If you read it in context, the list he is referring to is a female list...
Shannow Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 07:41:18 PM
There will be much more to come, but I just posted the details of my Q&A time with Brandon over on the 13th depository.
Sidious - this is a must read for you. Brandon is pretty forthcoming on strength issues. You should find people to ask more of these questions.
Have fun with it all!
Sidious - this is a must read for you. Brandon is pretty forthcoming on strength issues. You should find people to ask more of these questions.
Have fun with it all!
How can Cyndane be very, very weak in the Power?
And is he sure or not sure about the Semirahge vs Nynaeve strength comparison? Why does he say "he is pretty sure Nynaeve is stronger?" Either she is or she isn't.
Also, who are the six women stronger than Nynaeve then, if Semirhage isn't one of them?
I wonder if he knows what he's talking about. I think BS needs to have a good look at that strength list of RJ's before guessing about these things.
RJ has a list of all the channeler’s strengths. On that list, only 6 people are stronger than Nynaeve.
That sounds like a fact, not a guess. Also, no matter how hard I look, I can't see the word woman anywhere. Only that "only 6 people are stronger than Nynaeve". It's certainly possible that the list is separated between men and women, but IMO it sounds like it isnt.
Rand, Moridin, Demandred, Graendal, Cyndane, Sammael?
My view is that he remembers there are 6 people above Nynaeve, but he can't remember who exactly they all are.
We definitely have Lanfear, Alivia and Sharina.
That leaves 3. Normally, I would have said they are Cyndane, Graendal and Semirhage. But BS seems to think Semirhage is just below Nynaeve. Although he isn't 100% sure.
As for Graendal, well, if Cyndane is "very, very weak", then Graendal is even weaker, so that would put both of them below Nynaeve. After all, if Nynaeve is of such exceptional strength, according to BS, then there is no way he can classify someone ABOVE her as being very, very weak.
He also clearly does not know from memory exactly where Mesaana lies - shocking, from my point of view.
Personally, I believe that when he goes and looks at the "new" list again, he will most likely see the following six names above Nynaeve.
Lanfear
Cyndane
Alivia
Semirhage
Graendal
Sharina
As for his comment about Cyndane being weak, well, I think he just totally confused her with someone else.
This message last edited by Shannow on 17/11/2009 at 07:45:08 PM
my Q&A and time spent with Brandon Sanderson
- 17/11/2009 04:23:32 PM
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Cyndane is "very, very weak"?!
- 17/11/2009 04:41:32 PM
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I asked Brandon to clarify last night in Pasadena about Cyndane
- 18/11/2009 05:22:14 PM
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Do you realise what this means! We now have a clear strength list among the female Forsaken...
- 18/11/2009 05:42:51 PM
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That means, though
- 18/11/2009 05:48:15 PM
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I've started a new thread, giving the new, DEFINITIVE female Forsaken strength list. Yay!!! *NM*
- 18/11/2009 05:58:03 PM
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Re: Do you realise what this means! We now have a clear strength list among the female Forsaken...
- 18/11/2009 09:27:06 PM
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I apparently have to Log In to read this.
- 17/11/2009 05:33:03 PM
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You don't need the email confirmation!
- 17/11/2009 05:36:40 PM
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Hm. I could have sworn I saw something about an email confirmation. Thanks. *NM*
- 17/11/2009 05:38:14 PM
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The strength comparisons don't make sense...
- 17/11/2009 06:26:05 PM
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Re: The strength comparisons don't make sense...
- 17/11/2009 06:55:39 PM
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If you read it in context, the list he is referring to is a female list...
- 17/11/2009 07:41:18 PM
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I don't think...
- 17/11/2009 07:48:36 PM
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How do we explain BS stating that he is "pretty sure Nynaeve is stronger than Semirhage?"
- 17/11/2009 07:51:39 PM
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forgetting Cyndane, it does
- 17/11/2009 08:56:16 PM
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No Forsaken knew, when the Cleansing would happen...
- 17/11/2009 09:43:04 PM
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Re: No Forsaken knew, when the Cleansing would happen...
- 17/11/2009 09:48:31 PM
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Talaan and Someryn are pure guesses from Dom...
- 17/11/2009 10:06:56 PM
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Elayne at the beginning of PoD thinks Talaan is at least as great as Nyn
- 18/11/2009 12:23:31 AM
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Thanks Ken!
- 17/11/2009 07:07:03 PM
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It almost has to be Justice
- 17/11/2009 07:30:32 PM
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But here's the thing....
- 17/11/2009 10:27:55 PM
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I think the clues still point to it being Justice
- 17/11/2009 10:37:44 PM
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I was just making argument
- 17/11/2009 11:05:18 PM
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Guaire Amalasan!
- 18/11/2009 12:50:09 AM
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Maybe Hawkwing took Justice from Amalasan after the Battle of the Jolvaine Pass?
- 18/11/2009 02:09:03 AM
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That was the crazy part - I named him as one of LitN's "other channelers producing weapons". 
- 18/11/2009 02:17:25 AM
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- 18/11/2009 02:17:25 AM
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And I appreciate your arguments!
- 18/11/2009 08:49:55 AM
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Perhaps it's a "Sword for the Ages"
- 18/11/2009 09:26:00 AM
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Thank you Ken for the report. You aren't pulling our leg are you?
- 17/11/2009 11:11:48 PM
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Re: Thank you Ken for the report. You aren't pulling our leg are you?
- 17/11/2009 11:26:30 PM
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Who is the Aiel chick with all the one power strength? I forget who, but she is Shaido. *NM*
- 17/11/2009 11:34:42 PM
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One of the women stronger than Nynaeve is probably a Sharan
- 17/11/2009 11:53:12 PM
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don't read too much into this
- 18/11/2009 12:00:19 AM
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It could be true
- 18/11/2009 02:14:50 AM
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This is RJ's Wheel of Time we're talking about. Not David Eddings. *NM*
- 18/11/2009 02:18:08 AM
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*NM*
- 18/11/2009 02:18:08 AM
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