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“The Wheel Of Time” Casts Faile; Aiel Warriors, Wise Ones

MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME THROUGH BOOK FIVE, THE FIRES OF HEAVEN, AHEAD!

Wheel Of Time Wednesdays are back! And according to Amazon, they’re here to stay, at least until the premiere of The Wheel Of Time‘s third season on March 13th, a little less than two months away. We still don’t have a full trailer for the fast approaching season, but we have been receiving casting announcements left and right over the last couple of weeks: Shohreh Aghdashloo and Olivia Williams are among those joining the epic fantasy series’ sprawling ensemble cast, which also boasts Oscar-nominees Rosamund Pike and Sophie Okonedo. And today, Amazon welcomed five more cast-members — Isabella Bucceri, Nukâka Coster-Waldau, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Björn Landberg, and Synnøve Macody Lund — all of whom will play significant roles from the pages of Robert Jordan’s saga. As has been the case with every casting announcement thus far, all five of these actors and actresses were already known or rumored to have been cast in the series, and some, like Bucceri, had already been linked to the characters they’re actually playing, but there are also some interesting new details tucked away in Amazon’s press release that hint at changes fans could not have predicted.

Black-and-white image of Isabella Bucceri, wearing a black leather jacket. She has long black hair.
Isabella Bucceri | Twitter @WoTUp5
Image of Björn Landberg. He has short white hair with dark eyebrows and wears all black.
Björn Landberg | filmmakers.eu

While there are over 2700 named characters in The Wheel Of Time, and it’s extremely easy to get them mixed up, no one who’s read the series will need to be reminded of Faile Bashere, the character Isabella Bucceri will portray in season three: everyone has an opinion on the sharp-tongued Saldaean adventurer who becomes Perrin Aybara’s love interest, and those opinions range anywhere from “love her, would die for her” to “hate her, please die” with people like myself falling somewhere in the middle; I generally like Faile individually, but her and Perrin together are unbearable to read about for more than a few sentences, in large part because the book versions of their characters are, like, sixteen, seventeen, and incapable of having a conversation without Perrin putting his foot in his mouth because he inadvertently ‘smelled’ Faile’s emotions (one of the drawbacks to having heightened senses) and confidently misinterpreted them, causing her to get angry, in turn causing him to get angry, and for them both to storm off, the one mumbling that ‘women are so confusing’ and the other grumbling that ‘men are such idiots’. I have to trust that one of the reasons for aging up the characters in the show was to avoid the mind-numbingly repetitive teenage angst that The Wheel Of Time is unfortunately notorious for, but then again, there was a random (and mercifully short-lived) love-triangle subplot between Perrin, Rand, and Egwene in season one, so anything’s possible.

In Amazon’s press release, as in the books, Faile is described as a Hunter for the Horn whose search for the artifact has led her to the Two Rivers. This presumably means we’ll lose the bit where Perrin tells Faile to stay in the city of Tear while he goes to check on things back in the Two Rivers because it’s too dangerous for her to go, she’s just a woman, blah blah blah — advice which she ignores. But otherwise, her description reads the same. Faile is introduced as a Hunter for the Horn in book three, The Dragon Reborn, and interestingly, tells Perrin about her theory that the Horn could be found in the Two Rivers amidst the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Manetheren. In the books, the Horn is already on its way to Tar Valon for safekeeping by that point, but the show made a subtle but potentially significant change when they had Amaresu, one of the Heroes of the Horn, take the Horn from Mat Cauthon at the end of season two: meaning that for the time being, it is somewhere in Tel’aran’rhiod, the World of Dreams, and not in the physical world.

Speaking of the World of Dreams, the next two characters — Bair (Coster-Waldau) and Melaine (Gunnarsdóttir) — are both ‘dreamwalkers’: women with the ability to enter the World of Dreams at will, and to an extent navigate its ever-changing paths. The ability to dreamwalk does not only manifest in women who can channel the One Power; Melaine cannot channel, while according to Amazon’s press release, Bair can (an odd change from the books, where it’s the other way around). Both women belong to the red-haired, desert-dwelling Aiel people, and hold positions of great status in their respective clans. They are called ‘Wise Ones’, and their words hold equal weight to those of their clan chiefs. There are many Wise Ones with the ability to channel and/or dreamwalk (likely outnumbering the Aes Sedai) but some can do neither and still be held in high esteem. Whereas Novices training to become Aes Sedai often spend years preparing for the perilous Accepted Test that decides whether they can advance any further, women who seek to become Wise Ones are immediately expected to pass a test very similar in structure, which involves entering a ter’angreal in the ruins of the city of Rhuidean that will show them the possible routes their lives may take.

A similar test awaits Aiel men who intend to become clan chiefs. With permission from the Wise Ones, these men will enter a separate, inverse ter’angreal in Rhuidean which forces them to relive events from their ancient history through the eyes of their direct ancestors. In this way, they will learn the truth of the ‘Sin’ that led to the Aiel becoming a patchwork of warring clans banished to the Wasteland beyond the Spine of the World. Few men return from the ter’angreal, fewer still with their sanity intact, but those who do come back bearing a dragon tattoo on their arm that marks them as their clan’s new chief, and are forbidden to speak of their experiences in Rhuidean. The current chief of the Taardad clan is Rhuarc (Landberg), an experienced warrior who has two wives, both Wise Ones. You’ll see more of the Taardad Aiel in the show than any other clan (besides the especially violent Shaido), as the Taardad are the clan to which Rand al’Thor’s parents belonged, and in which he would have been raised if he hadn’t been born on a battlefield and adopted by Tam al’Thor of the Two Rivers. Aviendha is also a member of the Taardad Aiel, though her friends Bain and Chiad belong to the Shaarad and Goshien Aiel, respectively.

Black-and-white image of Synnøve Macody Lund. She has short blonde hair and wears a long-sleeved top with black pants.
Synnøve Macody Lund | imdb.com

Probably for simplicity’s sake more than anything, the show has also chosen to make the character of Melindhra (Macody Lund) a member of the Taardad Aiel rather than the Shaido, but that isn’t even the biggest change that’s been made to this Maiden of the Spear’s backstory. The press release describes her as a Malkieri refugee who was taken in by the Taardad, setting her up to have a very different role in the show than in the books, where she’s romantically involved with Mat Cauthon for a short while. While there’s no evidence that Mat will go to the Waste in season three, we know that Lan Mandragoran, faithful Warder to Moiraine Damodred and heir to the lost throne of Malkier, will go there alongside Moiraine, Rand, and Egwene al’Vere. It seems obvious that, with Melindhra being a former citizen of Malkier herself, the two will bond. The question is: will their relationship be purely platonic, or is The Wheel Of Time overlaying Mat and Melindhra’s romance onto Lan and Melindhra? And if they do go that route, what does that mean for Lan’s ambiguous relationship with Nynaeve al’Meara? And what is Mat doing in season three if he’s not going to the Waste, where much of his character development occurs in the books?

I’m very curious to see how The Wheel Of Time answers these questions when the series returns, but in the meantime, I’d love for you to share your own thoughts, theories, and opinions, in the comments below!

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“The Wheel Of Time” Casts Four Andoran Royals

MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME THROUGH BOOK FIVE: THE FIRES OF HEAVEN, AND POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME SEASON THREE, AHEAD!

This morning, The Wheel Of Time announced through their official social media channels that Olivia Williams, Luke Fetherston, Callum Kerr, and Nuno Lopes had joined the cast for the upcoming third season of Amazon Prime’s epic fantasy series. This came as a surprise to absolutely no one who’s been following the production for any length of time, because the folks over at wotseries.com reported on Fetherston’s casting all the way back in May of 2023, Kerr’s in July 2023, Lopes’ in October 2023, and Williams’ in November 2023 – and were able to additionally confirm or make highly educated guesses that Fetherston was playing Gawyn Trakand, Kerr was playing Galad Trakand (yes, I know it’s Galad Damodred in the books; we’ll get to that), and Williams was playing Queen Morgase Trakand.

Ceara Coveney as Elayne Trakand in The Wheel Of Time, lowering a golden crown encrusted with rubies and pearls onto her head. She has long golden hair and wears a long-sleeved white dress.
Elayne Trakand | youtube.com

What did come as a shock to some of us this morning was the reveal that Fetherston was in fact playing Galad, and Kerr playing Gawyn, with an accompanying press release indicating that their canonical ages relative to their sister Elayne Trakand had been swapped, complicating the entire timeline and causing Discourse™…only for The Wheel Of Time to repost the casting announcement an hour later, corrected to show Fetherston playing Gawyn and Kerr playing Galad, as originally reported by wotseries.com. How the heck this happened is frankly beyond me – to mix up two fairly similar names in a tweet is one thing, but to simultaneously release an inaccurate press release to all of the Hollywood trades is extremely weird, and for Amazon to not immediately notice and amend their mistake is even weirder.

Here’s where we stand currently, assuming they haven’t issued another correction in the time it’s taken me to write this post: Luke Fetherston is Lord Gawyn Trakand; Callum Kerr is Lord Galad Trakand; Olivia Williams, currently starring in the HBO Max limited series Dune: Prophecy, is Queen Morgase Trakand; and Nuno Lopes is Lord Gaebril. Together with Elayne Trakand played by Ceara Coveney, they make up the royal family of Andor, one of the largest and most powerful nations in the Westlands. Andor is notable for having an unbroken line of female rulers dating back for centuries, although there have been several Wars of Succession, the most recent of which resulted in Morgase’s ascension to the Lion Throne of Caemlyn.

Morgase Trakand, Queen of Andor and High Seat of House Trakand, became Queen at a very young age, after the death of her close relative Queen Mordrellen Mantear and the disappearance of Mordrellen’s only daughter, Tigraine Mantear. In the books, Morgase’s claim to the Lion Throne was clear enough that she was able to gain the support of most of the noble Houses and seize power with very few casualties, but the character description released by Amazon describes this event as a “brutal war” and seems to imply that Morgase has the blood of rival claimants on her hands: “She has sworn ever since to shield her daughter and heir, Elayne, from ever having to endure what she did – and do what she did.”

Olivia Williams in Dune: Prophecy. She has dark hair pulled back in a low bun and wears a long-sleeved black dress.
Olivia Williams in Dune: Prophecy | latimes.com

In the books, Morgase solidified her claim by marrying Lord Taringail Damodred, the husband of the former Daughter-Heir Tigraine Mantear, and adopting their son, Galad Damodred. She had two children with Taringail, Gawyn and Elayne Trakand, before Taringail died under…very suspicious circumstances. His death, in which Morgase is widely believed to have had a hand, is potentially one of those morally ambiguous actions The Wheel Of Time is implying she had to take to protect herself and her daughter: although I’d be a little surprised if the show had time to get into any of this, especially since Galad hasn’t been said to be Morgase’s step-son or Elayne and Gawyn’s half-brother, and his character description refers to him as the “first-born son”.

But if Galad is in fact Morgase’s son in the show, that creates some complications, as Galad would be “First Prince of the Sword”, a title belonging to his younger brother (but Morgase’s eldest son) Gawyn in the books. That title and the responsibilities that come with it weigh heavily on Gawyn’s shoulders, and are one of the main reasons why he’s…like that. As a toddler, he had to swear an oath to protect Elayne with his life, and has been hardwired to literally throw himself in front of her at the first sign of danger. And as an adult, it shows. He doesn’t stop to think things through before jumping to conclusions and acting on his impulses – which has consequences, really severe ones, when you’re the commander of the Andoran military by virtue of blood rather than merit. Unsurprisingly, Gawyn is one of the most hated characters in The Wheel Of Time.

Galad is also pretty divisive, but somewhat less so than Gawyn – which says a lot about Gawyn, because he’s not the brother who enthusiastically signs up to be a Whitecloak and go around persecuting Aes Sedai, that’s Galad, and yet the majority of fans, if asked to pick between the two, would probably choose Galad. It undoubtedly helps that Galad is described as tall, androgynous, and exceptionally beautiful in the books, while Gawyn has more boyish features. Looking at Luke Fetherston and Callum Kerr, I have to be honest, it’s hard to visualize Fetherston as Gawyn and nigh on impossible to see Galad in Kerr. They’re both attractive men; I’m not disputing that. But the statuesque Fetherston has a beauty that is ironically more suited to Galad than Gawyn, while Kerr’s ruggedness doesn’t really fit either character. And Fetherston strongly resembles another actor on the show that it would make sense for Galad to look like, but not Gawyn.

As for Lord Gaebril, the male consort and influential advisor to Morgase is a nobleman from western Andor – the area that encompasses the Two Rivers. He has a consequential role to play, maybe not this season but certainly in the next, and that’s…all I can say on the matter without getting into some seriously spoilery territory.

Luke Fetherston, sitting in front of a gray background, wearing a white t-shirt and black pants. He has short reddish-brown hair.
Luke Fetherston | pop-culturalist.com

Conspicuously absent is the character of Gareth Bryne, Captain-General of the Queen’s Guard and to Morgase what Gawyn is to Elayne, her First Prince of the Sword. This could mean that Bryne has been cut; it could also mean that he’s still in the show but in a much smaller role, making a casting announcement for his character unnecessary; or it could mean that he’s still in the show and in a significant role, just not in season three. In the books, Bryne is dismissed from service shortly after Lord Gaebril’s arrival at court, so it’s entirely possible that this has happened already in the show and that Bryne is in Kore Springs throughout season three. We’ll have to wait and see.

What do you think of the casting announcements? Who are you most excited to see in The Wheel Of Time season three? Share your own thoughts, theories, and opinions, in the comments below!

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Shohreh Aghdashloo Joins “The Wheel Of Time” As Elaida

MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME UP TO BOOK FOUR: THE SHADOW RISING, AND SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME SEASON THREE, AHEAD!

Some surprises are not lessened for having been spoiled well over a year in advance, and Shohreh Aghdashloo being cast as Elaida in The Wheel Of Time season three is certainly one of those. Aghdashloo, an immensely talented Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actress best known for her roles in sci-fi drama The Expanse and HBO’s The Batman prequel series The Penguin (and for her distinctive, gravelly voice, which she has lent to animated series Arcane: League Of Legends, fantasy film Damsel, and video game Assassin’s Creed: Mirage), is a huge get for Prime Video’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fourteen-volume epic fantasy series, standing on equal footing with star Rosamund Pike and guest star Sophie Okonedo (both Oscar-nominees). And fans have been waiting for this announcement for a very….very long time.

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala in The Expanse. She has long dark hair in a braid. She is wearing a red-and-gold sari.
Shohreh Aghdashloo in The Expanse | imdb.com

It all began back in December of 2021, while The Wheel Of Time was airing its first season and The Expanse was airing its sixth and last. Both shows being on the Prime Video home page resulted in a lot of crossover between the two fandoms, and people started fan-casting Aghdashloo as various characters from The Wheel Of Time books who had yet to appear in the show, particularly the cantankerous sorceress Cadsuane Melaidhrin. Aghdashloo took notice and even brought it to Wheel Of Time showrunner Rafe Judkins’ attention, tagging him in a fateful tweet that read: “Hi, @rafejudkins, the fans say, we need to talk”. Judkins responded: “Girl, I’m in. I don’t know how to use Twitter but if I did I would DM you. You’ve been on my mood board for a certain character since 2018 haha”.

We now know that the character Judkins had in mind was not Cadsuane at all, but rather Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, an even more important character in the books who takes an antagonistic role to protagonists Rand al’Thor and Egwene al’Vere, not because she’s a Darkfriend, but because she genuinely (and mistakenly) believes she’s the most qualified person to lead the fight against the Dark One. Elaida is a divisive character: some readers (myself included) regard her as one of The Wheel Of Time‘s most compelling villains, while others find her unbearable or almost comically misguided. I am nonetheless confident that the adaptation which somehow turned us all into Liandrin Guirale redemption arc truthers will give us a reason to begrudgingly sympathize with Elaida, maybe even root for her. Aghdashloo’s casting makes it a near-certainty that her shenanigans will be more entertaining to watch than they sometimes are to read about, that’s for sure.

Elaida is a member of the Aes Sedai, the order of female channelers (sorceresses) who have historically used their considerable power to try and repair a world that was deeply fractured three-thousand years earlier during the Breaking, when all the male Aes Sedai went mad and turned on each other. Elaida belongs to the Red Ajah, the largest faction of the present-day Aes Sedai, whose primary task is to hunt down male channelers and subdue them before they can go mad and cause another Breaking. Elaida is one of the most powerful Aes Sedai alive, equal in strength to Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche, and at one point seemed to have her eye on ascending to the Amyrlin Seat (the leadership position which Siuan currently holds). It therefore came as a shock to many when Elaida abruptly moved to the nation of Andor and became the full-time advisor to Queen Morgase Trakand, seemingly conceding the Seat and ending her promising career in Aes Sedai politics. What none realized was that Elaida had the rare Talent of Foretelling, and had seen in a vision that the royal line of Andor would be the key to victory in the Last Battle: which she interpreted to mean Morgase’s daughter, Elayne Trakand, who can channel and is indeed stronger than Elaida herself.

Wide shot of the Hall of Sitters in the White Tower, from The Wheel Of Time. A woman in a long red gown is sitting on the Amyrlin Seat, with a dark-haired woman in a white dress sitting on the armrest at her left hand.
The Amyrlin Seat | youtube.com

Elayne began training at the White Tower in season two, and was almost immediately kidnapped by Liandrin Guirale, an Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah and secretly a member of the unofficial Black Ajah made up entirely of Darkfriends. Her abduction was covered up, and Liandrin was consequently able to avoid being caught for a time, but season three opens – Rafe Judkins has said this, the teaser trailer confirmed it, and footage from the sequence was shown to CCXP attendees – with Liandrin finally being exposed, and subsequently activating a whole bunch of Black Ajah sleeper agents amongst the Aes Sedai to help her escape punishment. The ensuing massacre (my word choice, but that’s what it looks like to me) will rock the Tower to its core; and amidst the upheaval that must surely follow, Elaida will return at long last, probably looking for Elayne and instead finding the Aes Sedai in total disarray, enflaming in her a fierce desire to fix the Tower, even (or perhaps especially) if that means getting rid of Siuan Sanche and replacing her with a more competent, capable leader, someone like…oh, I don’t know, Elaida herself.

To say any more would require me to get into major spoilers for The Shadow Rising, the book being adapted in The Wheel Of Time season three, so I’ll leave it there and let you discover what happens next when The Wheel Of Time returns on March 13th, 2025. In the meantime, share your own thoughts, theories, and opinions, in the comments below!

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First Poster For “The Wheel Of Time” Season 3 Drops Ahead Of CCXP

SPOILERS FOR THE WHEEL OF TIME BOOK FOUR: THE SHADOW RISING, AHEAD!

The Wheel Of Time, Amazon Prime’s best epic fantasy series that hardly anyone seems to know about, is returning for its third season sometime soon, by the looks of it. With showrunner Rafe Judkins and stars Josha Stradowski and Madeleine Madden scheduled to take the stage at CCXP in Brazil this Saturday to discuss season three and drop the release date (confirmed by Judkins over on his Instagram), and a new poster dropping this morning, there’s excitement in the air as it feels suddenly plausible that the Dragon Reborn might be back on our screens early in the new year.

First poster for The Wheel of Time season three, depicting Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor walking through a desert between rows of standing spears that cast long shadows in the early morning light. He is carrying Rosamund Pike as Moiraine Damodred in his arms. Rand has short reddish-brown hair and wears a short-sleeved sand-brown shirt with brown trousers. He has dragon tattoos spiraling down his bare forearms. Moiraine, whose face is turned away from the camera, has long brown hair and wears a sand-brown blouse and a gray dress.
The Wheel Of Time | Twitter @TheWheelOfTime

The poster – our first look at season three since the short video celebrating a wrap on filming early this year – is beautiful, which is something I haven’t necessarily been able to say of previous posters for the series…not that they were ever bad, but they were “floating head” posters, and I felt like the show’s marketing team could have cooked up something a little more visually arresting to entice audiences, who made The Wheel Of Time Prime Video’s most watched original series debut of 2021 but didn’t show up as strongly for season two in 2023 despite much better reviews for the season, in large part because the marketing was non-existent. The actors and writers literally couldn’t talk about the show or promote it at the time due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, and Amazon did virtually nothing to fill the void. We don’t know how season two performed in the eyes of Amazon executives, but with season four yet to be greenlit, I think it’s safe to assume that they’re waiting for season three to come out first and do well before they commit to continuing the sprawling story; which was planned to run for eight seasons, condensing fourteen books worth of source material.

So the marketing can’t suck this time around – and if this poster is anything to go by, I’m cautiously optimistic that it won’t. So let’s discuss the poster itself.

The image seems obviously designed to eventually double as a book cover for The Shadow Rising, the fourth volume in Robert Jordan’s saga, which The Wheel Of Time season three will be adapting (having consolidated most of the relevant parts of books two and three into its second season). Depicting Stradowski’s character Rand al’Thor walking through a steel forest of standing spears in a desert at dawn, carrying Rosamund Pike’s Moiraine Damodred in his arms, the poster follows through on the promise made in season two to shift focus away from Moiraine, the series’ protagonist throughout its first season, and onto Rand, the books’ protagonist, who has reluctantly accepted that he is the “Dragon Reborn” destined to save the world or destroy it, and must now complete the vague prophecies written about him centuries before his birth if he is to defeat the Dark One at the Last Battle and prevent the very fabric of reality from being torn apart.

The poster transports us to one of the books’ harshest settings, the Waste, home to twelve warring clans who collectively make up the Aiel. Rand is, as the show has already revealed, the son of an Aiel Maiden of the Spear named Shaiel, who died giving birth to him on the field of battle during the Aiel War, in which a coalition of Aiel clans under the command of Chief Janduin of the Taardad invaded the Westlands to exact vengeance for the killing of a sacred tree (long story). Janduin is Rand’s father, making him half-Aiel. Wait, didn’t I say that Rand’s parents are both Aiel? I’ll let the show explain that.

Close-up image of Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor. He has a shaved head, and is wearing a dark blue coat with ornate gold embroidery over an open-collared white shirt. He is channeling red and gold threads of the One Power into a web that spirals around his upper body. He has a sword strapped to his back.
Rand al’Thor | nerdist.com

In The Wheel Of Time season two, we met Aiel Maiden of the Spear Aviendha (played by Ayoola Smart) as she led an expeditionary force back into the Westlands to find the prophesized savior of the Aiel, the Car’a’carn or “Chief of Chiefs”, who turned out to also be Rand al’Thor. In season three, presumably just as in the books, Rand will decide to follow her into the Waste and help his people in their hour of need, against Moiraine’s wishes. His journey will take him to the ruined city of Rhuidean, built in ages past by Aes Sedai to house a treasure trove of powerful tar’angreal (magical objects) and the secret histories of the Aiel. But in the Waste, Rand will encounter opposition not only from the Dark One’s most powerful minions, but from leaders of the Aiel who dispute and challenge his claim to be the Car’a’carn, including a hotheaded clan chief and an ambitious Wise One (the Aiel equivalent to an Aes Sedai) who join forces to take him down.

Eagle-eyed fans will have noticed right away that Rand is sporting some new tattoos on his arms in the season three poster, which have great significance but are kinda a spoiler, so I won’t give away too much. Let’s just say, the process of obtaining those tattoos is an arduous one, and comprises one of the most memorable sequences in the entirety of Jordan’s saga, a sequence I hope The Wheel Of Time can do justice, as I firmly believe that it could single-handedly put the show on the map, so to speak. If not, The Shadow Rising still has plenty of other outstanding moments that could also do the trick (it is regarded by many fans as the best book in the series), some of which I’m looking forward to even more, but that particular sequence has the potential to be uniquely brilliant on every level. I already know Stradowski’s gonna kill it; it’s just a question of whether the show’s writing, direction, cinematography and production design are able to match the energy he’s going to bring.

Ragga Ragnars as Bain, Ayoola Smart as Aviendha, and Maja Simonsen as Chiad standing in a row in a dimly-lit room with stone walls. All three have long reddish-brown hair and wear lightweight brown leather armor over sand-brown garments with hoods and black scarves. They have spears strapped to their backs and small bucklers at their sides.
Bain, Aviendha, and Chiad | lrmonline.com

Oh, and as for why Rand is holding Moiraine in his arms, well, I have my theories. Which I will not be sharing at this time, because again, that would require spoilers and the source material is just obscure enough that I don’t feel comfortable revealing everything that happens even though it’s been over thirty years since The Shadow Rising‘s publication. I envy those of you who will be watching the season with fresh eyes, completely unaware of what’s coming. Because everything I’ve seen thus far – i.e. this poster – tells me it’s gonna be great.

What do you think of the poster, and what are you hoping gets revealed or shown during Saturday’s CCXP panel? Share your own thoughts, theories, and opinions, in the comments below!