Six of Crows

Six of Crows

by

Leigh Bardugo

Stadwatch Term Analysis

The stadwatch is Ketterdam’s police force.
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Stadwatch Term Timeline in Six of Crows

The timeline below shows where the term Stadwatch appears in Six of Crows. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
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Joost is a brand-new guard in Ketterdam’s stadwatch, which is on high alert after a trade ambassador’s recent assassination. His current assignment is... (full context)
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...Rutger tells Joost to follow him to the boathouse. Inside, Councilman Hoede’s personal guards and stadwatch members stand around a steel box with a window in it. Anya is inside with... (full context)
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Then, the stadwatch cuts the boy’s arm, and Hoede tells Anya to heal him. She does so quickly.... (full context)
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...other guards, Joost stands and points his rifle at Anya. But as Hoede tells the stadwatch not to shoot (Anya is valuable and should just be restrained), Anya tells everyone to... (full context)
Chapter 3: Kaz
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...neck. He wakes sometime later tied to a chair in a lavishly furnished study, with stadwatch guards at the door. An impeccably dressed mercher stands up from the desk, and based... (full context)
Chapter 44: Jesper
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...toward the middle of the island to meet. Van Eck is with a Shu man, stadwatch soldiers, and two men with a heavy trunk. The Shu man confirms that Kuwei is... (full context)
Chapter 46: Pekka
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...ally with Kaz while Kaz starts a war. It’ll mean Kaz will be fighting the stadwatch, in addition to having the Kerch army and navy after him. Kaz says he doesn’t... (full context)