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These are my ([Gary|Gary Kephart]) predictions for [Season 2]. I will try to incorporate all the news and hints dropped as well as the new role castings. I won't be trying to pull stuff in from future books (TFoH and beyond) to condense the story, which I think the show writers will be doing. 

!! General Predictions

I think the main story line of [Season 2] will be [Falme]. I don't think they'll include [Tear|Tear (City)] and [Callandor] until Season 3. Rafe says the characters will have their own stories this season, so I'm interpreting that as the party will be split up in episode 1. [Siuan] won't come to [Fal Dara] and she won't meet [Rand] anytime soon. [Fain]'s going to leave his message on a wall, which will be the reason for everyone to head to [Falme]. That message will cause [Moiraine] to admit to [Lan] that [Rand] is still alive and she will tell him to go find [Rand], which he does, which starts [Rand]'s training and gives him a reason to go to [Falme]. [Moiraine] won't be able to tell the others about [Rand] because they will have already left by the time she reads the message. The kidnapping will happen. There will be a "One Month Later..." notice. The season will end like [The Great Hunt] ended, with them all at [Falme], [Mat] blowing the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and [Rand] killing [Ishamael]. Also killing [Turak|Turak Aladon].

!! Sources

Here's the sources I'm using for my predictions.

* Where [Season 1] left off
* The books
* Online interviews of the actors and the show runner
** I collected several of these as part of my [Season 1 Review|http://garykephart.com/wordpress/?p=300]
* Leaked audition tapes
* Role Castings
* Other fan predictions, with credit given, of course
* The [news from Comic-Con|Comic-Con 2022]

!! Series vs the Books

In the books, what is the status of everything right after the Eye of the World? You can read the [book summary|The Great Hunt] on our site by clicking on the "Summary" tab. The differences are clear
* In the books, [Mat] is at [Fal Dara] and in the series, he's in [Tar Valon].
* In the books, we know that [Mat] is not fully healed. In the series, we're not sure if [Mat] is fully healed.
* In the books, [Rand] has been loitering around [Fal Dara] while in the series, he's wandering around in the [Borderlands] or the [Blight].
* In the books, [Moiraine] is not [shielded|Weaves].
* In the books, [Fain] is captured and later escapes, while in the series, he's rather easily gotten hold of the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the [Ruby Dagger] and is roaming about freely.

!! New Characters

This is who we can expect to see in [Season 2].

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* [Gregg Chilingirian|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1209486] as [Ingtar Shinowa] ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Ceara Coveney|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7969428] as [Elayne Trakand] ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Ayoola Smart|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8707040] as [Aviendha] ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Arnas Fedaravicius|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4538500] as [Masema Dagar] ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Meera Syal|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842934] as ? ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Natasha O'Keeffe|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3761798] as [Elaida]? ([IMDB|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7462410/fullcredits])
* [Julian Lewis Jones|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428484/] as [Bayle Domon] ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/04/13/scoop-julian-lewis-jones-cast-in-season-two-of-the-wheel-of-time/])
* [Laia Costa|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4663937] as “Magdelena” ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/04/06/scoop-laia-costa-joins-season-two-of-the-wheel-of-time/])
* [Will Tudor|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4831584] as [Barthanes Damodred] ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/02/07/filming-at-chateau-karlova-koruna-other-updates/])
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* [Gary Beadle|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063542/] as [Elyas Machera] ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/02/22/gary-beadles-role-revealed/])
* [Daniel Francis|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2467041/] as [Turak Aladon] ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/05/18/scoop-two-seanchan-are-cast-more-cast-speculation/])
* [Karima McAdams|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1677528/] as [Suroth]? [Lanfear]? [Truthspeaker|Semirhage]? ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2021/12/26/season-two-cast-melissa-james-jessica-boone-more/])
* [Xelia Mendes-Jones|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11395084] as ? ([Wot Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/03/30/morocco-updates-and-cast-speculation/])
* [Jay Duffy|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4567872/] as [Gawyn]? ([Wot Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/07/27/jay-duffy-confirmed-for-the-wheel-of-time-season-2/])
* [Laura Crowhurst|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4791189/] as [Verin]? ([Redanian Intelligence|https://redanianintelligence.com/2021/11/17/updated-castings-for-the-wheel-of-time-season-2-include-barthanes-damodred-mins-aunt-and-more/])
* ? as [Hopper] (from [Rafe Judkin's tweet|https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550300623249088512])
* ? as [Adeleas Namelle] (my guess)
* ? as [Vandene Namelle] (my guess)
* ? as [Galad] (my guess)
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!! Likely Locations

A lot of my predictions are based on what locations I think will be in the next season, because locations are expensive.
 
# [Fal Dara] (because that's where we ended last season)
# [Tar Valon] (because I believe [Nynaeve] and [Egwene] will head there)
# [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] (Based on Rafe's answer and Geeky Eri's video)
# A [stedding] (Based on Rafe's answer. Maybe Stedding Sholoon since it's in [Shienar] and maybe near [Fal Dara])
# The [Waste|Aiel Waste] or the [Borderlands] (wherever [Rand] roams)
# [Tifans Well] ([Moiraine] and [Lan] go there)
# [Falme] (because I believe the season will end there)

I had read that [Caemlyn] had been [confirmed by CBR|https://www.cbr.com/wheel-of-time-set-tour-season-2-andor/] for [Season 2] but I think that rumor been busted. 

! Comic-Con update

Here's two answers from Rafe that made me update my location predictions.

| [{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Cities.png' link='https://twitter.com/crowz92/status/1550293709484445697' width='300' style='border: 1px solid black;' alt='Q: Will we see more than one of these cities in season 2? Cairhien, Tear, Falme? A: Yes'}] | [{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'}]

Plus, I also listened to Geeky Eri's ["All Known Locations for The Wheel of Time Season 2!""|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8qhyXQVCBE].

!! Why Falme?

It's the next big event in the books.

!! Why Not Tear until Season 3?

Having [Falme] and [Tear|Tear (City)], two big events, might be too much for one season. I'm pretty sure it will be included somewhere in the series because they already gave us a glimpse of [Tear|Tear (City)] in [Episode 106]'s cold open and I can't see Rafe teasing us with just that glimpse and not letting us see the whole thing later.

I think that the closest view of [Tear|Tear (City)] we're going to get is a drawing of the [Stone|Stone of Tear] with [Callandor] in one of the books that [Moiraine] will be reading.

!! Plot-wise, Why Falme?

There has to be a plot reason for them to go to [Falme]. I think it will be similar to the books. While in the books ([TGH,Ch6]), [Padan Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] was captured and scribbled a message on the wall of his cell, in the show I think that [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] will stop while leaving [Fal Dara] and scribble the same message on a random wall: "We will meet again on [Toman Head]. It is never over, [al'Thor|Rand (TV)]." See the Notes section of [TGH,Ch6] for why [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] chose [Falme].

I think that plus [Fain] having the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the [Ruby Dagger] will be enough to have the Hunters of the Horn (see below) chase after [Fain] and not just go a different route to [Falme].

!! Predictions By Character And By Episode

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! Predictions by Character

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! Aviendha

In the books, [Aviendha] meets [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] on their journey to [Tear|Tear (City)] ([TDR,Ch38]) and first talks to [Rand|Rand (TV)] in [TSR,Ch22]. In the show, will she meet [Rand|Rand (TV)] first or meet [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] on their way to [Tar Valon]?

! Barthanes

Barthanes Damodred has been cast, but he only shows up in the books for five chapters ([TGH,Ch30] through [TGH,Ch34]). His manor is outside of [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], but I haven't read of any word about [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] being in [Season 2]. Do they move it to outside of [Caemlyn] along with the [Waygate|Ways] there? The whole reason [Rand|Rand (TV)] goes to the manor is because of [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]'s Daes Dae'mar and that [Rand|Rand (TV)] gets an invitation because of it. 

Will the writers leave all of this out and maybe just make Barthanes a minor character that visits [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] at [Tifan's Well|Tifans Well]?

__Post Comic-Con update__

I think that [Barthanes Damodred]'s manor will remain at [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].

! Elayne

I'm guessing that the whole trip of [Elayne], [Gawyn] and [Elaida] to [Tar Valon] in [TGH,Ch4] has already happened off-screen in [Season 1] and we were just not introduced to them. I think [Galad] arrived before them for [Warder] training. [Elayne] will meet [Egwene] and [Nynaeve] and introduce them to [Gawyn] and [Galad].


! Padan Fain

[Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] will take almost the same path to get to [Falme] as in the books: [Fal Dara] to the [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] [Waygate|Ways]. However I believe that the [Waygate|Ways] that he used in the books ([TGH,Ch33]) at [Barthanes Damodred]'s manor will be moved from [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] to [Caemlyn]. He can't use the [Fal Dara] [Waygate|Ways] because it's been bricked up. So he'll just head directly south, bypassing [Tar Valon] and [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] and on to [Caemlyn].  I don't think we'll see much of [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] until the end of the season, except for evidence, like a [Fade] nailed to a door, that he's still headed to [Falme].

Maybe [Padan Fain] stops at [Tar Valon] for a minute to speak to [Liandrin]? That would allow the Hunters for the Horn to also stop there and pick up [Mat] and [Verin].

[Fade] nailed to a door is confirmed! ([TGH,Ch11])

[{Image src='Comic-Con 2022/Screenshot 24.png' width='400'}]

! Rand

I'm guessing that [Rand|Rand (TV)] will head off into the [Waste|Aiel Waste] or the [Borderlands] and not [Tear|Tear (City)]. I'm not sure what he'll do there, but [Rhuidean] is too early in the story to happen ([TSR,Ch23]). He won't meet [Aviendha].

I'm betting [Lan|Lan (TV)] will catch up to him and save his skin and that will be the start of [Rand|Rand (TV)]'s sword training. [Rand|Rand (TV)] will then know that he needs to go to [Falme] because [Lan] will relay [Fain]'s message. 

[Rand] will end up at [Falme] for the battle. I don't know if he'll arrive with [Moiraine] and [Lan] or not or what his mode of travel will be.

[Rand] will kill [Ishamael] and also kill [Turak|Turak Aladon]. [The Dusty Wheel|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4muPyw9OZ8] agrees with me on the latter, especially since [Turak|Turak Aladon] is cast.

! Lan

! Moiraine

[Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)]'s going to be at [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle]'s place at [Tifan's Well|Tifans Well] in [Arafel] for a while (like in [TGH,Ch22]). I say this because in the [Decider interview|https://decider.com/2021/12/24/the-wheel-of-time-season-1-ending-explained-showrunner-interview-seanchan-moiraine-amazon-prime-video/], there's this:

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Judkins referenced the fact that after the introductory chapters of The Great Hunt, Moiraine is rather absent. “In Book 2 she really is in just one chapter, and she’s so limited in what she does. So, we looked at that piece that she has in Book 2 and then we figured out how to take that story that’s told in Tifan’s Well in Book 2 and expand it out to a whole season,” he said.
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Since [Tifan's Well|Tifans Well] is west of [Fal Dara], I think [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)]'s going to send [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] south to the [Tower|White Tower] to be Apprentices while having the others ([Perrin|Perrin (TV)], [Loial|Loial (TV)], [Uno|Uno (TV)], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Masema|Masema Dagar], i.e. the "Hunters of the Horn") chase the [Horn|Horn of Valere]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] will go by river to [Tar Valon], meeting [Bayle Domon].

Q: Why would they chase after the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the [dagger|Ruby Dagger]? [Mat] is not around to be re-healed. (thanks to [The Dusty Wheel|https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDustyWheel] for the question)

While she's staying with the Namelle sisters, we're going to get some exposition on the [Karaethon Prophecy|Karaethon Prophecies], such as it stating that the [Stone of Tear] will not fall until the [Dragon Reborn|Rand] wields the Sword That Cannot Be Touched (originally in [TEotW,Ch13]).

In [ContentMode|http://www.contentmode.com/daniel-henney/], Daniel Henney had this to say:

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Lan and Moiraine will be tested. Individually and as a Warder/Aes Sedai unit. They’ll face challenges that have huge implications. I consider season 2 a “journey season” for Lan. He will be faced with many moments and situations that force him to question everything he’s believed in and how he’s lived his life up to this point. It’s really hard for me to not give too much away, but I will say this- 2 swords, multiple fades, blood….lots of blood.
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So, like in [TGH,Ch22], she'll send [Lan|Lan (TV)] away, but I'm not sure that the part about her bond to him being passed to another [Aes Sedai] will be included. [This tweet|https://twitter.com/EmilieH05676625/status/1520509578739286016] gave me the idea that maybe [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] will send [Lan|Lan (TV)] after [Rand|Rand (TV)] to deliver [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)]'s message. [Lan|Lan (TV)] will track him easily enough, and maybe find him in time to save him from a [Trolloc] or two. This will start [Rand|Rand (TV)]'s sword training.

[Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] will find a way to break the [shield|Weaves] that [Ishamael|Ishamael (TV)] put on her, maybe through her research. Maybe [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] will be helping her and find it.  I bet that [Lan|Lan (TV)] starts returning to [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] soon after she breaks her shielding.

Will [Rand|Rand (TV)] go back to [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] with [Lan|Lan (TV)] or continue on to [Falme] directly? 

Still looking for a reason that [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] and [Lan|Lan (TV)] don't go to [Falme].

__Update:__

I didn't look closely enough at the books. [Moiraine] and [Lan] do go to [Falme], ([TGH,Ch49]) but seem to arrive after the battle. So maybe the breaking of her shield will make her not feel useless at [Falme] and give her incentive for her and [Lan] to get moving.

! Min

Min will make her way down to [Tar Valon] in time to be part of the kidnapping like in [TGH,Ch39].

! Nynaeve and Egwene

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] will go by boat with [Bayle Domon] and arrive at [Tar Valon] in time to be part of the kidnapping like in [TGH,Ch39]. This means they will use a [Waygate|Ways] to get to [Toman Head]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] will block herself from any more channeling. We already had a hint of that in [Episode 108] when she couldn't hear the wind anymore. They might get a (mud) flat and meet [Aviendha] while on foot to [Tar Valon].

! Mat

Last we saw, [Mat|Mat (TV)] was entering [Tar Valon]. He'll be captured by the [Red Ajah] and probably be (mostly?) healed of the dagger by some other [Aes Sedai](s). He'll speak the [Old Tongue] during the healing. He will meet [Gawyn] and [Galad], who probably have been there the whole time and just not introduced in [Season 1], and have the quarterstaff fight ([TDR,Ch24]) and will also reunite with [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)].

How will he join the Hunters of the Horn? Will the Hunt for the [Horn|Horn of Valere] lead them to [Tar Valon] so they can pick up [Mat|Mat (TV)] and [Verin] on their way to [Caemlyn]? Maybe [Padan Fain] stops at [Tar Valon] for a minute to speak to [Liandrin]?

Whatever the case, I believe that [Mat] will be at [Falme] to blow the [Horn of Valere], just as in [TGH,Ch47].

! Perrin, Loial, Uno, Ingtar, Masema and Mat

The Hunters of the Horn will continue to [Caemlyn]. They'll all meet Elayne. Afterwards, they'll take the (moved) [Waygate|Ways] to [Falme]. It could be that the [Waygate|Ways] is blocked by [Machin Shin] and they have to take a [Portal Stone], but I doubt it.

In the books, this group plus [Rand|Rand (TV)] uses the portal stone near [Stedding Tsofu], which is a day and a half from [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], to get to [Toman Head].([TGH,Ch37]).
! Thom

My bet is no [Thom|Thom (TV)] this season. In the books, [Rand|Rand (TV)] runs into Thom who is performing in  [Cairhien]. ([TGH,Ch25]) I don't know, maybe they'll change it so that [Mat|Mat (TV)] runs into him in [Tar Valon], but I just doubt it.
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! Predictions By Episode

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! Episode 201 - Split the Party

Rafe said that every character would be on their own for at least a little while, telling their own story (source?). I think this will start by splitting the party in the very first episode.

I'm hoping the cold open will be the [DFS|TGH,Prologue], setting the stakes for this season onward. 

There will be a scene showing [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] writing something on a wall, but we won't see the message. 

Then a scene with lots of grief from [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)], [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] and [Perrin|Perrin (TV)] over [Rand|Rand (TV)]'s "death". 

[Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] tells the [Two Rivers] folk that she and [Lan|Lan (TV)] must leave them to research stuff and that [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] should take a boat to [Tar Valon] and that the others should follow [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] and the [Horn|Horn of Valere] (the "The Hunt for the Horn"). 

[Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Masema|Masema Dagar] will be introduced. 

[Mat|Mat (TV)] will be captured by the [Red Ajah] in [Tar Valon]. They'll try to [gentle|stilling] him, but of course that will fail. The [Reds|Red Ajah] will be asking themselves, "WTF, [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)]?" [Mat|Mat (TV)] will be (mostly?) healed. Maybe [Elaida] and [Verin] are introduced.

There will be some scene with [Rand|Rand (TV)] entering the [Aiel Waste] or the [Borderlands].

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] board [Bayle Domon]'s boat.

[Perrin|Perrin (TV)] and [Loial (TV)], plus [Uno|Uno (TV)], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Masema|Masema Dagar] leave to follow [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)].

Someone discovers [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)]'s writing and tells [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)]. She and [Lan|Lan (TV)] go to read it (without us seeing it yet). She tells [Lan|Lan (TV)] to "Find Rand". The camera turns away from [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] to the wall and Fain's message is scribbled in blood on it. When we see Fain's message, we hear him in a voiceover of it.

Go to a closeup of [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)]'s face. He turns around and starts walking away. Soon after, two Fades and then Trollocs come into the picture, following him. Fade to black. 

! Episode 202

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] journey to [Tar Valon]. Maybe they get a (mud) flat, leave the boat, meet [Aviendha] and continue to [Tar Valon].

The Hunt for the Horn heads south. They encounter [Elyas|Elyas Machera]. __Comic-Con update:__ and [Hopper].

[Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] arrives at [Tifan's Well|Tifans Well] and settles in. 

Also some scene with [Rand|Rand (TV)]. Maybe [Lan|Lan (TV)] catches up with him, saves his life and they start [Rand|Rand (TV)]'s training while continuing into the [Waste|Aiel Waste]. 

! Episode 203

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] arrive at [Tar Valon]. [Egwene] becomes a Novice and [Nynaeve] becomes an Accepted soon thereafter. They reunite with [Mat|Mat (TV)] and [Min|Min (TV)]. They also meet [Elayne], who introduces them to [Galad] and [Gawyn].

[Mat|Mat (TV)]'s quarterstaff fight. 

[Elaida] and [Verin] are introduced, if they haven't been already.

The Hunters of the Horn find a [Fade] nailed to a door.

! Episode 204

The Hunters of the Horn arrive at [Tar Valon] (why? still working on that) and leave for [Caemlyn] a bit later. [Mat|Mat (TV)] and [Verin] join them. There's no reason for that bunch to stick around [Tar Valon] long.

! Episode 205

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)], [Egwene|Egwene (TV)], [Elayne] and [Min|Min (TV)] kidnapped. Well, like the books, I think only [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] and [Min] will actually be captured and the others escape. Rafe Judkins has basically [confirmed|https://twitter.com/rafejudkins/status/1550294511791661056] that the kidnappings will happen.

Something with [Rand|Rand (TV)].

! Episode 206

[Caemlyn]. We'll meet [Morgase]. Like others think, I also think that [Morgase] will be relegated to a minor role and her main plot will not be included in the series.

Something with [Rand|Rand (TV)].

Something with [Egwene|Egwene (TV)].

! Episode 207

[Caemlyn]. Last scene is all entering the [Waygate|Ways] to [Falme].

! Episode 208 - Battle of Falme

Battle for [Falme]. [Verin] and "Five ride forth, four return." [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] will have his moment ([TGH,Ch46]). [Mat|Mat (TV)] will blow the [Horn|Horn of Valere].
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!! Other Predictions

There are others out there who have their own predictions. I'll include them here as I find them or someone tells me about them.

* [Daniel Green - Wheel Of Time Season 2 PREDICTED!|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seeF74bRhm0]