Amyrlin Seat

Amyrlin Seat

The Amyrlin Seat is a fictional title from Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series.

The Amyrlin Seat, or Amyrlin as it is often shortened to, is the leader of the Aes Sedai in Tar Valon. The term can also refer to the actual seat upon which the Amyrlin sits. She is chosen by the Hall of the Tower for life, and forsakes her former Ajah to be seen as "from all Ajahs and yet of none." Hers is the supreme authority among the Aes Sedai, although she can be deposed for malfeasance by the Sitters in the Hall.

It is a position held only by a female who can channel, and presumably only by one who belongs to the White Tower. White Tower law considers the Amyrlin Seat to be an Aes Sedai after having been raised, but does not require it as a "prerequisite" for raising. This loophole was used to raise Egwene al'Vere to the position by the Salidar Aes Sedai.

In the Age of Legends, Aes Sedai who sat as the "First Among Servants" (such as Lews Therin Telamon) were the equivalent of the modern-day Amyrlin Seat. These Firsts wore the "ring of the Tamyrlin". "Amyrlin" is presumably a corruption of this Old Tongue word, though the likely reality is that it is a literary allusion to Merlyn the Magician, just as Tar Valon is an allusion to Avalon.

List of Amyrlin Seats from FY 939:

#Bonwhin Meraighdin (Red Ajah)
#Deane Aryman (Blue Ajah)
#Selame Necoine (Green Ajah)
#Rabayn Marushta (White Ajah)
#Dalaine Ndaye (Gray Ajah)
#Edarna Noregovna (Blue Ajah)
#Balladare Arandaille (Brown Ajah)
#Medanor Eramandos (Gray Ajah)
#Kiyosa Natomo (Green Ajah)
#Catala Lucanvalle (Yellow Ajah)
#Elise Strang (Gray Ajah)
#Comarra Zepava (Blue Ajah)
#Serenia Latar (Gray Ajah)
#Doniella Alievin (Brown Ajah)
#Aliane Senican (White Ajah)
#Suilin Escanda (Blue Ajah)
#Nirelle Coidevwin (Green Ajah)
#Ishara Nawan (Blue Ajah)
#Cerilla Marodred (Gray Ajah)
#Igaine Luin (Brown Ajah)
#Beryl Marle (White Ajah)
#Eldaya Tolen (Blue Ajah)
#Alvera Ramosanya (Yellow Ajah)
#Shein Chunla (Green Ajah)
#Gerra Kishar (Gray Ajah)
#Varuna Morrigan (Green Ajah)
#Cemaile Sorenthaine (Gray Ajah)
#Marasale Jureen (Yellow Ajah)
#Feragaine Saralman (Blue Ajah)
#Myriam Copan (Green Ajah)
#Zeranda Tyrim (Brown Ajah)
#Parenia Demalle (Gray Ajah)
#Sereille Bagand (White Ajah)
#Aleis Romlin (Green Ajah)
#Kirin Melway (Brown Ajah)
#Noane Masadim (Blue Ajah)
#Tamra Ospenya (Blue Ajah)
#Sierin Vayu (Gray Ajah)
#Marith Jaen (Blue Ajah)
#Siuan Sanche (Blue Ajah)
#Tower Split:
#*Elaida a'Roihan (Red Ajah) — Amyrlin of the Tower in Tar Valon
#*Egwene al'Vere (None) — Amyrlin of the Tower in Salidar.


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