Thanks



I'll go for 100. That's still a lot of Egwene's in the world.



Heh... Pamela. My main problem is that we don't have conclusive proof of anything, but the fact that there are even a few women of Egwene's strength imply that there are others out there.



I think that's a weak point. Cadsuane's reputation is about ego - she basically admits it when she compares herself to Semirhage. Semirhage is enormously powerful but she spends more time nurturing her reputation as the Lady of Pain.



The disobedience had nothing to do with strength - the three women have never deferred to one another. Elayne was saying that she'd disobey Nynaeve no matter what she said. As for the shielding question, it's a theory out there that Nynaeve wasn't concentrating and hurled an unprepared weave at Elayne. Without her block, and with some decent weaving, she would have easily succeeded. It's true I can't refute your point, but then we've seen that Nynaeve can cut off Moghedien and Talaan with her ability, and they are verifiably stronger than Elayne.



But Moghedien was addressing both her and Nynaeve. It's unlikely the comments were reserved for Elayne. I think they have about 2/3 of the Forsaken's power i.e. 40 vs 60 out of 100.



Which is irrelevant when you see how powerful even small angreal can be. With an angreal of no remarkable strength, Elayne could draw twice what Nynaeve could.



It's easy to say that Moiraine is wrong, but on the other hand, it's almost the only quote we've got on their relative strengths. Moiraine might not know dung about the Forsaken and their power, but even she can measure the girl's different potentials.