| abstract | - Egwene al'Vere's Council was set up so that she could be advised by a single sister from each of the six Ajahs among the Rebel Aes Sedai. The bulk of it was made up of the Salidar Six, minus Sheriam Bayanar who was already Egwene's Keeper of the Chronicles. The sixth member of the council was Nisao Dachen, who had also sworn an oath of allegiance to Egwene. She used the oaths they had sworn to her to force them to get themselves chosen as the representative of their respective Ajahs. This was no easy task for some of them, but they managed to do it. This meant that she was surrounded with advisors that she felt she could trust - as much as you can trust any Aes Sedai, at least. Curiously, the Council closely resembles the "seven women closely advising" the very first Amyrlin Seat, Elisane Tishar, the first Ajah Heads. It has been speculated that several on the Council were Ajah Heads - Anaiya of the Blue, Myrelle of the Green, Carlinya of the White and Morvrin among the Brown - and some of them truly proved to be, or showed strong evidence to be. In an eerie way, Elisane's council marked the beginning of an Age - and Egwene's council may be a signal of the coming end of an Age.
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