Os Alta

Location from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Ravka's Dream City — divided between the glittering inner city of palaces and the impoverished outer ring where most people actually live.

Os Alta is Ravka's capital — a city of stark contrasts. The inner city (Gersky Prospect) contains the Grand Palace (royal seat), the Little Palace (Second Army headquarters), and the kind of wealth that makes the outer ring's poverty feel deliberate. The ditch separating inner from outer is the Grishaverse's least subtle metaphor. The Apparat's underground tunnel network runs beneath the city, providing secret movement for his followers.

Appearance

Nicknamed 'the Dream City.' Outer ring: poor, peasant-inhabited, crowded. Inner city: grand boulevards, fountains, the Grand Palace and Little Palace. Separated by a ditch — physical metaphor for class division.

Also known as: Os Alta, The Dream City

What They Know

• Ravkan capital — divided into wealthy inner city and impoverished outer ring
• Contains Grand Palace (royal seat) and Little Palace (Second Army HQ)
• Inner area called Gersky Prospect — boulevards, fountains, palaces
• The Apparat maintains an underground tunnel network beneath the city

Connections

• contains — little_palace
• contains — grand_palace
• capital_of — ravka

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