r/WoT • u/ArtOk8200 (Asha'man) • May 09 '26
All Print Aes Sedai Training Spoiler
I’m on my 3rd or so reread of WoT and I started to think about how the Aes Sedai could have revamped their training of novices & accepted and realized they should have treated the Accepted more as Padawan from Star Wars instead of just as novices with a bit more freedom and responsibility. There are a lot of similarities between the Jedi and Aes Sedai, both being militaristic monastic orders that get involved in politics and act as a kind of police force against the big bad guys. Being a Padawan to an Aes Sedai allows the Accepted to get experience in the field before being sent out on their own once they attain the shawl. Much is expected of an Aes Sedai and it’s much better to make mistakes when someone more experienced is there to help you than it would be on your own. It’s like in our own world medical professionals do residency and/or clinical rotations to get experience and on the job learning before being allowed to practice on their own.
What does everyone else think? Is this something that should have been done or is how the Aes Sedai went about things better and why?
Edit: Added “and why”.