Shadow And Bon3

[Shaquita]

Inever count Nikolai as love interest too; I think he was a character too strong on his own to become a love interest and Alina never really felt anything for him. Instead, I was hoping their friendship will be more developed! I agree with everything you say about The Darkling and Mal though, I actually like The Darkling but I agree that the romance are poorly developed on all sides. I am so for the idea of Dark!Alina that shows The Darkling her true power, though. It will totally turn the power balance and helps develop the relationship (romantic or platonic, between Darkling and Mal) even more.

i feel like the shadow and bone trilogy had SO MUCH potential if it elaborated on any of the really deep themes that it brought or delve into complexities of the characters but instead the darkling was lame and mal sucked oops ?

This is true. The pumpking got his asss handed to him this Halloween. I grinded with 1 character and did nearly 1000 pumpking bags myself and pretty sure so did the rest of the playerbase. The shadow bone club amount is a LOT.

Patrouski had an interesting opinion on this. Since it is basically the same item as the simple bone club I would say in a few weeks the price will decrease, just because there is a cheaper option. The skull helmet is a similar case.

I Just think its hard to predict the future there... But short term it will fall and thats because Christmas is around the Corner..who knows what the devs think after reading that basicly every other glove Item is ,,trash" like u Guys mentioned...

It has the same rarity as the shadow Bone skull. Shadow Bone skull is like 1 mil. So the only reason it's at that price is because it's the best glove vanity and of course hoarding. Though the supply will still stay strong AF for a few months since there is a million of those bags around and by the time everyone has hoarded a shitload... there will still be a shitload left. Just too many of them. It is an investment sure... but few years from now.

The book starts off with two children (Alina Starkov and Malyen Oretsev) arriving at Duke Keramsov's estate to learn to read, write, and to learn a trade. After some time, it is winter and the Grisha examiners come. Alina and Mal eavesdrop on the conversation between the Grisha and Ana Kuya, the Duke's housekeeper, but are quickly caught. When the test is about to begin, Alina and Mal grab each other's hands because they do not want to separate from each other even if it's to go to a better place with "the finest clothes, the finest food".

In the next chapter, Alina and Mal are older and have left the orphanage to train in the army at Poliznaya. Their regiment is two weeks march away from Poliznaya, but they first need to cross the Shadow Fold. Alina is worried but Mal is comforted by the Grisha pyros and Heartrenders that the King sent to aid their regiment. Their conversation is interrupted when the Darkling's carriage suddenly drives by them and Mal gets distracted by a female Grisha. He then leaves with his friends, Mikhael and Dubrov, and Alina heads into the small city of Kribirsk towards the Documents Tent.

When Alina enters the tent, she starts talking to Alexei, a fellow junior cartographer's assistant who wants to hear more about the coach. That night, Mal and his two friends stop by Alina's cabin before heading over to the Grisha pavilion. The two talk for a bit and reminisce about the orphanage and Ana Kuya. After the brief moment together, Mal leaves with his friends and Alina heads back to bed.

The next morning, the regiment boards skiffs to cross the Fold. All seems well at first, but then Alexei and Alina hear flapping wings and suddenly hundreds of Volcra are around them. In the battle, Alexei is taken away by one of the volcra. Alina is about to be taken too when Mal comes to her rescue and pulls her away. He then gets attacked but the two are able to work together to kill the creature. Mal is badly wounded, however, and Alina is scared that he is going to die. As she closes her eyes and is ready to die in another attack, a sudden light appears and she falls to the ground, hitting her head and falling unconscious.

When Alina wakes up, she is still on the deck, but she has a gun pointed at her. Everyone is looking at her warily, and no one seems to want to touch her even when she stumbles as the skiff moves. It turns out that they are docking back in Kribirsk and the soldiers march Alina off the boat and up the road. She is eventually led to the Grisha pavilion and taken to the Darkling. It turns out that the source of light had been Alina, and, after a test from the Darkling, Alina is revealed to be a Sun Summoner. The Darkling then orders that she be taken to his coach and seen to by a Healer.

On her trip away from Kribirsk to Os Alta, Alina learns from Ivan that the Darkling is a living amplifier. Even though she was tested for powers, the examiners were unable to find the magic that she had. With her Sun Summoning, Alina could potentially open a path through the Shadow Fold or destroy it. With this power, Alina is now a target for enemies like Fjerda and the Shu Han, which is why her carriage gets attacked on the way.

During the attack from the Fjerdan, Alina runs away into a forest but is pursued by an attacker. As he is about to harm her, the Darkling rides up with enforcement and uses his mysterious shadow powers to attack the assassins. As he blinds them, his soldiers cut down the blinded men. Alina is still being held down though, and her attacker threatens to kill her but, as his knife strikes down, the Darkling kills him quickly by slicing him in half with the darkness. A few days after the attack, the Darkling sits with Alina after they make camp to answer some questions. Alina learns that his great-great-great-grandfather was the Black Heretic who accidentally created the Shadow Fold, and every Darkling since his time has tried to fix the mistake. The Darkling believes that Alina could be the person to help him do so.

Not long after, the group finally arrives at the Little Palace, but Alina has to meet the King the very next day. Genya, another Grisha, helps Alina to prepare by "beautifying" her because the King likes beautiful things. Genya then brings Alina down to the Court and asks that she not tell anyone how she helped to change her appearance. Genya is apparently not allowed to work for anyone due to the Queen's orders. After some bickering among the Grisha about who Alina should walk in with, the Darkling interrupts and states that she will walk in with him.

After getting introduced to the King, Alina is asked to demonstrate her power again which she does with some help from the Darkling, and the King is sufficiently pleased. As he walks away with the Darkling, Alina gets swarmed by members of the court until Genya comes by to bring her to the Queen who wants to meet her. After they leave the room, the Darkling comes by again to tell her that the King was pleased with the display. He then tells Genya to get Alina fitted for her kefta and states that it should be in black, which would show that she is on equal footing with him since only the Darkling is allowed to wear that color. Both Grisha are shocked when she refuses and asks that her kefta be blue since that is the Summoner color. Alina explains that she does not want to remain conspicuous and above the others.

Back in her room, Alina asks Genya to stay and eat dinner with her. While the servant agrees, she also tells Alina to be careful because the other Grisha would not approve of Genya eating with her. After dinner, Genya leaves and Alina gets ready for bed, but the only thing she can think of when she falls asleep is Mal. When Alina wakes up, she gets dressed for the day and her new kefta has arrived. It is a midnight blue with gold embroidery on the cuffs, but Genya makes sure to mention that she would have looked better in black. After breakfast, Genya takes Alina for a tour of the Little Palace, including the Darkling's library. When they head to the Fabrikators' workshops, the two girls pick up some glass disks for Alina. Afterward, she takes Alina to the Summoners' pavilion to meet Baghra.

Baghra is another living amplifier, and she tries to teach Alina to call on her powers without the help of an amplifier like herself or the Darkling. After a few tries, she is exasperated with Alina and shoos her away. Alina then spends the majority of her day in the library but learns that her schedule for the rest of the day consists of other classes like Combat Training. She heads over to the training rooms with some other Etherealki named Marie and Nadia where they meet the instructor, Botkin Yul-Erdene.

Days pass filled with training, but Alina is still struggling to access her powers. The Darkling does not offer her any help and she still has not heard from Mal despite the many letters she has sent to him. Eventually, Zoya, the girl that had her eyes on Mal at the camp arrives at the Little Palace. Zoya clearly has some kind of vendetta against Alina and attempts to put her down whenever she can. In the combat training classes, Botkin pairs the two in hopes that Zoya can train Alina. When Alina actually knocks her to the ground, Zoya's temper gets the best of her and she uses her power to slam Alina against a wall and break a rib.

In the Infirmary, Alina later hears from Marie and Nadia that Zoya got in trouble with Botkin and with the Darkling, and someone claimed to have seen her come crying from the Darkling's rooms. Marie and Nadia explain to Alina that Zoya hates her because she is jealous that the Darkling favors her for being a Sun Summoner. While in the Infirmary, Alina is visited by The Apparat who tells her that people are already making altars in her honor because they believe that she is their hope. Hearing this news only makes Alina more nervous because she now realizes that her inability to reach her powers would hurt more than just the Darkling or Baghra.

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