#kerch indenture

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“Per Haskell didn’t buy you. He paid off your indenture. That means you owe him money. A lot of it. But it’s a real contract. Here,” he said, removing Heleen’s document from his coat. “I want you to see something.” “I don’t read Kerch.” “It doesn’t matter. See these numbers? This is the price Heleen claims you borrowed from her for transport from Ravka. This is the money you’ve earned in her employ. And this is what you still owe her.” “But … but that’s not possible. It’s more now than when I got here.” “That’s right. She charged you for room, board, grooming.” “She bought me,” Inej said, her anger rising despite herself. “I couldn’t even read what I was signing.” “Slavery is illegal in Kerch. Indentures are not. I know this contract is a sham and any thinking judge would, too. Unfortunately, Heleen has many thinking judges in her pocket. ... ”

Kaz × Inej; Six of Crows- Chapter 25 (Leigh Bardugo)

And that's just indenture in general. I wonder how favourable would be such "bargain" to subhuman creatures like Grisha, who have basically no legal support anywhere in their world.

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... Tante Heleen’s salon was the worst. It was the room for beatings, for Heleen’s worst rages. Inej had tried to escape when she’d first arrived in Ketterdam. She’d gotten two blocks from the Menagerie, still in her silks, dazed by the light and chaos of West Stave, running without direction, before Cobbet had clamped a meaty hand on the nape of her neck and hauled her back. Heleen took her into the salon and beat her badly enough that she hadn’t been able to work for a week. For the month after, Heleen had kept her in golden chains, not even letting her go down to the parlor. When she’d finally unlocked the shackles, Heleen had said, “You owe me for a month of lost income. Run again, and I’ll have you thrown in Hellgate for breach of contract.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 25 (Leigh Bardugo)

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Six of Crows- Chapter 20 (Leigh Bardugo)

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Anya

Six of Crows- Chapter 1

First chapter brings us one-sided longing. Young man’s crush on a pretty girl, who also happens to be virtually a slave in the house he’s guarding.

Or perhaps she doesn’t have many reasons to laugh.

Rules for Grisha indentures:

No walks allowed after dark.

You’re not entitled to any sort of explanation regarding your assignments. Neither are your colleagues.

No explanation’s required for sudden disappearance, be it due to death or unplanned reassignment.

What was happening for that hour between Anya’s and Joost’s arrival?

Is it only fear, or did they make her try something else before moving on to parem?

Yes, Grisha indentures aren’t merely servants, they’re slaves. Serfs that can be sold. According to wiki, normal indentures “could usually marry, move about locally as long as the work got done, read whatever they wanted, and take classes" .

I do so hate people- especially men- in power, touching others, when the situation doesn’t require it.

Of course. Healer = nice and gentle.

Oh! Poor, poor capitalistic pig!

How much of Healer’s healing is about habit, intention, and how much compulsion?

This isn’t simple “Preform the task!”, it’s psychological torture- the child was chosen deliberately- and non-consensual body modification. Perhaps not visible on the outside, but Grisha powers are their vital parts. Anya is expected to obey without questions, recieving mollifying half-truths alongside instructions.

Money, money, money...

They SO deserve to leave unharmed.

KARMA!!!

Six of Crows- Chapter 3

Let’s collectively pretend this never happened, Anya got away, got clean and lived!

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Anti-Grisha sentiments in Six of Crows duology, pt. 1

Six of Crows- Chapter 1

*exasperated Darkling voice*

It’s a Small SCIENCE!

Any property damage caused by indenture, will be paid by them.

Manners are not necessary, while dealing with indentures. They’re objects with function, not people.

Expensive objects with function.

Coveted expensive objects with function.

The most terrifying aspect of ongoing injustice is always indifference of some.

Anya, pt. 2, pt. 3

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Anti-Grisha sentiments in Six of Crows duology, pt. 2

Mostly “just” Kerch slavery indenture...

Six of Crows- Chapter 3

Yeah, that might happen, when your owner employer makes you addicted to deadly drug, whether you want or not...

How considerate!

Don’t forget to take care of your investments, kids!

Once you make sure they’ll die horrible death...

When the only place, where they didn’t want to kill you for the crime of being born turns into a place, where they want to kill you, you might lack options...

There’s Novyi Zem, but I can imagine some would rather serve in a place of their own choosing. They might not have (m)any rights in Kerch, but they won’t have to keep looking over their shoulders as prized possessions of some merchant. The Devil you know and such...

Who would have thought Kerchants would be willing to pay “so much” and then poison their assets?

Six of Crows- Chapter 5

Kerch isn’t necessarily the destination, merely a trading centre.

Where do enslaved Grisha go from here? The Colonies for some hard work? Wandering Isle to serve as someone’s personal blood cow? What other horrible fates are there waiting in the rest of GRISHAverse?!

Anya, pt. 1 , pt. 3