elaida/liandrin/few other black ajah combined
galahad/gwayne combined
all the whitecloaks combined into black questioner and older army guy
forsaken shrunk from 13 to 3-4?
the aiel and seanchan are shrunk to much smaller groups
the stuff with the sitting circle is completely cut
while they are filming season 2, what we could hope for is that it lands like a wet thud and show is cancelled before season 3 begins filming. This is just like any shitty network TV show I don't watch, it sucks this is the best we got but honestly I'm not gonna stan hard for the source material, I don't care this show sucks, and its a bummer that we'll not see another adaptation in our lifetime but I never expected one anyways.
I am gonna be bummed though when they inevitably butcher Black Company, Commonwealth Saga, Snow Crash, and other IPs I hold in much higher regard. Its gonna be a real fuckery when Malazan gets turned into some rom com bullshit.