Black Tower Foretelling

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Elaida experienced a Foretelling in front of Alviarin Freidhen. Initially, the Foretelling seems to predict Elaida's ultimate triumph in her skirmishes against the Rebel Aes Sedai and the Black Tower, but in reality it almost certainly is a Foretelling about the triumphs of her enemies instead.

Contents 1 The Foretelling 2 The Breakdown 2.1 "The White Tower will be whole again,..." 2.2 "...except for remnants cast out and scorned,..." 2.3 "...whole and stronger then ever." 2.4 "Rand al'Thor will face the Amyrlin Seat and face her anger." 2.5 "The Black Tower will rent in blood and fire,..." 2.6 "...and sisters will walk its grounds." 3 Notes

[edit] The Foretelling

[edit] The Breakdown

What follows is a fan theory, breaking down the prophecy piece by piece.

[edit] "The White Tower will be whole again,..."

Spoilers: Information ahead comes from The Gathering Storm; please be careful if you have not read that book yet!
Fulfulled - Egwene al'Vere will be successful in becoming Amyrlin in the White Tower, deposing Elaida and reuniting it with the rebels.

[edit] "...except for remnants cast out and scorned,..."

Fulfilled

Spoilers: Information ahead comes from The Gathering Storm; please be careful if you have not read that book yet!
The Black Ajah will be cast out or killed through revelation of the efforts of Verin Mathwin.

Seaine Herimon and Pevara Tazanovni will achieved limited success in their investigation. Other remnants may include those who would continue to believe in Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan or those captured by either the Seanchan or the Aiel.

[edit] "...whole and stronger then ever."

Egwene al'Vere and Nynaeve al'Meara are arguably some the most powerful Aes Sedai of their time. The reunification of the White Tower with Egwene as Amyrlin may lead the Aes Sedai into a time where Aes Sedai will regain their former glory. She may even be able to forge some sort of a deal with Asha'man so that saidin and saidar may be used together as it was in the Age of Legends. This may come about as a result of Rand allowing some of the Salidar Aes Sedai to bond Asha'man and the Red Ajah changing their purpose to become facilitators of peace and communication between the White and Black Towers. This may also simply be referring to all the new novices now accepted to the tower as well as the unification of the Tower with other women who can channel, such as the Kin, the Aiel Wise Ones and the Sea Folk Windfinders.

[edit] "Rand al'Thor will face the Amyrlin Seat and face her anger."

For some reason Egwene and Rand al'Thor will have a falling-out over Rand's actions. One theory of this is that Egwene might find out that Rand has been entering Tel'aran'rhiod in the flesh and she might teach him a lesson in the dangers of Tel'aran'rhiod as she did to Nynaeve. This could also refer to the chain of events by which sisters were bonded against their will by the asha'man and egwenes anger over those events

[edit] "The Black Tower will rent in blood and fire,..."

• The Asha'man loyal to Mazrim Taim will battle those loyal to Logain Ablar and Rand. (Likely)

OR

• The Aes Sedai, mad at Rand through Egwene, destroy his Tower. (More Unlikely)

[edit] "...and sisters will walk its grounds."

• Aes Sedai walk through the remnants of what they destroyed, searching for anything of worth.

OR

• Aes Sedai, somehow appeased by Rand at the time, try to help the reconstruction or try to find the surviving Asha'man.

OR

• The Red Ajah will change their purpose from hunting men who channel to its opposite.

OR

• This part may have already been completed with sisters being bonded to the Asha'man and living on the Tower grounds

[edit] Notes