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Netflix subscribersâ latest obsession is
Shadow and Bone, an epic adaptation of Leigh Bardugoâs YA book franchise. The series follows the story of Alina Starkov, a teen orphan who finds out she has powers that can change her home of Ravka as she knows it. She learns to harness her light through the help of Ben Barnesâ mysterious General Alexander Kirigan, later revealed as the Darkling. The series allowed for the complex character to be updated for TV in clever ways.
When
Shadow and Bone hit streaming, book fans noticed the Darkling was going by another name than they knew him by. General Kirigan is not among the named characters in the expansive Grishaverse books, but adding this facade to the Darkling character did allow for Ben Barnes to deepen the character. Hereâs what the actor told CinemaBlend:
Netflix s newest fantasy series,
Shadow and Bone, introduces viewers to a fantastical world so detailed, no one would fault you if you had to watch with a map pulled up on your phone. The show is a faithful adaptation of the Grishaverse, a series of nine YA books written by Leigh Bardugo. It follows Alina Starkov, a mapmaker in the First Army of Ravka, a country inspired by imperial Russia that has been at war with each of its border countries for centuries. Alina discovers that she has a rare magical power that can destroy the Shadow Fold, a swath of monster-filled darkness that has killed many Ravkans, including Alina s parents.
A member of Kaz Brekker s crew of thieves in the books, Wylan was noticeably absent on-screen in the show. That s presumably because his character s arc only begins later on, when the events of the book actually start to unfold, with Kaz gathering
all his Crows to embark on yet another impossible heist, this one for Wylan s father Jan, with Kaz keeping the younger Van Eck as collateral. (Though he does become part of the crew.) I would love to talk about what we might get to see from
Six of Crows in the second season, Heisserer said, noting that
Shadow and Bone has yet to be renewed for another season. I can tease this much that there will be a hundred percent more Wylan. We d like to introduce him for sure.
Tuesday, 27th April 2021 at 12:26 pm
New Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone plunges viewers into a rich alternate world, full of warring nations with their own distinct cultures and people who all interact over the course of the series.
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Created by author Leigh Bardugo in her Grishaverse novels, the countries and map of Shadow and Bone are an iconic part of the source material, and you can see how it all (literally) unfolds in the tweet below – but what are the countries, and how do they factor into the series?
How can you know where you re going if you don t know where you ve been?
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