


HEISSERER: Well, it's interesting the way that Six of Crows is built in that you do get into back stories that are outside of the current timeline. Are we mainly building those characters' back stories? Sorry, just to clarify, are we not getting into the story at Six of Crows quite yet. Heisserer said that, in order to make this work, they essentially invented prequel stories for the key Six of Crows characters this season - Kaz, Inej, and Jesper - to fit alongside what is happening in the Shadow and Bone storyline. The series actually combines two of Bardugo’s book series – the fantasy-adventure trilogy Shadow and Bone and the duology Six of Crows, which chronologically takes place after the events of Shadow and Bone despite being set in the same world. What you also need to know about Shadow and Bone is this world has magical soldiers known as Grisha that have different powers, and a massive black cloud (known as the Shadow Fold) that runs hundreds of miles north and south and is extremely dangerous to cross due to the creatures inside. If you’re not familiar with Shadow and Bone, the series takes place in a war-torn world where a lowly soldier and orphan named Alina Starkov ( Jessie Mei Li) accidentally unleashes an extraordinary power that’s been residing in her which could help save her land and set her country free.
