FiLMELY: Mortal Kombat Star to Join the Cast of Shadow and Bone Season 2 📆

Filming for Season 2 of Shadows and Bone officially kicked off mid-January 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. The producer has also announced some new faces in the cast of the series, notably Lewis Tan - who played Cole Young in Mortal Kombat 2021.

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Newly announced faces include Lewis Tan as Tolya Yul-Bataar, Anna Leong Brophy… Tamar Kir-Bataar, Patrick Gibson… Nikolai Lantsov, and Jack Wolfe… Wylan Hendriks.

The introduction of new characters helps readers of the Grishaverse books to anticipate some of the developments in the season 2 of the show, which will basically follow the storyline of the 2nd book - Siege and Storm.

Lewis Tan ... Tolya Yul-Bataar, Anna Leong Brophy ... Tamar Kir-Bataar

In the books, Tolya and Tamar are Heartrender twins with connections to both Ravka and Shu Han. Their mother was a Grisha stationed near the Shu Han border and their father was a Shu mercenary. Actor Lewis Tan of Asian descent seems to be the ideal choice to portray Tolya's Eurasian mixed origins.

After the death of their mother, the twins moved with their father to Novyi Zem so as not to be drafted into the Ravka Second Army. As such, they are somewhat different from other Grishas: they are both skilled in the use of swords and weapons, and at the same time have Ghrisha powers.

Alina and Mal will likely meet them in season 2 of Shadow and Bone the same way the story unfolds in the books: while at sea searching for another Grisha amplifier, the sea wip Rusalye (Ice Dragon). In the Grisha Universe, there are 3 magic creatures capable of amplifying Grisha's power: the Tag (appeared in Season 1), the Ice Dragon and the Firebird.

Very quickly, Tamar and Tolya swear to Alina, vowing to protect the Sun Summoner in the fight against Shadow Summoner Kirigan Darkling (Ben Barnes).

Patrick Gibson ... Nikolai Lantsov

Meanwhile, Nikolai Lantsov would take on an extremely important role in the main storyline. As the youngest son of the Lantsov royal line, he is determined to end Darkling's reign, remove the Shadow Fold, and bring peace to Ravka. Those are the things that his father - the current king cannot do effectively.

Nikolai, sometimes referred to as the Sturnhound, did not originally live at the Ravka court but was the leader of a pirate crew. Perhaps during the sea voyage, Alina will meet Nikolai.

In the books, as the youngest prince, Nikolai is later to try to gain political influence and control his royal family in a sophisticated way. The skills Tolya and Tamar possess, especially heart-rendering, are essential to Nikolai's and also Alina's plans.

Another important detail in the novel is that Nikolai also later falls in love with Alina.

Jack Wolfe ... Wylan Hendriks

Shadow and Bone season 1 combined many storylines together, bringing characters from different books to the same screen. The season cleverly modified Alina Starkov's (Jessie Mei Li) story from the books to incorporate the addition of the Crows, who are originally from another book.

This explains why in season one, the story of Nina Zenik (Danielle Galligan) and Matthias Helvar (Calahan Skogman) seemed out of place in the main storyline. It was not until the last minutes that these two characters accidentally met Alina and Mal on the ship.

Season one introduced five of the six members of the Crows, being Kaz, Jesper, Inej, Nina, and Matthias. Thus, with the introduction of actor Jack Wolfe, season 2 will officially feather the 6th member, Wylan.

Wylan has a knack for breaking/dismantling of buildings , and his skill is needed for a mission to break into the Ice Court to rescue a prisoner, as per a client's order. It's in the novel. In the series, it is possible that the Crows will also break into the Ice Court; but perhaps to serve some plan of Alina.

Basically, what the Shadow and Bone season 2 story will be is still a question. Due to the need to alter the stories to create continuity and logic in the Alina – Crows reunion, Netflix has quite a bit of freedom to fiddle with in the movie adaptation.