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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 1529 Views
BS said... - 21/11/2009 02:57:58 PM 879 Views
Actually, you are adding a word that isn't there. - 21/11/2009 03:47:48 PM 1064 Views
IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 03:58:33 PM 746 Views
IMO, the above post by "Logain" is trolling and not worth the debating!! *NM* - 21/11/2009 04:01:08 PM 283 Views
I have a valid reason for asking. - 21/11/2009 04:05:52 PM 848 Views
I can assure you... - 21/11/2009 04:47:18 PM 688 Views
Re: IMO, it's self evident that the female list only contains named characters - 21/11/2009 04:09:58 PM 615 Views
I don't know - 21/11/2009 04:17:02 PM 576 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 269 Views
This sounds semi-mystical... - 24/11/2009 04:45:52 PM 543 Views
Also, if they were that strong, they would then be important. - 29/11/2009 05:24:35 PM 525 Views
she's in the top 0.1% of channelers we know of - 21/11/2009 03:01:02 PM 637 Views
She's in the top 0.05% *NM* - 21/11/2009 11:41:42 PM 268 Views
so shes also in the top 0.1%? *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:04:00 AM 270 Views
Of course. My figure is more exclusive. *NM* - 22/11/2009 12:23:23 AM 247 Views
Yes *NM* - 21/11/2009 03:56:12 PM 262 Views
Yes, though obviously Etzel is right. - 21/11/2009 04:08:41 PM 790 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? - 21/11/2009 06:00:29 PM 593 Views
So what's the point? Why the quotes? *NM* - 21/11/2009 10:24:37 PM 256 Views
Re: So what's the point? Why the quotes? - 24/11/2009 07:31:37 PM 531 Views
Actually... what Graenal says - 25/11/2009 09:39:05 PM 590 Views
Well... - 21/11/2009 11:44:40 PM 640 Views
I really doubt Nynaeve strength channelers are one in thousand... - 22/11/2009 12:09:15 AM 631 Views
I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 12:48:35 AM 555 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 23/11/2009 03:56:14 AM 597 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 25/11/2009 05:50:06 PM 582 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 05:10:22 PM 698 Views
Re: I agree with you! - 26/11/2009 07:22:30 PM 586 Views
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Hmmm... - 26/11/2009 10:38:44 PM 600 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:36:59 AM 620 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:23:59 PM 577 Views
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Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 05:40:50 AM 642 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 27/11/2009 04:42:36 PM 647 Views
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Re: not being able to shield Elayne - 28/11/2009 09:46:24 PM 550 Views
Yes, the incidents rather cancel each other out IMO - 29/11/2009 12:55:04 AM 620 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 04:44:41 AM 635 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 05:50:37 AM 654 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:09:24 PM 624 Views
This is our never ending debate ... at least it's a good one - 01/12/2009 03:31:40 PM 844 Views
Re: Hmmm... - 30/11/2009 08:57:50 PM 778 Views
Re: Well... - 24/11/2009 07:41:57 PM 525 Views
Re: Is Nynaeve of "very rare" strength? Yes *NM* - 22/11/2009 05:29:17 AM 262 Views
Yes. *NM* - 24/11/2009 05:56:17 PM 285 Views
Yes. *NM* - 25/11/2009 06:22:09 PM 244 Views

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