Guide to Fourth Wing Characters, Dragons & Signets (+ PDF)

General Lilith Sorrengail is Violet’s mother, who was previously a Rider and an instructor.

Violet’s father was previously a Scribe. He died from heart failure and left her The Fables of Barren, both a forbidden and a rare book.

Mira Sorrengail is Violet’s older sister. She fought at Stryhmore and received an Order of the Talon for taking out the battery behind enemy lines. Violet describes her as confident.

Brennan Sorrengail was Violet’s older brother. He died five years prior while battling the Tyrrish rebellion in the South at the hands of Fen Riorson (described below). Violet describes him as “strategic.”

Commanding General Melgren rules all Navarrian forces. He is the only general more decorated than General Lilith Sorrengail. He executed the parents of students whose parents fought in the famous rebellion.

King Tauri was in power at the time of the rebellion.

Dain Aetos is a second-year leader and Violet’s protective lifelong friend, whose father is an advisor to Violet’s mother.

Xaden Riorson is a tall, dark, and handsome third-year student, as well as the wingleader for Fourth Wing. He is expected to kill Violet for her mother’s role in his father’s death. He was “conscripted” like other children of the rebellion as punishment for his parents’ crimes.

Fen Riorson was Xaden’s father. He led the famous rebellion and is known as the “Great Betrayer.” He killed Violet’s brother, Brennan, at the Battle of Aretia.

Rhiannon Mathias is Violet’s new friend at Basgiath War College. She’s a twin and a member of Violet’s wing.

Raegan is Rhiannon’s twin, who is married and pregnant.

Sawyer is a first-year cadet and a potential love interest of Rhiannon.

Jack Barlowe is a cadet in the Fourth Wing and an enemy of Violet.

Imogen is a second-year, pink-haired student, as well as a potential love interest of Xaden.

Jesinia Neilwart is the curator of the Scribe Quadrant.

Oren Seifert is a cadet that’s jealous of Violet.

Liam Mairi is statistically the strongest first-year in Fourth Wing. He is the son of the disgraced Colonel Isaac Mairi. He was fostered by Duke Lindell in Tirvainne with Xaden after the rebellion.

Garrick is Violet’s direct superior above Dain, and he is Xaden’s friend.

Bodhi is Xaden’s cousin.

Naolin was Tairn’s previous rider. He burned out and died next to Brennan.

Amber Mavis is the wingleader of Third Wing and Dain’s close friend.

Sloane Mairi is Liam’s sister, who will enter the Riders Quadrant next year, as the Mairis are all riders. They are allowed to live, but only if they prove their loyalty by making it through Riders Quadrant.

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Dragon Details

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Notes About Fourth Wing Dragons

A few more notes I took about Fourth Wing dragons:

Feathertail Dragons are the breed about which the least is known. They abhor violence and are not suitable for bonding because they can accidentally give their powers (which are unpredictable and unstable) to humans. They are only a few feet taller than Violet. Most feathertail gifts disappear with maturity when they begin to channel.

Tairn is the son of Murtcuideam and Fiaclanfuil, descended from the cunning Dubhmadinn line. He hadn’t been seen in the last five years prior to the time of Fourth Wing. His previous rider, Naolin, died in the Tyrrish rebellion. He bonded with Violet because she was the smartest and most cunning of her years. She defended the smallest with ferocity, courage is more important than physical strength.

Tairn and Sgaeyl are a mated pair. They are the strongest bonded pair in centuries. They should not be apart for more than three days.

Andarna’s parents passed away before she hatched.

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Notes About Fourth Wing Signets

A few more notes I took about Fourth Wing signets:

Mending is exceptionally rare among riders, and it is considered to be the most precious signet: “They have the power to fix, to restore, to return anything to its original state — from ripped cloth to pulverized bridges, including broken human bones.”

Wielding ice is a common signet.

Being an inntinnsic, reading minds, is “a death sentence.”

Andarna gave Violet a gift of stopping time, but most feathertail gifts disappear with maturity when they begin to channel.

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