The Wheel of Time turns again for the stars of Prime Video’s adaptation of the beloved book series as Season Two starts September 1, debuting with a three-episode premiere. Daniel Henney, Marcus Rutherford, Madeleine Madden, and Zoe Robbins are returning to reprise their respective roles as the Warder Lan, former blacksmith Perrin, and Aes Sedais in training Egwene and Nynaeve. Donal Finn joined the cast as Mat Cauthon (replacing Barney Harris, who quit during the show’s initial airing for unspecified reasons) and newcomer Ceara Coveney as the princess Elayne Trakand.

GameSpot spoke to the actors about their characters’ journeys for the upcoming season and what fans can expect this time around. You can read our interview with Rosamund Pike and Josha Stradowski here for more information on how they think the series differs from other fantasy show offerings.

Lan (Daniel Henney)

Going into Season 2, we find Lan becoming borderline listless and his relationship with Moiraine (Pike) is crumbling at the foundation. “I treat his relationship with Moiraine very much like a marriage,” Henney said. “They’ve been on this journey for so long that, even though she’s an Aes Sedai and she can do all these incredible things, he thought that after everything they had found some equal ground. So he’s finding himself spinning and asking questions. I don’t think he doubts Moiraine entirely, but it’s almost like a new formative period for him. Both of his parents have been killed and Moiraine has been his rock and he’s asking some existential questions.”

In the book series, Lan is seen as a stone-faced and stoic man. In Season 1, though, we saw a more emotional character, a man who finally feels like he can grieve and does so openly at a Warder mourning ritual. Henney said that Lan is still trying to figure out who he is without having to be Moiraine’s Warder.

“I don’t think he knows himself to be honest with you. Being raised by Shienaran soldiers doesn’t help you develop any sort of sensitivity or who you are as a man, you know what I mean? It’s more than fighting and stoicism because that’s what he got from those guys. He has these conversations with [Heikko Deutschmann’s] Tomas and I really do love the Warder culture and how it shows they do lean on each other and that’s helping me develop a little more.”

Egwene and Nynaeve (Madeleine Madden and Zoe Robbins)

While at the White Tower, where women train to be Aes Sedai, Egwene and Nynaeve are on their own journey of self-discovery within the society of the Aes Sedai as well as their own sense of womanhood.

“Obviously, this initiation to this institution and social hierarchy being at the White Tower is something they’re both struggling with in different ways,” said Madden. “For Egwene, who is an idealist, going to the White Tower she expected to be an A-grade student. Unfortunately, though, it’s actually been the opposite. She’s become sort of invisible during her time here and Nynaeve has excelled at such an extraordinary pace.” Madden said it was interesting to explore these emotions with Robbins because that sort of scene wasn’t something they had in Season 1.

“I think for Nyaeve she’s on the opposite side of things as she’s just running. Running from herself, running from her powers, where she’s found herself. The only reason she’s in the White Tower is because Egwene is there,” Robbins added. “I think there is this push and pull for her as she just desperately wants to go home, but she knows deep inside of herself that’s pretty much impossible Come from Sports betting site VPbet . So there’s this continuous struggle that will remain there for quite some time of Nynaeve learning what to accept what is and letting go of what once was. We see that manifest as Egwene and Nynaeve interact with one another as they’re going through massive moments in their lives at opposite ends and can’t seem to meet each other because they don’t talk each other’s language at the moment.”