We finally have a release date! Season 2 will premiere on Friday, September 1, 2023. We have added a countdown to the wiki's main page. Just 99 days to go!
With the premiere date announcement, we also got:
* synopsis for season 2
* video of Josha announcing the release date
* video with a flash of Old Tongue writing
* 8 new promo stills, and their episode numbers
Here is the official synopsis for season 2:
Based on the best-selling Robert Jordan fantasy series The Wheel of Time, a humble farm boy, Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski, Gran Turismo), learns he is The Dragon Reborn—a dangerous figure from history destined to save the world … or break it. Desperate to protect him from the Dark One, an army of powerful sorceresses must reckon with his burgeoning power and encroaching madness. The Wheel of Time turns, and the Last Battle approaches. Though Rand thought he destroyed the Dark One, evil is not gone from the world. In Season Two, threats new and very old seek out the young friends from the Two Rivers, now scattered over the world. The woman who found and guided them is now powerless to help, and so they must find other sources of strength. In each other, or themselves. In the Light ... or the Dark.
Here is the video announcement from Josha Stradowski (Rand). The official social media Twitter account replied with the video to a fan, @DefaultRand, who has famously (for #TwitterOfTime) been asking for the release date every day -- for 448 days. Watch Josha's message here!
https://twitter.com/TheWheelOfTime/status/1661372353337602049
There's also this video announcement with the logo:
https://twitter.com/TheWheelOfTime/status/1661371486865588238
If you watch closely, you'll notice a single-frame flash of Old Tongue writing in the above video. The writing reads: "Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin" which translates to: "The Grave is no bar to my call". This phrase is associated with the Horn of Valere.
Here are the 8 new promotional stills. They show Moiraine, Lan, Nynaeve, Egwene, Rand, Perrin, Mat, Loial, Aviendha, the man / the Dark One, and the Seanchan.
Egwene in episode 1. She's wearing a gray apron over white and is handling dishes. She looks displeased.
Mat in episode 1, leaning to the side and staring at a candle flame. Note the tear in his eye.
Nynaeve in episode 3. She's wearing a white slip and looks sad or distressed. (Fans are speculating that this may be set in the room where Rafe Jordan filmed his Q&A for JordanCon 2023, and it may be the location of the Accepted's test.)
Lan in episode 3. He's on horseback on a large black horse (presumably Mandarb) in a forest. His black clothes looks especially awesome.
Moiraine in episode 4. She's on an open street. In the background there's a line of people, possibly a soup line. The roofs of the structures behind her do not look sturdy. Fans are speculating that this may be set in Cairhien.
Two Seanchan women, Loial, and the man who embodies The Dark One in episode 5. Loial is in fine light blue clothing. Fan sleuths suspect that the Seanchan woman in the center is actress Karima McAdams, and the Seanchan woman on the left is actress Jessica Boone.
Aviendha and Perrin in episode 8. Aviendha is veiled and wielding spears for a fight with someone(s) offscreen. Perrin is looking in the same direction but appears unarmed. There is a man in the background that may be Masema, and he is also wielding a weapon and looking at the offscreen thread.
Rand in episode 8. He's hooded with a brown cloak. There's a sword on his back. Beneath the cloak wrapped across his body, a white shirt collar is visible, and the collar is embroidered. On a stone wall in the background behind him, large blue banners are hanging; the banners have the sigil of a golden bird in flight (presumably the Seanchan golden eagle).
As always, catch up on everything we know about season 2 on the wiki's Season 2 page!
