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Rosamund Pike, who plays Moiraine in The Wheel of Time, discusses the Great Serpent rings that Aes Sedai wear and what meaning fans can find in them.
In Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time, each Aes Sedai wears a ring that marks her as a member of the elite One Power-wielding organization. Rosamund Pike, who plays the Aes Sedai with the most prominent role in the story, offered a clue to fans about what these rings can tell you about the characters who wear them.
Pike described the way the ring that she wears as Moiraine during a Q&A with Amazon Live Entertainment, first explaining that in The Wheel of Time book series, the ring is shaped like the “Great Serpent,” or ouroboros. “I had never imagined the Serpent biting its own tail to be something that would raise off the ring like it does,” she said. “I had always imagined it [with] you looking down on it.”
The Aes Sedai’s ring in the show, designed by costumer Isis Mussenden, is much bigger and incorporates a colored stone in addition to the golden band. Pike addressed the difference, saying, “But I think her idea, her design, so that the serpent’s body goes round underneath your finger, and the Serpent is biting its tail above the stone, that is the color of your Ajah — I think it’s so beautiful. And of course you can replace the stone, for each Ajah, to see clearly which Ajah you belong to depending on the color of the stone that the wearer wears.”
Moiraine is a member of the Blue Ajah, so her ring has a blue stone — although the Aes Sedai in the series are also prone to wearing vivid colors that make their Ajahs clear. More importantly, any Great Serpent ring shows that the wearer is Aes Sedai, which is why Moiraine is seen taking it off at one point in the second episode to hide her identity.
One more piece of the lore that Pike mentioned indicates something that may be seen in future episodes or seasons: “Or occasionally, very occasionally, you might see a ring with no stone, which might be somebody who trained with the Aes Sedai but didn’t complete.” This suggest a stage of training in the White Tower that gives the initiate a higher standing but doesn’t yet allow her to choose an Ajah, which parallels the function of Accepted in the books.
Pike’s comments show, above all, that there is a lot left to discover about the world that has just reached the screen after engrossing readers for many years. The Wheel of Time is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, with new episodes airing Fridays.
Source: Amazon Live Entertainment
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