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Tazren Gaidin, your speculation raises a lot of interesting points that I think deserve their own thread to discuss fully. As it stands, the discussion had in the books by Egwene and Elayne stated that despite the drawbacks, Egwene felt that the Three Oaths were integral to what it means to be...

I think the last time Elayne was hanging around the White Tower and there was no battle going on, the Tower was still divided and the Salidar Aes Sedai didn't have the Oath Rod. She was informed by Egwene that she would be taking as soon as there was time, or give up her ring.

She did; I just mean there wasn't a lot of wiggle room. Aes Sedai take the oaths. No oaths, no more Aes Sedai.

Egwene's ruling on that is probably going to stand. "If you're in the Tower, you take the three oaths. No ifs, ands, or buts." It would have been interesting to see more discussion on it, but there wasn't a lot of mystery.

The Towers of Midnight glossary confirmed it to be Graendal.

Somewhere in my headcanon (a term I am stealing from the AO3 fanfiction archive), this is a gift from the Creator to the Dragon who served so well - a replacement of his channelling ability with the Creator-version of the True Power. Gives him enough power to protect himself and hide without...