WotSeries has recently uncovered an audition tape of a conversation between someone we believe is Sammael and an unknown character. As with all auditions, code names were used for the sake of secrecy. We’ve replaced the code name with “Sammael” for clarity, but keep in mind that this is still an educated guess on our part.
Audition Scene:
Unknown: Where is it?
Sammael: Five seconds. You can’t even wait five seconds for an answer. It’s disappointing.
Unknown: I agree. I’d read you were one of the greatest generals of your age. I’m surprised I was able to capture you so easily.
Sammael: I wasn’t the greatest general. I was a visionary, a pioneer, a conqueror. In my time, there were no armies. Hadn’t been for centuries. Knives were used for cooking, not killing. And as for military tactics, they’d all been long forgotten. I discovered the art of war. Me. I taught my people to be soldiers. I taught those soldiers to form armies. And I taught those armies to follow me.
Unknown: Well, they’re not here now, are they?
Sammael: They’re not. It’s just you and me
Unknown: I’m not afraid of you, Sammael. And you’ll answer my question eventually. Where is it? It’s all right. I can wait.
Sammael: That’s the thing, though, isn’t it. You can’t. Your weaves hold me here. You can’t move from that spot. Can’t eat. Or breathe. Or sleep. Or shit. You can’t do any of the things you mortals have to do to stay alive. I’m not your prisoner. You’re mine. And if there’s one thing I’ve gotten rather good at these last 3000 years, it’s waiting. (laughs)
(Edit, 1/24/24: The word “magic” was replaced with the likely Wheel of Time equivalent, “weaves.”)
What the Script Tells Us
Sammael was name-dropped in episode 8 of season 2, and it appears the Forsaken may be making his on-screen debut during season 3 (though this is by no means guaranteed). In this scene, he appears to be shielded by a channeler of the current age, though it’s hard to determine who exactly that channeler might be.
Beyond that, it doesn’t reveal much in the way of potential plot, though it does offer a peek into how the Forsaken sees himself and his history.
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I do be hoping they give him a “now-called-Illianer” accent.
I just wish they would stick to the books even a little bit. He hasn’t even met Asmodeas yet , he hasn’t killed rahvin yet hasn’t killed Ba’al yet wtf are they doing?!
You mean Be’lal?
Stick to the books, yet you want him to have already met Asmodean when he hasn’t been to Ruidhean and the Aiel Waste yet?!? Are you sure you know your books yourself?!?
We hope Season 3 will be coming soon!!
It just goes to prove Demandred has been cut, because HE was the one who rediscovered War and started training soldiers (Rand thinks about how Demandred translated the ancient manuscripts about War in the beginning of aMoL, when Rand thinks about the tragedy of Demandred switching sides…
That’s fine by me, I’ve always found several of the forsaken to be severely underwritten/one and done. Streamlining that is welcome in my book.
Once Jordan decided to not have Taim be Demandred he took on a do-nothing role… He was in Shara? Really? dumb…
It doesn’t prove anything since it’s only a guess from WoTSeries’ team!!!
I hope they don’t actually have him say the words your ‘magic holds me here”I’ve only read the whole series 2 times but I don’t think they refer to the one power and it’s weaves as magic
That would have just been for the audition script, to avoid having to explain to actors what the One Power is.
I’m disappointed with the whole show, it has mixed up the whole book plot I think Mr Jordan would be disappointed as well!
For me it sounds more like Demendred, and I’m wondering if it could be Mazrim Taim in front of him…