Shein Chunla

Amyrlin Seat of the Aes Sedai 578 - 601 NE. She was raised from the Green Ajah. She is considered to have been the most politically skilled Amyrlin Seat in the history of the White Tower.

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Shein Chunla is raised to the Amyrlin Seat from the Green Ajah in 578 NE. She serves as Amyrlin Seat from 578 - 601 NE. (Guide)
She starts out strongly, but eventually she loses power and is nothing more that a puppet of the Hall. (CoT,Ch30, KoD,Ch24)
The White Tower bungles its handling of the Third War of Garen's Wall because of dissension in the Hall.
The sisters of the White Tower rebel ousting both Shein and the entire Hall. Shein is exiled. (TPoD,Ch15, KoD,Ch24)
She is smothered to death in 652 NE when a plot to return her to the Amyrlin Seat is uncovered. (KoD,Ch24)

TPoD,Ch15 - Shein is remembered as one of the weakest Amyrlin Seats.
TPoD,Ch16 - Egwene hopes to avoid the fate of Shein.
TPoD,Ch19 - Egwene will be neither Shein nor Gerra. She will be remembered for her own deeds.
CoT,Ch30 - Whatever her fate, Egwene is determined not to be another Shein Chunla who wound up just a puppet to the Hall.
KoD,Ch24 - Egwene shocks Bennae with the truth about Shein Chunla's demise.