“Shadow and Bone” Season 2: The bee in the shadow fold hints at a main character, the “King of Scars”

Netflix bees matter — they’re not just for Bridgerton no more!

The second season of the Netflix fantasy epic Shadow and bones It features a cameo of a foreboding bee at its conclusion, shortly after Sun Summoner Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) rips off Shadow Fold and kills Darkling (Ben Barnes). As Alina and company burn the Darkling’s body, we see a beehive on Squaller Zoya Nazyalensky (Sujaya Dasgupta). Zoya quickly slaps the bee away, but it’s a strange moment. Shadow Fold lay devoid of life (except for the deadly volcano) for hundreds of years. Even after its destruction, the fold still left behind a huge desert. Where does a bee come from?

Leigh Bardugo fans Grishverse You’ll likely recognize the bee as a symbol of one of Rafkan’s patron saints: Sanka Lisabetta (or Elizaveta), the patron saint of gardeners. According to legend, Elizaveta saved her village from raiders by praying in a field of roses. The bees emerged from the flowers and defeated the attackers. When she could not repeat the miracle to other villages, she was drawn, quartered, and subsequently canonized for her martyrdom.

So, what does the Old Saint with Bee Soldiers have to do with Shadow Fold? So, we move on to King of scarsone of the most recent Grishverse books. King of scars He sees strange and saintly miracles appearing all over Ravka in the aftermath of Shadow Fold’s destruction. While investigating, Zoya and Nikolai (Patrick Gibson) learn that Shadow Fold doesn’t just hold the Volcano. It was also a sort of prison for three saints: Sankt Lisabetta, Sankt Joris, and Sankt Gregory.

Zoya and Nikolai’s discovery has major repercussions for them and all of Rafka’s people, setting off a climactic arc for King of scars. that Shadow and bones Already foreshadowing Elizaveta through a stray bee means we get events King of scars Sooner rather than later. This is what bees are said to land on Zoya tomorrow Foreshadows, as Zoya interacts more with Elizaveta, and King of scars It marks her jump to the main character.

Hopefully here in season 3, because that bee deserves a reward.

Shadow and bones Season two is now streaming on Netflix(Opens in a new tab).