TOWER LAW I — THE CITY-STATE OF TAR VALON

Clause I — The Foundation

1. The City of Tar Valon is hereby founded and established as a state.

2. The City-State of Tar Valon shall be governed by an organization of Aes Sedai ("The Tower").

3. The City-State of Tar Valon shall be chiefly administered and defended by the Flame of Tar Valon and the Watcher of the Seals, the chosen leader of the Tower.

Clause II — The Tower

1. The Tower shall be made up of Aes Sedai, Accepted, and Novices ("Initiates of the Tower").

2. The Tower shall be chiefly led by the Amyrlin Seat, the chosen leader of the Tower.

3. The Hall shall be the senior decision-making and legislative body of the Tower ("The Hall of the Tower").

4. Any resident of Tar Valon shall have the right to sign the Book of Novices and become an Initiate of the Tower.

5. Any Novice shall have the right to complete the Test of the Silver Arches and become Accepted.

6. Any Accepted shall have the right to complete the Test of the Oval Ring and be Raised as Aes Sedai.

7. The Amyrlin Seat shall have the power to devise the Test of the Silver Arches and the Test of the Oval Ring and may choose the waive their requirements at leisure.
   

Clause III — The Hall of the Tower

1. The Hall of the Tower ("The Hall") shall be composed of the Lower Consensus and the Greater Consensus.

2. The Hall shall have the right, power, and responsibility to draft, ratify, and amend its own rules and procedures so long as they comport with Tower Law.

3. The Hall shall have the right, power, and responsibility to draft, ratify, and amend laws in accordance with its own rules and procedures and established Tower Law.

4. The Greater Consensus shall have the right, power, and responsibility to hold any public official — including the Amyrlin Seat and the Keeper of the Chronicles — to account.

5. The Greater Consensus shall have the right, power, and responsibility to serve as a court of appeal and final judgement.

6. The Hall may have additional rights, powers, and responsibilities assigned to them by the Amyrlin Seat.

7. Members of the Hall of the Tower ("Sitters") shall be inviolable in the legal endeavor of their assigned duties.

8. The Lower Consensus shall be composed of Sitters, being any Aes Sedai with any nation in the World Assembly, but with a nation otherwise residing in Tar Valon.

9. The Greater Consensus shall be composed of Sitters, being any Aes Sedai with a nation in the World Assembly residing within Tar Valon.

10. The Hall shall always meet jointly except in matters which pertain only to the Greater Consensus.

11. The Keeper of the Chronicles shall chiefly preside over the Hall, except when the Amyrlin Seat presides or during the election of the Amyrlin Seat.

12. In the absence of the Keeper of the Chronicles or the Amyrlin Seat, the Hall shall choose a president by simple majority who shall serve until the return of either the Keeper of the Chronicles or the Amyrlin Seat.

13. Should the Hall ever be without extant Sitters, all the rights, duties, and powers of the Hall shall revert to the Amyrlin Seat until the arrival of an extant Sitter.
    

Clause IV — The Amyrlin Seat

1. The Amyrlin Seat shall be vested with all executive authority as Head of State and Head of Government and may, therefore, delegate it at pleasure in accordance with Tower Law.

2. The Amyrlin Seat shall serve as the World Assembly Delegate of Tar Valon and may only delegate this duty for a short, defined period of time.

3. The Amyrlin Seat shall be chosen among and by the Greater Consensus of the Hall of the Tower upon any vacancy.

4. The Amyrlin Seat shall not vote in the affirmative or negative in the Hall of the Tower, but may vote to break ties or declare themselves present to achieve quorum.

5. The Amyrlin Seat shall have the right to speak, debate, and present proposals or measures to the Hall of the Tower for their consideration.

6. The Amyrlin Seat shall have the right to grant clemency or pardon to anyone convicted of a crime by a court.

7. The Amyrlin Seat shall have the right to veto any proposal, proposition, or measure of the Hall of Tower, except motions of no confidence.

8. The Amyrlin Seat shall have the right to appoint additional public officials to aid in executing the policies and laws of Tar Valon in accordance with Tower Law.
   

Clause V — The Keeper of the Chronicles

1. The Amyrlin Seat shall appoint the Keeper of the Chronicles as soon as possible upon the beginning of their tenure and upon any vacancy.

2. The Keeper of the Chronicles shall serve from among the Greater Consensus of the Hall of the Tower, except in cases where this is not possible or feasible.

3. The Keeper of the Chronicles shall be responsible for assisting the Amyrlin Seat with their duties.

4. The Keeper of the Chronicles shall serve as the Deputy World Assembly Delegate and shall hold the World Assembly Delegacy should it be lost.
   

Clause VI — The Court

1. An Initiate of the Tower may petition either the Amyrlin Seat or the Greater Consensus of the Hall of the Tower for redress of crimes, complaints, or legal questions.

2. Should the petition be accepted, the Amyrlin Seat or the Greater Consensus of the Hall of the Tower shall apppoint three judges ("The Court") from among the Aes Sedai to hear the matter. If there is an inability to appoint the requisite number of judges, a lesser number of one or two judges may be appointed.

3. The Court shall make all decisions and rulings by a simple majority of its judges.

4. In criminal matters, the Court shall appoint a Seat of Rebuke to prosecute and a Seat of Pardon to defend.

5. In civil matters, being anything other than criminal, the petitioner and the respondent (if applicable) are required to represent themselves, but may elect to delegate their representation to a willing and able Aes Sedai.

6. Any ruling by the Court may be appealed to the Greater Consensus of the Hall of the Tower.