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The Amyrlin Seat

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“Head Clerk” is the lead Aes Sedai of the Gray Ajah?? I’m sorry, that’s just a terrible title for any Aes Sedai, even for the diplomats. There are so many nameless clerks in WoT, always scurrying around and following orders, how do the Grays not find it offensive? At least they keep that sort of thing to themselves, so the other Ajahs won’t be pointing and laughing.

Captain-General, while a bit much, true, is a significantly better title. It’s actually cool!

I now have a column called “Data? WoT Data?” on thegreatblight.com, in which I continue my screentime deep-dives but also talk about other sort of data, like Nielsen TV ratings for the first season of the show, or some Ajah/MBTI correlations among the WoT community.

Feel free to check it out!

Red: male channeler police brutality ajah to male channeler outreach ajah? :/ I think this project is doomed given the Red Ajah’s institutional legacy but I wish Pevara the best

Green: can’t be the apocalypse prepper ajah anymore! No idea what they’re going to do now. Maybe peaceful apocalypse prep, like taking the long view on societal/environmental issues? New weaves and channeling-related technology development (Elayne’s influence?) I think people-centered exploration is the province of Greys but I could see Greens turning into scientists and engineers.

Yellow: still good, going to be very busy modernizing

Brown: also still good, there’s always a need for Browns. I see them squaring off with the Greens on who handles the ‘natural science’ research in the near future, though.

Blue: gonna keep doing their thing but maybe with more oversight? Both internally and externally.

White: if they made it this far I guess they’ll be fine, and applied metaphysics is a real thing in Wheelworld, so I would love to see some academic papers on the cleansing of saidin

It’s hard to say just how much effect Elaida disbanding the Blue Ajah had. It isn't clear exactly when it happened, but the Blue Ajah had already fled (or else were dead). The earliest reference I can find is in Crossroads of Twilight:

... and if Elaida unseating a former Blue as Amyrlin had enraged Lelaine, Elaida’s proclamation that the Blue Ajah was disbanded had made her near-rabid. (COT: 16)

Certainly it exacerbated the division between the Aes Sedai. It gave the rebel Aes Sedai -- both Blues and anyone who thought that Elaida had crossed yet another line -- further reason to continue with their so-called rebellion, and introduced a further point of contention when both sides sat down to negotiations. But it didn’t create those divisions. They already existed.