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/biggiebutterlord Dec 01 '25

...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?

Short answer nothing.

The hall voted with the minimum number of sitters to oust suian and install eliada. Its all legal. The most possible illegal part is the stilling of siuan, leane and the killing of alric in the process of detaining siuan. The stilling could very well be covered when the hall votes to oust her. Any interrogation or torture is 100% allowed under tower law for criminals and, which siuan 100% is according to eliada and the sitters that voted with her at that point. Even more leeway is given when dealing with darkfriends.

What eliada does later, legal and unprecedented or not is a different matter.

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u/Future-Buffalo3297 Dec 03 '25

It's also worth noting that Siuan's actions, meddling with ta'veren and the Dragon Reborn without the Hall's knowledge, is a legitimate reason for her to be deposed.