https://www.reddit.com/r/whitecloaks/comments/rgewm2/this_means_that_wot_has_made_herstory_tvs_heir/
I really need to stop browsing WoT subs, I’ve been feeling liquified bits of my brain leaking out through my nose and ears for the past few days, it’s like staring directly into highly-radioactive material and just feeling your body start falling apart on the molecular level.
As you point out, the power rankings are mostly irrelevant
It’s kind of like power levels in Dragonball, except instead of just like standing there screaming for a hundred pages straight to power up they’re just like “aha, this random cowbell I found is actually a ten thousand year old magical crazy straw that allows me to triple my raw power when I drink magic through it!” (ok so it’s usually a ring or statuette or something, but the point stands).
The other girl you’re thinking of might be Elayne,
That sounds right. It’s been like oh fuck 18 years or so since I read any of the books, so the names are all a bit foggy even though I remember a lot of the worldbuilding and the broad strokes of the plot.
