We’re only a week away from The Shannara Chronicles season two premiere and Ivana Baquero is giving us just a little taste of what we’re going to see.
There are new characters, a new big bad in The Crimson, and there’s life beyond Arborlon in The Four Lands — but one thing will never change and that’s Eretria and Wil’s bond.
“Whether romantically or not, Wil and Eretria will always be destined to have a future together,” Ivana shared in a recent interview.
She adds, “They’ve been through so much together that inevitably they share a unique and unbreakable bond. Amidst pains and scars left behind from Season 1, Wil and Eretria will find a way to each other in Season 2.”
The Shannara Chronicles returns on Wednesday, October 11th @ 10PM ET/PT on Spike.
The actress will be starring in the new season as Mareth, who she says brings some edge to the show.
“She’s very mysterious when we first met her,” Malese adds. “She has an innate magic.”
Mareth actually saves Wil from an attack in the show, is “both volatile and unpredictable – and possesses magical abilities. Sharp, brash and independent to a fault, Mareth gets what she wants on her own terms (by any means necessary).”
We have two weeks until The Shannara Chronicles is back on our television screens and the writers are giving us a major preview in a new featurette.
“We didn’t want to go back to Arborlon, we wanted to see something different,” Miles Mallar shared. “So we built the whole Palace of Leah. Very gold, very blingy and very different from the Elves.”
Al Gough adds, “We’ll also see Storlock, which is kind of a gnome village and they are the best healers in the Four Lands.”
Other places on the map we’ll see this season include Graymark, Skull Mountain, and more.
The Shannara Chronicles returns on October 11th @ 10PM ET/PT on Spike.
In season two, although the war is over, a new terror is rising throughout the Four Lands: A group called The Crimson has begun hunting down magic users, with Wil and Allanon as two of their biggest targets.
Wil and Eretria (Ivana Baquero) remain separated when the season begins.
However, with new characters – including a woman named Mareth (Malese Jow) who saves Wil from a Crimson attack, glimpsed in the trailer – involved, they’ll all be forced into the fight.
The 10-episode second season will returns on Wednesday, October 11th, @ 10PM ET/PT on Spike.
“And that’s a wrap on Season 2!” Ivana announced on Instagram. “Couldn’t feel more grateful for the privilege to embody such a unique and special character, as is Eretria, for a second time.”
She adds, “It has truly been a magical journey, and I hope it continues to be so. Thank you to all who have made this possible and to those who have added their pinch of sugar (I totally made that expression up) in this adventure.”
If you didn’t hear, season two of the show has moved over to Spike, instead of MTV.
The new season of the fantasy show will head to Spike TV, where it will premiere in the fall, THR reports.
Ahead of the season two premiere, the network will air an encore of season one starting Thursday, June 29th @ 11PM ET/PT.
Season two takes place one year after the events of last season and The Four Lands are in chaos.
The re-emergence of magic has the populace terrified, and an organization called The Crimson is hunting down magic users, using fear and intimidation to sow discord among the races.
“It’s very difficult to tell which one is going to be like a fan favorite,” Ivana shared about the new cast, citing that they can’t share a ton on social media right now.
She adds, “We’ve got [Gentry White's character] Garet Jax who’s a weapons master. So he’s got a lot of action and I think that’s a lot of fun. People are going to enjoy that.”
Another is Lyria, a love interest for Ivana‘s character Eretria.
“[She's] played by Vanessa Morgan. So I think that’s going to be interesting. People have been really vouching for that on social media. I think every new character is in the story for a reason. I’m hoping people are really going to vouch for them and enjoy it.”
