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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 1722 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1076 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1264 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 918 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 362 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 1020 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 852 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 783 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 752 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 339 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 702 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 687 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 823 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 348 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 343 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 341 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 345 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 969 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 776 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 332 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 730 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 772 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 820 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 802 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 737 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 793 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 788 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 872 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 774 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM 729 Views
Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 778 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 824 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 796 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 788 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 871 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 820 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 838 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 804 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 748 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 790 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 841 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 849 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 809 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 1016 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 982 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 691 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 335 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 365 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 325 Views

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