{"id":973257,"date":"2025-03-20T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=973257"},"modified":"2025-03-21T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:10:53","slug":"the-wheel-of-time-season-3-tuathaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/the-wheel-of-time-season-3-tuathaan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wheel of Time Season 3 Turns Treehuggers Into Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/svg>This article contains spoilers for The Wheel of Time<\/strong> season 3 episode 4.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a foundational principle of narrative writing that is particularly important in television storytelling; that of \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell.\u201d Prime Video\u2019s adaptation of The Wheel of Time<\/a><\/em> has the huge burden of bringing pages and pages<\/a> of the expansive Robert Jordan series to life, including the rich history of the world it inhabits and the cultures therein. With the Aiel people being so important to Rand\u2019s part in the Last Battle, what better way to learn about their vast backstory than through a series of insightful flashbacks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhuidean, we learn in the course of this week\u2019s episode, is a place specifically created by the Aes Sedai of the last age to teach the Aiel chiefs and wise women about where they came from and why the Tree of Life is so sacred to them. The visions brought about by the magical glass columns of the city reveal one surprising fact more powerful than any exposition could have provided: the fierce desert warriors have pacifist origins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t