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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

We made it to 220,000 signatures, #WotSkies ! Keep the #SaveWOT campaign going! #TheWheelOfTime

Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Last August, my wife surprised me with a copy of Michael Livingstone’s “Origins of The Wheel of Time.” One year later - almost to the day - she surprised me with this book. I didn’t realize this was going to turn into a new August tradition but I’m not complaining. 😉 #TheWheelOfTime

A paperback copy of “The Wheel of Time Companion” by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk & Maria Simons.
The black cover is emblazoned with the Wheel of Time symbol of a bronze-coloured snake biting its own tail in a figure-8, intertwined with a wheel. Above the symbol is the heading, “The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series.” The book title is placed over the symbol, partially obscuring it. The authors’ names are listed below the title.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Me traveling with my kids all day instead of participating in the global #ReWOTch of #TheWheelOfTime . #SaveWOT #WotSkies

A meme edit of Robert Strange as the Eelfinn from The Wheel of Time seated in an airplane.
He is wearing dark pants but his bare torso and head are covered in orange and white fur makeup. He is slouched back in a seated position while giving the camera a sidelong look that screams of irritation and displeasure. He has been edited into a stock photo of passengers on an airplane, seated next to a young child and his mother.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#WotShowSpoilers S3E8 #TheWheelOfTime Hey #WotSkies, remember when Rafe hinted a while back that Egwene’s river test was foreshadowing for Nynaeve breaking her block? S3E8 had so many callbacks to previous seasons but 1 of my faves is this shot of Nynaeve’s hand mirroring Egwene’s hand in S1E1.

A shot from the Season 3 finale of The Wheel of Time showing Nynaeve’s left hand underwater. The shot is taken over her shoulder, focusing on her hand and forearm. Her bronze-and-black patterned sleeve is pulled back from her wrist as her hand drifts in the water, her fingers open and relaxed. White and blue threads of the One Power can be seen coalescing in the water and moving through her hand. The water is bright blue and calm but there is little to see aside from floating dust particles and a bit of the sandy sea bed.

A shot from the Season 1 opener of The Wheel of Time showing Egwene’s right hand underwater. The shot is taken from below her, focusing on her hand and forearm. Her translucent blue sleeve is pulled back from her wrist as her hand drifts in the water, her fingers open and relaxed. Bubbles swirl around her hand while, above, the blue water, lit by bright white sunlight, roils in ripples and splashes.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

#TheWheelOfTime #WotShowSpoilers S3E6 I wonder if Marin Al’Vere knows how often love-struck young people use her common room for their late night canoodles?

Two shots of the Winespring Inn’s common room in The Wheel of Time show.

The top shot is of Rand & Egwene in Episode 1 of Season 1. They are seated on a bench next to the large hearth of the common room, bathed in its firelight. The shot is taken through the hearth with small flames seen licking pieces of firewood in the foreground. Rand is shirtless, straddling the bench and facing Egwene who sits wrapped in a red blanket with one foot up on the bench and her hands on her knees. She rests her cheek on her hands as she turns to face Rand. Some tables, pillars and hanging chandeliers are visible in the dimly lit common room behind them.

The bottom shot is of Perrin & Faile in Episode 6 of Season 3. They are in the same location in front of the common room’s hearth but this time the shot is taken from the other end of the room facing the hearth. Perrin, fully dressed but with arms bared, sits propped up on the makeshift bed he was put on to heal from his wounds. Faile, in a dark outfit that matches her short hair, sits on the same bed next to him, staring into the fire of the hearth while he looks at her. They are lit by a hanging chandelier hanging over their heads in the centre of the shot. More chandeliers are visible to the sides as well as tables and pillars.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Is this what you’re referring to? The quality is not great but it does look like a section of lighter hair in the shot.

A shot of Jeaine Caida in Season 3 of The Wheel of Time. She is looking a bit distressed with dust on her clothes, her long, dark hair tussled and blood on her face. She is staring with focused determination as she holds her hands up in front of her. Yellow Weaves of the One Power are forming a circular shape in her outward-facing palms as she creates an offscreen shield to protect Liandrin.
Her hair cascading down her shoulders is dark brown but there seems to be a section of lighter, possibly white, hair over her right shoulder. This has been circled in red.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#WotShowSpoilers S3E5 Can’t stop thinking about the different ways in which these 3 relate to young children. Perrin & Rand are all like “Kids like when we pretend to be monsters, right?” And Mat just gets down to meet kids at eye level, assuming the least threatening posture for their benefit.

A Wheel of Time meme made up of 5 different screenshots taken from the 3 existing seasons of The Wheel of Time. At the top of the image is the caption: “Fun Uncle Energy.” Beneath this caption are 2 screenshots of Perrin & Rand playfully chasing young children. Then, there’s another caption that reads: “Big Brother Energy” followed by 3 screenshots of Mat crouching down to meet children at eye level.

Screenshot #1 (Top Left): Perrin chases Nynaeve’s daughter, Elnore, in Episode 3 of Season 2. They are running toward the camera, Elnore laughing with a wooden sword in her hand and Perrin crouching low with his hands forward as if to catch her.

Screenshot #2 (Top Right): Rand chases after Alsera, Rhuarc’s grand daughter in Episode 5 of Season 3. They are running away from the camera, down a sandy pathway winding through the high stone walls of Cold Rocks Hold. Other Aiel lining the path watch as they run by.

Screenshot #3 (Bottom Left): Mat (played by Barney Harris) crouches down in front of his sisters who are playing with wooden dolls in Episode 1 of Season 1. They are all looking worse for wear as they are in scruffy clothing with unkempt hair and dirt-smudged faces. Mat is giving his sisters a comforting smile as he meets them at eye level.

Screenshot #4 (Bottom Centre): A crouching Mat (again played by Barney Harris) crouches down to meet a young girl, Helga Grinwell, at eye level in Episode 4 of Season 1. She is holding out her own wooden doll, Birgitte, to him. He is looking sickly and very unkempt but has a genuine smile on his face as he reaches to gently push the doll back toward her.

Screenshot #5 (Bottom Right): Mat (played by Donal Finn) crouches down to meet Nynaeve’s daughter, Elnore, at eye level in Episode 3 of Season 2. He is much more cleaned up this time around and wearing a fancy green cloak. He places his hand on Elnore’s shoulder as he smiles at her and she beams back at him in return.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#WotShowSpoilers S3E5 Still thinking about Mat’s Dream hairstyle…

An edited version of a screenshot from an “I Think You Should Leave” sketch. It’s an image of Tim Robinson from the “Sloppy Steaks” sketch where he emphatically explains his hairstyle changes. He is in a blue polo with his hand pressed to the hair on his head. His face has been replaced with a softly smiling Dónal Finn in his Wheel of Time role as Mat Cauthon. It’s an image from Mat’s Dream in Episode 5 of Season 3 where his hairstyle is very cleaned up and slick-looking. The text on the screen is a Tim Robinson quote from the aforementioned sketch: “You think this is slicked back? This is pushed back.”

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this little character interaction in the S2 finale of #TheWheelOfTime > Nynaeve & Mat’s reunion in Falme. It is here where 2 broken people share a heart-breaking moment that’s all the more layered because of all that’s come before. A Thread… 👇 1/6

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Video Description/Transcript 1/3 Note: There’s a lot to the scene so this is only Part 1 of the description. #WotShowSpoilers

A scene from Season 3 of The Wheel of Time that shows brothers Gawyn & Galad sparring shirtless in front of an audience in the White Tower training grounds. Both are wearing only boots and high-waisted pants – Gawyn in red pants and Galad in white. They are exchanging blows with metal swords as well as their elbows and fists, trying to best one another in the sand-covered, circular space. Various Novices, Accepted & Aes Sedai cheer them on excitedly from in and among the foliage-covered columns that surround the training arena.

As Gawyn lands a fist to Galad’s jaw, the scene cuts to a pair of novices running into the training space to watch. Two guards dressed in Andoran red stand at attention on either side of this entrance. Mat, dressed in a purple shirt and a coat swirled in elaborate, gold paisley patterns follows the novices into the space. He stops when he sees the brothers.

We cut back to the brothers as Galad lands a flying kick to Gawyn’s torso. Gawyn falls to the ground, losing his sword. Galad gestures to him as he says,

Galad: “Up.”

Gawyn spins his legs, using the momentum to roll off his back and onto his feet. He grabs his sword from where it was stuck in the ground and the two brothers clash once again.

Mat watches with an annoyed look on his face, fiddling with his coat. He spots Nynaeve and Elayne standing next to a loaded sword rack. They are both watching with amused looks on their faces.

The brothers are grappling on their feet now. As Galad strong-arms Gawyn’s upper body to face away from him, Gawyn uses the opportunity to blow a kiss at some of the watching novices. They cheer and swoon but the distraction is enough to allow Galad to kick Gawyn’s feet out from under him. He loses his sword and hits the ground hard. Some novices standing on a balcony overlooking the grounds cheer for Galad.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

This is the 2nd time today that a #WotSkies post has put a Beatles song in my head so I had to do something about it. 😄

A heavily-edited version of the cover for The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” single.
The original image is a black & white image of The Beatles lined up in dark suits beneath a header with the song title.
The song title has been changed to “All You Need Is…” and in the lower left of the image, in a different font, are the words “A Pocket Rocket.”
In place of the band members’ faces are the faces of the group going to the Two Rivers in Season 3 of The Wheel of Time. From left to right, they are Maksim, Alanna, Perrin & Loial. Two Aiel spears are visible over Alanna’s shoulders to represent Bain & Chiad. In the foreground, taking up most of the image, is Isabella Bucceri giving the camera a smug, purse-lipped stare. Isabella plays Faile who has been affectionately referred to as a “Pocket Rocket” by Marcus Rutherford.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I put together a bit of a Video Description/Transcript for this clip. See ALT text in image. Hopefully it’s helpful. Also, did anyone catch what Moiraine says right before “You are the Dragon Reborn”? It sounds to me like “You are not your fault” but that doesn’t really make sense to me.

A scene of Rand & Moiraine discussing plans in Season 3 of The Wheel of Time. They are on a balcony in Tar Valon at dusk, the sun setting in the distance. Moiraine walks to the railing while Rand lounges in a chair.

Rand: On the slopes of Dragonmount shall the child be born.

Moiraine: You’ve been studying the prophecies.

Rand: A lot of contradictions, Moiraine. A lot of unknowns.

Moiraine just looks at him.

Rand (continuing): They say that Lews Therin is the one that put Callandor in the Stone of Tear. That only the Dragon Reborn can draw it again.

Moiraine: Not if another male channeler takes it first.

Rand: No one has taken it in 3,000 years.

Moiraine (raising her voice): The Forsaken haven’t been free.

Rand (getting a little heated): If they could, why haven’t they yet? They could be waiting there for me to take it. I could be walking into a trap.

Moiraine: So what do you want to do then? Do you want to wait?

Moiraine moves from the railing and begins to pace.

Moiraine: Do you want to stay here?

Rand: No.

Moiraine (spinning to look back at Rand): No? Then where do you want to go?

Rand: Where do I really want to go?

Moiraine (interrupting): Yes. Where do you really want to go?

Rand pauses.

Rand (in a quiet voice): Home.

Moiraine: Home?

Rand: Yes.

Moiraine: To the Two Rivers?

Rand (talking over Moiraine): Yes! There are people I can trust.

Moiraine (getting exasperated): And what will your army of farmers do against the Shadowspawn?

Rand has no answer.

Moiraine (continuing): What will you do when the Two Rivers run red? When the waters are bloated with the swollen bodies of your family and friends?

Rand just glares at her.

Moiraine (calming her voice as she squats down with her hands on a small table): Rand, you are not at your… [this line is unclear]

Moiraine (emphatically): You are the Dragon Reborn. There is no homecoming for you. Not now. Not ever.

Rand (after a long pause): You don’t tell me what to do anymore.

End of clip.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#WotShowSpoilers I feel like there should be more people talking about how Mat’s pants match his coat.

A screenshot of Mat from the “The City is Not Safe” promo clip from Season 3 of The Wheel of Time.
Mat is standing in a casual pose, his head cocked to the side and his hands in his pockets. He is wearing an elaborately-patterned, silk coat over a purple shirt that’s unbuttoned halfway down his torso. His partially-bared chest is obscured slightly by the brown leather shoulder strap of his bag. His pants are made of the same material as his coat with the cuffs rolled up over some very comfortable-looking, almost shoe-like boots. He is on a stone walkway that’s bordered by a stone railing and decorated with potted plants.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#WotShowSpoilers Are you referring to what Rafe said in this SFX Magazine article? 👇 Or was there another interview where it got brought up? The posters have sidetracked me and I’m falling behind on the interviews. 😊

A screenshot of the SFX Magazine article about The Wheel of Time Season 3.
It includes some quotes taken from an interview with Rafe Judkins. These quotes have been underlined in red.

It reads…
That's especially true of the season's opening; 15 minutes - a magical fight between good and evil witches at the White Tower, described as a “massive action set-piece with women in their forties and fifties just fucking shredding each other” - and the seventh and eighth episodes, that “feel like two back-to-back season finales”. (This last line has been underlined.)

The article continues…
"We have these three storynes going on this season and felt like the Perrin storyline really needed a whole episode to itself, so episode seven is this epic finale to that," Judkins teases. (The last part of this sentence has been underlined as well.)

“When you're watching it, you almost forget about Moiraine and Rand and Egwene, but then you get the actual finale which is huge for these other characters."

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#WotShowSpoilers #WotBookSpoilers #TheWheelOfTime Seeing Perrin dual-wielding in the new poster reminded me of these shots from the Teaser & Trailer. And it got me all hyped again for the Two Rivers plotline!

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

#WotShowSpoilers #TheWheelOfTime Correction: The Red Sitters aren’t visible in that previous shot so they may have still been standing prior to the blast. But, it’s unclear how they went down. CW: blood & gore

A low-angle shot from the Wheel of Time Season 3 Sneak Peek showing the aftermath of the fight in the corridor outside the Hall of the Tower. An Aes Sedai in a dust-covered red dress lies limply against a blood-stained pillar. Her face is a bloody mess and she is either unconscious or dead. A severed hand sits on the rubble-littered floor in the foreground. Two more bodies with unclear injuries are visible in the shot: a Warder dressed in grey and a second Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah.

A shot from the Wheel of Time Season 3 Sneak Peek showing Liandrin and her Black Ajah Sisters leaving the Hall of the Tower. Chesmal (in yellow) & Jeaine (in green) stand in the corridor among numerous bodies covered in dust and blood. Most of these bodies are Warders dressed in varying shades of grey. Their weapons lay about amid pieces of rubble and puddles of blood. One of the doors to the Hall lies on the floor next to the bodies. An Aes Sedai in a dust-covered red dress lies limply against a blood-stained pillar on the right and another Aes Sedai in red lies on the ground to the left. It is unclear if these Red Sisters or Warders are all dead but they are unconscious at the very least.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

#WotShowSpoilers #TheWheelOfTime Not sure how I didn’t notice this earlier but all the Warders and the Red Sisters are already down (and some are definitely dead) before the Black Ajah blow open the doors. Is there a scene (cut from the Sneak Peek) of Chesmal & Jeaine laying waste in the corridor?

A shot from the Wheel of Time Season 3 Sneak Peek showing the door to the Hall of the Tower being blown up with the One Power. A burst of dust and light is coming through the door as it explodes.
Two Black Ajah Aes Sedai, Jeaine & Chesmal dressed in green & yellow respectively, hide behind a bloody pillar in the foreground, protecting themselves from the blast. The blood-splattered corridor leading to the Hall is strewn with the bleeding bodies of many Warders dressed in varying shades of grey. It is unclear how many of the Warders are dead but at least some of them have mortal wounds. Their weapons clutter the floor amid severed hands and feet.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

#WotS3Speculation #WotBookSpoilers What if this S3 scene is where Rand goes off to sit and “remember a shepherd named Rand al’Thor?” Maybe he jumps here in TAR, thinking it’s the only way for him to be alone, but then Lanfear shows up with other plans.

A shot of Rand and Lanfear from the Season 3 trailer for The Wheel of Time. The 2 of them are sitting on a large rock on a gorgeous mountainside, surrounded by more mountains. This appears to be the same rock that Rand & Egwene sat on in Episode 1 of Season 1.
Rand & Lanfear both appear to be wearing outfits from previous seasons. Rand is in his reddish-brown, woollen shepherd’s coat from Season 1. Lanfear wears a flowy blue dress, similar (if not identical) to the Season 2 outfit she wore as Selene in Cairhien. Her hair is much shorter than it was in Season 2, cut similarly to Egwene’s hair as seen in other trailer shots.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#WotS3Speculation Thinking about how Perrin is fighting a Trolloc next to a blacksmith’s forge AGAIN. That’s symbolic, right? With Faile coming up behind him, I wonder if this is the moment Perrin learns to control his battle rage? Or maybe he & Faile are just really good at fighting in tandem?

A shot of Perrin fighting a Trolloc in The Wheel of Time’s Season 3 trailer. He is wearing shiny, metal armour and his bloodstained face is twisted in fierce determination as he swings his hammer at the hairy, armoured Trolloc in front of him. To the left of the image, lit up by an offscreen fire, are numerous people fighting more Trollocs next to a building. A short-haired woman, likely Faile, appears to be moving toward Perrin. To the right of the image, circled in red, is a blacksmith’s forge with flames in its coals. A wooden framework holds a hanging lantern and chains over the forge.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s also similar to the window in the roof of the tower.

A cropped screenshot of the roof of the White Tower in Season 2 of The Wheel of Time. It is a light grey, domed stone roof with a stained glass window in the centre. The window has a floral shape with different-coloured petals. The roof is ringed by numerous little balconies and a decagonal walkway.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

#WotSkies #WotBookSpoilers I was doing some online digging on Tanchico and came across this detail about a former king of Tarabon being a male channeler. This is giving me all sorts of thoughts regarding the Sad Statue (likely a captive male channeler) in the show’s promo photos of Tanchico.

Screenshot of text taken from A Wheel Of Time Wiki.
The text reads: “One of the kings of Tarabon was discovered to be a male channeler. He was single-handedly carried out of his palace by Cadsuane Melaidhrin and brought to Tar Valon to be gentled.”

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Is it just me or is this outfit that Moiraine wears in this Teaser shot the same as the one in this new promo still? #WoTSkies #WoTShowSpoilers #S3PromoSpoilers

A screenshot from The Wheel of Time’s Season 3 teaser showing Lanfear choking Moiraine in a desert-like location covered in white sand. Moiraine is kneeling in distress as Lanfear crouches behind her, holding something tight around her neck. Lanfear has dark eye shadow and short hair, wearing a flowing, metallic, dark silver, sleeveless gown. Moiraine is in a bright blue, sleeveless dress with gold scrollwork over the bodice.

A cropped promo image for Season 3 of The Wheel of Time showing Moiraine channeling into a bright, glowing orb in her hands. She is standing on white sand in a desert landscape. With a determined look on her face and posed with her elbows out, she is surrounded by yellow weaves of Saidin. She has her kesiera on her forehead, a blue gem held in place by a fine, gold chain woven into her hair. She is wearing a bright blue, sleeveless gown with gold scrollwork that appears almost armour-like over the bodice and up around her neck.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

How about this? It’s not Mat in a hat but it’s Mat eyeballing a hat. #WotShowSpoilers #Season3Spoilers

A promo still for Season 3 of The Wheel of Time showing Mat Cauthon (Dónal Finn), Nynaeve al'Meara (Zoë Robins), and Min Farshaw (Kae Alexander) looking at a bearded man in a floral print coat and a black hat. Mat, Nynaeve & Min are wearing patterned clothing as well and appear to be in a tavern of some kind.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Same here. It’s the colours in the costumes and the stained glass windows that make me think it’s the White Tower. The windows especially because they have the same pattern as the window on top of the Tower in this shot from S2.

A cropped shot of the White Tower from Season 2 of The Wheel of Time. It shows the round, domed roof of the Tower encircled by walled walkway and 10 mini balconies. In the centre of the dome is a stained glass window depicting all the colours of the Ajahs.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Hey #WoTSkies . What’s the latest consensus on the cloaked character from the teaser? I think I spotted that cloak (or 1 like it) in the “Golden Bowl” shot. The lighting makes colour comparisons tough but the length and patterning on the cloak are similar. Could this be Rhuarc in a ceremonial cloak?

A cropped and colour-adjusted image of a shot from The Wheel of Time Season 3 teaser showing 2 people walking across a white sand dune. They are heading toward a massive group of dark-clad figures lining the top of another sand dune.
The figure on the right is tall with close-cropped red hair, likely Josha Stradowski as Rand Al’Thor. He’s wearing the same outfit seen in other shots: brown boots, dark pants and a dirty blue, tan and white coat. The lighting in the shot makes the coat look almost reddish but the cut of it implies it’s the same coat.
The figure on the left wears dark-coloured (possibly brown) boots and pants and a long, flowing cloak blowing in the wind. The cloak is patterned in different shades of brown & tan with what could be a fur lining near the top.

A cropped image of a shot from The Wheel of Time Season 3 teaser showing 2 people standing in front of stone chairs at the edge of a rock-strewn, sandy hillside. The colouring, sharpness and contrast of the image have been adjusted to bring out the details and patterning of their outfits.
The figure on the right is large and broad-shouldered, possibly masculine. His facial features are unclear but he seems to be wearing the same long, patterned brown cloak seen on a character in another shot from the teaser.
The figure on the left looks more feminine. She is slim and tall, wearing a dress with bared arms, elaborate shoulder pads and a pointed headdress.
The original shot this was taken from is a much wider shot showing the “bowl” at the bottom of this hillside. It is likely The Golden Bowl, a location of significance in The Shadow Riding. It is assumed that the people on top of the hillside, overlooking the bowl, are clan chiefs. If so, that would mean the feminine character is Sevanna and the more masculine one could be Rhuarc.

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Fallen Blacksmith @fallenblacksmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hey #WoTSkies ! What’s the spear count at by now? I got 40 but would like to know if I missed any. #TheWheelOfTime

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