Line #23 Literature/TheGrishaverse


1	''The Grishaverse'' is [[TheVerse a fictional literary universe]] by Creator/LeighBardugo that encompasses ''Literature/TheGrishaTrilogy'' (the first series set in the 'verse), ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', ''Literature/TheNikolaiDuology'' and ''Literature/TheLanguageOfThorns''. The series is set in a world that evokes 19th-century Earth, and the titular Grisha are mages with the ability to manipulate matter.
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3	The books in this universe are:
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5	[[index]]
6	* ''Literature/TheGrishaTrilogy''
7	** ''Shadow and Bone''
8	** ''Siege and Storm''
9	** ''Ruin and Rising''
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11	* ''Literature/SixOfCrows''
12	** ''Six of Crows''
13	** ''Crooked Kingdom''
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15	* ''Literature/TheNikolaiDuology''
16	** ''King of Scars''
17	** ''Rule of Wolves''
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19	* ''Literature/TheLanguageOfThorns''
20	[[/index]]
21	* ''[[{{Defictionalization}} The Lives of the Saints]]''
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23	In 2019 it was announced that Netflix would be adapting a series (titled ''Series/ShadowAndBone'') based on the books. The first season adapted ''Shadow and Bone'' and included prequel stories for the ''Six of Crows'' characters. It stars Jessie Mei as Alina Starkov, Archei Renaux as Mal Oretsev, Freddy Carter as Kaz Bekker, Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa and Creator/BenBarnes as the Darkling. Initially scheduled for a late 2020 release, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the work on post-production, and it was released in April 2021, running for two seasons before being canceled in 2023.
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27	!!This franchise often provides examples of:
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29	* ColorCodedWizardry: Grisha wear robes called kefta, which are color-coded depending on which class they belong to: [[ElementalPowers Etherealki]] (blue), [[BloodMagic Corporalki]] (red), and [[ExtraOreDinary Materialki]] (purple). Servants wear white and grey. The Darkling is technically an Etherealki, but only he can wear the color [[CastingAShadow black]].
30	* FantasticRankSystem: Ravka has two armies: the First Army, comprised of otkazat'sya ([[{{Muggle}} non-Grisha humans]], Ravkan word for "the abandoned") and the Second Army, comprised of Grisha. In the First Army, one can be a soldier, cartographer, or tracker. Within the Second Army, Corporalki are the highest ranking followed by Etherealki (with the exception of summoners who get special treatment) and then Materialki.
31	* FantasticRacism: Although some Grisha look down on the rest, there is a mistrust, fear, and jealousy of their power. Grisha are often used, discriminated against, oppressed, and even hunted. The Drüskelle are a violent anti-Grisha cult. The Darkling's [[WellIntentionedExtremist raison-d'être]] is to free the Grisha from oppression and servitude. Bardugo, who is non-practicing Jewish, loosely based anti-Grisha sentiment on antisemitism. Which would make the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Drüskelle]]...
32	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Most of the cultures in are based on real-life ones.
33	** Ravka is Tsarist UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} of the early to mid 19th century. Even its history of having been scattered provinces that unified is reminiscent of the UsefulNotes/KievanRus of the Middle Ages, which preceded a united Russia. The Lantsov family crest, a double eagle, closely resembles that of the Romanovs.
34	** The Suli are more of a CultureChopSuey, most closely resembling the Romani with Jewish, South Asian, and Persian influences thrown in.
35	** Kerch is clearly [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]], with the capital of Ketterdam a clear stand-in for [[FreestateAmsterdam Amsterdam]].
36	** Novyi Zem is loosely inspired by [[UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies the American colonies]] and UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} with some [[UsefulNotes/{{Africa}} African]] influences.
37	** Fjerda is Scandinavia. The Hedjut are likely based on the Nordic Sámi people and [[EskimoLand other Arctic populations]].
38	** The Wandering Isle is UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}.
39	** Shu Han is UsefulNotes/{{China}} and UsefulNotes/{{Mongolia}}.
40	* FireWaterWind: The verse's category of mages with ElementalPowers, the Etherealki, is subdivided into [[PlayingWithFire Inferni]], [[MakingASplash Tidemakers]], and [[BlowYouAway Squallers]].
41	* GenderIsNoObject:
42	** The Grisha make no distinctions between gender.
43	** The Dregs, and presumable other gangs of Ketterdam, also seem to follow this principle. Most notable are Inej and Nina, handpicked by Kaz to be part of the Dreg's inner circle based on skill alone. A cursory look at names of minor Dregs features some women as well, and later on one of the snipers that ambushes the Crows at the docks is a young woman. It is mentioned Nina could have become a mercenary.
44	* {{Magitek}}: Grisha talents aren't just for the battlefield--Fabrikators create new technology, while Squallers maintain breathable air in submarines and Heartrenders revolutionize medicine.
45	* MedievalStasis: Averted. While initially Ravka is stuck technologically due to having a giant monster-filled wall of darkness across the middle of the country while also fighting a war, other countries are undergoing industrial revolutions. As soon as the Fold is gone Ravka rapidly begins to catch up under Nikolai's guidance, using {{Magitek}} to create submarines, airships, and mortars, among other things.
46	* TheShowOfTheBooks: Adapted by Netflix as ''Series/ShadowAndBone''

Context Literature / TheGrishaverse