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That book is hated by WoT fans for a good reason. It's horrible, and a waste of money.

Bah. You can find all the information you need on Encyclopedia WoT. The only thing I found interesting about the big white book was its section on the AoL. Otherwise, a simple visit to WoTmania or any other big WoT site gives you more than enough information.

heart heart heart *Glomps* Mah Mrii!!! Tar Valon is where the Tower is. The cities are on the map!!! lol. Just look around and they are there, or search Wheel of Time map on Google images and you will get a bagillion of them that may have more detail. ^_^ ...Have you done the symbols... xd I luff you, I'm just playing

LOL. Yeah, she's mah' buddy. lol. sad pandas and writing utensils... ^_^

????? That's probably an inside joke.

lol. Yeah, it is. Sorry 'bout that. ^_^ I feel so heart ed that some of my friends are joining. whee

((Hope you don't mind me adding an entry to your list Az!))

The "How to"s of WoT

I figured we'd need these sooner or later...so we might as well have them.

How a meeting of the Hall of the Tower goes.

Notes:

-the Amyrlin is always informed of the Hall sitting. However, nothing forbids them from starting before she arrives.

-It is law that the Amyrlin cannot enter the Hall without being properly announced by the Keeper of the Chronicles.

-I couldn't find the exact thing, but I know the ritual phrases go along these lines. "She comes, she comes...the Flame of Tar Valon, the Amyrlin Seat."

-The Keeper usually cannot enter the Hall without the Amyrlin.

- Traditionally, the Keeper does not participate in discussions. After announcing, she typically only speaks to signal attention to the Amyrlin, to bring order back to the Hall in cases of..er...heated..debate, to ask general questions, announce witnesses or others to come into the Hall, or to read aloud articles relating to the topic. In short, most of the time, nothing she says actually has any relation to the decision.

-The two oldest Sitters (in terms of how long they've served) get to have their Ajah sit closest to their Amyrlin. After this, it depends on who gets there first and wants to sit where.

- Generally, out of an Ajah's Sitters, the sister who sits in the middle seat for her Ajah has the greatest respect. ((At least I think so.)) Different Ajahs and sisters do this differently.

- Most decisions require the greater consensus. After this, the lesser consensus will be asked to stand. It is customary for them to do so, but not required.

- Either the Amyrlin or the Keeper may ask the ritual questions (Who's in favor? Who's not? Why? etc.). This is up to the Amyrlin.

ORDER OF MEETING

1) The Keeper enters (with the whole official outfit: thin blue stole, golden staff of the Keeper, etc.). She goes to the dais of the Amyrlin Seat and stands at the base of it.

2) She then announces the Amyrlin by saying the ritual phrases. "She comes, the Watcher of the Seals. The Flame of Tar Valon. The Amyrlin Seat. She comes, she comes. Attend you all, for she comes!." She hits the marble floor with her staff 3 times to finish.

3) The Amyrlin enters and all the Sitters are to stand. She walks across the flame in the center of the floor, and makes her way to the Seat. She then sits down.

4) The Keeper announces, "What is brought before the Hall of the Tower is for the Hall alone to consider. Whosoever intrudes unbidden, woman or man, initiate or outsider, whether they come in peace or in anger, I will bind according to the law, to face the law. Know that what I speak is true; it will and shall be done."

5) The Amyrlin is to nod, and at that point, the Sitters may retake their seats in their respective Ajah's section of the Hall.

6) Then, the meeting begins. The matters will be discussed in order, starting with the Amyrlin and moving downwards by age. To decide a situation, the situation will be posed and those in favor will be asked to stand. If it is the greater consensus, the decision passes. If not, it may either be rejected, or else it may be re-opened for discussion and re-voted upon. At any point, the Amyrlin may stop the repeating process and set the most recently taken vote as the Hall's decision.

7) After everything is said and done, someone (I guess the Amyrlin) declares the sitting complete, and everyone is free to go!!

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((Wow...that took a lot longer than I expected. I'll add the novice raising and Accepted raising later!))

Thank you! This is very nice as I need to brush up every once in a while, and I don't own the books. In fact, I don't plan on reading the books again, because it just takes way too long! It took me 2 weeks to read all of them! Usually it only takes me a few days or so to read books, so I was very glad when I was done with them. I will read the eleventh one when it comes out though.

that sounds good, i want to know what happens with Mat and the Daughter of the Nine Moons