Well yes, I would agree that the weakest Forsaken are at about 85% (except Moghedien)and that the strongest are at 100%, but I would suggest that there are three levels. Remember, if we never knew about Cyndane we would assume that there are the strong Forsaken, like Lanfear, and weaker ones like Mesaana, so we'd have two levels. But we do have Cyndane, and we know that she can fit in between Lanfear and Graendal, which proves that these other levels probably do exist. We also know that six women exist who exceed Nynaeve in power, and based on the quotes Graendal should probably be one of them - meaning that there are three levels above Nynaeve. I would agree though that Nynaeve is 90% as strong as anyone.


This I will never agree on. Egwene is far weaker than the Forsaken level channelers. We know this, you just don't want to believe it. Egwene makes two statements in Salidar...

1. She is unsure how she would fare against a Forsaken even linked with Romanda and Lelaine.
2. Nynaeve is the only woman in Salidar who can face the Forsaken.

The proportionality is obvious. IMO Nynaeve is much stronger than Egwene, and my educated guess is in the region of 30%. We even know that women exist who are stronger than Egwene, like Tamela and Viendre, who are not of Forsaken power like Nynaeve is.



That is why I believe that all of the Forsaken are within 15% of strength of Ishamael/Lanfear. If not, they would have been killed. Mesaana is probably on 85%. Moghedien, IMO, is sitting at 70% or so. She states that in the AOL she was considered too weak to be a threat until she actually killed the person. That is prima facie evidence that the gap between her and higher powers is considerable. We also know that she never attended Forsaken meetings in the series until she was mindtrapped, and then she was under Moridin's protection. She most likely suspected assassination and therefore had to spy on the meetings with subtlety.


Moiraine still shows fallibility. She becomes faint when she uses large amounts of the Power for Earth/Fire. She also relies on an angreal for large parts of the first half of the series. I think by the time you get to Egwene's strength you show little deficiency with saidar.



Egwene is much too strong. Egwene + Romanda/Lelaine should equal Lanfear's strength. Egwene x2 should be about 120% of Lanfear's strength.


If Egwene thinks that Nynaeve can face one of the Forsaken, then we have to assume that in a circle with Romanda and Lelaine she is close to high Forsaken strength, not above it.