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Picture it. Basgiath War College. It's coronation day! Oh wait… no … it's Conscription Day! Its very hard to sum up a book where we learn a lot and also that's one of my favorites, I think everything is important. But lets try to keep this short…
All pictures from Fourth Wing Wiki except for picture of Xaden, this is the most commonly used one on TikTok found from google images, also the picture of Andarna is from google images. See below for artists information on the remaining pictures
TL;DR: Violet (Lightning wielder) and Xaden (Shadows). Enemies to Lovers then Enemies again. Dain (Can read memories by touching)- Friend to Enemy. Jack Barlow - Asshole the entire time. Liam - Best Guy Friend Ever. Violet’s first year at Basgiath, almost dies a couple times, bonds not one but TWO dragons. Her dragon’s mate is Xadens dragon. Jack tries to kill Liam, Vi kills him. Vi and Xaden FINALLY hook up - furniture gets broken. Dain touches Vi’s face SO MANY times and then tattles on Xaden to Daddy Aetos. War games continues and interrupts an all night, long time coming (ha ha), love session - Xaden picks rebels kids and Vi for his team. Vi finds out Xaden has been supplying Gryphons riders with weapons, she feels betrayed, then we find out that folklore book Daddy Sorrengail left behind was important, because Venin are real! Liam dies. SO MANY TEARS. Vi almost dies, Xaden takes her back to Aertia and SURPRISE Brennan is alive.
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Violet - she is way too freakin nice. As Xaden would say “she is merciful, thats not a flaw I possess”. She lets way too many people live who then turn around and try to kill her again.
See - Jack Barlow (THREE TIMES), Amber Mavis, Oren, … I’m sure theres more.
Also - gives Rhi, a girl she just met, one of her boots so they both have 50% chance of falling off the parapet.
She also has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a congenital issue with your connective tissues. Causes a lot of pain, and causes her to get her way more frequently than the average person.
She may be merciful but she is also resourceful, if not a little deranged. She wins a lot of sparring matches by poisoning the people she is supposed to be sparring with.
She managed to not kill anyone for a long time, always taking non-fatal shots at people, until Jack tries to kill Liam and then she is like FUCK THIS. During the war games, after Jack attacked Liam, is the first time she displays her signet. She is upset with her signet because signets are about the rider, not the dragon. She feels like everyone else has helpful signets and her is just like her nickname, Violent.
She trained to be a scribe her whole life so she is very detail oriented and book smart. Her dad was a scribe and I think he knew way more than we know. He read a book of Folklore to the kids all the time, Vi tries to take it to Basgiath, Mira takes it but gives it back later on, Vi finds a letter from her dad in it that is really cryptic but is implying there is a lot more going on than she knows.
She really struggles with her feelings for Xaden because she has trust issues. When she discovers that he has been smuggling weapons to the Gryphons, she is really upset because its like everyone was right that she couldn’t trust Xaden.
At the end of book, she has just been blindsided by basically everyone. Everyone has lied to her in some way - all the rebel kids have lied about venin and Brennan, her mom has lied to her about venin, Brennan has lied about not dying, she even feels betrayed by Tairn and Andarna because they didn’t tell her about venin. It's a rough time for Violet.
Xaden - Oh what to say about Xaden? Son of Fen Riorson, made a deal with Lilith to help keep the rebel kids safe, has relationship issues but when he finally opens up - hes all in. Example - Garrick, Bodie, Liam. He is really close to these 3 and would die for them. He doesn’t understand how Dain would stand by and watch something happen to Violet just because of rules. He has a lot of secrets, I don’t know if there is anyone he is 100% honest with 100% of the time. Hence, why his signet is shadows. We find out Sgaeyl was bonded to Xadens grandpa, but he didn’t make it out of Basgiath. Technically I think this is against the rules but Sgaeyl is also a rule breaker so she don’t give no fucks. Xaden is smuggling weapons to Gryphon riders to help them defeat the Venin. He also struggles with his feelings for Violet because of whose daughter she is and he knows he can’t be 100% honest with her. At the end of the book, we get his POV and we understand the depth of his feelings for her but he has a hard time putting those into words (until Iron Flame that is).
Quotes
“I just need to know what my chances are here.” “That's the oddest way I’ve ever been hit on.” page 129
“Should I get the wingleader?” page 386
“You are a rider, are you not?” “That seems up for debate at the moment.” page 168
“Hope is a fickle dangerous thing." page 130
“No, but I can narrate.” page 165
“You look all frail and breakable, but you're really are a violent little thing, aren’t you?” page 85
“You’re bleeding, stop it.” page 167
"This brilliant fucking woman is mine. Or was mine. Will be mine again if I have anything to say about it. Which I probably don't." page 494
“A dragon without its rider is a travesty, a rider without its dragon is dead” page ?
“You’re all fucking dead." page 224
"The right way isn't the only way, figure it out." page 131
“She’s merciful, that's not a flaw I possess.” page 224
“Not that I wouldn’t climb the man like a tree if presented with the right set of circumstances.” page 228
"That definitely wasn't an accident, little sister." "Told you I knew better potion masters." page 498
“Do not dare to try and read me human or you'll regret it." page 232
"She's awake, she's alive. She's ... smiling? That must be a trick of the light. This woman likely wants to set me on fire." page 491
"I'm sorry? Are we seriously arguing the semantics of your treason?" page 443
"What's your favorite food?" "Chocolate cake, stop being weird" page 350
"Defenseless women have never been my type." page 110
"It's been. My honor." page 472
"I'm just...his." page 406
"When did I ever give you the impression that I give a fuck what people think about me? I only care what they think about you." page 356
“Maybe it was when I saw Oren holding a knife to your throat, or maybe it was when I realized the bruises on your neck were fingerprints and I wanted to kill them all over again just so I could do it slowly. Maybe it was the first time I recklessly kissed you, or when I realized I'm fucked because I can't stop thinking about doing more than just kissing you. Does it even matter when, as long as it changed between us?" page 348
"I'm going to keep you. You're mine, Violet." page 436
“Have you always been this tall?” “No I was a child at some point, ask me nicely Violence.” page 275
"There's nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn't find you, Violence." page 387
“It requires touching me?” “Not at all, just one of the perks of not thinking too clearly." page 276
"There's only you, Violence." page 411
"You're going to be the death of me." multiple pages
"You take a step towards that Sorrengail and you'll be dead before you can even shift your weight. She's not up for discussion." page 441
“Want some? Unless you’re here to continue our earlier argument, in which case, none for you.” page 273
"Which one are you calling out for? Because it's just me and you in this room, Vi, and I don't share." page 418
“Move faster. You'll be less likely to die. How's that for useful?” page 264
"You walk into a room and I can't look away. I get anywhere near you, and this is what happens. Instantly hard. Fucking hell, I can barely think when you're around." page 375
"Seriously, I can't think when you look at me like that." page 395
“Did I think her bravery was as admirable as it was fucking reckless?” “And I’d do it again.” “Well the fuck aware!” page 186
"Going for blood today, are we, Violence?" page 106
"You turned oranges into a weapon Violence?" page 296
Favorite scene | Page number | Graphic Audio | Audio |
Tree interaction | 84 | Part 1:Part 3 Time 50 minutes | |
First spar | 105 | Part 1:Part 4 Time 15:40 | |
Threshing | 165 | Part 1:End of Part 5/Start of Part 6 | |
First kiss | 278 | Part 2: Part 2 Time 30 minutes | |
Second kiss | 345 | ||
First sex | 373 | Part 2: Part 5 Time 15 minutes | Chapter 30 |
Should I get the wingleader? | 386 | Part 2: Part 5 Time 52:19 | |
Flirting/Battle brief | 395 | Part 2: Part 6 beginning | Chapter 31, Time 24:00 |
Parapet/Second sex | 408 | Part 2: Part 6 Time 21:45 | Chapter 32 |
Xadens betrayal at the lake | 436 | Part 2:Part 7 Time 08:00 | Chapter 34, Time 15:15 |
Liam 🙁 | 470 | Part 2: Part 8 Time 8:00 ish | Chapter 36, Time 53 minutes ish |
Xadens POV | 489 | Part 2: Part 8 Time 44:25 | Chapter 39, also extra POVs at the end |
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Artists work from Wiki: Violet by XenaFay found on The Empyrean Wiki Violet page
Sgaeyl by LindseyToons found on The Empyrean Wiki Sgaeyl page
Liam by ZoeHolland found on The Empyrean Wiki Liam page
Dain by Sewaqui found on The Empyrean Wiki Dain page
Xaden from TikTok
Andarna from Google Images (https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creation/nGaHmcOUiCHWnuJAgC0y)
Tairn from Google Images (apparently never to be found again because I cannot find it)