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( a measure of eternity. )

NOVEL EXCERPTS: THE DEMON IN THE WOOD | SHADOW & BONE | SIEGE & STORM | RUIN & RISING | THE TAILOR
INFORMATION: THE GRISHA ORDERS | WORLD MAP

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THE GRISHA ORDERS.

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	THE SUN SUMMONER (top) and THE DARKLING (bottom) are considered to be of the Etherealki Order, but due to their rarity and raw power, they are classified as atypical, individual Orders. In the context of The Grisha Trilogy, Sun Summoners have not existed among the ranks of the Grisha in countless centuries. The Darklings, on the other hand, have traditionally lead Ravka's Second Army - the branch of the nation's military force that is made up entirely of Grisha soldiers. They are natural foils to one another - one summoning and manipulating light, and the other summoning and manipulating shadow. Due to their power and the premise that Grisha power elongates and empowers the Grisha themselves, the Sun Summoner and the Darkling will live exponentially long lives.
	THE CORPORALKI, or the Order of the Living and the Dead are dressed in red kefta. The HEARTRENDERS (top), capable of stopping hearts, collapsing lungs and basically making their enemies lives a painful, living hell - with emphasis on the "living", wear kefta of red and black. The HEALERS (bottom), who do exactly the opposite of their counterparts, wear red and grey. As Ravka is a garrison state, caught in a deadly three-front war, the Corporalki are therefore the most valuable soldiers.
	THE ETHEREALKI, or the Order of Summoners, are the second most-valued within the ranks of the Grisha. The Small Science cannot create the matter that they manipulate, nor animate it. SQUALLERS (top), who wear blue and silver, raise and lower the air pressure around them to create storms. INFERNI (middle), who wear blue and red, summon combustible gases, and use flint to create the spark that ignites them. And TIDEMAKERS (bottom), dressed in blue and pale blue, use temperature and pressure to summon and control water. The Darkling and the Sun Summoner are technically members of the Etherealki, and presumably do something with magnetic fields - though it has never been explained in the context of the books, due to the rarity of these two types of Grisha.
	THE MATEREALKI, or the Order of Fabrikators, are the lowest ranked among the Grisha orders. They are the lab geeks and the scientists, more valuable to Ravka's war the longer on that it stretches. Within their order are the DURASTS (top), who specialize in solids such as Grisha steel, corecloth (similar to modern body armor, and what all Grisha kefta are made of), other textiles and glass. They wear purple and grey. The ALKEMI (bottom), who wear purple and red, utilize poisons and blasting powders on their end of things.