The Empyrean book 1 · 2023
Fourth Wing
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail is forced into the brutal Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College, where cadets bond with dragons or die trying, and where Xaden Riorson has every reason to want her dead.
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Book facts
- Author
- Rebecca Yarros
- Series
- The Empyrean, book 1 of 3
- Published
- 2023
- Setting
- Set in Navarre
- Characters charted
- 9
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Fourth Wing
9 recurring or key characters from Rebecca Yarros’s chart. Introduces Violet Sorrengail, Xaden Riorson, Dain Aetos, Rhiannon Matthias and 5 more.
Lead 2
- Violet SorrengailFirst appearanceCadet in the Riders Quadrant
- Xaden RiorsonFirst appearanceWingleader and Violet's rival
Major 4
- Dain AetosFirst appearanceViolet's childhood friend
- Rhiannon MatthiasFirst appearanceViolet's friend and fellow cadet
- TairnFirst appearanceViolet's formidable black dragon
- AndarnaFirst appearanceYoung golden dragon
Minor and cameo 3
- Mira SorrengailFirst appearanceViolet's elder sister, a rider
- Lilith SorrengailFirst appearanceCommanding general of Basgiath
- SgaeylFirst appearanceXaden's blue dragon
Also featuring these characters
Other Rebecca Yarros books that share the most characters with Fourth Wing.
- Onyx Storm2025 · The Empyrean · 9 shared charactersBuy on Amazon