Thu, July 21, 2022, the day before [Comic-Con 2022|https://www.comic-con.org/cci], was big. There were these announcements:


# [Behind the Scenes (BTS) video of Season 2|https://twitter.com/TheWheelOfTime/status/1550267246928244736]
# [Rafe answering (some) WoT Season 2 questions|https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550292548710572032]
# [Season 3 is green-lit|https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550291339752787968]
# [New episodes of The Wheel of Time Origins|https://twitter.com/TheWheelOfTime/status/1550263651046567936] coming in August

Still no release date for [Season 2], though.

We're going to take a look at the first two and also how they affect my (Gary) [Season 2 Predictions]. Note that my predictions are still a work in progress.

Also, I might try to make all of this into a video.

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!! Behind the Scenes (BTS) video of Season 2

It all comes down to taking a look at the 35 stills that you can grab from the 1:06 minute video. We're going to reference other research into the BTS video, because why do all the hard work myself? Other resources include:

* [The Dusty Wheel - Season 2 Theories|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4muPyw9OZ8] (Jul 27, 2022)
* [Wheel of Time Season 2 BTS Video Breakdown!!!|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFc-s9qWAPw] by Nae'blis (Jul 27, 2022)

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! Screenshot 1 - Three Aiel

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 01.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 01.png' width='400' align='left'}]

\\Lots of people seem to think this is [Ayoola Smart|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8707040] playing [Aviendha]. There's a lot of speculation that the other two are also [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] and possibly even [Bain] and [Chiad].

I've already stated in my [predictions|Season 2 Predictions] that I thought [Aviendha] would be in [Season 2]. However, I was more leaning towards her meeting [Nynaeve] and [Egwene] (like in [TDR,Ch38]) on their way to [Tar Valon] rather that meeting [Perrin] (like [Gaul] did in [TDR,Ch34]). But a recent reminder of a [rehearsal script leak|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/06/15/scoop-audition-tape-filming-information-hint-at-aviendhas-story/] has me rethinking that it might be the latter. 

Any way she could do both meets? I could see how [Perrin] frees her and she eventually goes on her way and later meets [Nynaeve] and [Egwene]. But maybe not if she owes him a debt and if the rescue was filmed in Dakhla, which a [peninsula city on the coast of Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/02/25/new-details-on-season-twos-morocco-filming/] and therefore maybe [Falme]. I think Our Heroes won't be in [Falme] until [Episode 207] at the earliest. Could she have met [Perrin] before they went through a [Waygate|Ways] to [Falme] and followed them?


! Screenshot 2 - Moiraine and Lan

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 02.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 02.png' width='400' align='left'}]
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Um, they're in [Falme]? Not much about plots here. We did see [Moiraine] show up in [Falme] in the books after the battle. Maybe she and [Lan] get there earlier this time? But if they did, how would that affect the battle? I'm predicting that [Moiraine] is going to stay in [Tifans Well] until her shield is broken and [Tifans Well] is inland.

PS I love trebuchets. Much better than catapults.

! Screenshot 3 - Whitecloaks on Horseback

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 03.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 03.png' width='400' align='left'}]
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I haven't explicitly put it in my [predictions|Season 2 Predictions] yet, but I'm assuming that since we're having the battle at [Falme] that the [Whitecloaks] will be there. So seeing them in a shot is not surprising.

! Screenshot 4 - Camels

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 04.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 04.png' width='400' align='left'}]
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I'm assuming that the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] brought camels with them. After all, they also have [s'redits|Elephants].

! Screenshot 5 - Wheel

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 05.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 05.png' width='400' align='left'}]
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I've studied Elizabethan military and Elizabethan life, and I'm just really hoping that's not a [breaking wheel|Wikipedia:Breaking_wheel] because those things were nasty.

! Screenshot 6 - Veiled Whitecloak

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 06.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 06.png' width='400'}]
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That's a [Whitecloak] dressed for battle. Apparently at [Falme]. Too young looking to be [Geofram Bornhald], so I'm thinking maybe his son [Dain Bornhald].

! Screenshot 7 - Hunters of the Horn

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 07.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 07.png' width='400'}]
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This image has nine people in it. I [predicted|Season 2 Predictions] that the following are the Hunters of the [Horn|Horn of Valere], and I'm going to add Elyas and [Hopper]. Who are the others? Red shirt [Shienarans|Shienar]? I don't see [Loial] or [Mat] in this shot.

# [Perrin]
# [Loial] - not shown
# [Uno]
# [Ingtar]
# [Masema]
# [Mat] - not shown
# Elyas (and [Hopper]) - added
# ?
# ?

Nae'blis [has a theory|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFc-s9qWAPw] that this might be at [Barthanes] manor. I kind of like that theory. There's also a lot of people noticing that [Perrin] is carrying a sword instead of an axe.

! Screenshot 8 - Jungle Waygate

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 08.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 08.png' width='400'}]
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Obviously a [Waygate] in a jungle or oasis. But where's that jungle? I don't know.

[Wot Up! says|https://youtu.be/gyhLC3XpMVw?t=785] that this was filmed with a bunch of [Whitecloaks] on the same set.

! Screenshot 9 - Fort Falme

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09a.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09a.png' width='400'}]
[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09b.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09b.png' width='400'}]
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In the second shot, who is that standing in the middle of the circle of men? I think that might be [Turak|Turak Aladon]. I'm betting this is [Falme] and the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] have taken it over.

! Screenshot 10 - Explosion

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 10.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 10.png' width='400'}]
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That one poor guy was just enjoying his beer. It makes me think this is not a battle scene. I've heard some people say that [Aludra] may show up, so maybe it's an accidental fireworks explosion?

! Screenshot 11 - Rand with Torch

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 11.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 11.png' width='400'}]
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[The Dusty Wheel|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4muPyw9OZ8&t=14s] cleaned up the shot a bit and it really looks like [Lan] and [Moiraine] behind him. People have noticed that this is not [Rand]'s usual sweater. Maybe at this point [Moiraine] has already taken his casual wear and switched it out with better clothes?

! Screenshot 12 - Moiraine and Lan

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 12.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 12.png' width='400'}]
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This isn't that much different than the first shot of the two of them.

! Screenshot 13 - Min

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 13.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 13.png' width='400'}]
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The general consensus is that this is [Min]. The secondary topic is what's with the shaved hair? Her own fashion, or a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] one?

! Screenshot 14 - Rand Walking Through Village

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 14.png' width='400'}]
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Several people are saying that this is the Foregate part of [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. Looks about right.

! Screenshot 15 - Long, Blonde Hair Person

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 15.png' width='400'}]
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See the "Who Is This" subsection in the "Q & A with Rafe" section below.

! Screenshot 16 - Padan Fain

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 16.png' width='400'}]
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Well, we all knew that [Fain] would be in [season 2]. Here he is walking through some unknown castle or manor.

! Screenshot 17 - Dark-Cloaked Figure

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 17.png' width='400'}]
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A [Fade]?

! Screenshot 18 - Falme?

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 18.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 18.png' width='400'}]
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[The Dusty Wheel|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4muPyw9OZ8&t=14s] seems to think that the four people atop the structure could be two [suldam] and two [damane] and this is blocking for a scene.

! Screenshot 19 - All vs Seanchan?

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 19.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 19.png' width='400'}]
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[The Dusty Wheel|https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDustyWheel] says that [Loial] is the one in the back left. There was some speculation that the center person was [Gawyn], but that was dismissed, and the next guess is that it might be a Hero of the [Horn|Horn of Valere] due to the style of his clothing. They guess that the person behind him could be [Geofram Bornhald].

! Screenshot 20 - Novice Egwene

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 20.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 20.png' width='400'}]
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I have [predicted|Season 2 Predictions] that [Nynaeve] and [Egwene] will return to the [White Tower] for their training and I don't think this is a huge guess. Seems pretty straightforward. Here we see [Egwene] as a Novice.

! Screenshot 21 - Quarterstaves

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 21.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 21.png' width='400'}]
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I think this is just [Hammar], [Galad] and [Gawyn] practicing at the [Tower|White Tower]. I'm betting that [Mat] might be just off-screen.

! Screenshot 22 - Explosion

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 22.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 22.png' width='400'}]
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Since there's no one in armor around, I'm guessing this is also related to fireworks like the previous scene was.

! Screenshot 23 - Whitecloak vs Aiel

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 23.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 23.png' width='400'}]
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I've read from several people that they think this is [Aviendha] versus a [Whitecloak]. [Nae'blis|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFc-s9qWAPw] and [Unraveling the Pattern|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c3QyrBbHL8&t=108s] noted that there's a cage in the background which might imply this is where she's in the cage instead of [Gaul] and [Perrin] frees her. I will say this matches the [leaked audition tape|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/06/15/scoop-audition-tape-filming-information-hint-at-aviendhas-story/] of [Aviendha] and [Perrin].

In the books, [Aviendha] meets [Egwene], [Elayne] and [Nynaeve] in [TDR,Ch38]. I [predicted|Season 2 Predictions] that would happen in [season 2], but I had forgotten the leaked audition tape. [Perrin] finds [Gaul] in [TDR,Ch33]. I think there's a chance that [Aviendha] could take [Gaul]'s place in the cage and still have both encounters happen. Edit: Maybe not. See discussion in Screenshot 1.

! Screenshot 24 - Nailed It!

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 24.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 24.png' width='400'}]
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[Fade] nailed to a door is confirmed! ([TGH,Ch11]) People are now calling this the "Doordraal".

I see five [Shienarans|Shienar], [Perrin] and one other person who might be [Elyas Machera]. I'm betting that the Shienarans include [Masema|Masema Dagar], [Ingtar] and [Uno|Uno Nomesta].The other two might be red shirts? Again, I don't see anyone here who looks like [Mat] or [Loial].

! Screenshot 25 - Pensive Rand

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 25.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 25.png' width='400'}]
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This doesn't tell us much. It's [Rand], looking pensive, with some blood on him. [The Dusty Wheel - Season 2 Theories|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4muPyw9OZ8] noted that he's wearing different clothes.

! Screenshot 26 - Lan Forms

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 26.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 26.png' width='400'}]
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I'm assuming this is just [Lan] practicing his sword forms. I think that maybe [Rand] is just off-screen and this is part of teaching [Rand] how to use his sword.

[Wot Up!|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyhLC3XpMVw] thinks that [Moiraine] and [Lan] will meet up with [Verin] and not the Namelle sisters and that [Tomas] is just offscreen here. I respectfully disagree. I'm sticking with the Namelle sisters at [Tifans Well] and [Lan] going off to find [Rand].

! Screenshot 27 - Rider

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 27.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 27.png' width='400'}]
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I don't have a guess as to who this is.

! Screenshot 28 - Padan Fain

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 28.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 28.png' width='400'}]
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I don't think that this tell us much, plot-wise, except as confirmation that [Fain|Padan Fain] is in [Season 2]. But we have that already with the "Doordraal" scene (Screenshot 24).

! Screenshot 29 - War Map
 
[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 29.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 29.png' width='400'}]
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This appears to be a war map of [Falme].

! Screenshot 30 - Night Battle

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 30.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 30.png' width='400'}]
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Obviously part of a nighttime battle.

! Screenshot 31 - Night Battle

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 31.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 31.png' width='400'}]
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Obviously part of a nighttime battle. The only thing remarkable is the large figure dragging two others around. Some are saying that this might be a [Gardener|Ogier].

! Screenshot 32 - Golden Veil

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 32.png' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 32.png' width='400'}]
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[Geeky Eri says|https://twitter.com/geekyeri/status/1550669333872799744] this is [Karima McAdams|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677528/].
The next question is which character is this? [Suroth]? [Semirhage]? [Lanfear]?

! Screenshot 33 - Fade vs Rider?

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 33.png' link='Wiki.jsp?Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 33.png' width='400'}]
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Looks like a [Fade] and someone falling off of a horse. Same [Fade] as the previous shot? I have no guesses who is falling off the horse. Some are saying that this might be [Moiraine] falling off of [Aldieb].

! Screenshot 34 - Blurry attacker

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 34.png' link='Wiki.jsp?Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 34.png' width='400'}]
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That's just too blurry to work with.
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!! Q & A with Rafe

It started with this:

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Rafe.png' link='https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550292548710572032' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Chilling with a gin and tonic at SDCC before dinner, anyone got WoT Season Two questions?'}]
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And of course he was deluged with questions. Here's the ones that I felt went to the plot lines of [season 2].

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! Forsaken

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Forsaken.png' link='https://twitter.com/AnCaldazar/status/1550292765459841025' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Blink twice if we see more than one Forsaken! A:blink blink'}]

I didn't have any [Forsaken] in my [predictions|Season 2 Predictions], but it's nice to know that there will be more than one. Maybe I'll add something for [Lanfear] and [Rand] and maybe [Semirhage] with the [Seanchan], which is who we might be seeing in screenshot 32.

! Quarterstaff Fight

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Quarterstaff.png' link='https://twitter.com/WoTUp5/status/1550293675082747905' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: I have to ask. Gawyn (and I guess the lesser brother Galad) actually beat Mat in the warder training yard in the show right? Theres no way they lose on screen is there? A: This is an iconic scene from the book and we are building to a believable version of it in the show.  Hopefully.  Ha.'}]

Confirmation that the quarterstaff fight is in [season 2]. I had that in there already, so no changes to the [predictions|Season 2 Predictions].

! Moiraine and Lan

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Moiraine and Lan.png' link='https://twitter.com/lionesswisd0m/status/1550295842107674630' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: What is the journey like for Moiraine and Lan in season 2 with their bond still masked'}]

I already had used some interview quotes that point to this to predict Moiraine and Lan's part in [season 2]. No changes to the [predictions|Season 2 Predictions].

! Hopper

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Hopper.png' link='https://twitter.com/SilverbowReborn/status/1550293309997944832' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Hopper? A: THANK YOU.  WHY IS NO ONE EVER GIVING HOPPER THE RESPECT HE DESERVES.  OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: HOPPER IS IN S2'}]

We already had [Elyas|Elyas Machera] confirmed, so I'm guessing [Hopper] will be right there with him.

! Darkfriend Social

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Darkfriend Social.png' link='https://twitter.com/dedicatedgrady/status/1550299674627784704' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Is the Darkfriend Social gonna be in the show? A: Yep'}]

Excellent! And since that is [TGH,Prologue], I'm going to predict that it's the cold open for [Episode 201]. The prologue for the [2nd book|The Great Hunt] and the opening for the [2nd season|Season 2].

! Time Gap

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Time Gap.png' link='https://twitter.com/MaggieMelchior/status/1550293506769317888' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: ...will the next seasons keep them on parallel timelines for a convergence at Falme...? A: ...but we try to do as much as we can to avoid one hour cross continent dragon flights'}]

I still think they're going to need a "One Month Later..." one time in the early part of [season 2]. [Rand] needs to be trained with the sword and [Egwene] needs time to learn in the [White Tower] plus some time with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] before she's rescued.

! Egwene & Renna

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Egwene Renna.png' link='https://twitter.com/GradeKangusBeef/status/1550293377425588224' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: favorite Season 2 two person scene with only the character names and no more A: Egwene Renna'}]

I predicted this plot line would be in this series. No changes to the [predictions|Season 2 Predictions].

! Mat

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Mat.png' link='https://twitter.com/Jpcjt1/status/1550295761706893312' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: which character had his plot changed the most compared to the books? A: Mat.  But we try to bring the characters back to where they should be by the end of S2.'}]

I predict [Mat] will rejoin the Hunters of the Horn, but I'm not completely sure how. So I predict that he will be at [Falme] and blow the [Horn of Valere].

! Expanding the Forsaken

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Expanding the Forsaken.png' link='https://twitter.com/JaredMcNeal3/status/1550293247917821952' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Can you tell us how much you will be expanding on the forsaken in this season? A: It’s a big point of difference from the books in S2.  We will spend more time with any Forsaken who’s in the show, more how the later books treat the Forsaken than necessarily Books 2 or 3 did'}]

I think this is going to be a dark season.

! Moiraine's Journey

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Moiraine Journey.png' link='https://twitter.com/memymomonkey/status/1550293610326855681' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Any hints on Moiraine’s journey in season 2? A: It’s much expanded from her Book 2 story. But built out of the core of that and of a couple relationships that were not explored in the books'}]
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There's already interviews where Rafe goes into more details, and I've included them in with my [predictions|Season 2 Predictions].

I wonder if the relationships include 1) [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] and 2) [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]?

! Loial and Stedding

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/stedding.png' link='https://twitter.com/burns_science/status/1550293104032350209' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Why did you guys decide not to make the dagger instant death like the books? How did Loial survive being stabbed by *the* dagger? A: That’s a story best told in a stedding'}]
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This makes me think we may see a [stedding].

! Uno is Alive

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Uno Is Alive.png' link='https://twitter.com/burns_science/status/1550293104032350209' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Pretty sure I saw Uno in the behind the scenes - interested in how that is possible after last season... A: He’s breathing.  Watch close'}]
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I assumed that. No changes to the [predictions|Season 2 Predictions].

! Which Books?

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Which books.png' link='https://twitter.com/RodelIturalde1/status/1550292750020526080' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Which books make it into season 2? A: Pieces of 1,2 and 3.'}]

Well, the end of the second book is the battle at [Falme], but the end of the third book is [TDR,Ch56] and [Rand] is carrying [Callandor]. Rafe also said that the final scene of the season is the one he liked the most. I was betting that [Tear] was not in [season 2] and that [Callandor] and the [Stone of Tear] would not be moved to [Falme]. Do I need to change my mind?

! Cities

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Cities.png' link='https://twitter.com/crowz92/status/1550293709484445697' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: 
Will we see more than one of these cities in season 2? Cairhien, Tear, Falme? A: Yes'}]

If this means only two of the cities, then I choose [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] and [Falme]. It could also mean all three. It could also mean more than three, I guess. How much budget did they have?

! Who is this?

Maiden of the Spear asked this question on 1:54am, Jul 22.

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Who Is This.png' link='https://twitter.com/maiden_of_spear/status/1550403801277923330' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Who the hell is this? Daenerys in wot hahahahah'}]

which prompted a flurry of guesses. Rafe finally responded at 2:45 PM, Jul 23.

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/No One Has Gotten It Yet.png' link='https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550960370889592834' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='No one has gotten it yet'}]

Here's a list of the (wrong) guesses on that thread within that time frame.

* [Weekly Wheel News|https://twitter.com/weeklywheelnews] Jul 22 - We think it's Thom - its been a while so he grew out his epic hair.
* [D. Audy |https://twitter.com/DomAudy] Jul 22 - Lord Barthanes.  Moiraine tied up her hair in a similar fashion sometime in s1.
* [...dougie jones|https://twitter.com/DougNDJones] Jul 22 - Clearly that is Barthanes Damodred
* [Uno's Eye Patch | https://twitter.com/Unos_Eyepatch]  Jul 22 - Verin
* [A.W.|https://twitter.com/dubs13207] Jul 22 - my first thought was Elyas, but there are lots of good (probably better) theories
* [Ian|https://twitter.com/Call_Him_Ian] Jul 22 - I think it's Laman. Because of the sun-like design of the top of the door. I bet we watch Laman cut down Avendasora
* [mandy |https://twitter.com/mandy040993] Jul 22 - Adeleas or Vandene? 
* [ Pete Saemusan Al'CaellaiAsha'man|https://twitter.com/PeteOCeallaigh] Jul 22 - Basically Sammael
* [ady|https://twitter.com/ady77chapman]  Jul 22 - I'm hoping they have a silverbow
* [Megaladon Draper|https://twitter.com/poweredbynick] Jul 22 - One of the elder Aes Sedai that Moiraine and Lan visit?
* [SiuanK|https://twitter.com/B00m3r974] Jul 25 - My first thought was... Is it a wise one? Amy's etc,
* [Kamara|https://twitter.com/KamaraSsakka] Jul 22| - Verin, Cadsuane or Adeleas/Vandene
* [Ljiljana|https://twitter.com/Cupricanka] Jul 22 - I'm honestly more curious about where this is. The hint on the gate says Cairhien and it looks like a garden, which this early on makes me think of Elayne in Caemlyn. Thus, Lini.
* [A Dabbling Madman|https://twitter.com/Dabbling_Madman] Jul 22 - Bale Doman?

So now we know who it ''isn't,'' but we still don't know who it ''is''.

! My Question

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/ewot.png' link='https://twitter.com/e_wot/status/1550316954480549888' width='400' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: 
Is Fain going to write a message on a wall on his way out of Fal Dara? A: (no response)'}]

Sigh. No response. Maybe TOO good of a question.

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