#sankta elizaveta

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: “Some people claim the first Priestguard were Grisha,” said Tolya. Tamar touched her fingers to the shark’s tooth at her neck. “In that version, the animals they became were the first amplifiers. Their spirits made the monks’ powers stronger.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 9)

#sankta elizaveta #tolya yul bataar #tamar kir bataar #grishaverse #king of scars #rule of wolves #leigh bardugo #nikolai duology

[stheresya]

what makes Elizaveta as a concept so compelling to me is that she is exactly what everyone accuses the Darkling of being. here we have a grisha of extraordinary power who in the past was a victim of persecution and violence due to her nature and yet she is not interested in liberating anyone from oppression. she just wants to reign supreme above everyone.

#sankta elizaveta #the darkling #king of scars #grishaverse

[aleksanderscult]

What do you think he thinks of Elizaveta? I mean extra apart from canon

Well, he expressed his thoughts about her in "Rule of Wolves" so I don't know if there is anything else left to be covered by me.

I've also talked about how he feels about her here.

In a few words, he thinks she is naive, foolish, annoying and powerful. But, according to the Darkling's views, what good is power if you have no brains? And that's what he considers her. Powerful, yes. But stupid. Elizaveta mentioned that she met him many times throughout the centuries but she never said that she stayed with him. Or that he was her teacher or mentor. Which means that he was too busy with his duties as the leader of the Second Army and his plans for Ravka to give her attention.

He knew that she was interested in him romantically but he apparently didn't care. Since he expressed indifference towards her feelings when he was repeatedly asking her where Alina was. That must have angered and hurt Elizaveta and she expressed contempt towards the Sun Saint in "King of Scars".

He also thought of her an idealist (in the negative sense) and dreamer. She thought of life as flowers, good wine and happiness while Aleksander knew that life was war, hunger and desperation. Hence, her views had no sense or purpose. And the fact that she wanted to see him as King of Ravka did nothing for him to see her in a different light. Since she wanted to do this out of her own selfish desires, not out of true concern for the country and the Grisha (which Aleksander was fighting for). Apart from all of these, I don't believe he gave her much thought. Aleksander rarely does for the people that don't interest him.

Generally, I find their relationship interesting and amusing. Since it's like Darklina but reversed and seeing the Darkling getting chased by a woman is hilarious to me.

#he ALWAYS ends up in the most funny situations 😭 #poor thing #those good looks attract women like magnet and Aleks is not happy about it #anon asks #the darkling #pro darkling #aleksander morozova #grishaverse #shadow and bone #nikolai duology #king of scars #rule of wolves #sankta elizaveta #alina starkov #darklina

[kavinskysdick]

“I have lived for eons,” Elizaveta intoned gravely. “And I will live for eons more. I have seen empires rise and fall. I have seen hundreds of Grisha martyred. I have seen everything there is and everything there will be. You are nothing special."

Folks, it's that time of year again... IT'S THE GRISHAVERSE (mini reverse) BANG!! and I'm here to try so hard once more. Here is my magnum opus, my "I have worked too many hours on this and so no longer know what time is" piece, my love letter to immortality, and the premiere of my Juris headcanon... sort of.

Accompanied by the fic of the absolute madman who came along for the ride, tysm to @wafflesandkruge for this gorgeous piece of saintly negotiation and malcontent, I love it SO much: two gods before there was a world

ty as always to the tides and co. at @grishaversebigbang who put with me every season, xoxo and STAY TUNED FOR... ANOTHER!

#Grishaverse Big Bang #gvbbrmb22 #gvbbrmb22creation #gang 5 #Grishaverse #The Darkling #Aleksander Morozova #Sankta Lizaveta #Sankta Elizaveta #the bee lady and the real motherfucker #Shadow and Bone #Sankta Alina #Alina Starkov #is here too #so are juris and grigorii but i won't subject them to-- jk i will for posterity #Sankt Juris #Sankt Grigorii #Art N Stuff

[doyouknowthis-grishaverse]

#grishaverse #shadow and bone #my polls #fandom polls #grishaverse polls #king of scars #rule of wolves #shadow and bone netflix #sankta alina #alina starkov #sab #s&b #the grisha trilogy #sankta elizaveta #sankta lizabeta #sankt grigori #sankt juris #sankt ilya in chains #ilya morozova #baghra morozova #aleksander morozova #the darkling #ulla morozova #ursula of the waves #sankta neyar #neyar #firebird #lives of saints

[yeehawesome]

I know we talk about men written by women but let’s talk about women written by women. More specifically women written by Leigh Bardugo. Top tier, first class, absolute bangers. I love you Leigh Bardugo.

#leigh bardugo #zoya nazyalensky #inej ghafa #nina zenik #alina shadow and bone #alina starkov #sankta elizaveta #sankta zoya #sankta alina #genya safin #tamar yul bataar #tamar x nadia #leoni hilli #shadow and bone season 2 #shadow and bone #seige and storm #ruin and rising #six of crows #crooked kingdom #king of scars #rule of wolves

[stromuprisahat]

She never walked West Stave alone. With the Dregs at her side, she could stroll by the Menagerie without a glance toward the golden bars on the windows. But tonight, her heart was pounding, and she could hear the roar of blood in her ears as the gilded facade came into view. ... Inej forced herself to look at the Menagerie as she passed. It’s just a place, she told herself. Just another house. How would Kaz see it? Where are the entrances and exits? How do the locks work? Which windows are unbarred? How many guards are posted, and which ones look alert? Just a house full of locks to pick, safes to crack, pigeons to dupe. And she was the predator now, not Heleen in her peacock feathers, not any man who walked these streets. As soon as she was out of sight of the Menagerie, the tight feeling in her chest and throat began to ease. She’d done it. She’d walked alone on West Stave, right in front of the House of Exotics. Whatever was waiting for her in Fjerda, she could face it. A hand hooked around her forearm and yanked her off her feet. Inej regained her balance quickly. She spun on her heel and tried to pull away, but the grip was too strong. “Hello, little lynx.” Inej hissed in a breath and tore her arm free. Tante Heleen. That was what her girls knew to call Heleen Van Houden or risk the back of her hand. To the rest of the Barrel she was the Peacock, though Inej had always thought she looked less like a bird than a preening cat. ... Inej’s vision blurred. Trapped. Trapped. Trapped again. ... Move, her mind screamed, but she couldn’t. Her muscles had locked up; a high whine of terror filled her head. ... Inej stood frozen, shaking. Then she dove into the crowd, eager to disappear. She wanted to break into a run, but she just kept moving steadily, pushing toward the harbor. As she walked, she released the triggers on the sheaths at her forearms, feeling the grips of her daggers slide into her palms. Sankt Petyr, renowned for his bravery, on the right; the slender, bone-handled blade she’d named for Sankta Alina on the left. She recited the names of her other knives, too. Sankta Marya and Sankta Anastasia strapped to her thighs. Sankt Vladimir hidden in her boot, and Sankta Lizabeta snug at her belt, the blade etched in a pattern of roses. Protect me, protect me. She had to believe her Saints saw and understood the things she did to survive. ... The run-in with Tante Heleen had left her shaken, and the heft of the daggers in her hands wasn’t enough to soothe her rattled nerves. She knew she should get used to carrying a pistol, but the weight threw off her balance, and guns could jam or lock in a bad moment. Little lynx. Her blades were reliable. And they made her feel like she’d been born with proper claws.

Six of Crows- Chapter 10 (Leigh Bardugo)

#Grishaverse #Six of Crows #SoC Chapter 10 #Inej Ghafa #Heleen van Houden #grishanalyticritical #Sankt Petyr #Sankta Marya of the Rock #Sankta Anastasia #Sankt Vladimir the Foolish #Sankta Elizaveta #Cult of the Sun Saint #Six of Crows duology #V #books #quotes #Leigh Bardugo #anti S&B writers #But hey #it's more important to give her cool kinves stripping scene...

[tirkdi]

Didnt he hate Elizaveta for the crime of enjoying sensations. I think he must have liked the grumpiness in Alina and show Alina would have been too bubbly aka annoying for him.

Importantly, he disdained Elizaveta for wanting:

Guess that made her weak or something ;)

On book Darkling thinking show Alina would have been too annoying (from this ask) – I certainly think that's possible! I also think he's probably pretty good at handling people who are bubbly and directing them where he wants them to go and tuning them out the rest of the time. Even though I think book Darkling would get along for eternity better with book Alina, I ultimately believe he could handle s1 Alina just fine, too. It's s2 Alina I think would get under his skin, and not in a fun way.

#otoh i may just be projecting lol #an ask #grishaverse #aleksander morozova #sankta elizaveta

[kensthjerte]

my religion

#shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #grishaverse #grishaverseedit #leigh bardugo #sankta elizaveta #sankta lizabeta #charlize theron

[unabashedmoonlight]

I wonder what Aleksander killing Elizaveta would look like. Would he go the John Snow backstabbing route (without the emotions involved of course) or full on attack her while looking her in the face or something else entirely, probably involving his cult and what would be her reaction?

The girl saved people only to then be brutally murdered by them and that would have happened again with Aleksander hushsfjdh thoroughly wasted character.

#the darkling #aleksander morozova #shadow and bone #sankta elizaveta #grishaverse #my meta #not really but i want my thoughts under a single tag #from now on

[glitter50000]

Lizabeta and the darkling’s relationship is so intriguing to me. Like I think they probably made each other better and worse.

#Sankta lizabeta #Sankta elizaveta #the darkling #grishaverse #Better cause both found someone powerful enough to share immortality with so they’re not alone #Worse cause both probably encouraged their murderous tendencies and ruthless ways #sorry I’m rambling do you get what I’m saying

[kolarpem]

Morning Doodle: The monks plunged into battle and sent the enemies of Ravka scattering, pushing them back and forming the borders that would hold, more or less, for thousands of years.” Yuri’s voice rose, caught in the telling of his tale, all hesitation gone. “But the battle lasted so long that when it was over and it was time for them to return to their human forms, they could not.” (Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars CH 9)

#yuri vedenen #yaromir Lantsov #sankt grigori #sankt feliks #sankt matteus #sankta elizaveta #grishaverse #king of scars #rule of wolves #leigh bardugo #nikolai duology #shadow and bone

[stheresya]

What do you think Elizaveta was like pre fold or during the time she was trapped in the fold?

it's difficult to say considering the only pre-fold content we have of her is The Lives of Saints, a book that does not go in-depth into its saint life and its narratives are known to be slightly fabricated for religious purposes. but assuming some of the elements in her tale had basis on actual events and leaving aside all the religious propaganda, here's what we roughly get: a peasant girl had a special ability with bees. one day her village was attacked by raiders. she saved them all. they repaid her heroism by tearing her apart in a field of roses. this little summary makes me assume there are two elizavetas: the elizaveta that always was and the elizaveta that she became after the attack.

elizaveta is one with the bees, thus she has always been deeply connected with plants, especially roses -- she's the patron saint of gardeners, after all. and this connection probably influenced how her senses are affected by the world around her. there's this line in aleksander's pov: "He remembered how Elizaveta had craved sensation—the taste of wine, the touch of skin, the feel of soft earth beneath her feet." (The Monk, Ch. 26, RoW) this tells me that elizaveta liked to indulge her senses, that she was often seeking things that were pleasing to the eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, the stomach, the mind and the skin. this may be the one thing that remained unchanged throughout her life because i think that craving to simply feel alive is probably a consequence of her power. it kinda reminds me of dyonisus who was a deity of vegetation and also greatly associated with pleasure. now imagine someone like that being trapped for 400 hundred years in a place that denied her of her senses? it's no wonder she went a little mad.

but of course we have to talk about what she became after she was "murdered". in true anti-grisha hate crime fashion her murder is quite horrific. she was killed in the village that she had saved, bound and torn apart while her own people (who were only alive thanks to her) did nothing to object. this definitely made her resent humanity as a whole. we know for a fact that she was very close to the darkling before the fold and they probably met shortly after this incident. i think he provided her a safe haven and a purpose to fight for, and he was also the only one who was as unique as herself back then. imagine an unique person with immense power rescues you from certain death, helps you get stronger and gives your life purpose? at the very least you'll spend the rest of your life in gratitude to that person. so it's no wonder that she grew to worship the darkling. their power and uniqueness made her think of themselves not only as superior to the otkazat'sya but also other grisha. i'm not sure when when her views on power became so twisted, if she began to think like that shortly after her "death" or while she was trapped in the fold. because it's curious that elizaveta is so unwaveringly loyal to aleksander despite their goals being different, and we can't even argue that that loyalty is due to his great power and his uniqueness because she spent centuries alongside two people who were as powerful and as unique as herself and she hated them. maybe she truly loved sasha even as he was.

of the 3 saints trapped in the fold, i'd say liza was affected the most. their place was in a constant state of un-life. they were isolated from the world, there was no food, no smell, no hunger, no wind, no temperature. everything was monochromatic. they were alive but not really alive. they couldn't even sleep to get some momentary relief. these circumstances would take a great toll on anyone, but specially on someone who's so deeply connected to nature and soil life such as liza. the one thing that kept her going was hope that she would be joining aleksander someday and they would rule ravka together, in the meantime she occasionally used her powers to toy with her worshipers a little bit and pretended to debate her "roommates" on the best course of action to get out of the fold while hiding her real intentions.

TL;DR: elizaveta was a nature girl who liked to enjoy herself, but having an unique power, being part of persecuted group, and being in prison for centuries in a constant state of un-life without the ability to shut out her conscious for one second probably messed her up.

#oof with the length i've talked abt her despite her presence in books being so small and one-dimensional i basically made up a canon oc #sankta elizaveta #the lives of saints #rule of wolves #grishaverse #meta #my asks

[aleksanderscult]

The darkling 28 about elizaveta before KoS and RoW (their history i mean)

28) How they feel about Elizaveta

He was attracted to her power that's for sure and the Darkling is generally attracted to what a person can do and not how they look. Because even though Elizaveta was a beautiful woman I don't think he felt romantically attracted to her a) since she's Grisha and him having a relationship with a fellow of his kind is unlikely to me b) he wasn't interested in her enough to pursue her this way.

Interestingly I find their dynamic kinda similar to Alarkling. The Darkling was obsessed with Alina and wanted to have her. But Alina turned him away. And we also have Elizaveta who is obsessed with the Darkling and wants to have him. But the Darkling turned her away. It's amusing and funny to me because the Darkling is NOT in love with her and I'm sure he never wanted something more from her but her powers and her alliance with him. He considered her annoying and foolish. She got him in his nerves. I don't think he felt flattered by her loving admiration, even before KoS. That much attention from a woman that doesn't interest him is bothersome to him.

(Just imagine the mighty Darkling running away from her screaming: "LEAVE ME ALONEE!!"😭)

So yeah even though Elizaveta had a huge crush on him and wanted something more to happen between them, Aleksander wasn't interested. I bet he was more concerned with Ravka, the Grisha and his plans to spend his energy with a woman that gave him heart eyes. So he kept it strictly professional (that doesn't mean though that he didn't use his seduction skills to make her like him and join him, right? 👀 Although I think it kinda backfired because she got some serious feelings about him and he was like "...fuck. now she doesn't leave me alone")

#The Darkling doesn't mind if a woman falls in love with him #But when that woman starts becoming annoying and pesters him with her feelings then he gets irritated #I think that's what happened with Elizaveta #And the fact that she's constantly like “Oh nature! Oh bees! Oh beauty around us!” is extra annoying for him #He be like “stfu😒” #rule of wolves #ask game #anon asks #the darkling #pro darkling #aleksander morozova #pro aleksander morozova #grishaverse #shadow and bone #sankta elizaveta

[phrog42]

Friendly reminder that one of Nikolai's greatest fears is a spider in a suit.

His justification is so funny to me.

#why is it wearing a suit? #king of scars #spider in a suit #king nikolai #nikolai lantsov #zoya nazyanelsky #sankta elizaveta

[doyouknowthis-grishaverse]

#grishaverse #shadow and bone #my polls #fandom polls #grishaverse polls #king of scars #rule of wolves #the lives of saints #istorii sanktya #sankta lizabeta #sankta lizabeta of the roses #elizaveta #sankta elizaveta