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Transcript for , season 1 episode 1 of The Wheel of Time.
Scene numbers match the official scenes on Prime video. Scene 1 is the Prime Video logo.
== Scene 2: Opening ==
In the White Tower, Moiraine prepares for a journey. Throughout her narration, she dresses in traveling clothes, and gathers items: her dagger, a map, a small figurine of a man, etc.
[voices whispering]
Moiraine and Lan walk down the hall, leaving.
== Scene 3: Chase ==
Two men run down a dirt road.
They are chased by four women in red on horseback.
The men approach an opening in the cliff. Liandrin reaches forward, and rocks fall, blocking the path. The women catch up to the men.
The young man looks around. The older man is gone, and he's alone.
Liandrin dismounts.
== Scene 4: Cliff ==
The man's screams echo up a cliff, where Moiraine and Lan stand looking down at the scene.
Moiraine returns to her horse. The screaming stops.
Scene 5: Opening title sequence.
== Scene 6: Women's Circle ==
A line of women walk through a secluded and beautiful mountainous region. Above a river, three women sit. Egwene is getting her hair braided.
Nynaeve pushes her, and Egwene falls off the edge of the cliff, screaming, into the river. 
== Scene 7: The river ==
Egwene surfaces and sputters as she's swept downstream. She struggles with the current, but eventually relaxes, calmly letting the river take her along. She emerges on the river bank and collapses, exhausted. She clutches her braid and looks at it, and lies on the bank, still panting.
== Scene 8 ==
=== Mountain road ===
=== Winespring Inn ===
== Scene 9: The boys talk ==
Mat shakes the dice. They laugh, and Rand shakes his head.
Perrin shakes his head.
Mat gets up and walks toward Danya.
Women at another table clap and cheer. Rand looks toward the door as Egwene steps in. 
Egwene hugs him.
Rand looks down and turns back to Perrin.
== Scene 10: The Winespring Inn ==
That night. Thunder rumbles. There's lively chatter and women laughing. Egwene is now helping her family serve drinks. Perrin joins Rand, who's leaning against a wall and looking across the room at Egwene.
The door opens. The room goes quiet as everyone turns to see a man walk in. Nynaeve stands and approaches, her hand on her dagger.
Moiraine enters.
Moiraine raises her hand and Marin sees her ring.
There's quiet murmuring. Moiraine warms herself by the fire and looks around, seeing Egwene, Mat, Rand, and Perrin.
Moiraine and Lan follow Marin to their rooms.
Nynaeve nods and Perrin leaves.
== Scene 11: Forge ==
Laila works alone at the forge.
Laila continues working.
Perrin holds her.
== Scene 12: The Cauthons ==
Mat walks outside.
Inside their home, two little girls, Bode and Eldrin, play with straw-figure dolls.
Mat comes in with Natti.
Mat gets Natti into bed and pulls a cover over her.
Bode and Eldrin smile and nod.
Mat sets up a bed on the other side of a room for them, and he blows out a candle.
== Scene 13: Winespring Inn ==
Late that night, Marin, Bran, Tam, Egwene, and Rand are cleaning up the common room.
== Scene 14: Rand and Egwene ==
== Scene 15: Bath ==
Moiraine sits in a large tub. Lan steps into the water with her.
Moiraine moves her hand over the water, and steam rises.
Moiraine chuckles softly. Then she sighs in thought.
== Scene 16: Rand and Egwene ==
Egwene sits before the fireplace, naked and wrapped in a blanket. A door closes behind her and Rand walks in.
== Scene 17: Cloak figure ==
As Egwene sits at the fireplace, she turns away at the howl of wind.
Outside, rain is pouring and the village center is empty. A lone rider approaches. It's black hood is pulled down, covering its eyes. The music has a whistling sound.
== Scene 18: Next morning ==
Padan Fain rides his wagon into town, whistling. Children run up excitedly calling for sweets.
Tam is sitting at a table outside, working on a lantern. Egwene brings him a tray of food.
Egwene looks around.
Egwene looks distressed but smiles for Tam.
Perrin and Laila lie in bed. Perrin is still asleep. Laila takes his hand and cuddles against his side.
Padan Fain sets up his goods for display on his wagon and Mat approaches him.
Moiraine and Lan walk through the village green, looking at the people, who look at them.
=== Deleted scene: Tam and Egwene ===
Note: This is a deleted scene, extending Tam and Egwene's interaction in scene 18.https://twitter.com/TheWheelOfTime/status/1638201304467243008
Tam is sitting at a table outside, working on a lantern. Egwene brings him a tray of food.
Egwene sets down the tray and looks around.
Egwene begins taking the dishes off the tray, setting them on the table for Tam.
== Scene 19: Mountainside ==
Rand sits alone on the side of the mountain. Egwene comes over and sits beside him.
Rand smiles at her, but his smile fades.
Egwene sniffles and he puts an arm around her.
== Scene 20: Sacred caves ==
== Scene 21: The boys talk ==
Mat brings over three drinks for him, Perrin, and Rand.
Rand doesn't answer.
Rand drinks.
== Scene 22: Bridge ==
Egwene stands on a bridge over a river. A tear falls down her cheek. She looks over as Nynaeve approaches. The wind rustles the trees around them.
Egwene closes her eyes and listens. The wind intensifies, and there's an ominous sound of whispering voices.
The ominous sounds on the wind continue.
== Scene 23: Lan ==
Lan walks through the woods. He finds sheep slain and laid out in a peculiar shape.
== Scene 24: Village green ==
Moiraine is in her room in the Winespring Inn, looking out through her window at the village green. She looks down at the three boys talking.
Perrin pushes the coins forward. Mat accepts.
Moiraine watches Rand walk away.
== Scene 25: Lantern lighting ==
Rand and Tam return to their farm on the mountainside. That night, they put up and light a lantern.
Down in the village, villagers light lanterns and float them down the river. Egwene pushes a lantern out to join with the others. Mat hands a lantern to his mother to place in the river. Mat hugs his sisters. Both girls place their own lanterns into the river. Perrin holds Laila as they watch the lanterns. Nynaeve places a lantern in the river, and wipes tears from her eyes.
== Scene 26: Moiraine and Egwene ==
Moiraine stands beside the river, watching the lanterns float downstream. She and Egwene see each other, and Egwene keeps walking.
== Scene 27 ==
=== Village green ===
Villagers return to the green.
Upbeat music begins playing, and the villagers cheer. Everyone begins dancing. Egwene grabs Perrin and Laila's hands and pulls them forward to dance.
Perrin and Laila begin dancing and they laugh. Mat dances with his sisters. Padan Fain watches them from his wagon and laughs. Egwene dances with her father. Nynaeve smiles.
=== River ===
Moiraine still stands by the side of the river.
=== Trolloc attack ===
Egwene is happily dancing with a young man named Tom Thane. Tom suddenly stumbles forward into her, wide-eyed.
She looks down, noticing a edge of an axe protruding through his chest. He falls forward, revealing the axe in his back. A massive creature, a trolloc, steps forward. The people scream and scatter as more appear, attacking.
Nynaeve and Egwene pull a bleeding man to safety.
She tourniquets the wound.
She and Egwene look out at the attack. People run screaming. Bodies lie on the ground. Trollocs continue attacking.
== Scene 28: The al'Thor farm ==
The lantern is still lit. A horse neighs outside. Rand and Tam prepare dinner inside. The neighing suddenly stops and the men look up. They approach the door cautiously when it's smashed in and a trolloc enters.
== Scene 29: The village fights back ==
A trolloc runs at Nynaeve and Egwene. Nynaeve draws her dagger and stands before it. He snarls at her. Nynaeve screams back at it. It attacks and they attack it back, but it pushes them back. It raises its weapon to strike when a swirl of light wraps around it, pulling it apart. The women look over to see Moiraine and Lan in the middle of the battle. The attack was from Moiraine.
A trolloc approaches Moiraine and she attacks with fire. Lan strikes down trollocs with his sword.
Elsewhere, a group of women surround a trolloc with farm tools like rakes. 
The women attack together, bringing it down.
At the forge, Perrin and Laila and others run in.
Mat runs through the village.
They run off.
Perrin and Laila fight a trolloc in the forge.
 
Marin pulls her away from the battle.
== Scene 30: End of the battle ==
Moiraine and Lan continue their attack. A trolloc throws a weapon, striking Moiraine in the shoulder. Lan catches her as she falls.
Moiraine looks at him. He helps her stand and she pulls the weapon from her shoulder.
Moiraine unleashes a massive attack, pulling stone from the Winespring Inn to smash into the trollocs, decimating them. The Winespring Inn collapses behind her, and she collapses. Lan runs to catch her and shields her from debris.
== Scene 31: Next morning ==
Before dawn, Rand walks into town. He's leading his horse with Tam slumped over its back. People are crying. Bodies are laid out and being carried on stretchers. The wounded are being treated. Marin looks up from treating the wounded and sees them.
Egwene turns from a woman she's helping and sees Rand. She exhales in relief and runs to him. They embrace.
She gives a small nod and waves over her father to help.
Bran helps Rand carry Tam to sit down.
Mat walks back into town, carrying one of the girls and holding the other's hand. Natti and Abel are sitting together, and Natti sees them.
Natti runs to them.
Mat looks away and sees Perrin carrying Laila.
Mat walks over to him.
Rand looks over from his father's side, where Marin and Bran are with him. Perrin lays down Laila's body. Mat kneels beside him and puts a hand on Perrin's shoulder.
Egwene brings Moiraine over to Tam.
Marin and Bran help Tam sit up. Moiraine reaches forward and heals the wound. She exhales shakily, exhausted. Tam's eyes focus and he looks up at her. Rand squeezes his hand.
Moiraine stands and walks away. Rand follows.
They look up the mountainside. There's Trolloc screeching in the distance. A series of lights are seen on the mountain.
The six of theme leave the town on horseback. Mat looks at his parents and his sisters as he leaves. Egwene and Rand look back at their parents, Marin leaning against Bran and holding Tam's hand. Tam smiles and nods to Rand.
As they ride from the village, the Trolloc army descends down the mountain behind them.
Scene 32 is the end credits.
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