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Well... Sidious Send a noteboard - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM

I assume that this is some effort to see whether Graendal's statement on women of exceedingly rare strength applies to Nynaeve. Well, I don't think it does.

Although Nynaeve is one of the strongest women in the world, there are actually quote a few women with confirmed greater strength - Lanfear, Alivia and Sharina. Talaan matches her. Someryn, Graendal and Cyndane are all possible contenders to exceed her. RJ tends to have one Forsaken strength channeler from each race/faction, with one channeler of Nynaeve's strength in perhaps 1000 channelers i.e.

Aiel - Someryn
Tower - Nynaeve
Salidar - Sharina
Seafolk - Talaan
Seanchan - Alivia

I think the strength levels work in powers of ten...
- 1 in 10 - Moiraine strength
- 1 in 100 - Egwene strength
- 1 in 1000 - Nynaeve strength
- 1 in 10 000 - Graendal strength
- 1 in 100 000 - Lanfear strength

There is no answer to the question except to ask whether 1 in 1000 means rare, or very rare, or exceedingly rare to you. In context, Graendal's statement to me means that she met perhaps one or two women in her entire lifespan of over 400 years who exceeded her in strength, and thus Cyndane was exceedingly rare.

Your question is totally subjective, so it's up to the reader to decide.

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Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 02:53:22 PM 1774 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1128 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1334 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 982 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 392 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 1069 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 913 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 839 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 811 Views
I find it unlikely that a super strong channeler would end up being unimportant to the plot *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:54:43 PM 378 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 761 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 739 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 875 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 378 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 381 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 369 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 375 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 1038 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 833 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 359 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 778 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 828 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 868 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 851 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 798 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 852 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 840 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 925 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 829 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 831 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 876 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 847 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 839 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 929 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 870 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 891 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 860 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 805 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 844 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 900 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 898 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 855 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 1088 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 1033 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 755 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 367 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 393 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 349 Views

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