Elaida do

Prologue

Elaida — aliases: the Amyrlin Seat

Elaida observes the construction of her new palace from her high quarters and reviews reports from her network, including news of Rand al'Thor's capture by Galina Casban. She orders Toveine Gazal to lead fifty sisters and two hundred guards to attack the Black Tower in Caemlyn and commands the retrieval of Elayne Trakand and Nynaeve al'Meara from Ebou Dar. She experiences a Foretelling that predicts the crushing of the rebels and the salvation of the Tower, maintaining her belief in her own invincibility despite the approaching rebel army.

Chapter 32 - Sealed to the Flame

Elaida / Mother / Elaida do — aliases: Amyrlin, Amyrlin Seat

Elaida endures a dream of her triumph over the rebels before waking to hear Alviarin's report on the loss of Galina's party and the danger of the Asha'man. Coerced by Alviarin's threat to her position, she accepts orders to investigate sisters for stolen angreal and to increase the Tower Guard. She later commands Seaine to conduct a secret inquiry into treason, which Seaine interprets as a hunt for the Black Ajah.