What do we know about The Wheel of Time season two?

In the lead-up to season two, The Wheel of Time appended a new scene to the finale of season one, showing the Dark One in “cool evil uncle” mode, teaching a curious little girl about the beasts that populate the Dark One’s army, called Trollocs. Prime Video also released a featurette, “Terror of the Trollocs,” (watch it on Collider), giving a little more insight into where these monstrous baddies come from and how they were brought to life for the show.

According to a Prime Video press release: “The opening from episode 201 is an adaptation of the fan favorite ‘Darkfriend Social’ prologue of the second novel of Jordan’s series, The Great Hunt, upon which Season Two is largely based. Season Two of The Wheel of Time is also based on some elements of Jordan’s third novel, The Dragon Reborn … 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.”

Prime Video released a season two trailer, which you can watch above; it shows an exhausted-looking Moiriane declaring, “We didn’t defeat the Dark One, we set him free,” as well as a beefed-up Rand striding around with a sleek haircut. You can’t really tell from the trailer, but we also know that Barney Harris has left the show, and the character of Mat was recast with actor Dónal Finn.