Content & Trigger Warnings for The Wheel of Time (2021)

Prejudice against the Aiel and other groups based on ethnicity depicted

The Children of the Light (Whitecloaks) persecute channelers as darkfriends based on religious zealotry

Continued Whitecloak persecution alongside Seanchan cultural imperialism targeting channelers

Child deaths occur during attacks on villages and in wartime

Characters lose parents during the Trolloc attack on the Two Rivers; Perrin's family tragedy is devastating

Male channelers are forcibly captured and gentled by the Aes Sedai

Characters mourn lost family and the destruction of their home; Nynaeve processes the loss of her people

Characters process losses from the previous season; new deaths add to mounting grief

Political marriages and cultural expectations around betrothal are referenced in worldbuilding elements

Forsaken manipulation and political scheming involve deception and psychological manipulation of multiple characters

Systematic destruction of communities and peoples by the Dark One's forces

Characters are captured and taken prisoner multiple times; Perrin and Egwene are held by Whitecloaks

Characters are captured by Seanchan forces; abduction and forced servitude are major plot points

Channeling creates large-scale destructive events resembling natural disasters

Battle sequences at the Two Rivers and the fall of Fal Dara; Trolloc attacks on villages with large-scale combat

Larger-scale battles as the Seanchan invasion brings devastating military conflict; siege warfare depicted

Heavy blood in battle sequences and aftermath; characters are frequently covered in blood

Significant blood in combat and torture scenes; battle aftermath shows wounded and dying

Trollocs are grotesque human-animal hybrids; Fades are deeply unsettling eyeless creatures; Dark One corruption distorts flesh

The Seanchan use damane (enslaved channelers) in disturbing ways; Forsaken corruption and dark magic create horrific imagery

Sexual content and nudity in intimate scenes throughout the series

Perrin accidentally kills his wife in the chaos of a Trolloc attack; this traumatic act haunts him throughout the season

Graphic violence during Trolloc attacks with dismemberment, impalement, and blood; the battle scenes are viscerally depicted

Increased graphic violence in battle sequences and Seanchan attacks; more visceral combat than season one

No firearms but equivalent ranged violence with arrows and crossbows used in combat

While a fantasy setting, crossbow bolts and projectile weapons are used lethally

A character deliberately lets themselves be consumed by the One Power

Sexual violence is referenced and implied though not graphically shown

The Seanchan enslave channelers using collars (a'dam) that cause pain and strip away free will; the dehumanization is shown extensively

Whitecloak interrogation involves physical pain and coercion; Valda threatens and tortures Aes Sedai prisoners

Damane training involves pain compliance and psychological breaking; characters are tortured for information and submission