Sa’angreal are rare, though, asRobert Jordan’sWheel of Timebooksonly dealt with a few of them.
Clearly, sa’angreal will be vital toThe Wheel of Timeseason 3’s story.
After all, the show has already discussed two of them.
According to Latra,Callandor and Sakarnen are the two most powerful sa’angrealaround.
But the female Choeden Kal was destroyed at the end of the Age of Legends.
In the books, it’s understood that neither Callandor nor Sakarnen is the supreme sa’angreal.
Rather, this distinction belongs to the Choedan Kal.
What’s more, it would help explain why the series is using Sakarnen here in the first place.
In fact, Sakarnen wasn’t introduced until the series' final installment,A Memory of Light.
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It was sought out by Demandred, one of the 13 Forsaken inThe Wheel of Time.
Demandred gave it to Mazrim Taim to advance his goal of killing Egwene al’Vere.
Obviously, that story doesn’t relate at all to what’s currently transpiring in the show.
Moiraine Damodred, who obtained it in episode 4, never had possession of Sakarnen inThe Wheel of Timebooks.
That demonstrates that the series is completely reworking Sakarnen’s purpose in the story.
There’s also the matter of Sakarnen’s design in the TV show.
The Wheel of Time season 3, episode 4, sees Rand witnessing visions of his ancestors.
Here’s who they all were and what the visions showed.
In such a scenario, Callandor could be the prize that Rand winds up fighting over.
That could explain why Asmodean has been absent from season 3’s story thus far.
