In which we discuss the (small) science of amplifiers and everything we know about them from across the entire Grishaverse. We ask such questions as: How do amplifiers — both animal and human ones — work? Where do they come from and what are their limitations and unexplored possibilities? How did the Grisha come to have and lose the knowledge about ‘true’ amplifiers? And, of course: Did Zoya even need an amplifier, or did she actually just need to let herself be loved?

Contains spoilers for the King of Scars duology, the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, The Demon in the Wood, and the Netflix Shadow and Bone season 1.