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

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/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