The childhood best friend · the first love that wasn't · the boy who read what he wasn't given

Dain Aetos

“Sometime in the last year, Dain Aetos went from attractive and cute to gorgeous. And I'm about to be sick all over his boots.”

Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros

The one who was there first, knew her longest, and lost her the exact moment he chose the rulebook over her word. We get it. We're also still not over Liam.

Second-year squad leader, memory-reader, Colonel Aetos's son — the boy who took her to the healers her whole childhood, then took her memories without asking.

At a glance

Series: Fourth Wing · Iron Flame · Onyx Storm — The Empyrean
Dragon: Cath — red Swordtail, a nasty piece of work when he's worked up
Signet: Retrocognition — reads your recent memories through a touch to the face
Quadrant: Riders. Squad leader, then wingleader of Fourth Wing.
Origin: Son of Colonel (later General) Aetos — the man who set the Athebyne trap
To Violet: Best friend since she was five. First kiss. Not the one she chose.
The wound: He told his father what he read. Liam and Soleil didn't come home.

His people

The ones who made him and the one he cost.

Swipe to meet them all

Violet Sorrengail Lightning-WielderViolet Sorrengailhis oldest friendEnter Violet Sorrengail →

Xaden Riorson WingleaderXaden Riorsonhis rival, then allyEnter Xaden Riorson →

Liam Mairi The Marked OneLiam Mairithe cost he carriesEnter Liam Mairi →

Aaric Graycastle The Hidden PrinceAaric Graycastlechildhood, courtEnter Aaric Graycastle →

Cath Cathhis dragonEnter Cath →

Major Varrish Major Varrishhis enemyEnter Major Varrish →

Amber Mavis Amber Mavishis rigid allyEnter Amber Mavis →

Beyond the wingleader

The ones who shaped him

The love he couldn't keep, the rival he couldn't beat, and the father he served too long.

The long versionRead his whole storyThe reunion, the kiss, Athebyne, the dagger — the whole of him, in one place.Enter the full story

If he got to you

Kindred complicated

Not the wingleaders — the other ones who weren't quite right, and the story knew it.

Tamlin The safe choice that turned into a cage. You'll understand exactly why she left.

Lucien Vanserra Torn between duty and the people he loves — good intentions, complicated outcomes.

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