Do not put words in my mouth please. I have consistently said I believe Lanfear is about 2x Moiraine, but I do not believe her to be "average" in any way. I think the Mean on the 21 level list is in fact around level 11, where, on my list, you will find women like Adeleas and Vandene. I do not follow Linda's assignments of levels. To me, Moiraine falls on 15, Cadsuane 18, Egwene 19 and the Forsaken at 20 and 21. Conversely, Daigian is at 9 and Sorilea 5 and Morgase 1 ... I do believe there is a relationship between the levels and volume of saidar which means Egwene, while 2 only levels below Lanfear will be only about 80% of her strength.

IMO the Bell Curve distribution is on the strength levels ... Fionwe seems to believe otherwise, and he has made some very compelling arguments over the years as RJ did not specify that, he just said strength. I reserve the right to be swayed in toward his arguments before I'd believe what you claim as his general notions of strength more closely align with mine.

Which leads me to my biggest argument with you and Sidious. The spread you put between the Forsaken and everyone else. I do not believe they are that much more powerful than the Strongest AS like Moiraine, who is pretty rare in overall Strength. Lanfear at 3x Moiraine may as well be a god in WoT world and there is no way the Cleansing happens the way it does if the Forsaken are that much stronger than those they faced coupled with the ocean of knowledge they have in comparison. Odds are most of the Forsaken were over matched in Strength by the circles they faced, but like Cyndane, superior training made all the difference. You'll note the only real fear any of them had was of the Circle controlling Callandor, which may well be the only thing that kept many of the AS circles alive.