She is stronger than Moiraine and co. always has been. Why would that be strange? I found a bit stranger that she is stronger than Egwene/Elayne but not impossible.
Or do you mean that it's strange she does not fit on the old ranking system?
I ignore the number in parentheses.
What those mean? There are a few surprising things for me.
Cadsuane (5) is stronger than Elayne/Egwene (8) by far, and almost as strong as Nyneave(4).
Aviendha (11) is weaker than Elayne/Egwene though I remember from the books that their potentials was...
As you know The Wheel Time Companion is coming next month. You can find excerpt on Tor web site
And amazon(http://www.amazon.com/The-Wheel-Time-Companion-Bestselling) allows browse parts of the book, but also you can search it.
And you can search even in parts where you cannot browse. So I...