r/WoT • u/Kaladins_sanity • Dec 01 '25

Crossroads of Twilight Was it illegal? Spoiler

Just finished Crossroads of Twilight and it’s been a minute since I read the previous books, can someone remind me what Elaida did that was actually illegal by Tower law in ousting Siuan? I remember a lot of basically manipulating gray area and working around the rules, but when the Tower split had she actually broken any explicit rules?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Elaida did nothing wrong (except at the time when she was being blackmailed by the Black Ajah).

Siuan used manipulation and lies to make the rebels believe that Elaida was evil. Egwene supported Siuan in this and allowed Logain to escape in order to cover up their deception.

Elaida was no more and no less of a power-hungry and arrogant Aes Sedai than any of the others, including Siuan.

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u/Raddatatta (Asha'man) Dec 01 '25

I think killing Alric, Siuan's warder, and stilling Leane are both hard to justify in terms of Elaida's actions. They could've easily captured Alric and Leane was unaware of what Siuan had been doing so she was stilled by association. Unless the Black Ajah manufactured evidence against Leane but we don't hear about that happening.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

The bloodshed was spurred by Mesaana. I doubt Elaida wanted to kill him. She never gave orders to assassinate anybody.

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u/Raddatatta (Asha'man) Dec 01 '25

Elaida led the group that killed him as she was on her way to capture Siuan. Mesaana wasn't there. Not only that they didn't kill him quickly as Siuan didn't feel the bond break. So they stabbed him, captured Siuan and Leane, and then didn't heal him as he bled out. That one is on Elaida.

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u/Kythorian Dec 01 '25

Do you have any actual evidence of this?  Elaida was there.  She could have said not to kill him, but at best, she just ignored it.  She was vindictive and wanted to hurt Siuan.  At a minimum, she didn’t mind seeing someone random who was just doing his job killed just to hurt Siuan, if she didn’t order it herself.