I think that Sheriam would know the potential strength of Nynaeve and Sharina. It has been remarked on as being greater than any other Aes Sedai. She is so over-awed by the strength of the woman outside her tent that I feel Mesaana must be stronger than those two.
As you say this is correct, the above poster forgot about this.
In the Prologue to LOC, Mesaana thinks to herself that she matched well with Semirhage. So Semirhage would be stronger than Nynaeve too.
I think it is a fair assumption to make that this is someone inferior trying to boost themself up, she is trying to make herself sound just as strong as Semi. She fears Semi, but probably does match up well with her having stronger capabilities in some areas than Semi perhaps.
In TSR where Nynaeve fights Moghedian and later in TFOH where she captures her, I did not think that Nynaeve was stronger. I thought that she was close to Moghedian's strength but won by using her wits. Didn't she throw something at Moghedian that distracted her in the TSR fight? And putting the TAR adam on Moghedian in TFOH was pure quick thinking.
If anything Nynaeve was just fractionally stronger then, and at most has gotten just a tad bit stronger since then, since she was near her max strength at such an early juncture in the story.
Moghedian escaped in TSR with 1 channeler shieding her. Was this only because that shield was tied off? Perhaps 1-2 chanellers could hold Semirhage as long as it remained ongoing and not tied off.
yes it was. As we heard from LTT the age of legends channelers had knowledge of how to escape from a tied off weave, but breaking out of a held/maintained shield was another matter.
Semirhage's strength in the Power...
12/11/2009 06:57:37 AM
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No you did not...
12/11/2009 07:27:06 AM
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I'll look again tonight, but I'm sure Nynaeve made a comment...
12/11/2009 07:33:29 AM
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Actually, Nynaeave is far stronger than Moghedian now
12/11/2009 12:30:29 PM
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We DON'T know that Graendal is stronger than Semirhage and Mesaana...
12/11/2009 12:48:32 PM
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Inconsistency?
12/11/2009 08:53:39 AM
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Holding a shield vs. making one...
12/11/2009 03:19:09 PM
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Don't they clearly say one single would suffice but they used 2 for
13/11/2009 04:57:15 AM
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To HOLD her. Didn't I make the distinction clear?
13/11/2009 05:04:58 AM
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Reducing the number of people holding the shield, reduces the strength of the shield correspondingly
13/11/2009 07:15:24 AM
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Not necessarily true (Plus, another possibility)...
13/11/2009 07:43:37 AM
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I agree about the angreal, but not the 1 woman shield part...
13/11/2009 07:50:26 AM
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Agree to disagree?
13/11/2009 08:07:59 AM
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Sure, just a couple of points...
13/11/2009 08:18:15 AM
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Re: Sure, just a couple of points...
13/11/2009 08:51:28 AM
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Interesting concept...
13/11/2009 08:59:53 AM
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The answer lies in a fundamental difference between spinning and maintaining a weave...
13/11/2009 09:33:00 AM
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Yeah, I posted on this
12/11/2009 08:53:26 PM
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Hmmm....
13/11/2009 12:42:37 AM
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Mesaana thought she matched Semirhage
13/11/2009 01:45:09 AM
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Agree with many points
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Re: Hmmm....
13/11/2009 06:56:56 AM
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I think Sanderson just doesn't have the interest and knowledge of relative strength that RJ did..
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Re: Hmmm....
13/11/2009 07:59:57 AM
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The reason behind our (certainly MY) hesitance to place Nynaeve too high, is Alivia...
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There is a simple answer... skill...
13/11/2009 08:21:25 AM
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Except that...
13/11/2009 08:49:15 AM
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What about Sharina?
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No evidence either way, but you leave a massive gap between Lanfear and the average Forsaken...
13/11/2009 09:31:27 AM
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I don't think it's massive
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