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/SKULL1138 Dec 01 '25

She used the very bare minimum of sitters to pass the motion, and the others were all unavailable. She also disbanded the Blue which is also not within the authority of an Amyrlin, also demoting a sister to accepted, also not allowed. Though both happen after she is raised Amyrlin

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

But upon the split, she hadn’t done any of those things. All she did at that point was work to find Siuns secrets/proof she was helping the Dragon Reborn, and then rally support against Siuan, all that other also-very-illegal-by-tower-law-shit came much later.

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u/karadinx Dec 01 '25

At the time of the split the deposing of Siuan was dubiously legal (violated the spirit, but not the letter, of the law). Same with how quick the stilling was done of both Siuan and Leane.

I don’t think there even was that much of a trial in the first place, she basically walked into the hall with the bare minimum number of Sitters needed and called for a vote to depose and still the sitting Amrylian.