Who Is Loial in 'The Wheel of Time'? Here's What You Need to Know

June 2024 · 3 minute read

Who is Loial, one of the newest characters in the Amazon Prime sequence, 'The Wheel of Time'? We provide an explanation for the character, who is a fan-favorite for readers.

Katherine Stinson - Author

Warning: Spoilers for The Wheel of Time forward.

The latest Amazon Prime myth collection The Wheel of Time has a plethora of intriguing characters, however Loial (Hammed Animashaun) is a fan-favorite. Who is Loial? What role does he play in the epic display that is in accordance with the collection of best-selling novels? Let's do a deep dive into the character of Loial.

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Before we begin, let's briefly recap the primary plot of The Wheel of Time. Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) is part of an impressive and magical crew of girls called the Aes Sedai. She senses that an excellent darkness is approaching (when is it not in a myth collection?) and units out on a quest to in finding the Dragon Reborn, a being who is destined to save the arena from the darkness ... or break the Earth. Moiraine has sensed 5 individuals who may well be the Dragon Reborn.

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What is Loial's importance in the seek for the Dragon Reborn?

Loial makes his first appearance in Season 1, Episode 5, titled, "Blood Calls Blood." He is an Ogier, a gaggle of sentient, human-like beings that strive for wisdom and peace. Loial is 90 years old, which is in fact moderately young for an Ogier! Loial's first come upon is with Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski), one of the Dragon Reborn applicants.

Inquisitive and eager to learn, Loial peppers Rand with 1,000,000 questions. Even regardless that it is Loial's first time assembly Rand, he suspects that Rand is an Aiel, a mysterious warrior race (Rand is no longer even aware of his true heritage at this point in the sequence). In the books. Rand discovers he used to be adopted and is in fact an Aiel as Loial deduced. Loial and Rand turn into good pals, with Loial having the ability to lead Rand and company via "The Ways" — a series of magical portals.

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The actor who performs Loial is also young, but he has already had an outstanding profession.

Hammed Animashaun is a British actor. He's already had an intensive theater and movie occupation on the age of 30. According to his legit Instagram page, Hammed's birthday is May 6, 1991. Hammed has appeared in television presentations like Black Mirror, Pls Like, and Flowers. The gifted actor has also appeared in multiple National Theatre Live productions, including The Threepenny Opera, Amadeus, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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The Wheel of Time's showrunner Rafe Judkins sang praises of Hammed's efficiency as Loial. Rafe advised the Nerdist that, "Hammed Animashaun embodies Loial. He utterly captures the character’s cautious, kind, and loquacious nature."

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Rafe persevered, announcing that, "Our casting director, Kelly Valentine Hendry, and one of our EPs, Marigo Kehoe, had seen Hammed carry out on degree in London in Midsummer Night’s Dream, they usually cherished him in that and idea he may well be attention-grabbing for Loial. The SECOND Hammed’s tape came in, we all watched it and knew straight away he was our Loial. We sent him straight thru to the community for approval. It used to be speedy and one hundred p.c.”

We're excited to see more of Loial in upcoming episodes of Season 1 of The Wheel of Time. You can stream new episodes of The Wheel of Time each and every Friday most effective on Amazon Prime Video.

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