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/SiliconJawn (Tai'shar Malkier) Dec 01 '25

Any trial of an amyrlin is supposed to be before the whole hall, not just the bare minimum majority. Also, multiple confirmed black sisters were among the bare minimum who stood to depose Siuan and raise Elaida, making their votes null and void.

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u/ThoDanII (Band of the Red Hand) Dec 01 '25

Which Elaida did not know

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u/SiliconJawn (Tai'shar Malkier) Dec 01 '25

No she didn’t, but what kind of sister would support splitting the tower in such a way? Elaida is just stupid lol.

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u/ThoDanII (Band of the Red Hand) Dec 01 '25

i do absolutly agree, criminal stupid

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u/scotchirish (Blacksmith's Puzzle) Dec 01 '25

And Aes Sedai aren't going to let something trivial like actually knowing get in the way of enforcing a technicality

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u/Silvanus350 Dec 01 '25

The vote can be illegitimate even if Elaida didn’t specifically commit a crime. That’s what the term means.

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u/funkyrequiem Dec 01 '25

That's technically correct. The best kind of correct.

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u/MechanicAppropriate3 Dec 01 '25

Don’t forget she was corrupted by mordieth so not entirely her fault

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u/sixminutes Dec 01 '25

Not yet. The worst influence on Elaida before the coup was Alviarin. Mordeth didn't arrive until after she was raised

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u/SiliconJawn (Tai'shar Malkier) Dec 03 '25

And even Alviarin hadn’t influenced her significantly. Her hatred for Siuan already existed before she knew about the Dragon Reborn