Is Mal a sun Summoner?

Born in the same village as Alina and raised alongside her at the orphanage in Keramzin, Malyen Oretsev is the Sun Summoner's only childhood friend. They join Ravka's First Army together — he as a tracker, and she as a cartographer — but are separated soon after, when her Sun Summoner powers are revealed.

Is Mal or Alina The Sun Summoner?

When their regiment tries to cross the Shadow Fold, their sand skiffs are attacked by Volcra, who almost kill Mal. This activates Alina's latent Grisha power, and the two are separated after it is discovered that Alina is a Sun Summoner.

Is Mal a Grisha?

Is Mal a Grisha? While Mal is not a Grisha, he does have magical powers, which are revealed in Ruin and Rising. Mal is a human amplifier, which means a Grisha can use his powers to enhance their own.

Do Mal and the sun Summoner end up together?

In the epilogue, Mal and Alina marry under different names and re-open the Keramzin orphanage, the place they grew up in.

Who is the original Sun Summoner?

Sun Summoners are Grisha of the Etherealki Order. They have the ability to bend and summon light. They can also summon heat from the sun. Alina Starkov was the original Sun Summoner.

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Who are Alinas parents?

In the Netflix show, Alina Starkov's mother was Shu, and her father was Ravkan.

Is Alina in King of scars?

While Alina Starkov is not in the King of Scars, she appears in the second book of the King of Scars duology, Rule of Wolves. The Darkling has returned in another human form, and demands a meeting with Alina and Mal.

Do Alina and Mal kiss in the book?

Mal and Alina kiss right before finding the stag in the book. In both the books and the show, Mal and Alina spend several key days together in the forest after she escapes from Kirigan. In the show, Alina decides they should track down Morozova's stag.

Who is Alina's love interest?

In the second book, Alina meets Nikolai Lantsov, the second prince of Ravka and a privateer trying to claim the Ravkan throne. The two become allies, and he eventually attempts to begin a romantic relationship with her.

Who does darkling end up with?

Ultimately, though, Mal and Alina are endgame. After three books of will they or won't they, Alina's dalliance with the Darkling, and near-engagement to Nikolai, the pair end up together running the old orphanage where they grew up in Keramzin.

Is Mal a Firebird?

In the books, Alina and her allies do find a Firebird south of the village where Alina and Mal were born, all the way in Shu Han. However, though the Firebird exists, Alina and Mal both realize that the real Firebird amplifier is Mal himself. Each book in the series follows each one of the amplifiers as its McGuffin.

What race is Mal Oretsev?

Unlike the novels, in the Netflix series, both Mal and Alina are mixed-race—part Ravkan, and part Shu-Han (in real life, Alina actress Jessie Li Mei is a Chinese-British actress, while Mal actor Archie Renaux is White English)—two countries that have long been at war with one another.

Is Kaz in Shadow and Bone?

While both the Six of Crows and King of Scars books take place following the events of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Netflix series thrusts some of the most popular Six of Crows characters, including criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter), acrobat-spy Inej Ghafa (Amita Suman) and sharpshooter Jesper Fahey (Kit ...

Is the darkling in love with Alina?

Bardugo, the author of the Grishaverse novels as well as executive producer of the show, walks a very fine line. She doesn't objectively romanticize the Darkling, but lead character Alina Starkov, against her will and better judgement, does, to an extent.

Are all Grisha immortal?

Normally, Grisha are not immortal in the sense vampires are. However, using their powers grants them health and strength. As Nina points out in the Six of Crows book, Grisha who use their power never get sick, so, unless they die in battle, they can be very long-lived and age slowly.

Are there LGBT characters in Shadow and Bone?

Kit Young plays the wise-cracking sharpshooter Jesper Fahey, who is gay in the books. His sexuality isn't dwelt on at length in the TV series, but one of his storylines in an episode reveals that he is queer. Jesper, together with Inej and Kaz Brekker, form the criminal gang known as the Dregs.

Does Nikolai love Zoya?

In Rule of Wolves, Zoya confesses that she loves Nikolai, and at the end of the book, it is implied that Zoya and Nikolai intend to marry.

Does Alina kiss the darkling?

Alina kisses The Darkling first in 'Shadow and Bone'

In Bardugo's first novel, which is also titled Shadow and Bone, Kirigan kisses Alina without warning. The first kiss between the two characters differed in the show, and instead, Alina makes the first move.

Did Zoya sleep with Mal?

The only real difference in behaviour is that Mal doesn't sleep with Zoya when they meet in the first episode (episode 1 minute 17:59), which we are told that he does in the book.

Does the darkling have a name?

The Darkling, under the name Leonid, was one of the first Grisha to offer his services to the King Yevgeni Lantsov, helping him to defeat Shu Han in a tough battle. For his reward, he rejected gold and instead requested a sanctuary for Grisha in exchange for a trained army.

Is the darkling the villain?

The Darkling, despite being the villain of Shadow and Bone, works as a well-intentioned extremist with a sympathetic tragic backstory. He has had plenty of upsetting things happen in his long life, from the reason he created the Fold in the first place to losing Alina after thinking he might win her over.

Is Kaz in Rule of Wolves?

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Kaz disguises himself as an old man and follows Zoya Nazyalensky and Nikolai as they walk to the Crow Club, eavesdropping on their conversation about him. Kaz then reveals himself and leads them beneath the canals.

What did the darkling do to Genya?

Genya hasn't seen her parents since she was five. Because of her uniqueness of being a gifted Tailor, the Darkling sent her as a gift to the Queen at a young age, making Genya her servant. Since she had slept in the Grand Palace and received privileges, the other Grisha treated her with resentment.

What did the darkling do to Nikolai?

As punishment for Nikolai stealing Alina from under his nose in the previous book, the Darkling infects him with merzost, the same forbidden power that he has been using to create his nichevo'ya. It warps Nikolai, transforming him into a winged monster with fangs, talons, and skin filled with veins of darkness.

Are there other Sun Summoners?

There are common types of Grisha, like Heartrenders, Squallers, Tidemakers and Healers. Then there are rare and unique Grisha like General Kirigan a.k.a. the Darkling and his mother, Baghra, who are the only two known Shadow Summoners in the world.