Are you mesmerized by feathertail dragons like Andarna in the Fourth Wing series by Rebecca Yarros? Learn everything we know so far about feathertail dragons so far in books 1-3 here. You’ll get better insight into her very developing storyline and theorize what will happen next, so take note!
Feathertail Dragons: About Violet’s Golden Dragon, Andarna
Fourth Wing introduced us to feathertail dragons by way of one very special dragon named Andarna, and Iron Flame left us with so many open-ended questions about them. Onyx Storm began to clarify her kind.
The revelations about Andarna have made readers want to go back and look for Easter eggs about what we learned so far to predict what we may learn about them, particularly as they relate to the quest to save The Continent and Navarre. It’s one of the “hottest” topics in the Empyrean series.
Where pages are noted below, they refer to the Kindle versions of the books.
Fourth Wing: Introduction to Feathertail Dragons
Fourth Wing introduces the reader to Andarnaurram (“Andarna”), a golden feathertail dragon that bonds with the protagonist, Violet Sorrengail.
According to Fourth Wing, feathertail dragons are the breed about which the least is known.
Violet knows that they abhor violence and are not suitable for bonding because they can accidentally give their powers (which are unpredictable and unstable) to humans. Andarna calls her powers unpredictable and unstable.
Violet couldn’t remember the last time one was seen outside the Vale before she saw Andarna.
They are only a few feet taller than Violet.
Andarna tells Violet that feathertails shouldn’t bond because they can accidentally gift their powers to humans. Though dragons can’t channel until they’re big, they’re all born with something special.
Andarna conveys she is a hatchling, age 2, and that her parents died before she hatched. She will probably be a feathertail for another year or two until she’s fully grown.
Bonding too young allows feathertails to give their gift directly, and a rider can drain them and burn out.
Violet tells Colonel Aetos that feathertails are known for being unable to channel power to their rider.
The only reference they can find in the Archives about the power of feathertails is hundreds of years old. Colonel Aetos remembers Violet’s father doing research about the second Krovlan uprising, in which he mentioned something about feathertails.
Andarna gave Violet a gift of stopping time, but most feathertail gifts disappear with maturity when they begin to channel. Indeed, Andarna’s gift disappears by the end of this book.
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Iron Flame: Changes to Andarna’s Tail and Colors
In Iron Flame, Violet’s feathertail dragon, Andarna, begins to grow up and spends much time sleeping during her adolescence. Here, she is described as a feathertail turned into a scorpiontail.
Andarna’s scales are black as of page 38. “Dragons are only gold-feathered as hatchlings.” Only the eldest can sense the hatchling’s pigment. Violet admits they “are so deeply black they glimmer almost purple — iridescent[.]” She has golden eyes.
Aretia’s first hatchling is a feathertail. (page 587)
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Onyx Storm: The Irids
Book 3 in the Empyrean romantic fantasy series mostly centers around the search for Andarna’s kind.
In chapter 13, Jesinia brings them six tomes for research. She learned that when the last irid (iridescent) hatches in advance, a cadet born from a rider and scribe, she’ll get two signets.
In chapter 40, Violet sees six dragons of varying sale tones on the beach in Zehyllna– irid featertail dragons. A dragon named Leothan says hello to her, though they aren’t bonded.
These dragons are peacemakers who want to teach Andarna what she failed to learn and develop when she bonded with Violet. Andarna was a test for the humans, who failed.
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