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| - The White Tower Schism began in 999 NE when the Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche was deposed and stilled by a group of Sitters and others led by Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan. The action led to fighting among sisters and Warders in the White Tower and those sisters opposed to Elaida fleeing to Salidar. The Salidar Rebels set up their own Hall of the Tower, which eventually elected Egwene al'Vere as Amyrlin. Therefore, there were during this period two rival power structures, one in the Tower and one in Salidar, each with its own Amyrlin, Keeper of the Chronicles, Sitters, Mistress of Novices, and Ajah Heads.
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| - The White Tower Schism began in 999 NE when the Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche was deposed and stilled by a group of Sitters and others led by Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan. The action led to fighting among sisters and Warders in the White Tower and those sisters opposed to Elaida fleeing to Salidar. The Salidar Rebels set up their own Hall of the Tower, which eventually elected Egwene al'Vere as Amyrlin. Therefore, there were during this period two rival power structures, one in the Tower and one in Salidar, each with its own Amyrlin, Keeper of the Chronicles, Sitters, Mistress of Novices, and Ajah Heads. While both groups lacked one of the seven Ajahs, they each treated the situation differently. In the Tower, Elaida dissolved the Blue Ajah, so the Blue seats and the blue portions of the symbols of the Tower and the Hall were removed. In the Rebel Hall, three empty red benches were present at every sitting. This difference generally had no effect on voting thresholds because (aside from votes to raise an Amyrlin, which are unique), the matters voted on in the books' events were lesser consensus issues, which do not require each Ajah to be present. The smaller size of the Tower Hall was relevant because it allowed it to raise Egwene to the Amyrlin Seat with only 11 Sitters present, which wouldn't have been possible before.
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