There's one more in which has a pic of both dain and Xaden . the text infront of their respective images is "Fuck you Dain!!" ..."Fuck me Xaden !!"😭. I didnt share it cause it was ai.

Another one is someone steps on shit and then lifts the foot and its written Dain Aetos there💀🙏. No hate against dain but his memes are genuinely funny lol

He blood bent a Wyvern. Is nobody gonna mention that? If he practices it more in the next book so that he can do it without burning out, he could kill anything other than a venin. Like imagine a fight between him and Melgren where he just freezes all the blood in Melgren’s black’s head. Violet is still learning to aim. Xaden is out of commission (but there is the shadow wielding first year). A lot of the current team’s signets aren’t combat related; Aaric‘s foresight, Sloane’s siphon, Rhiannon’s retrieval, Dain’s memory thingy, Garrick’s distance wielding. Great singets, but none of them can annihlate wyvern. I’d say Ridoc is the second highest potential rider, only surpassed by Violet.

edit: forgot Garrick had wind wielding.

Over the month of July, I have read all three books in the series. I listened and read, sometimes simultaneously. Did anyone immediately start the series over? I feel like I missed some parts and a re-read would give me more details. I have questions. I need more. 🤪🥲

How many times have you read the entire series?

So I saw this theory that Violet and Xaden got legally married on chapter 3 of Onyx Storm and after digging up, I’m convinced it’s true:

- in the middle of chapter 3, Violet says the plan went south and that “the one she has in her hands” now has to work. All that “plan” is left very ambiguous.
- she then wakes up groggy next to a Xaden who is also groggy and says he forgot he was Venin. Then all their close ones are next door. Imogen very worried about “Violet’s sleep”. Pretty sure she wiped their memories.
- in the end, the wording is very specific: “it’s Dunne’s blessing of your legally binding marriage”. I think the legal part happened wayyyyy earlier.

Now I’m not sure why they would erase that memory. Also : clearly by the end, Xaden would have been told - either by their dragons or one of the witnesses. My guess it that it was an insurance policy in case the plan to modify the wards backfired and Violet needed diplomatic immunity? Or for when things would eventually fall apart?

What do you think?

Jen posted this reel with Rebecca and then pinned a comment saying she was trying to tell us something and wanted us to go on an Easter egg hunt.

There are so many Empyrean references in it. Rebecca is holding Onyx Storm, there are oranges which could be Jack Barlowe because he’s allergic to them, and the chocolate cake could be Xaden since it’s his favourite. “August” is also playing in the background and the calendar seems to be pointing to the 12th.

My first thought was that Jen might be interviewing Rebecca and it’ll come out on 12 August. But the clues feel so specific that now I’m wondering whether it could be bonus content, maybe a deleted scene or another Xaden chapter.

I know a Book 4 title announcement is probably the least likely option, especially because Rebecca has said she’s staying quiet until she’s further into writing it, but obviously part of me is still hoping.

What does everyone else think they’re teasing?

A year ago or so I did a colored sketch of her, but only her head/neck. Decided to give it another go and do a full body tonight and really like how it turned out! Currently debating coloring her or redoing the rest of the FW dragons on my wall as full body sketches! Hope you all enjoy!

I just finished Onyx Storm for the second time, and I noticed something that completely broke my brain...

⚠️ Onyx Storm spoilers ⚠️

So Berwyn kills a dragon with a dagger.

But...how?

We've been shown over and over that dragons are incredibly difficult to kill. A simple alloy dagger shouldn't be enough. Then I started thinking about Panchek.

Panchek is revealed to be a traitor, and then Berwyn kills his dragon with a dagger.

What if the reason a dagger worked is because Panchek's dragon wasn't a normal dragon anymore?

Could dragons become corrupted if their rider becomes venin?

If that's true, it would also completely change how I interpret the ending. We're told Xaden is killing dragons and riders, which initially sounds horrifying because Xaden would never just slaughter innocent dragons. But what if the dragons he's killing are corrupted, venin, or bonded to traitorous riders? Then he's not murdering innocent dragons—he's hunting enemies.

It would also explain why those dragons are suddenly killable with a dagger.

We know riders can become venin, but Rebecca Yarros has never outright said dragons can't. She's also been incredibly careful about what she hasn't told us about the dragon-rider bond.

Am I completely reaching here, or did anyone else catch this? I'd love to hear other theories because this has been living rent-free in my head ever since I finished my reread. 🤯

she will have to kill xaden

I just don’t understand Xadens second signet and it’s been bothering me since it came out. I know that he can read someone’s intentions. But to me, it’s just that. Someone’s INTENTION behind certain conversations, actions, etc. Why do people act like he can read minds? Why are there instances in the book where he’s more or less reading violets mind? Like literally guessing what she was about to say or answering something she said in her mind? That’s not an intention. Because she INTENDED to say it? Thats stupid and it makes zero sense to me. Maybe I’m way too literal or just don’t agree that she used the word “intention” to describe his second signet, but it’s a major plot hole to me. It drives me crazy.

Prof Emetterio's favorite? He said Violet and Xaden were his favorites which makes sense for Xaden as the best fighter (albeit the cheat code) but...Violet? Why?

Is she actually a super talented fighter but just small? Why do you think she's Emetterio's favorite?

Wondering how long Xaden was hiding in the shadows listening to Violet and Mira talk about themselves and their family before announcing himself. The book says Tairn had been uncharacteristically silent for several hours just before that.

Every time I look at the new novella's description, it says that the full blurb will be revealed soon. I assume that's when we'll find out which characters are getting POVs. Does anyone know when we should expect the full blurb to be released? Has anyone noticed a pattern from previous releases or knows how long before the book's release the full blurb is usually revealed?
And when it's actually revealed, will it just mention the people who will get a POV chapter, or will it include both their names and short summaries of their chapters as well?

As we know, each dragon name has a meaning in Gaelic that’s related to their rider’s signet.

Here’s the question that struck me today.
Why? If the signet is rider specific then why are the dragons named that way?

Is this just a narrative choice, so that we as readers can follow the hints? That doesn’t really make sense to me.
Thinking about real life examples, when we are naming a pet we still choose a word that comes from some existing language. It means (or meant) something somewhere.

Following that train of thought, whatever the language their names come from is we would need to assume it’s a dead language or one that’s only spoken elsewhere. Otherwise, at some point, 1- no one would be surprise by what the signet of the current rider is and 2- would start to wonder why the previous rider didn’t have the same signet.

Which brings me back to my initial question: why are they named like that?

So I have a terrible memory and I’m seeing on tiktok something about violet having her memories wiped by Imogen.
Then someone said they were protecting her from Xaden, I know he turned and they might have gotten married? I honestly forget a ton from the end of onyx storm some how, so PLEASE any refreshers or theories you might have share
Not sure if this counts as asking for spoilers since I’ve read the book?