Everything We Know About 'the Wheel Of Time' Season 3, Including The Potential Death Of A Major Character

Jan Thijs / Prime Video

Season two mainly adapted the second book of the series, "The Great Hunt," while taking a few moments from the third book, "The Dragon Reborn."

Showrunner Rafe Judkins told Deadline in 2022 when the series was renewed that the third season would adapt the fourth book, "The Shadow Rising."

The season may also adapt large chunks of "The Dragon Reborn," as key story elements from that novel have yet to be shown in the TV series.

Book three follows Rand's journey to the Stone of Tear (a giant fortress) to collect the legendary sword called Callandor, to prove he is the Dragon Reborn. "The Shadow Rising" directly follows that event and shows Rand going back to his original people, the Aiel in the Aiel Waste, to prove the legend to them as well. 

In the first trailer, we see Rand visit the Aiel Waste, which is in line with "The Shadow Rising."

Prime Video

In season two, we meet Lanfear (Natasha O'Keeffe), an immortal member of the forsaken, a group of powerful sorcerers. She is stuck between her loyalty to the Dark One's plan and her love for the Dragon Reborn, but in the season finale, she betrays Ishamael.

At the end of the episode, she aims to get rid of the dials that contain the other imprisoned Forsakens. Instead, she finds one of the Forsaken, Moghedien (Laia Costa), who tells her that Ishamael freed the six remaining Forsaken before his death, and they will all be hunting Rand and his four friends.

In the book series, we are not told exactly when the Forsaken are freed, but throughout the story, they try to kill and turn Rand to their side so that the Dark One can rule the world.

Moghedien specifically is one of the villains in "The Shadow Rising" whom Nynaeve encounters and battles. Asmodean, Sammael, and Semirhage are three Forsaken who also appear in the book.

Judkins teased that at least one new Forsaken will appear in season three during a panel at New York Comic Con 2023.

"I can confirm that we have cast and put on set a Forsaken you have not seen in the show as of yet," the showrunner said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Since Sammael was mentioned in the flashback scene in the season two finale, that character could be one of the Forsaken who will appear next.

Jan Thijs / Prime Video

During the "The Wheel of Time" panel at New York Comic Con 2023, Judkins also confirmed several characters and cities that will be incorporated in season three.

Per THR, Judkins said that the season will mainly focus on Perrin and Rand's journey, similar to how season two largely focused on Nynaeve and Egwene's story. He added that the season will also showcase the life of the Aiel and the Sea Folk, a group of people who live by the sea and are known for their trading.

Judkins highlighted two cities in his teasers for season three, Rhuidean and Tanchico, which both appear in book four.

Rhuidean is the city in the Aiel Waste, which Rand visits in "The Shadow Rising" to prove he is the Dragon Reborn, or as the Aiel call him, the Car'a'carn.

Meanwhile, Tanchico is the city where Nynaeve battles Moghedien. Judkins already revealed that Elayne and Nynaeve will be in the city, which implies that the encounter will be adapted.

"I don't know if I can say this — but we built a bar and some of our characters like Nynaeve and Elayne are in there," Judkins said, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Judkins also said that season three would include more dream-walking, a skill that Lanfear and Ishamael have used a lot in previous seasons.

"We also get to explore with some of our characters the world of dreams and dreamwalking, and I think that's a really cool thing to get to do in season three because it is one of those unique elements in 'Wheel of Time' that no other book series really has," Judkins said, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Jan Thijs / Prime Video

The Children of the Light, also known as the Whitecloaks, are a religious group in "The Wheel of Time" who want to eliminate the Dark One and his followers. However, they do not know who is evil so they torture and kill all those who oppose them, including the Aes Sedai, who are powerful sorcerers.

In the season finale, the Children of the Light participate in the big battle in Falme, but they suffer major casualties and retreat.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Judkins said during the NYCC panel that the show will be a return to the Two Rivers, the home of the five main heroes.

This may be adapting the section in "The Shadow Rising," when the Children of the Light attacks the Two Rivers after being corrupted by the Dark One's followers into thinking there is evil there.

Jan Thijs / Amazon Studios

In the Aes Sedai organization, every witch who has passed their training and initiation is split into different groups, called Ajah, based on their talents.

However, the Dark One has been able to convert some of the Aes Sedai to their side, and those converts form the secret Black Ajah to try and do his bidding. In episode four of season two, we learn that Liandrin Guirale (Kate Fleetwood) is one of the Black Ajah, secretly corrupting the Aes Sedai.

In "The Dragon Reborn" and "The Shadow Rising" books, Egwene, Nynaeve and fellow Aes Sedai ally Elayne Trakand (played by Ceara Coveney in the series) try and hunt down the Black Ajah to stop their corruption. This is what brings them to Tanchico.

In "The Shadow Rising," this also leads to a coup in the White Tower, the Aes Sedai base, where Siuan Sanche (Sophie Okonedo) is ousted as the leader of the Aes Sedai.

This seems to be teased in the first trailer for season three, with clips of Aes Sedai fighting each other in the White Tower.

Jan Thijs / Prime Video

Part of Mat's journey in "The Shadow Rising" — discovering his past lives — has been adapted already in season two. But there's still a major aspect of his story in book four that we could potentially see in season three.

During their journey in the Aiel Waste in the fourth book, Mat, Moiraine, and Rand go to a different dimension where they meet a fox-like race called Eelfinn.

The Eelfinn grant Mat three wishes which lead to him being gifted the knowledge of military generals, a polearm called the ‎‎ashandarei‎‎, and a medallion that protects him from the One Power.

However, when he makes a wish that he wants to leave, they misinterpret his words and hang him to a tree, almost killing him. He barely survives after being revived by Rand.