Center of power for the [Aes Sedai]. The south entrance is Tarlomen's Gate. The west entrance is the Alindrelle Gates. The west entrance is the Sunset Gate??

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! Employees

* [Laras] - head cook

! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In the [Guide]
## [Guide] - The construction of the White Tower and [Tar Valon] began in 98 AB. It was not completed until 202 AB.
## [Tor Website Q&A|Guide] - The roof of the White Tower is flat with a waist-high railing. It once held a garden but now is only used for observation.
# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch3] - The White Tower can accommodate four hundred [novices], two hundred [Accepted] and three thousand [Aes Sedai].
## [NS,Ch4] - The western entrance to the White Tower is the Sunset Gate.
## [NS,Ch9] - The chamber of the [oval ring] and the test for the shawl is in the lowest level of the White Tower.
## [NS,Ch13] - The White Tower has its own bank where many [Aes Sedai] deposit their annual stipend.
## [NS,Epilogue] - As [Moiraine] and [Lan] leave to continue the search, [Siuan] heads back to the White Tower to continue working with the [Blue Ajah] eyes-and-ears.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch9] - [Rand] dreams of [Dragonmount], [Tar Valon] and the White Tower.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch18] - The [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s party including [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve] arrives at the White Tower.
## [TGH,Ch39] - Horses belonging to [novices] are kept in the South Stable. The southern gate to the White Tower grounds is Tarlomen's Gate.
## [TGH,Ch39] - [Egwene]. [Nynaeve], [Elayne] and [Min] leave the White Tower through Tarlomen's Gate and head to the [Ogier] grove.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch11] - [Verin], [Egwene], [Nynaeve], [Elayne] and [Mat] arrive at the White Tower.
## [TDR,Ch20] - [Lanfear] is skulking about the White Tower.
## [TDR,Ch26] - The White Tower library is the greatest in the world.
## [TDR,Ch30] - [Mat] leaves the White Tower for good.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch1] - The people of [Tar Valon] have a saying - "The Wheel of Time turns around [Tar Valon] and [Tar Valon] turns around the Tower."
## [TSR,Ch1] - [Min] arrives at the White Tower.
## [TSR,Ch25] - In the time of [Rhodric] when the [Aiel] first cross the [Spine of the World], the [Aes Sedai] hire [Ogier] stonemasons to build them a new city.
## [TSR,Ch28] - [Perrin] dreams of the White Tower crumbling stone by stone while [Egwene] and a white haired woman look at him in surprise.
## [TSR,Ch47] - [Min], [Siuan], [Leane] and [Logain] leave the White Tower grounds through the Alindrelle Gates.
## [TSR,Ch56] - [Padan Fain] knows the [Ruby Dagger] is in the White Tower and he intends to have it.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch2] - [Moiraine] intends to take all the [One Power] items from [Rhuidean] to the White Tower.
## [TFoH,Ch9] - [Elaida] sends a message to all contacts that all sisters are welcome to return to the White Tower. The Tower must be whole and strong.
## [TFoH,Ch10] - [Elaida] sends a message to all contacts that [Elayne] is to be found and returned to the White Tower.
## [TFoH,Ch13] - [Elayne] and [Nynaeve] are now suspicious of the [White Tower].
## [TFoH,Ch15] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Nynaeve] and [Egwene] visit the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s study in the White Tower and learn that [Elaida|Elaida aRoihan] is now [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai].
## [TFoH,Ch16] - [Nynaeve] and [Elayne] change their plans and now intend to go to [Tear|Tear (Country)] instead of the White Tower.
## [TFoH,Ch18] - [Liandrin] still receives orders from the White Tower even in [Amador].
## [TFoH,Ch19] - [Morgase] no longer trusts the White Tower because she believes they are hiding [Elayne].
## [TFoH,Ch25] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Egwene] meets [Elayne] in the [White Tower]. [Egwene] then searches [Elaida]'s study.
## [TFoH,Ch51] - Two very different letters from [Elaida] and [Alviarin] make [Rand] think that there is a rift in the White Tower. The White Tower certainly has spies in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] for news of his presence to have gotten back so fast.
## [TFoH,Ch56] - [Tenobia] no longer trusts the White Tower since they let [Mazrim Taim] escape.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Elaida] sends an embassy to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] supposedly to invite [Rand] to come to the White Tower.
## [LoC,Prologue] - The [Forsaken] want the stash of %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% in the White Tower, but it is too heavily guarded.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Mesaana] let slip to [Graendal] that she is in the White Tower. [Graendal] wonders how long she has been there.
## [LoC,Ch7] - There are two hundred ninety four [Aes Sedai] in the White Tower and slightly more in [Salidar].
## [LoC,Ch8] - The [Aes Sedai] who left the White Tower took eighteen [novices] with them.
## [LoC,Ch11] - [Alanna] and [Verin] learn that the White Tower is split and must decide whether to side with the White Tower or with the rebels.
## [LoC,Ch13] - [Tarna Feir] tries to convince [Nynaeve] and [Elayne] to return to the [White Tower] with her.
## [LoC,Ch13] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Nynaeve] and [Elayne] use [Need|TelAranRhiod] to find something to tie the [Salidar Aes Sedai] to [Rand]. They find themselves in a storeroom of %%ot [*angreal|Angreal]%% in the White Tower.
## [LoC,Ch14] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Egwene] has seen [Siuan] in [Caemlyn], the [Heart of the Stone|Stone of Tear] and in the White Tower.
## [LoC,Ch23] - [Graendal] tells [Sammael] that [Mesaana] is in the White Tower.
## [LoC,Ch24] - The White Tower embassy arrives in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].
## [LoC,Ch26] - After [Artur Hawkwing]'s death, [Ishara] married [Souran Maravaile] and ended the siege of [Tar Valon]. She also started the tradition of sending the Daughter-Heir to the White Tower for training.
## [LoC,Ch27] - The White Tower embassy meets with [Rand] and tells him they are there to escort him back to the White Tower.
## [LoC,Ch28] - [Fain] believes that since he has touched [Elaida], the White Tower is now firmly set against [Rand].
## [LoC,Ch30] - [Siuan] tells [Elayne] and [Nynaeve] that the White Tower embassy arrived in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] and has met with [Rand].
## [LoC,Ch30] - [Halima Saranov|Arangar] arrives in [Salidar] with a story that she knows what the White Tower plans for the [Salidar Aes Sedai] and the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor].
## [LoC,Ch39] - [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] suggests [Traveling|Weaves] to the White Tower to steal the [Oath Rod].
## [LoC,Ch54] - By law, men who can [channel|True Source] must be taken to the [White Tower] for trial before they are [gentled|stilling].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Elaida] has moved the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s quarters to the highest spire of the White Tower and is building her own palace next to it.
## [ACoS,Ch11] - In its long history the White Tower has been breached at least twice. During the [Trolloc Wars] [Dreadlords] and [Trollocs] plundered part of the White Tower. An army trying to rescue the [false Dragon|False Dragons] [Guaire Amalasan] reached the White Tower, too.
## [ACoS,Ch12] - There have been six mutinies in the secret history of the White Tower all leading to the resignation of the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] and the entire [Hall|Sitters].
## [ACoS,Ch22] - [Setalle Anan] knows a great deal about the White Tower.
## [ACoS,Ch24] - There is a story about Queen [Rhiannon] announcing herself at the White Tower and getting her comeuppance.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - At present there are only about two hundred sisters in the White Tower.
## [CoT,Ch12] - [Elayne] thinks many [Aes Sedai] are waiting to see the outcome at the White Tower without taking sides.
## [CoT,Ch16] - [Egwene] and [Gareth Bryne] scout [Tar Valon] and the White Tower from the bank of the River [Erinin River].
## [CoT,Ch18] - [Siuan] scouts the White Tower in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
## [CoT,Ch19] - Some of the [Salidar Aes Sedai] [Sitters] may favor a direct assault on the White Tower.
## [CoT,Ch20] - From a dream, [Egwene] knows the [Seanchan] will attack the White Tower.
## [CoT,Ch21] - [Alviarin] returns to the White Tower after an absence of nearly a month.
## [CoT,Ch30] - The [Sitters] do not believe [Egwene]'s dream of the [Seanchan] attacking the White Tower.
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch1] - [Egwene] orders the [Salidar Aes Sedai] [Sitters] to meet her in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% in the Hall of the White Tower.
## [KoD,Ch17] - [Birgitte] and [Gaidal Cain] contributed to the founding of the White Tower.
## [KoD,Ch20] - Few girls of [Malkieri|Malkier] heritage go to the White Tower because of the belief that the White Tower failed [Malkier] in its time of need.
## [KoD,Ch24] - The [novices] dining hall is on the lowest floor of the White Tower next to the main kitchen. The second dining hall a floor above has been closed for centuries and [novices] have not had to each in shifts since before the [Trolloc Wars]. Dining halls for [Accepted] and [Aes Sedai] are on other sides of the kitchen.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Prologue] - [Graendal] has agents in the White Tower.
## [TGS,Ch1] - A wind rises at the White Tower. It blows across [Alindaer], then the [Black Hills] and the [Caralain Grass] to [Arad Doman].
## [TGS,Ch2] - [Egwene] feels urgency to reunite the White Tower to guide [Rand] and face the [Last Battle|Creator].
## [TGS,Ch19] - General [Yulan|Abaldar Yulan] proposes a tactical strike at the White Tower.
## [TGS,Ch35] - After meeting with [Rand], [Tuon] orders the strike on the White Tower.
## [TGS,Ch38] - While using [Need|TelAranRhiod] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Egwene] finds in [Tar Valon] in front of the White Tower with its shadow cast on her.
## [TGS,Ch39] - The [Seanchan] strike on the White Tower begins.
## [TGS,Ch40] - The rebel camp sees the flying shapes and fireballs at the White Tower. [Siuan] convinces [Gawyn] and [Bryne] to rescue [Egwene].
## [TGS,Ch40] - The White Tower defenses are disorganized so the [Seanchan] attack is initially successful in killing and capturing %%ot [marath'damane|Seanchan]%%.
## [TGS,Ch41] - [Egwene] mounts a defense and drives off the attack.
## [TGS,Ch43] - With no other options, [Egwene] orders her army to mount an attack on the weakened White Tower.
## [TGS,Ch46] - [Egwene] reenters the White Tower where she is raised to the [Amyrlin Seat|Aes Sedai].
# In [A Memory of Light]
## [AMoL,Ch1] - There is fear of war between the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and the White Tower.
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