Is Mal also 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.
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Is Mal or Alina The Sun Summoner?

Alina Starkov was the Sun Summoner, one of the most powerful Grisha who had ever lived and the only one capable of destroying the volcra and the Shadow Fold.
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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.
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Is Mal a Summoner Shadow and Bone?

In the Netflix series, Mal is a member of the First Army and has extraordinary skills as a tracker. Mal is not Grisha and doesn't have any of the Grisha powers. This is the same as in the book series.
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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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Is Alina Starkov Shu in the books?

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The series protagonist, Alina Starkov, we are told, was born in the border regions of Shu Han and Ravka and is herself part Shu. In the book series, however, Alina was full Ravkan, Ravka being the Grishaverse's stand-in for Czarist Russia.
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Who are Alinas parents?

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

Last seen. This article is about the character in Shadow and Bone Trilogy. For the Netflix adaptation character, see Malyen Oretsev (Netflix). Malyen Oretsev, commonly known as Mal, is Alina Starkov's childhood best friend, a former soldier of the First Army and a gifted tracker.
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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.
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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.
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Is Alina in Six of Crows?

Alina isn't a part of the Six of Crows duology (although characters from those books are used in the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix.)
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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.
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What is the darklings real name?

Last year, it was confirmed The Darkling, played by Ben Barnes in the upcoming adaptation, would be referred to as General Kirigan. In Leigh Bardugo's books, he is exclusively addressed as The Darkling and his name is not revealed until the trilogy's final book.
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Is Mal related to the darkling?

It turns out Mal is descended from Baghra's sister, making him a great-nephew of the Darkling. Upon this discovery, Mal makes Alina promise she will kill him for his power if she needs it.
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Why does Alina have a scar on her hand?

The show explains that Alina got the scar on her palm when she tricked the Grisha testers. She used a piece of broken pottery to cut her own hand. Because she was already in pain when the testers pricked her skin, her Grisha powers weren't revealed and she was able to hide among the non-Grisha people for much longer.
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Does Shadow and Bone have LGBT?

No, there's no gay romance in Shadow and Bone. Throughout this story, the only romance that will take place is between Alina, the protagonist, and...
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Is Zoya a half Suli?

Physical description. Zoya has long, black, wavy hair, brown skin, and dark blue eyes. She is half Suli through her father's ancestry.
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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.
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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.
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Why didnt Alina get MALS letters?

A firm part was ensuring that the letters of Alina and Malyen Oretsev (Archie Renaux) never reached each other. This was because Mal had been Alina's constant since childhood. That connection had only grown over the years — with Alina so devotedly attached to Mal that she even ventured willingly into The Fold.
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Who does Nikolai end up with?

Nikolai asks Alina to return with him to Ravka and help him to defeat the Darkling. He also proposes marriage to her, suggesting that such an alliance would make both of them stronger and allow them to unite the First and Second Armies against the Darkling.
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What does Sheyao mean in SHU?

Search with English, Pinyin, or Chinese characters. 水蛇腰 shuǐ shé yāo. slender and supple waist lithe body feminine pose.
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Why does the darkling need the sun Summoner?

The Darkling served many kings over the years and faked his death many times. He planned to expand the Fold and gain power over Ravka but needed a Sun Summoner to destroy the volcra and carry out his ambitions.
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Is Alina white in the books?

In Leigh Bardugo's “Grishavese” books , Alina is white, but the Netflix series changed Alina's race to reflect actress Jessie Mei Li's half-Chinese heritage, and as a half-Chinese person myself, I know all too well that “What are you?” is the world's worst and yet most popular guessing game for mixed-race people.
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Is Kaz Brekker in Shadow and Bone book?

While some characters, like Kaz and Inej, never appear in the pages of Shadow and Bone, the book, they certainly make themselves known in the show. Based on the best-selling fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone is an exciting Netflix fantasy series.
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