The Gathering Storm: Chapter 16

In The White Tower

Point of View: Egwene

Characters: Egwene,Miyasi,Ferane, Tesan

Setting: The White Tower

Egwene shells wallnuts for the three Whites. Ferane asks her what she would have done in Elaida's situation. Egwene says she would have sent sisters to Rand's home village to learn what sort of man he is. She tells them she knows Rand to be a good man at heart and would have sent sisters to offer guidance or spies if he rejected them. She tells them he has restored order to Cairhien, Tear and Illian and gained the respect of the Aiel. Ferane interprets this that Egwene would let him sow chaos,but she says witout information, what Elaida did was lunacy.

Ferane tells Egwene that she still has not said how she would deal with the situation. She says she would send three Aes Sedai to honor him, a Gray, a Blue and a Green. Tesan is impressed with her logic. Egwene says that Elaida's delegation is flawed because it was sent by a Red and that she can't see the logic of raising a Red to Amyrlin in the days of the Dragon Reborn, as they "deal with", not "work with" men. Ferame sees the sense in this.

Egwene mentions that because of Elaida's bungling he has taken some Aes Sedai captive and allowed others to be bonded by Asha'man. Egene tells her that they can't deal with Rand until the White Tower is mended. Ferane says that by continuing to claim to be Amyrlin, Egwene maintains the division. Egwene replies that even if she renounced the role and persuaded the rebels to accept Elaida, the internal divisions would still hold.

...To be continued

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