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
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BS said...
21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM
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Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there.
21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM
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IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters
21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM
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IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM*
21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM
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Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters
21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM
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I don't know
21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM
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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
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she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of
21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM
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She's in the top 0.05% *NM*
21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM
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Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength?
21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM
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So, in terms of Nynaeve's power, do you think she is VERY rare? *NM*
21/11/2009 06:23:14 PM
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Yes. She is so rare that she is mythic. A foiled Nynaeve can prolly fetch $100.
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21/11/2009 09:59:28 PM
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So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM*
21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM
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Well...
21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM
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I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand...
22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM
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I agree with you!
23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM
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Re: I agree with you!
23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM
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Re: I agree with you!
25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM
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Re: I agree with you!
26/11/2009 07:36:38 PM
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Hmmm...
26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM
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Re: Hmmm...
27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM
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Re: Hmmm...
27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM
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Re: Hmmm...
30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM
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Don't forget Therava. She's stronger than any woman in the tower according to Galina.
28/11/2009 09:41:10 PM
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Re: Don't forget Therava. She's stronger than any woman in the tower according to Galina.
29/11/2009 12:40:02 AM
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Fionwe1987 is right. We do have a large enough sample. And the linking examples are good. *NM*
28/11/2009 09:32:14 PM
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