The Wheel of Time returns to Prime Video in March.
Prime Video has released a one-minute teaser for its fantasy series The Wheel of Time at CCXP24 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The series is an adaptation of the 14-book series of the late Robert Jordan's epic fantasy novels, and Ars has been following the series closely with regular recaps for the first two seasons. Judging from the new teaser, the battle between light and dark becomes increasingly fierce as the Dragon Resurrected comes into his power.
(Spoilers for the first two seasons below.)
As previously reported, the series centers on Moiraine (played by Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike), a member of a powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai. Magic, known as the One Power, is divided into masculine (said) and feminine (said) flavors. The latter is the province of the Aes Sedai. Long ago, a great evil called the Dark One caused the said become infected, so that most men who demonstrate the ability to channel that magic go mad. It is the Aes Sedai's job to hunt down such men and strip them of their abilities – a process known as 'gentle' that, unfortunately, is often anything but. There is also an ancient prophecy about the Dragon Resurrected: the reincarnation of a person who will save or destroy humanity.
In S1, Moiraine befriended a group of five young people – Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Mat and Perrin – whose small village has been attacked by monsters called Trollocs, thinking that one of the young men might be the prophesied Dragon Reborn. She was right: the Dragon Resurrected is Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski) whose identity was revealed to everyone in the S2 finale. That second season was largely based on story elements from Jordan's The Great Hunt And The reborn dragon. We don't know yet which specific books will provide source material for S3, but according to the official premise:
