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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.

Overall, 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. 

!! New Characters

# [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/])
# [Gary Beadle|https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063542/] as [Elyas Machera] ([WoT Series|https://www.wotseries.com/2022/02/22/gary-beadles-role-revealed/])
# [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 [Adeleas Namelle] (my guess)
# ? as [Vandene Namelle] (my guess)
# ? as [Gawyn] (my guess)
# ? as [Galad] (my guess)

!! Likely Locations

I think that having five locations will push the budget for the season.
 
# [Fal Dara]
# [Tar Valon]
# [Caemlyn] ?
# [Falme]
# The [Waste|Aiel Waste]

[Caemlyn] has been [confirmed by CBR|https://www.cbr.com/wheel-of-time-set-tour-season-2-andor/] for [Season 2] (or has that rumor been busted?). I don't think we'll see [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] for budgetary reasons plus I haven't read of any word about [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] being in [Season 2].

!! 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.

!! 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].

!! 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].

!! Barthanes

Barthanes Damodred has been cast, but he only shows up 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]?

!! Moiraine and Lan

[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") go south to chase the [Horn|Horn of Valere]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] will go by river to [Tar Valon], meeting [Bayle Domon].

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.  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].

!! 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 arrive at [Tar Valon] in time to be part of the kidnapping like in [TGH,Ch39]. [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, 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)] on their way to [Caemlyn]?

!! 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 ahalf from [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], to get to [Toman Head].([TGH,Ch37]).

!! Rand

I'm guessing that [Rand|Rand (TV)] will head off into the [Waste|Aiel Waste] and not [Tear|Tear (City)]. I'm not sure what he'll do there, except maybe meet [Aviendha], but [Rhuidean] is too early in the story to happen ([TSR,Ch23]). He'll end up at [Falme], though, for the battle.

Like I said above, [Lan|Lan (TV)] might 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].

!! 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?

!! 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.


!! By Episode

! [Episode 201] - Split the Party

There will be a scene showing [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] writing something on a wall. Then a scene with lots of grief from [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)], [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] and [Perrin|Perrin (TV)] over [Rand|Rand (TV)]'s "death". [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Masema|Masema Dagar] will be introduced. Someone discovers [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)]'s writing and tells [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)]. There will be a scene showing [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] leaving [Fal Dara] leading a [Fade] and many [Trollocs]. [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 plus [Uno|Uno (TV)], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Masema|Masema Dagar] should follow [Fain|Padan Fain (TV)] and the [Horn|Horn of Valere] (the "The Hunt for the Horn"). [Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] board [Bayle Domon]'s boat.

[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.

[Lan|Lan (TV)] leaves [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] to go find [Rand|Rand (TV)] (or maybe this happens in the next episode).

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

! [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].

[Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)] arrives at [Tifan's Well|Tifans Well] and settles in. Maybe this is where [Lan|Lan (TV)] leaves [Moiraine|Moiraine (TV)].

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]

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

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve (TV)] and [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] arrive at [Tar Valon], become apprentices, reunite with [Mat|Mat (TV)] and [Min|Min (TV)]. 

[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)] and [Min|Min (TV)] kidnapped. Well, like the books, I think only [Egwene|Egwene (TV)] will actually be captured and the other two escape.

Something with [Rand|Rand (TV)].

! [Episode 206]

[Caemlyn]. We'll meet [Elayne] and [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].

!! 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]