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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 1479 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 851 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1037 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 717 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 270 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 820 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 656 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 585 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 545 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 255 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 516 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 493 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 603 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 255 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 258 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 235 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 250 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 695 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 570 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 245 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 503 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 562 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 612 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 605 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 529 Views
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Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 553 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 663 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 552 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 570 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 548 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:53:11 PM 575 Views
Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 520 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 539 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 607 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 621 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 594 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 813 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 748 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 497 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 251 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 273 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 231 Views

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