Rivalry With Salidar
Elaida held the rebel Amyrlin, Egwene al'Vere, in the White Tower, and reduced her to the status of a novice, an action rarely taken by the Amyrlin unless called for by desperate measures. Beonin, a spy sent to Salidar under Elaida's direction, also returned recently and told Elaida of the plans of the rebel Aes Sedai, as well as showing Elaida the weaves for Skimming, Traveling, and a new form of Healing.
In The Gathering Storm, Elaida descends to new levels of cruelty and idiocy. She requests Egwene al'Vere to serve a dinner with many Sitters in attendance, manipulating Egwene to embarrass Elaida and accuse her of miscarriage of power as Amyrlin. Elaida attacks Egwene with the One Power and has her thrown in the dungeons, but the episode with the Sitters prompts the Hall to censure Elaida. Elaida only narrowly retains the stole after attempting to push blame for the incident onto Silviana, the Mistress of Novices.
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