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I think a lot about what the way they talk can tell us about our Crows. For example, interjections.
Unsurprisingly, Nina and Inej use all variants with Saints (Saints; All Saints; For Saints' sake) and Wylan uses Ghezen (Ghezen; Ghezen and his works). Matthias of course has Djel (Djel; Sweet Djel; For Djel's sake).
Now comes the interesting part. Jesper uses Saints, many times in his own creative way (Saints; All Saints; For Saints' sake; All Saints and your Aunt Eve; All Saints and the donkeys they rode in on) and (!) he also uses Ghezen (Sweet Ghezen). It's quite obvious that Jesper adopted Ghezen during his long stay in Ketterdam, but since he uses Saints much more often, it seems like something he got from his father as a child, since Colm also said many similar things in CK (All Saints; Saints; For Saints' sake). Do they recognise Saints on Wandering Isle? Probably.
And then there's Kaz. What do you think of his interjections? Have you noticed or thought about it? Kaz out loud never used any! Not Ghezen, not Saints, not Djel. There is only one exception where the interjection was part of his inner monologue.
Chapter 3, SoC:
"As Kaz headed down one of the little canals that would take him past Fifth Harbour, he realised he felt – Saints, he almost felt hopeful."
Oh yes, Kaz in his head when no one could hear him automatically used Saints and it wasn't because he wanted to mentally tease Inej about her Saints. I think the moment he felt almost hope, something from his past slipped out of the dark parts of his mind where he buried everything related to his family. Do we know for sure that Ghezen is the only god the Kerch people know? What about people from the countryside? Do they honour the god of industry, commerce and trade, or someone else who is closer to them? Who remembers where Marya Hendriks was kept? The Church of Saint Hilde. In addition, we also know two Kerch saints, Sankta Margaretha and Sankt Emerens. Coincidence? I don't think so.
#six of crows#six of crows duology#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#jesper fahey#wylan van eck#nina zenik#matthias helvar#Ravkan faith#Suli faith#Kerch faith#Kaelish faith#interjections#Saints#Ghezen#Djel#Saints in Kerch#Kaz Brekker and his dark secrets#crooked kingdom
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Instead of killing him off for shock value, Matthias' story could've had much more powerful message, if he were to live and spread his newfound belief Grisha are Djel's favourite children. It would also be much more believable way to fight Fjerdan prejudice than the suddenly wide-spread faith in foreign living Saints.
Unfortunately, he's THE character, whose whole arc was about unlearning hatred and toxic beliefs, so he needs to be punished for it, I guess...
#Grishaverse#Matthias Helvar#The Crows#Djel#Fjerda#Six of Crows duology#grishanalyticritical#V#anti Leigh Bardugo
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Nina: I told Matthias to fight his demons
Inej: And?
Nina: That’s why Kaz almost had a black eye
*Matthias tried to surprise Kaz and punch him but Kaz ducked and decided to deck the poor Fjerdian*
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Hi!! this is a kinda random question, but I was just thinking about it. So we know that the Druskelle (and presumably most of Fjerda) are bigoted, racist, etc.. Does that stem from their culture and like the wars and stuff or is that part of their religion? I guess hypothetically could Matthias/Maya/your other Fjerdan ocs have corrected their prejudices and still believed in Djel or do the two beliefs contradict? Just wondering what your take is :)
Hi, thanks for the ask!
I absolutely adore religion in the Grishaverse and a while ago I wrote quite a long analysis on Matthias and Inej's relationship with their respective religions, mostly focusing on Djel since I feel I know more about Fjerdan religion than Ravkan having read the soc duology a lot more times than the other books, and I talked quite a bit about some of these things so I'll link that here in case anyone is interested and below I'll put a couple of quotes from that more specifically pertaining to what you've said here. Essentially, I believe that the Drüskelle order is a cult and represents a warped version of Fjerdan religion and that Matthias' journey of self-discovery and of learning to find the version of Djel that he believes in and that aligns with who he wants to be is one of the most beautifully written character arcs I have ever read.
Some quotes from my previous analysis:
"Theoretically, the Drüskelle are raised (forced) to believe the same basic principles of the religion that most of the religious people in the country are [...] However, what’s taken completely further is that the Drüskelle are told that the only way to be truly respected by their god is to take decisive action against Grisha people for their power, because it’s “demonic” and a warping of Djel’s gifts. Now first of all, none of the religious teachings we learn about as the reader even remotely suggest this, which suggest that it’s a baseless prejudice for which religion has been used as an excuse for so long that it’s become culturally ingrained and believed."
"Matthias even shows particular pride that he was personally told the secret of the second glass bridge by Jarl Brum himself"
"And this is the thing, ok, because by claiming that Djel will show the boys the path and then telling them himself (!!!!!!!!) Brum is claiming far more power than a servant of Djel and or Fjerda. No, now he turns himself into a messenger of Djel, a prophet if you will, just to reaaaalllly double down on that religious trauma he’s giving these kids. He is putting himself into the Messiah-like position; he’s saying that Djel sent him to them to tell them that they must kidnap and kill people to earn his love."
"in his own practice Matthias would appear to see Djel as a benevolent god"
"presented himself as a Messiah-like figure and effectively forced these young boys to believe that betraying him is akin to betraying Djel"
Okay I'm restraining myself from adding more to that list because I'm just sitting here reading through the original analysis going "ooo add that" "and that" "that too" and I'll just end up copy and pasting the whole thing if I carry on like this, so if you'd like to read more I should've linked it at the top :)
I'm gonna talk a bit about Djel and relationship with religion in terms of my Fjerdan OCs here, if anyone is interested but hasn't read the fic you don't have to have done to follow the religion info but it's worth knowing that it's set almost entirely in Ketterdam and takes place nearly 10 years after Crooked Kingdom :)
For my Fjerdan OCs religion is very much on my mind whenever I'm writing them, and I find it a very interesting thing to consider. So, I have three Fjerdan OCs in Daughter of the Rain and Snow: Maya, a Tidemaker and our titular character, Celina, a deceased (pre-events of the fic) otkazat'sya whose body was burned and who therefore cannot reach Djel, and Fiona, a Heartrender who lost her relationship with religion a long time ago and has no interest in taking it up again. I'm going to start with Fiona because I haven't really explored her relationship with Djel very much since she has had less scenes than the others thus far, but I tend to have quite fleshed out backstories for my side characters even if they don't make it into the story lol
Fiona is 22 during the events of the fic and has been working with Inej and the crew of the Wraith for almost four years. She made her way to Ketterdam at 17 after her family discovered she was Grisha and threw her out. In a desperate attempt to flee Fjerda - and notably not knowing any Kerch language - she signed an indenture contract with a Kerch merchant who offered her safe passage to the country. She did not know what she was signing, and her contract was written in Kerch, but she just wanted to get out of Fjerda as quickly as possible and this seemed like her only option. She was freed and ended up working with Inej when she was 18. Fiona had battled with her relationship with Djel for a long time after discovering she was Grisha and keeping it secret, but when her parents learnt the truth and started abusing her and eventually turned her out with nowhere to go and no protection to be found she adopted atheism completely, akin to the way Kaz and Wylan found their atheism. -
“Saints speed,” she said to Inej, who echoed the words she knew were said for her benefit alone.
Fiona had given up on Djel, the god she was raised with, and had no interest in taking up another. (Chapter 8) (I feel so weird quoting my own writing)
Religion is very much at the forefront of everything I write considering Maya and Celina, particularly since Celina only appears as a character in Maya's POV chapters (she exists more as a concept to Kaz, Inej, and Aimee, who connect her to things she represents to each of them but whom they never knew as a real person). Maya battling her relationship with Djel is very much in the forefront of the story and one of my favourite chapters is when she goes back to the tree she cut down in anger and prays for it; the chapter is essentially a long monologue of Maya talking to Djel and voicing every side of her argument out loud. I won't list everything here but I'll add this quote from the chapter:
“I’ve tried it every way,” she whispered, failing to fight the sobs that were growing in her throat, “I ignored it, I tried not to use it, I used it for others, I used it for myself, I used it for You. And I have somehow failed You every time. Maybe I deserve to burn now, but they say you are born Grisha. Did You really look at me and always know I would deserve to burn? From the very moment I was born? Perhaps this is all I am in Your grand tapestry of destiny; a game for You to play, a doll that You can take apart and stitch together at wrong angles. I am a broken toy that can be discarded and burnt whilst the world moves on as though I were never here. I made the wrong choices, but I thought they were the only ones left. You could have let me stay at home. You could have let her live - let both of them live. And I never would have done anything like this. I’m so sorry…” her voice broke and she felt the tears flooding over her cheeks as she collapsed over the ruined tree trunk and cried into its empty flesh, “I’m so sorry,” (Chapter 66 on tumblr, chapter 67 on AO3)
And the chapter ultimately ends with Maya asking Djel to teach her how to deserve forgiveness from Inej and the other characters for everything she'd done, or to at least teach her how to forgive Him.
I think one of the most important aspects of religion in terms of this and in terms of Maya and Celina's relationship with each other is that even though Celina knows Maya is a Tidemaker neither of them ever talk about it and Maya reached a point where she was actively afraid to bring it up because she didn't know how Celina felt about Grisha and she didn't want to jeopardise not only what is the only relationship she has with anyone right now but arguably what is the first relationship she's ever had that wouldn't be considered abusive (her relationship with her father is kinda up in the air, I know, but considering that he sold her I don't think it's a spoiler to say I hate that man's guts even though y'all have a little bit more to learn about him yet) since realistically Celina was the only person she had a real conversation with for three years and the only other people she spoke to in that time would be clients, Yennefer, and occasionally other girls at the Tulip Mill. Maya even saw Yennefer's death more as vengeance for Celina than she did for herself, saying that Yen's death was for Celina and Kaz's death would be for her before she finds out that Kaz was partially responsible for Celina's death in the worldview that she holds - and as Kaz considers himself no less responsible for her death than Rollins was for Jordie's. I don't know if I'm explaining it quite right but the fear that Maya developed surrounding other people's perspective on Grisha power preventing her from being able to share her feelings with Celina I found a really heart-wrenching detail to write and I was definitely hoping to present the idea that even if religiously the ideas don't contradict - considering that we see Celina adapt her belief in Djel to say that anything that she does at the Tulip Mill will be forgiven because she has no choice over it - culturally speaking it's still such a complex and difficult thing to move past that Maya isn't even sure she can ever express it to the only person she trusts, and I also hoped to touch on this idea with the flashbacks to the Ravkan boy at the Grisha workshop with Maya who didn't trust her because she was Fjerdan even though she was Grisha and had literally fled Drüskelle and her home country
Anyway I hope this made sense, it's starting to feel very rambly and random, and I hope that it was interesting to read. Thanks so much for teh ask and for your interest in the fic! <33
#maya olsen oc#six of crows#grishaverse#crooked kingdom#leigh bardugo#six of crows fic#six of crows duology#kanej fic#asks#grishaverse religion#djel#fjerda#druskelle#my ocs#matthias helvar#fantasy religion#dk's grishaverse asks answered
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I think Nina, heartrender, fighting Djel, the man who was shot in the heart, starting the generational trauma of Fjerda, is my writing of all time
#Finding out the Jarl backstory it makes sense he has no heart#but like holy shit this man is awful#if Dr Regis and the Drüskelle elders look up to him? you know hes gonna be awful#Nina is a girboss as always though#nina zenik#djel#grishaverse#soc#six of crows#grishaverse fic
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“Djel” sounds suspiciously similar to the Norwegian word for “Devil”…
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Hi so Loki becoming the tree of life parallels Odin sacrificing himself to hang the tree of life Yggdrasil to save the nine realms (my Norse mythology knowledge is very limited so please correct me).
Yggdrasil is the inspiration for Djel in the Grishaverse.
So in my insane chaotic mind Loki = Djel (but he didn’t tell them to kill Grisha)
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
#grishaverse swifties#six of crows#grishaverse#shadow and bone#king of scars#matthias helvar#djel#fjerda#loki marvel#Loki#loki season 2#loki finale#Loki spoilers
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you ever just wanna pat Matthias on the back and tell him it's okay to be horny
#Djel can forgive your sins don't worry buddy#nobody can blame you it's Nina Zenik#be free little one#matthias helvar#nina zenik#calahan skogman#danielle galligan#shadow and bone#six of crows#grishaverse#shadow and bone season 2#crooked kingdom#ruin and rising#siege and storm#soc spinoff#six of crows spin off
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At the end of my rope because I’m rereading soc and the waters of Djel are described, by Kaz in fact, as “the wellspring where all sins are washed clean” and when he’s drowning in the djel wellspring as they’re escaping Kaz tries to cling to everything he’s previously used to survive “his brother, revenge, Pekka Rollins” but “all he could think of was Inej”
And earlier when he’s talking to Matthias Matthias says “there’s nothing sacred in your life” and Kaz says “you’re wrong.”
So basically Inej is the one pure and sacred thing in Kaz Brekker’s life when all the sin is washed away thank you goodnight.
#six of crows#also Wylan says the djel wellspring is also where they drown you and make you confess#and this is basically Kaz’s confession moment where he finally admits to his feelings#losing my mind#anyway I’m new here I don’t know how to use this app#join me for more rambling!
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i do tend to write matthias' relationship with djel as a positive one and as djel responding to him but man. man. this post.
#matthias asking djel to forgive him because he does not think he will ever be able to do it himself
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y’all are sleeping on calahan skogman’s performance as matthias helvar in s2 and it fucking shows
#my man deserves better#like he fucking nailed matthias#matthias helvar#his fight scenes were fucking fire#the fucking wolves scene was so fucking sick#the fucking ‘djel will absolve me i am clean??’ was so fucking perfect because it show how devoted to his religion he is#as he kills a fucking guard#he fucking killed a guard with his own weapon#literally fucking chills in ep 8 when nina is being dragged away and he sees her and say nina so fucking softly and then has to be#pulled back by three fucking guards#stop sleeping on my man#the 'matthias was dreaming again. dreaming of her’ and you could see his conflict and the hate but desire as well#matthias saying to pekka#'keep your money#rollins'#'#very reminiscent of when he tells kaz 'you can keep your money. you can choke on it'
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“But you know Djel.” “The wellspring.” Matthias nodded. “The Fjerdans believe all the world is connected through its waters—the seas, the ice, the rivers and streams, the rain and storms. All feed Djel and are fed by him. When we die, we call it felöt-objer, taking root. We become as roots of the ash tree, drinking from Djel wherever we are laid.” “Is that why you burn Grisha instead of burying them?” He paused, then gave a brief nod.
Six of Crows- Chapter 20 (Leigh Bardugo)
I have questions.
How is there not a sect worshipping Djel as the first Tidemaker? At least Fjerdan Grisha should do that.
Alternatively (or simultaneously) Grisha should be at least in some places considered something like holy, closer to the essence of the world. Especially since Ravka- their neighbour they share a long history with- has "the explanation" of them being closer to the Making and ideas spread over borders rather quickly. The concept of Grisha being "the blessed" makes more sense in Fjerda, than Novyi Zem, about which we know nothing more.
Do Grisha get fire not to "taint" the waters?
Why do Ravkan Grisha burn their dead, when this is wide-spread belief just behind their borders?
How do you erase hatred so great its target's not even allowed to be laid to rest? And no, it shouldn't take only screaming "Saint!" in the right moment.
#Grishaverse#SoC Chapter 20#Djel#Fjerda#Grisha#anti Grisha sentiments#Second Army#Matthias Helvar#Nina Zenik#grishanalyticritical#Six of Crows#Six of Crows duology#V#books#quotes#Leigh Bardugo#'Matthias decided Grisha are Djel's fav children!'#Yeah#how am I to believe he's the first or only?!
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Kaz: Time for plan G
Inej: Don’t you mean plan B?
Kaz: No, we tried plan B a long time ago. I had to skip over plan C due to technical difficulties.
Wylan: What about plan D?
Kaz: Plan D was that desperate disguise attempt half an hour ago.
Nina: What about plan E?
Kaz: I’m hoping not to use it. Matthias dies in plan E.
Jesper: I like plan E.
#djel bless wylan#six of crows#soc#the crows#six of crows incorrect quotes#soc incorrect quotes#the crows incorrect quotes#kaz dirtyhands brekker#kaz brekker#soc kaz#kaz soc#inej ghafa#soc inej#inej soc#matthias helvar#soc matthias#matthias soc#nina zenik#soc nina#nina soc#wylan van eck#soc wylan#wylan soc#jesper fahey#soc jesper#jesper soc
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I would just like to personally thank whoever decided to show us Matthias’ dreams.
#out here doing Djel’s work#thank the saints#Matthias was dreaming again#dreaming of her (and some other stuff)#s2 was a riot and I loved it all#shadow and bone netflix#shadow and bone#grishaverse#six of crows#nina zenik#matthias helvar#helnik
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A pedophile?! In my tree?! It's more likely than you think
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Inej: If I had a kruge for every time I met a saint, I'd have two kruge. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
#shadow and bone#sab spoilers#inej ghafa#soc#girlie can not leave ketterdam for a job without running into a saint#looking forward to her meeting djel himself during the ice court job
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