The third season of The Wheel of Time has announced Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse), Olivia Williams (Dune: Prophecy), Luke Fetherston (Almost Never), Callum Kerr (Hollyoaks) and Nuno Lopes (White Lines) have joined the cast of Amazon’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic.
Aghdashloo is playing Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, “a ruthlessly powerful Aes Sedai as proficient in politicking as she is in channeling. She has a deep history with Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) and Siuan (Sophie Okonedo), and scores to settle with both of them when she returns to the White Tower. Elaida is someone who believes in ends over means, and is willing to do anything to achieve what she envisions to be the greater good.”
Williams and the other new cast members will portray the royal family of Andor, the largest, most populous and most influential kingdom of the Westlands.
Williams will play Morgase Trakand, the Queen of Andor. “Morgase did not inherit her throne. Rather, when the succession was left without an heir, she waged a brutal war against a half-dozen noble rivals, and thanks to her political savvy and utter ruthlessness, she won. 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. But far from being a tyrant, Morgase has become one of the best queens Andor has ever known.”
Fetherston is Lord Galad of House Trakand. “A royal prince of Andor and brother to Gawyn and Elayne, Galad is a skilled fighter, famously handsome, and protective of his younger sister.”
Kerr plays Lord Gawyn of House Trakand. “Gawyn is a royal prince of Andor, and older brother to Galad and Elayne. Despite being the first born, he is not the heir to the throne. Andor is a matriarchy, and so the role of heir falls to his younger sister, Elayne.”
Lopes is Lord Gaebril, “Queen Morgase’s consort who is both her lover and her adviser on political and military matters.”
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The Wheel of Time is created and showrun by Rafe Judkins. He executive produces alongside Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon of Iwot Productions. Amazon and Sony Pictures Television produce the series.
At the end of Season 2, after defeating Ishamael, Rand reunites with his friends at Falme and is declared the Dragon Reborn. But in Season Three, the threats against the Light are multiplying: the White Tower stands divided, the Black Ajah run free, old enemies return to the Two Rivers, and the remaining Forsaken are in hot pursuit of the Dragon… including Lanfear, whose relationship with Rand will mark a crucial choice between Light and Dark for them both. As the ties to his past begin to unravel, and his corrupted power grows stronger, Rand becomes increasingly unrecognizable to his closest allies, Moiraine and Egwene. These powerful women, who started the series as teacher and student, must now work together to prevent the Dragon from turning to the Dark…no matter the cost.
The Wheel of Time stars Rosemund Pike as Moiraine, Josha Stradowski as Rand, Madeleine Madden as Egwene, Daniel Henney as al’Lan Mandragoran, Zoë Robins as Nynaeve al’Meara, Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara, Dónal Finn as Mat Cauthon, Ceara Coveney as Elayne Trakand, Kate Fleetwood as Leandrin Guirale, Natasha O’Keeffe as Lanfear, Ayoola Smart and Kae Alexander as Min Farshaw.
The Wheel of Time season 3 will premiere March 13th, 2025 on Amazon Prime.
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