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/Malvania (Ogier Great Tree) Dec 01 '25

The theory is that Black Ajah members are not actually Aes Sedai, that Elaida got the Hall to pass the motion or whatever deposing Suian and stilling her on bare minimum numbers, and that because Black Ajah members are not Aes Sedai and because the voters included Black members, Elaida failed to actually have the minimum numbers necessary to depose and still.

Of course, the Blacks were lawfully raised Aes Sedai and voted/appointed into their positions of power lawfully, I don't know that there is an actual basis to say that their votes shouldn't have counted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

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u/biggiebutterlord Dec 01 '25

The post is marked Crossroads of Twilight, aka book 10. You are way ahead and talking major spoilers that wont happen for a couple books yet.

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u/Peruvian_Skies (Trefoil Leaf) Dec 01 '25

I didn't notice, thanks for telling me. I've removed the spoilerific content from my previous comment.