Starting out at Moiraine's strength meant starting out at barely 30% of her full potential! - Edit 1
Before modification by Shannow at 05/02/2011 07:06:28 AM
All 3 are forced but Elayne and Egwene have far more to grow in terms of % of total strength than Nynaeve. It's clear that Elayne is maybe 50% of Egwene after Egwene's damane training, so maybe in the ballpark of Verin to Egwene's Moiraine. We see that from the text.
The Forsaken scoff at Moghedien's cowardice, not outright about her strength. Her methods they find contemptible not her actual OP level. The closest comment about her strength is Graendal's comment that Moghedien was jealous of anyone stronger, which actually alludes to her being an idiot since there are obviously so few people stronger. Moghedien has specialized skills and, but judges things on raw power where the other FS judge on skill... Lancer fought off an enemy more than 2x her strength based on skill... Moghedien, if she was more skilled, should have been able to do the same. Not one comment from a FS says that Moghedien is weak in the Power, only a jealous coward.
Moghedien has at least had meetings with Graendal off screen... Graendal tells Sammael that she believed Moghedien to be dead as she missed their last meeting.
Nynaeve channels regularly to nearly her maximum in almost every scene she's in, even well before her block is broken. There is no evidence that her block stunted her strength progression, only her skill progression.
The Forsaken scoff at Moghedien's cowardice, not outright about her strength. Her methods they find contemptible not her actual OP level. The closest comment about her strength is Graendal's comment that Moghedien was jealous of anyone stronger, which actually alludes to her being an idiot since there are obviously so few people stronger. Moghedien has specialized skills and, but judges things on raw power where the other FS judge on skill... Lancer fought off an enemy more than 2x her strength based on skill... Moghedien, if she was more skilled, should have been able to do the same. Not one comment from a FS says that Moghedien is weak in the Power, only a jealous coward.
Moghedien has at least had meetings with Graendal off screen... Graendal tells Sammael that she believed Moghedien to be dead as she missed their last meeting.
Nynaeve channels regularly to nearly her maximum in almost every scene she's in, even well before her block is broken. There is no evidence that her block stunted her strength progression, only her skill progression.
Meaning that with Egwene forced to 50% or more of her OWN potential after the damane experience, she is FARTHER advanced in terms of growth than Nynaeve is by that point.
Again, our disagreement is based on your overestimation of Moiraine's relative strength to the Forsaken.
By having Nynaeve already at Moiraine's strength early on, you therefore mistakenly believe that Nyneaeve was further advanced at that point than she truly was.
If Nynaeve is 85 on the female ladder, and Moiraine is 30, then Nynaeve was barely over 30% of her strength when she matched Moiraine, leaving 70% of her growth still to come.
Egwene, in turn, was at signficantly more than 50% of her own strength after she was forced. Hence, Egwene is further along than Nynaeve.