Q 01/05

Which actor, Prince Caspian in the Chronicles of Narnia films, plays the Darkling in Netflix's Shadow and Bone?

A) Sam Claflin

B) Ben Barnes

C) Aidan Turner

D) Richard Madden

Answer · why

B) Ben Barnes

Ben Barnes is also a singer: his debut single, 11:11, came out in September 2021, a few months after the show's first season.

Q 02/05

Which winged, flesh-eating monsters attack the First Army's crossing of the Shadow Fold at the start of Shadow and Bone?

A) Volcra

B) Khergud

C) Drüskelle

D) Oprichniki

Answer · why

A) Volcra

Volcra were once ordinary people: they lived on the land the Fold swallowed, and its creation twisted them into blind, clawed predators.

Q 03/05

By which title does Ravkan history remember the Grisha who created the Shadow Fold in Shadow and Bone?

A) The Hollow Prince

B) The Nameless Tyrant

C) The Black Heretic

D) The Witch King

Answer · why

C) The Black Heretic

The Black Heretic proves to be the Darkling himself: he has faked his death again and again, posing as his own descendant for centuries.

Q 04/05

Which magical animal of Ravka's far north does the Darkling kill to make Alina Starkov's collar in Shadow and Bone?

A) A wolf

B) A bear

C) A lynx

D) A stag

Answer · why

D) A stag

A stag: Alina finds it first but cannot bring herself to kill it, and that act of mercy is what later lets her break the Darkling's hold on her.

Q 05/05

Linguist David J. Peterson built languages for Netflix's Shadow and Bone after inventing Dothraki for which series?

A) Westworld

B) Game of Thrones

C) Outlander

D) The Last Kingdom

Answer · why

B) Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones gave Peterson his break: HBO needed a Dothraki language, turned to the Language Creation Society, and he won the resulting contest.