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There’s nowhere as calming as the archives, so that’s what I think of. Facts. Logic. History.
“The Continent is home to two kingdoms—and we’ve been at war for four hundred years,”
Love how Yarros gives details by showing not telling brilliant
“Navarre, my home, is the larger kingdom, with six unique provinces. Tyrrendor, our southernmost and largest province, shares its border with the province of Krovla within the Poromiel kingdom.”
#6 is prominent number throughout series
“To our east lie the remaining two Poromiel provinces of Braevick and Cygnisen, with the Esben Mountains providing a natural border.”
“Beyond Krovla, beyond our enemy, lie the distant Barrens, a desert—” Thunder cracks, the wind slams into me, and I flail my arms. “Shit!”
Interesting thunder again at mention of the Barrens
“Within Navarre, Tyrrendor was the last of the bordering provinces to join the alliance and swear fealty to King Reginald,”
“It was also the only province to attempt secession six hundred and twenty-seven years later, which would have eventually left our kingdom defenseless had they been successful.”
Six again
“The kingdom of Poromiel mainly consists of arable plains and marshlands and is known for exceptional textiles, endless fields of grain, and unique crystalline gems capable of amplifying minor magics.”
Poromiel has gems with magic
“In contrast, Navarre’s mountainous regions offer an abundance in ore, hardy timber from our eastern provinces, and limitless deer and elk.”
“The Trade Agreement of Resson, signed more than two hundred years ago, ensures the exchange of meat and lumber from Navarre for the cloth and agriculture within Poromiel four times a year at the Athebyne outpost on the border of Krovla and Tyrrendor.”
Jack throws the scrawny candidate from the parapet like a sack of grain.
Jack's first kill
“Tyrrendor encompasses the southwest of the Continent,”
“Made up of hostile, mountainous terrain and bordered by the Emerald Sea to the west and the Arctile Ocean to the south, Tyrrendor is nearly impenetrable. Though separated geographically by the Cliffs of Dralor, a natural protective barrier—”
I will not die today.
A squad, a section, a wing is only as effective as its weakest link, and if that link breaks, it puts everyone in danger.
You’re a mistake, Sorrengail,” Jack calls out,
A mistake?
“It is unlawful for a rider to cause another harm. While in a quadrant formation or in the supervisory. Presence of a superior-ranking cadet,” I recite from the Codex, my heartbeat still in my throat. “As it will diminish the efficacy of the wing. And given the crowd behind us, I think it’s clear to argue that it’s a formation. Article Three, Section—”
“Jack. Barlowe.”
2nd time he tries to kill Vi
Blue dragons descend from the extraordinary Gormfaileas line. Known for their formidable size, they are the most ruthless, especially in the case of the rare Blue Daggertail, whose knifelike spikes at the tip of their tail can disembowel an enemy with one flick. —Colonel Kaori’s Field Guide to Dragonkind
Dain Aetos went from attractive and cute to gorgeous.
This isn’t the same boy I grew up with. He’s a second-year rider now.
leader for Second Squad, Flame Section, Second Wing.”
note with a tiny burst of satisfaction that one is the
tome on the Krovlan language that I gave him before he left last summer. He’s always had a gift for languages.
Definitely foreshadowing
Tara, and she’s from the Morraine province to the north, along the coast of the Emerald Sea.
Commandant Panchek
Means 5 days
“He wants Sorrengail’s job, then General Melgren’s.”
Panchek not satisfied wants MORE power
“Melgren’s dragon gives him the signet ability to see a battle’s outcome before it happens.
“I’m Nyra, the senior wingleader of the quadrant and the head of the First Wing.
“Three squads in each section and three sections in each of the four wings.”
Jack is called into the Flame Section of First Wing.
Tara is called into the Tail Section, and soon they start on Second Wing.
Rhiannon and I are both called to Second Squad, Flame Section, Second Wing.
“Dain Aetos, you and your squad will switch with Aura Beinhaven’s,” Nyra orders.
We’re moving to Fourth Wing. Xaden’s wing.
“Take a look at your squad. These are the only people guaranteed by Codex not to kill you.
they like protecting the Vale—the valley behind Basgiath the dragons call home—from merciless gryphons and we like living, so here we are in the most unlikely of partnerships.
A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.
Once bonded, riders can’t live without their dragons, but most dragons can live just fine after us.
The red dragon on the left opens its vast mouth, revealing teeth as big as I am. That jaw could crush me if it wanted, like a grape. Fire erupts along its tongue, then shoots outward in a macabre blaze toward the fleeing cadet.
There are two more gusts of heat, one to my left and then another to my right. Make that seventy.
The navy dragon seems to tilt its head at me, as if its narrowed golden eyes can see straight through me to the fear fisting my stomach and the doubt curled insidiously around my heart. I bet it can even see the wrap binding my knee. It knows I’m at a disadvantage, that I’m too small to climb its foreleg and mount, too frail to ride. Dragons always know.
I will not die today.
Third time she says this
Even King Tauri’s second son died during his Threshing.
Malek.” The god of death.
3. Malik = god of death
Sawyer shouts at the eight of us first-years.
Namesmeans woodcutter
Equally spaced around the rotunda, shimmering in their various colors of red, green, brown, orange, blue, and black, stand six daunting marble pillars carved into dragons, as if they’d come crashing down from the ceiling above.
Six 🐉
“Xaden Riorson wants you dead.
revenge against my mother.”
Dain steps forward and cups my face, his thumb stroking over my cheekbone in a soothing motion.
Is he reading her mind? But why practice?
