Present day Aes Sedai are organized into what is known as the White Tower. Others hold to the view that this was not as disastrous as if all the men had gone insane all at once.Ĭurrent Aes Sedai differ greatly from those from before the Breaking, most notably in their organization and their level of knowledge. It had not, and they went insane, prolonging the breaking of the world according to some.

While some of the men managed to find refuge in Ogier stedding (where they could not touch the Power, and therefore could harm no one and were protected from the effects of the taint), after a time they left the stedding hoping that the taint on saidin had disappeared. With the female Aes Sedai unable to control them, the men rampaged across the known world, boiling oceans, raising mountains where there were none, killing countless innocents. The Breaking Main article: Breaking of the World In the end, the Dragon, with the help of the Hundred Companions, sealed the Dark One and the Forsaken in his prison at Shayol Ghul, and the Dark One's final counterattack tainted saidin itself, eventually driving all male channelers mad. It is said that, during this time, almost half of all Aes Sedai went over to the Shadow. What followed was a general collapse of civilization over the course of 100-110 years, concluding in the War of Power. They were not entirely mistaken (see the True Power), but it allowed the Dark One to manipulate the darkest desires of those that lived in the Age of Legends. The researchers, headed by Mierin Eronaile, thought they had found a power that both men and women could wield. It was an Aes Sedai research team at the Collam Daan that ripped open the Dark One's prison. The Collapse and War of Power Main article: Collapse Main article: War of Power Additionally, due to the social structure of the Age of Legends being based on how well one served society, the Aes Sedai as an organization were held in extremely high regard and were very well respected due to the fact that, with the advantage of being able to channel, the Aes Sedai contributed extraordinarily to the betterment of humankind.

One thing is clear, however the greatest works were wrought by male and female channelers working together. Some of their lost Talents, such as Traveling and Dreaming, have only just been rediscovered. Women used saidar and men saidin, although it is believed that channelers in the Age of Legends were much stronger, or at least more knowledgeable, in the Power than their modern equivalents it is believed that they could fly, and things that would seem miraculous today were supposedly commonplace to them. They aided mankind as scientists, healers, and philosophers. In the Old Tongue, Aes Sedai (pronounced: /ˈaɪz sɛˈdaɪ/) means 'servants of all,' and the Aes Sedai of the Age of Legends lived up to this definition. Old Aes Sedai banner Age of Legends Main article: Aes Sedai (Age of Legends)

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