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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 1683 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 1034 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1214 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 877 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 344 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 979 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 814 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 737 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 714 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 321 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 659 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 652 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 774 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 331 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 327 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 323 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 329 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 931 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 735 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 312 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 685 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 740 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 772 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 763 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 693 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 748 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 748 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 834 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 737 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 743 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 779 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:11:46 AM 756 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 06:13:26 PM 825 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 761 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 711 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 753 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 802 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 810 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 763 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 981 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 942 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 651 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 316 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 350 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 310 Views

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