Then Egwene has no reason not to mention Tiana is Black either! She could easily have said that straight out.

Frankly, if both the top executive positions under Egwene were filled out by Blacks, Egwene would have mentioned it when she read Verin's list. Both Sheriam and Moria received special mention because they were so high up in the Rebel Administration. Do you really think a Black who had a thousand Novices under her wouldn't have been mentioned either? That stretches belief, IMO.


To become Blacks? Certainly. But they never went out of their way to encourage Novices to improve despite the senior-most Sitter objecting! They followed the rules and quietly tried to draw women into joining the BA.


I'm talking about actions, you're talking about words and self-appeasing statements.

The point is that Tiana didn't merely do her job. She exceeded what she had to do. In fact, she ticked off Romanda to do it. Hardly the actions of a Black who wants to minimize suspicion.


Huh? That points to her not being Black. Why would a Black do something that will draw the attention of Sitters to her? A Black would likely stick to the status quo on these issues. Encouraging Healing more than necessary is hardly a great way of pushing women towards the Black.

She could certainly deny them the right to practice. In fact, traditional MoN's would frown on Novices performing Healing. Even Accepted are not allowed to do that!

I'm afraid all that's happened is that after seeing how very competent Silviana is as MoN, and after her own close contact with the Novices, Egwene decided that Tiana would just not suffice, and asked Silviana to pick a new one.