We’re just over a week away from the debut of Shadow and Bone on Netflix, and fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels cannot wait to get a look at the world of Ravka, the shadow fold, and more onscreen. From the alleys of Ketterdam to the glittering halls of the Little Palace,
Shadow and Bone has created a complicated fantasy world, but newcomers might be wondering what a “Grisha” even is.
Well, Netflix has released a five-minute featurette all about the fantasy world that gets you up to speed on all things bony and shadowy.
Shadow and Bone takes place in Ravka, which is based on Imperial Russia of the 19th century … if Russia had a giant swath of living darkness right down the middle full of flying monsters called volcra that want to eat people! The fold makes keeping Ravka united hard and also is not a great thing for their economy, seeing how supplies from the more prosperous west need to get through the fold to the east, where the rulers of Ravka reside.