These are my (Gary) 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 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 sometime in season 2 because Rand needs to be trained with the sword and Egwene needs time to learn in the White Tower plus some time with the Seanchan before she's rescued. The season will end like The Great Hunt ended, with them all at Falme, Mat blowing the Horn and Rand killing Ishamael. Also killing Turak.

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
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• Leaked audition tapes
• Role Castings
• Other fan predictions, with credit given, of course
• The news from Comic-Con

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 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 (TV) 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.
• In the books, Fain is captured and later escapes, while in the series, he's rather easily gotten hold of the Horn and the Ruby Dagger and is roaming about freely.
• In the show, Loial (TV) has been stabbed by the Ruby Dagger.
• In the books, Nynaeve and Egwene are getting ready to go back to the White Tower with the Amyrlin's group, while in the series, they're at Fal Dara and have not met the Amyrlin there.

Rafe's Comments About Season 2 Overall#

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“And secondly, where all the characters land at the end of this is different than they do in the first book because we are moving into seasons that will tell multiple book stories in one season. So you’ll see some of them heading off in a direction that’s very reminiscent of a later book, and some of them heading off in directions that are reminiscent of Book 2."

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“Fans of the books will see that some characters are diving more into their book two story in season 2, and some of them are diving more into their book three story in season 2."

New Characters#

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

Likely Locations#

A lot of my predictions are based on what locations I think will be in the next season, because locations are expensive.

1. Fal Dara (because that's where we ended last season)
2. Tar Valon (because I believe Nynaeve and Egwene will head there)
3. Cairhien (Based on Rafe's answer and Geeky Eri's video)
4. A stedding (Based on Rafe's answer. Maybe Stedding Sholoon since it's in Shienar and maybe near Fal Dara)
5. The Waste or the Borderlands (wherever Rand roams)
6. Tifans Well (Moiraine and Lan go there)
7. Falme (because I believe the season will end there)

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Comic-Con update#

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

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Why Falme?#

It's the next big event in the books.

Why Not Tear until Season 3?#

Having Falme and Tear, 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 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 we're going to get is a drawing of the Stone 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 was captured and scribbled a message on the wall of his cell, in the show I think that Fain 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." See the Notes section of TGH,Ch6 for why Fain chose Falme.

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

Predictions By Character And By Episode#

• Predictions by Character
• Predictions By Episode

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.

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