Fourth WingThe Books & Reading Order
Characters
The SquadViolet SorrengailXaden RiorsonRhiannon MatthiasRidoc GamlynLiam MairiSawyer HenrickImogen CarduloBodhi DurranGarrick TavisSloane MairiQuinn Hollis
The SorrengailsBrennan SorrengailMira SorrengailLilith SorrengailAsher Sorrengail
Command & FacultyDain AetosGeneral Augustine MelgrenLewis MarkhamNolon ColbersyCommandant PanchekProfessor CarrProfessor KaoriColonel AetosProfessor DeveraProfessor EmetterioFelix Gerault
Crown & the AllianceAaric GraycastleHalden TauriKing TauriCat CordellaQueen MarayaTecarusSyrena CordellaMaren ZinaJesinia Neilwart
The EnemyTheophanieJack BarloweMajor VarrishFen RiorsonAmber MavisOren Seifert
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Dragons
The BondedTairnAndarnaSgaeylFeirgeAotromTeineDeighMarbhSliseagCathCuirChradhGlaneMolvicThoirtAimsirBaideCodagh
Other BeastsGryphonWyvern
Places
Basgiath War CollegeEnter Basgiath War College →Riders QuadrantScribe QuadrantHealer QuadrantInfantry QuadrantThe ParapetThe ArchivesThe GauntletThe Vale
NavarreEnter Navarre →TyrrendorAretiaCalldyrRessonSamaraMontserratAthebyneThe Esben MountainsThe Barrens
PoromielEnter Poromiel →ZolyaCordynDraithusSuniva
The IslesEnter The Isles →DeverelliUnnbrielZehyllnaHedotis
The Continent
Signets & Lore
Powers & SignetsSignetsLightningShadow-WieldingRunesThe Dragon BondThe Mating Bond
The WarVeninThe WardstoneThe LuminaryThe Marked OnesRider DaggersFliersThe Empyrean
EventsThe Battle of BasgiathThreshingThe Tyrrish Rebellion
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Cat Cordella

The ex nobody asked for · the gryphon flier from the other side of the war · the one we ended up rooting for anyway

Cat Cordella

Xaden's former betrothed, dropped into the story to make Violet — and us — insecure on purpose, and then given the nerve to become someone we actually cared about. Rude.

Poromish gryphon flier, third in line to a throne, bonded to Kiralair — and gifted with a power that turns your own jealousy up until you can't hear anything else.

At a glance

Series
Iron Flame · Onyx Storm — The Empyrean
Flies
Kiralair — a gryphon. Not a dragon; she's Poromish, and it matters.
Gift
Emotion-heightening — amplifies what you already feel. Can't invent it. Doesn't need to.
Origin
Poromiel. Trained at Cliffsbane. Niece of King Tecarus, third in line.
To Xaden
Betrothed nine months. A political contract. He ended it; never loved her.
To Violet
Rival, then challenger, then — grudgingly, earned — ally.
Best read
First to crack any rune. Do not let her get you talking.

Her people

The ones on both sides of her.

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WingleaderXaden Riorsonher former betrothedEnter Xaden Riorson →
Lightning-WielderViolet Sorrengailrival, then allyEnter Violet Sorrengail →
Iron SquadRidoc GamlynsquadmateEnter Ridoc Gamlyn →
Violet's SisterMira Sorrengailquest squadEnter Mira Sorrengail →
Maren Zinatethered to herEnter Maren Zina →
Syrena Cordellaher kin, the Cordella lineEnter Syrena Cordella →

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Allies, rivals and enemies — the ones this story crossed.

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