glad i am to be able to say hi, these are fun to read, as far as elaines evils i would say that three things, she is Elaidas long lost sister lol, that's not a bad thing although its not nescesarily good at times i like elaida more and more that i would not have expected lol, egwene really has disspaointed me after she went to far with her attacks onnynaeve who i used to have issues with her seeming to be barging in and stopping the story in book one lol, that said i have a feeling that given a few more years egwene would have been a character that was more even tempeored like nynaeve, alas, she was tainted by fain, as was elaida.

as for elaidas good, i would say three things, she saved her life from Rhavin as well as protecting Elaine and guiding her on a path to the green ironicly, this lead to her love of Rand, so you could argue her attempts at power gain actually benefited the wheel, she also ironicly saved suin sanche from the taint from fains evil of mistrust which is a huge gift from her

that said, elaida and egwene were both amyrlins both illegally, because elaida was elected without a sufficient number due to the black ajah in her votes

this means fains control over the world was on both sides of the twoers factions and the white cloaks efforts which is hilarious