Aes Sedai

The Aes Sedai are the religous organization in the Westlands. The Aes Sedai are based in Tar Valon in the structure known as the White Tower. Its members are mostly channelers, and can be found in various roles throught the Westlands.

Each Aes Sedai also has a companion, a Warder, who is bound to them with the One Power, and whose duty it is to protect and assist them in their service to the White Tower.

In most major cities the leader is appointed a counselor by the local Ajah, whose duty it is to guide the leader in the interest of their Ajah and the local area's prosperity and well being.

Organization
The Aes Sedai are a bureaucratic organization built with checks and balances within itself. The leader of the Aes Sedai is the Amyrlin Seat, the Sitter of the Imarran Ajah. The Amyrlin Seat's Warder is called the Keeper of the Stole, and acts as the Commander of the White Tower's martial power.

The Hall of the Tower is a council of all the Ajah's Sitters of the Hall, and acts with as much power as the Amyrlin Seat. The Hall is presided over by the Amyrlin Seat, and can veto the Amyrlin's decisions, or override the Amyrlin's veto of the Hall's decisions through a 2/3s majority vote.

The Aes Sedai are organized into Ajahs, which are districts controlled by an Ajah Head. Within each Ajah there are smaller districts called Seats. The leader of a Seat is called a Sitter. In additon to Sitters and the Ajah Head, Ajahs each have 3 Sitters of the Hall, whom act as representatives of their Ajah in the Hall of the Tower. Sitters of the Hall are elected from the Ajah Sitters by their peers.