Warning: This article includes major spoilers fromShadow and Boneseason 2.
General Kirigan (Ben Barnes).
But in major departures from the books, the happy ending is short lived.
Ben Barnes' General Kirigan has seen better days in ‘Shadow and Bone’ season 2.courtesy netflix
Everyone in the room collapses as they hack up blood, but Alina manages to kill their attacker.
She summons the Cut but realizes only after the fact that she summoned shadow instead of light.
As the Sun Summoner who just defeated the Darkling, that’s not a good thing.
The Crows gang in Netflix’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ season 2.Netflix
This aspect has its roots in the books, but with very different circumstances.
She also ends up gaining a piece of the Darkling’s power and vice versa.
This big change was also somewhat a business decision.
Jesse Mei Li as Alina Starkov in ‘Shadow and Bone’ season 2.Netflix
Of course, we didn’t want to lose Jessie or Archie."
(Archie Renaux stars as Mal.)
Alina and Mal end up marrying each other by the end ofRuin and Rising.
Inej (Amita Suman) and Zoya (Sujaya Dasgupta) in ‘Shadow and Bone’ season 2.Dávid Lukács/Netflix
Season 2, however, sends them off on separate paths.
While Alina is realizing her newfound Shadow Summoning abilities, Nikolai names Mal the new Sturmhond.
A Six of Crows spin-off
Let’s circle back to the jurda parem.
Mal (Archie Renaux) and Alina (Jessie Mei Li) set sail in ‘Shadow and Bone’ season 2.courtesy netflix
The story arc could now finally be adapted for the screen.
The fear is that Fjerda will now weaponize the drug and use it against its enemies.
(Based on the season 2 finale, they already are.)
That’s why we see in the ending that the Crows have been hired to address the situation.
But it all depends on how wellShadow and Boneseason 2 performs in the streaming ratings.
In terms of a timeline, the spin-off would line up with the ending of season 2.
He also clarifies that Suman’s Inej would return for the spin-off.
“Obviously, we’re not gonna keep Inej out of that,” he says.
“We’re gonna bring her back.
Read Crows spin-off here.
That deep cut, the pair now confirm, was Sankta Neyar and her Neshyenyer sword.
In the books, Alina’s Sun Summoning is the chief weapon against General Kirigan’s nichevo’ya.
In the show, it’s not as effective at dispersing the shadow soldiers.
“There was a line that was about this blade that was so sharp it could cut shadow.
And here we have these monsters: Kirigan has unkillable shadow monsters,” Fryklind says.
“So it just felt kismet.”
What is that bee all about?
During the proceedings, a stray bee lands on Zoya’s lapel and the Squaller promptly swats it away.
Together withRule of Wolves,King of Scarsis part of another Grishaverse duology written by Bardugo.
Zoya and Nikolai are two characters that feature prominently.
The cover ofKing of Scarsfeatures imagery that alludes to specific saints that appear in the novel.
Heisserer confirms that’s the goal should the show move forward.
“And now we get to do that with some of theShadow and Bonecharacters.”
Plus, they have the support of Bardugo herself.
However, he says she came up with at least one of them.
I don’t think I did,'” Heisserer jokes.
That would be the Kaz-Pekka backstory laid out inCrooked Kingdom.
Even now, when the showrunners and writers hit a road block, they have Bardugo on speed dial.
“Nobody’s gonna notice, but we know it was there.”
The future of the Grishaverse seems like it’s in good hands.
