Season 2 of The Wheel of Time opens with our heroes isolated from one another, emotionally or physically. Lan and Moiraine find their relationship tested by the loss of the Warder bond. Nynaeve and Egwene train as novices in the White Tower, unaware that Matt is imprisoned there. Perrin and Loial chase after the Horn of Valere, and Rand is alone in an unknown village.
Correction (yes, already!): Bryan said Vandene and Adeleas were throwaway characters, but they did turn up later on in the books, joining the Tower-in-exile in Salidar and eventually joining an expedition to Ebou Dar with Nynaeve, Matt and Elayne.
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