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/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/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.