Thu, July 21, 2022, the day before Comic-Con 2022, 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 our [Season 2 Predictions]. Also, I might try to make all of this into a video.

! 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]

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! Screenshot 1 - Three Aiel

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

! Screenshot 2 - Moiraine and Lan

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 02.png' width='400' align='left'}]

! Screenshot 3 - Whitecloaks on Horseback

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 03.png' width='400' align='left'}]

! Screenshot 4 - Camels

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 04.png' width='400' align='left'}]

! Screenshot 5 - Wheel

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 05.png' width='100' align='left'}]

! Screenshot 6 - Veiled Whitecloak

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 06.png' width='400'}]

! Screenshot 7 - Hunters of the Horn

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 07.png' width='400'}]

This image has nine people in it. I predicted that the following are the Hunters of the [Horn|Horn of Valere], and I'm going to add Elyas and [Hopper].

# Perrin
# Loial
# Uno
# Ingtar
# Masema
# Mat
# Elyas (and [Hopper])


! Screenshot 8 - Jungle Waygate

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! Screenshot 9 - Fort Falme

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09a.png' width='400'}]
[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 09b.png' width='400'}]

! Screenshot 10 - Explosion

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! Screenshot 11 - Rand with Torch

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 11.png' width='400'}]

! Screenshot 12 - Moiraine and Lan

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 12.png' width='400'}]

! Screenshot 13 - Min

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! Screenshot 14 - Rand Walking Through Village

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! Screenshot 15 - Long, Blonde Hair Person

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! Screenshot 16 - Padan Fain

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! Screenshot 17 - Dark-Cloaked Figure

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! Screenshot 18 - Dunno

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! Screenshot 19 - 

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! Screenshot 20 - Whitecloak vs Seanchan

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! Screenshot 21 - Quarterstaves

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! Screenshot 22 - Explosion

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! Screenshot 23 - Whitecloak vs Aiel

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! Screenshot 24 - Nailed It!

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! Screenshot 25 - Pensive Rand

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! Screenshot 26 - Lan Forms

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! Screenshot 27 - Rider

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! Screenshot 28 - Padan Fain

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! Screenshot 29 - War Map
 
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! Screenshot 30 - Night Battle

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! Screenshot 31 - Night Battle

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! Screenshot 32 - Golden Veil

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! Screenshot 33 - Fade vs Rider?

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! Screenshot 34 - Blurry attacker

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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?'}]

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 and the opening for the 2nd season.

! 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: Is the Darkfriend Social gonna be in the show? A: Yep'}]

! 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'}]

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

! 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'}]

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?

! 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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