wrong darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:08:20 PM 1060 Views
That is weak logic in the extreme... Shannow - 06/02/2011 06:16:46 PM 950 Views
what I'm saying is that a representative sample of the entire population darius_sedai - 06/02/2011 06:40:51 PM 994 Views
Yes. *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:47:59 PM 612 Views
Yes. *NM* fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:48:00 PM 530 Views
But you don't prove that the undiscovered women are stronger. They may well be weaker... Shannow - 06/02/2011 07:26:27 PM 847 Views
Amys is far from the strongest WO! fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 07:37:14 PM 1172 Views
Explain the 1000 women they found in Murandy then... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:26:46 PM 941 Views
And a 1000 years ago... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:33:29 PM 976 Views
The only implication I grasped is that you don't grasp math... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 06:21:12 PM 1059 Views
Circular reasoning... Shannow - 06/02/2011 07:03:53 PM 1001 Views
No, reasoning based on facts and what RJ said, both of which you ignore... fionwe1987 - 06/02/2011 07:34:21 PM 1254 Views
If you're going to ignore direct quotes, then we may as well stop right now... Shannow - 06/02/2011 08:42:40 PM 1085 Views
Agreed. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/02/2011 04:32:05 PM 1055 Views
Agree. *NM* fionwe1987 - 04/02/2011 05:49:05 PM 614 Views
agreed *NM* darius_sedai - 04/02/2011 08:27:22 PM 629 Views
off tangent question: Has Nynaeve yet to reach full potential or did she already after being ... Bookwyrm - 04/02/2011 08:39:29 PM 1068 Views
I think the general concensus is that after the CK she was forced to her full potential darius_sedai - 05/02/2011 03:44:29 PM 997 Views
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