Elayne Trakand, the Daughter Heir to the Throne of Andor, was first revealed to viewers of Prime Video's The Wheel of Time in season 2, and her mother is expected to be introduced in season 3. Thanks to Ceara Coveney's outstanding performance, a lot of people fell in love with Elayne right away (see below).
It will be interesting to see the show's take on Elayne and Queen Morgase's relationship as that was a favorite component of the novels among a small but vocal group of readers.
As Morgase appears much earlier in the fantasy series, fans of the Robert Jordan novels have been eager to meet her. The first three books and a tiny section of the fourth book—The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, and a portion of The Shadow Rising—have been covered in the first two seasons of the fantasy adaptation available on Amazon Prime Video.
Caemlyn, the capital city of Andor, is an important location in the novels that has been largely avoided in the first two seasons. In The Eye of The World, there's an intriguing meeting between Rand and Queen Morgase that has been cut from the show (unless it's being inserted into season 3).
The latest major news to emerge from the production's third season is that British actress Olivia Williams (The Crown, Dune: Prophecy). According to WoT series, Williams was spotted on the Caemlyn set of the show's Czech Republic filming location.
Many fans of the Wheel of Time books are beginning to assume that Morgase will play a far bigger part in the television adaptation than she does in the books because Williams was cast for the part.
Though there's talk that Morgase might play a bigger role in season 3 than initially thought, there is also competing discussion that Williams, who also has a major role in HBO's forthcoming Dune series, may be leaving the show early due to her other filming commitments.
Previously, showrunner Rafe Judkins teased that season 3 would have a deeper dive into The Shadow Rising but also dip its toes into book 5, The Fires of Heaven.
Speaking to the crowd at this year's New York Comic Con, Judkins stated, "Every season, we sit down in the writers room and one of the things that we do at the very beginning is pick out a couple of the stories that we have to carve out a space to make a whole episode for."
He continued, "We think it’s worth it because those stories will really stand out to an audience, especially that didn’t read the books. They’re given that time, and it’s carved out, so they can really follow that character on that journey."
More interestingly, Judkins divulged, "The first season was more of the group journey that had the one big Moraine episode, but for seasons two and three, we’ve really carved out two episodes of season that can really be devoted characters. This season was a really big Egweyne and Nynaeve season for us. Next season is a really big Rand [and] Perrison season for us. There are always different characters who are rising in importance."
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