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Re: Thank you Ken for the report. You aren't pulling our leg are you? kcf Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 11:26:30 PM
It would be a fine joke if you were pulling our legs with the report. I've been fearful that sort of thing would happen at least once. Are you pulling our leg?


Nope - this is totally honest. The official report should go up at DM once it's written (one of the other SL is doing that).


Anyway, the one power strength quotes were these:

Taken in context, the "she" and "her" probably refer to Nynaeve, don't you agree?

Another thing to think about is whether the "new" list compares Nynaeve's current strength or Nynaeve's potential strength. That could change things in the discussion.


Yes, she and her refer to Nynaeve - I should have been more clear in my wording. Very few of the quotes from my report are direct quotes from Brandon. Brandon believes that Nynaeve is stronger than Semi, but only by a very little bit.

I think it's pretty well believed that Nynaeve is already at her potential (the cleansing surely put her there if she wasn't there already). But I would guess that any list of strength would be for full potential.

Your comments about Mesaana are interesting. Brandon seems to imply that it's almost as if the Forsaken have a different measuring stick to go by. Because many of the Forsaken are extremely strong, then Mesaana can look weak next to them. The way Brandon worded it, it still appears to be true that Mesaana is stronger than most regular Aes Sedai.


Yes, relative to other forsaken, Mesaana is weak. Relative to AS, Mesaana is still incredibly strong - we get Sheriam's POV when she meets with Mesaana and Sheriam considers her incredibly strong. I would guess that while Mesaana isn't as strong as Nynaeve, she's still a good be stronger than Egwene and Elayne.

Something else to consider. I wonder if Brandon was distinguishing between quantity of one power that can be channeled, and overall "power." If "power" is measured by both quantity and skill, then that could change rankings as well. Anyway, I find your report to be really great. Thanks.


My impression is that we were talking about raw strength. There was no discussion on knowledge, reaction, and dexterity which would all come into play in an actual duel.

Did Brandon just say that Cyndane was very very weak (in general) or was he comparing Cyndane to her former self of Lanfear? In context the discussion first talked about Lanfear and then compared Cyndane to Lanfear. Maybe Brandon meant Cyndane is weak compared to Lanfear?


I asked about Cydane's power in relation to Nynaeve and he said much, much weaker. Cyndane is a very weak channeler. As pointed out, this isn't consistent with what we've seen previously in the text.
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my Q&A and time spent with Brandon Sanderson kcf - 17/11/2009 04:23:32 PM 2177 Views
Cyndane is "very, very weak"?! Etzel - 17/11/2009 04:41:32 PM 1041 Views
Maybe Asmo doesn't count as a Forsaken anymore and what is MAFO? Dragonsworn - 17/11/2009 05:35:05 PM 948 Views
MAFO refers to Maria, RJ's assistant. Kaldric - 17/11/2009 05:46:08 PM 3095 Views
Yes... Etzel - 17/11/2009 06:02:26 PM 1621 Views
I'm just reporting on the discussion kcf - 17/11/2009 09:04:56 PM 854 Views
I asked Brandon to clarify last night in Pasadena about Cyndane rhiane - 18/11/2009 05:22:14 PM 784 Views
Do you realise what this means! We now have a clear strength list among the female Forsaken... Shannow - 18/11/2009 05:42:51 PM 772 Views
That means, though Etzel - 18/11/2009 05:48:15 PM 714 Views
I've started a new thread, giving the new, DEFINITIVE female Forsaken strength list. Yay!!! *NM* Shannow - 18/11/2009 05:58:03 PM 401 Views
Re: Do you realise what this means! We now have a clear strength list among the female Forsaken... rhiane - 18/11/2009 09:27:06 PM 899 Views
Thanks! Etzel - 18/11/2009 05:50:35 PM 733 Views
That doesn't crush the Be'lal theories. rAndy aL - 19/11/2009 01:13:32 AM 696 Views
trust me, it does kcf - 19/11/2009 04:22:47 AM 708 Views
I apparently have to Log In to read this. Kaldric - 17/11/2009 05:33:03 PM 910 Views
You don't need the email confirmation! Dragonsworn - 17/11/2009 05:36:40 PM 886 Views
Hm. I could have sworn I saw something about an email confirmation. Thanks. *NM* Kaldric - 17/11/2009 05:38:14 PM 405 Views
Naw how about you quote it for us in a new post *NM* Lord o' Salv - 18/11/2009 12:18:52 AM 458 Views
The strength comparisons don't make sense... Shannow - 17/11/2009 06:26:05 PM 952 Views
Re: The strength comparisons don't make sense... Lordling - 17/11/2009 06:55:39 PM 771 Views
BS also says in this context... Etzel - 17/11/2009 07:05:25 PM 757 Views
If you read it in context, the list he is referring to is a female list... Shannow - 17/11/2009 07:41:18 PM 818 Views
I don't think... Etzel - 17/11/2009 07:48:36 PM 662 Views
How do we explain BS stating that he is "pretty sure Nynaeve is stronger than Semirhage?" Shannow - 17/11/2009 07:51:39 PM 1177 Views
Difficult... Etzel - 17/11/2009 07:58:41 PM 851 Views
Pahus! Yeah, you´re correct *NM* Lordling - 17/11/2009 07:59:49 PM 404 Views
Re: The strength comparisons don't make sense... Kaldric - 17/11/2009 07:22:38 PM 950 Views
I think he mis-spoke just a bit VTHokie - 17/11/2009 07:37:24 PM 661 Views
He wasn/t 100% sure of Semirhage... *NM* Shannow - 17/11/2009 07:44:11 PM 400 Views
forgetting Cyndane, it does kcf - 17/11/2009 08:56:16 PM 811 Views
No Forsaken knew, when the Cleansing would happen... Etzel - 17/11/2009 09:43:04 PM 880 Views
Re: No Forsaken knew, when the Cleansing would happen... kcf - 17/11/2009 09:48:31 PM 734 Views
Talaan and Someryn are pure guesses from Dom... Shannow - 17/11/2009 10:06:56 PM 840 Views
Elayne at the beginning of PoD thinks Talaan is at least as great as Nyn NaClH2O - 18/11/2009 12:23:31 AM 706 Views
She defeats her (eventually) guttering flame - 18/11/2009 06:08:08 AM 671 Views
Sharina for sure NaClH2O - 18/11/2009 12:10:08 AM 723 Views
Thanks Ken! Light in the Night - 17/11/2009 07:07:03 PM 702 Views
Re: Thanks Ken! Kaldric - 17/11/2009 07:30:07 PM 816 Views
It almost has to be Justice Matrimony Cauthon - 17/11/2009 07:30:32 PM 724 Views
I agree, Justice makes the most sense plotwise! *NM* Etzel - 17/11/2009 07:49:41 PM 497 Views
But here's the thing.... Light in the Night - 17/11/2009 10:27:55 PM 746 Views
I think the clues still point to it being Justice Matrimony Cauthon - 17/11/2009 10:37:44 PM 890 Views
I was just making argument Light in the Night - 17/11/2009 11:05:18 PM 760 Views
Guaire Amalasan! Legolas - 18/11/2009 12:50:09 AM 781 Views
Maybe Hawkwing took Justice from Amalasan after the Battle of the Jolvaine Pass? Werthead - 18/11/2009 02:09:03 AM 851 Views
That was the crazy part - I named him as one of LitN's "other channelers producing weapons". Legolas - 18/11/2009 02:17:25 AM 686 Views
Re: Guaire Amalasan! Light in the Night - 18/11/2009 09:18:37 AM 811 Views
And I appreciate your arguments! Matrimony Cauthon - 18/11/2009 08:49:55 AM 731 Views
Perhaps it's a "Sword for the Ages" Light in the Night - 18/11/2009 09:26:00 AM 645 Views
Where does it say it was found in water? guttering flame - 18/11/2009 09:36:52 AM 603 Views
Min's PoV said that it was found in water underneath a statue Matrimony Cauthon - 18/11/2009 09:47:12 AM 706 Views
Re: Thanks Ken! DomA - 17/11/2009 07:58:31 PM 773 Views
Re: Thanks Ken! kcf - 17/11/2009 09:07:23 PM 672 Views
Re: Thanks Ken! Light in the Night - 17/11/2009 10:41:27 PM 674 Views
Thank you Ken for the report. You aren't pulling our leg are you? Logain - 17/11/2009 11:11:48 PM 848 Views
Re: Thank you Ken for the report. You aren't pulling our leg are you? kcf - 17/11/2009 11:26:30 PM 730 Views
My theories of what Brandon could have meant about Cyndane. Logain - 17/11/2009 11:25:30 PM 824 Views
Who is the Aiel chick with all the one power strength? I forget who, but she is Shaido. *NM* Logain - 17/11/2009 11:34:42 PM 397 Views
Someryn *NM* kcf - 17/11/2009 11:38:42 PM 399 Views
One of the women stronger than Nynaeve is probably a Sharan Logain - 17/11/2009 11:53:12 PM 703 Views
don't read too much into this kcf - 18/11/2009 12:00:19 AM 674 Views
It could be true Logain - 18/11/2009 02:14:50 AM 723 Views
This is RJ's Wheel of Time we're talking about. Not David Eddings. *NM* Legolas - 18/11/2009 02:18:08 AM 384 Views
Cyndane's body guttering flame - 18/11/2009 06:22:45 AM 678 Views
Not her body, her identity - that she is Lanfear... Shannow - 18/11/2009 06:38:21 AM 653 Views
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