Onyx Storm Study Guide

Rider

Dragon - Molvic (blue clubtail)

Signet - precognition

First-year cadet in Violet's squad. Youngest son of King Tauri of Navarre. Aaric is using a false name so the majority of the cadets at Basgiath do not know his true identity. He does not like Xaden, who killed his older brother during Threshing. Joins the mission to find the irid dragons and secure allies for Navarre. Successfully starts diplomatic relations with several of the Southern Isles. Uses his signet to arrange a dagger to be taken to Violet, allowing her to kill Theophanie. 

Venin

Power: unknown

Venin Sage who turned Jack and Xaden. Has been receiving inside information from Panchek, who he later kills. 

Rider

Dragon - Cuir (green dragon, unknown tail)

Signet - Can counter the signet's of others, causing it to be weakened or fail to work altogether.

Third-year cadet and section leader for flame section, fourth wing. Xaden's cousin and a marked child of the rebellion.

Joined the Revolution at Aretia. Fought at Basgiath and Draithus. 

Rider

Dragon - Marbh (orange daggertail)

Signet - Mender

Liutenant Colonel in the current Revolution. Eldest child and only son of General Lilith Sorrengail and her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Asher Daxton Sorrengail. Believed to have been killed by Fen Riorson at the end of the Tyrrish Rebellion, but had actually joined their forces and has been living in Aretia under the name Brennan Aisereigh. 

Managed to mend the broken wardstone at Basgiath, allowing the Navarrian wards to be repaired. Mended Mira after having her throat slit, using power given to him by Dain to do so. 

Flier

Gryphon - Kiralair (Kira)

Gift - Ability to amplify emotions.

Second-year cadet at Cliffsbane Flight Academy before dark wielders destroyed Zolya and took over the academy. Second in line to the Poromish throne after her sister. Niece of KingTecarus. Was betrothed to Xaden since childhood due to an alliance made by Xaden and Catriona's father, but their engagement was ended by Xaden. Was most recently studying with the Revolution cadets at Aretia and fought at the battle at Basgiath. Part of the mission to find the irid dragons and secure allies in the war against the venin. Fought at Draithus. 

Rider

Dragon - Name unknown (unknown)

Signet - Unknown

Current Commanding General of Basgiath. Colonel previously stationed at Basgiath as he was aide to General Sorrengail. Father of Dain Aetos. Has a real vendetta against Violet after the events of Fourth Wing.

Southern Islander

King of Deverelli. Agrees to meet with Navarre but refuses to speak to anyone who is not royalty. They take him the Amelian Citrine to entice him to work with them, but Holden (who meets with him alone except for his personal guardswoman) sends his guard to the treasury with a list of items to steal. The guardswoman is caught and Courtlyn has her killed and her body fed to his three pet panthers. He also holds Halden hostage. Xaden and Violet go to Courtlyn as Duke and Consort and a fight ensues. Finally, Violet forces Courtlyn to let Halden go, to allow them to use Tecarus' estate on Deverelli as a stopping ground as they search the other islands, and do pardon Xaden for killing some of his guards. She gives Courtlyn Andarna's egg as a treasure for his horde, with Andarna's permission.

Rider

Dragon - Cath (red swordtail)

Signet - Classified: memory reader

Third-year cadet and wingleader of fourth wing. Son of Colonel Aetos. Childhood best friend of Violet Sorrengail. Read Violet's memories without permission and may have been complicit in sending Xaden and Violet outside of the wards during War Games. 

Saved Violet from continued torture by Major Varrish. Joined the Revolution at Aretia after discovering the truth about venin. Fought at Basgiath. Joins the mission to find the irids and secure allies for Navarre. Successfully shows Sloane to transfer power from one person to another, allowing Brennan to use his power to save Mira's life. Fought at Draithus.

Creature

Dragons are large flying creatures with four legs, two wings, strong jaws with sharp teeth, and the ability to breathe fire, although their size does vary greatly. There are seven distinct breeds of dragon, known by their color: black, blue, green, red, orange, brown, and a seventh, newly re-discovered breed with a iridescent sheen. Dragons have a weapon at their ends of their tails, which develops partly out of need, partly out of choice. The options we are aware of are morningstartail, clubtail, swordtail, daggertail, and scorpiontail. Juvenile dragons are golden in color with what is called a feathertail, meaning there is no weapon at the end of their tail.

Dragons channel magic to their bonded rider that gives their rider a unique ability called a signet. A dragon's bond with their riders are strong, if a dragon dies, so does their rider. However, a dragon may survive their rider dying and can go on to bond again later.

A seventh breed of dragon has recently been re-discovered. The peaceful iridescent or irid dragon, which chooses to retain their feathertails for the duration of their lives. 

Flier

Gryphon - Sovadunn

Gift - Unknown

Flier and author. Cousin to Syrena and Catriona. New owner of Broccoli the cat. Joined the mission to find the irid dragons and secure allies in the war against the venin.

Unknown

Earl of Lindell, recently downgraded from Duke for working with the Aretian revolution. Raised Xaden and Liam after their parents were killed. 

Southern Islander

Member of the Triumvirate of Hedotis, he is very welcoming to the quest squad and invites them to stay at his house. Married to Talia, Xaden's mother. While they are at his house, he and the rest of the Triumvirate question their wisdom in order to determine if they will ally with Navarre. Quest squad does not pass the test. Faris poisons them by slipping something into their chocolate cake and nearly kills Garrick. However, Violet is able to save him and poisoned also did a little poisoning of her own by slipping poison into the tea. She had already given the antidote to her own party. She convinces Faris to agree to an alliance in exchange for the remedy, and believes he won't betray them because they were so very unwise to trust Violet in the first place, but she doesn't get an army from them. 

Rider

Dragon - Chradh (brown scorpiontail)

Signet - wind wielder

Second Signet - distance walker

Second Liutenant last stationed at Samara. Marked child of the rebellion. Best friend of Xaden, Garrick's father was Fen Riorson's closest ally.

Joined the Revolution at Aretia and helped Xaden expose Navarre, which had been hiding the existence of venin. Fought at Basgiath and Draithus. 

Rider

Dragon - Codagh (black swordtail)

Signet - Can see battle outcomes ahead of time.

Commanding General of all of Navarre's forces and bonded with the largest dragon living.

Rider

Deceased

Dragon - Aimsir (brown dragon, tail unknown), deceased

Signet - Storm wielder

Called the Flame of Basgiath. General in Navarre's army and former Commander of Basgiath War College. Mother to Brennan, Mira, and Violet Sorrengail, her husband was the scribe Lieutenant Colonel Asher Daxton Sorrengail, who died a few years before the start of Fourth Wing. 

Gave her life to allow the wardstone at Basgiath to be imbued with power, allowing the Navarrian wards to be restored.

Scribe

Curator of the Scribes Quadrant who teaches Battle Brief with Professor Devera in the Riders Quadrant. Mentored Violet as she prepared to join the Scribes Quadrant. 

Was aware that Navarre was purging all information about venin from their history. No longer allowed to teach Battle Brief. Kicks Jesinia off the Adept path for helping the revolution. 

Creature

Half-eagle and half-lion, gryphons are about seven feet tall and have long, sharp beaks. Gryphons bond with a flier, who they are able to channel power to. The power they channel will manifest into a unique ability called gifts by the fliers, much of which involves psychic abilities. Unlike dragons, a gryphon's bond with their flier is lifelong. When a flier dies, so does their gryphon.

Infantry

Crown Prince of Navarre, oldest living son of King Tauri. Older brother of Cam/Aaric. Younger twin of Alic, who was killed during Threshing. Joined the mission to find the irid dragons and badly fumbled starting diplomatic relations with Deverelli, getting his bodyguard killed and nearly causing the deaths of Violet, Xaden, and himself. 

Rider

Dragon - Glane (orange daggertail)

Signet - Classified: able to erase memories

Second Signet - possibly stone wielder

Third-year cadet in Violet's squad. Marked child of the rebellion.

Joined the Revolution at Aretia. Fought at Basgiath. 

Rider

Dragon - Baide (orange scorpiontail), deceased

Signet - Unknown

Second-year cadet. Known for being aggressive and lacking remorse or empathy. 

Believed to have been killed during War Games in Violet's first year but was healed and returned to classes in their second year. At some point, Jack became venin. Turned by Berwyn. He broke the wardstone at Basgiath, killing his dragon in the process, which brought all of the wards down and allowed the venin access into Navarre. The venin try to free him, then try to kill him, while he is imprisoned by Navarre, indicating that he knows something important. 

Scribe

Second-year scribe cadet no longer on the Adept path. One of the only scribes to join the Revolution. A friend of Violet's, they studied together when Violet was preparing to join the Scribe Quadrant. Communicates using sign language but can read several other languages. 

Translated Lyra's journal from Morrainian, discovering the information that allowed Navarre's wards to be repaired. Is part of the mission to find the missing irids and increase diplomatic relations for Navarre, provides the other members research to help their mission. 

Unknown

Earl of Lewellen, recently downgraded from Duke for working with the Aretian revolution. Works as a representative for Tyrrendor and Xaden within the Senarium. 

Rider

Deceased

Dragon - Deigh (red daggertail), deceased

Signet - farsight

Second Signet - ice wielder

Member of VIolet's squad during their first year. Marked child of the rebellion and like a brother to Xaden, the two of them were fostered together after their parents were executed. Liam died when his dragon was killed by wyvern at the end of Fourth Wing, which has had a profound effect of Violet.

Violet has visions of Liam, which help her not to break while being tortured by Varrish.

Southern Islander

Queen of Unnbriel. Fights Violet as part of the challenge to speak to the queen (before Violet knew she was the queen) while two of her men fight Xaden and Dain. When the quest squad wins the challenge, Violet asks her to ally with them. Marlis' asking price is two dragons eggs from each den. Violet refuses. Marlis tells her to come back when she is more desperate, but does allow them to rest in her forest and use it for food if they need. 

Rider

Dragon - Teine (green clubtail)

Signet - Warder

First Liutenant most recently stationed at Samara. The middle child and oldest daughter of General Lilith Sorrengail  and her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Asher Daxton Sorrengail.

One of the riders in Navarre that had no previous ties to the Tyrrish Rebellion who joined the current revolution. Fought at Basgiath. Joined the mission to find the irid dragons and secure allies for Navarre. Was nearly killed by Theophanie after being kidnapped while patrolling. 

Southern Islander

Shopkeeper in Deverelli's capital, charged by Asher Sorrengail to protect several books about the Southern Isles until they were retrieved by his daughter, Violet Sorrengail. 

Southern Islander

Member of Hedotis' Triumvirate. Questions the quest squad on the wisdom of the decisions they've made in their lives thus far to determine if Hedotis will ally with them, quest squad does not pass. Poisoned by Violet but is later given the antidote once Hedotis agrees to an alliance with Navarre. 

Rider

Deceased

Dragon: unknown

Signet: unknown

Worked inside of Basgiath and gave classified information to Berwyn. Was later killed by Berwyn. 

Rider

Dragon - Feirge (green daggertail)

Signet - Summoner

Second-year cadet and squad leader for second squad, flame section, fourth wing. Originally from Morraine. Violet's best friend.

Joined the Revolution at Aretia. Fought at Basgiath and Draithus.

Rider

Dragon - Aotrom (brown swordtail)

Signet - Ice Wielder

Second-year cadet in Violet's squad.

Joined the Revolution at Aretia. Fought at Basgiath. Joined the mission to find the irid dragons and secure allies for Navarre. Fought at Draithus. 

Southern Islander

Member of Hedotis' Triumvirate. Questions the quest squad on the wisdom of the decisions they've made in their lives thus far to determine if Hedotis will ally with them, quest squad does not pass. Poisoned by Violet but is later given the antidote once Hedotis agrees to an alliance with Navarre. 

Rider

Dragon - Sliseag (red swordtail)

Signet - Metallurgist

Second-year cadet in Violet's squad and the squad's executive officer (second in command after Rhiannon) before their squad was combined with a flier drift. Originally from Luceras and had to repeat his first year after failing to bond a dragon. 

Joined the Revolution at Aretia. Lost a leg in the Battle at Basgiath but has begin riding again. Fought at Draithus. 

Flier

Bragen - Driftleader and Executive Officer to Rhiannon.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown

Catriona Cordella - Second-year cadet

• Gryphon - Kiralair

• Gift - Manipulating Emotions

Maren Zina - Second-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Dajalair (Daja)

• Gift - Unknown

Trager - Second-year cadet in Catriona's drift - Deceased

• Gryphon - Silaraine - Deceased

• Gift - Unknown

• Died on the mission to find the irid dragons.

Neve - Third-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown

Kai - First-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown

Rider

Dragon - Thoirt (red daggertail)

Signet - Siphon

First-year cadet in Violet's squad. Marked child of the rebellion and younger sister of Liam Mairi. Siphoned the power of General Sorrengail into the Basgiath wardstone to allow the Navarrian wards to be restored. Guarded the wardstone at Basgiath. Transferred power from Dain to Brennan, allowing Brennan to save Mira's life. 

Flier

Gryphon - Unknown

Gift - Unknown

A flier in the Poromish army and first in line to the Poromish throne. Niece of King Tecarus. Older sister of Catriona Cordella. Has been working with Xaden to smuggle weapons out of Basgiath and into the hands of the fliers to help them kill venin dark wielders.

Southern Islander

Xaden's mother, married to a member of Hedotis' Triumvirate and living on Hedotis with her two younger sons. Left Xaden on the day he turned ten years old after her contracted time with Fen Riorson was completed. Left Xaden in a war torn country with a father who was leading a rebellion and never reached out to him again. She is poisoned by Violet but is later given the antidote once Hedotis agrees to an alliance with Navarre. 

Rider

Major Devera - Battle Brief

• red clubtail, name unknown

• signet unknown

• joined the revolution

Colonel Kaori - Dragonlore

• Smachd, details unknown

• signet unknown

Professor Carr - Channeling

• Breugan, orange daggertail

• Fire wielder

Professor Emetterio - Combat

• dragon unknown

• signet unknown

• joined the revolution

Captain Grady - Rider Survival - Deceased

• dragon unknown

• signet unknown

• died retrieving the Amelian Citrine 

Major Varrish - Vice Commandant - Deceased

• Solas, orange daggertail

• can read a person's weakness

• killed after torturing Violet

Professor Kiandra - History and Battle Brief

• gryphon unknown

• gift unknown

Rider

Xaden Riorson - Heir of Tyrrendor

Brennan Sorrengail/Aisereigh - Tactician

Suri - Army Commander

• brown clubtail, name unknown

• signet unknown

Felix Gerault

• red swordtail, name unknown

• signet unknown

Ulices Ferris - Army Commander

• Fann, green swordtail

• signet unknown

Kylynn

• dragon unknown

• signet unknown

Trissa

• dragon unknown

• signet unknown

Venin

Deceased

Power: storm wielder

Venin Maven who was once a Priestess to Dunne. Singles out Violet several times, trying to convince her to join the venin. Is killed by Violet. 

Rider

Dragons - The only person to ever bond with two dragons:

Tairn (black morningstartail)

Andarna (irridescent scorpiontail)

Signet - lightning wielder

Second Signet - dream walker

Second-year cadet. Wife of Xaden and Duchess of Tyrrendor. Youngest daughter of General Lilith Sorrengail and her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Asher Daxton Sorrengail. Born with a condition causing her joints to subluxate, or partially dislocate, frequently. Originally intended to join the Scribe Quadrant, so is well educated in the languages and history of Navarre. Has brown hair with silver at the ends.

Joined the revolution at Aretia. One of a small team that discovered how to and successfully managed to power a wardstone. Fought at Basgiath and refired the Basgiath wardstone. After the Battle at Basgiath, is sent on a mission to find the irid dragons and establish diplomatic ties, hopefully securing reinforcements in the war with the venin. Is able to find the den, and the wardstone at Aretia is successfully raised, but is unable to convince the dragons to fight against the venin. Does manage to secure an army from Zehyllna. Fought at Draithus.

Creature

Similar to dragons but larger and with only two legs, where dragons have four. Gray in color with razor-sharp feathers down their neck and tails containing poison barbs. There are three known breeds of wyvern, known for the color of their fire: blue, red, and green.

Wyvern are created and controlled by dark wielders. While it is possible to kill a wyvern on it's own, the most efficient way is to kill the dark wielder that created it. Doing so will kill all of the wyvern created by that dark wielder.

Rider

Dragon - Sgaeyl (blue daggertail)

Signet - shadow wielder

Second signet - inntinnsic able to read the intentions of a person. 

Xaden has a second signet because Sgaeyl was previously bonded to Xaden's grandfather. Bonding a dragon who was previously bonded to a relation can cause the rider to develop a second signet, or a particularly strong signet, but may instead cause madness in the rider.

Second Lieutenant last stationed at Samara. Duke of Tyrrendor and husband of Violet. A leader of the current revolution. Only child of Fen Riorson, leader of the Tyrrish rebellion who was executed when the rebellion ended and Talia, wife of one of the Hedotis triumvirate. Turned by Berwyn. Led students at Basgiath to Aretia to join the Revolution and exposed Navarre's lies about the venin. Turned venin during the Battle at Basgiath.

Goes on the mission to find the irid dragons and secure reinforcements, finding his mother's whereabouts in the process and discovering he has two half-brothers. Leaves Tyrrendor to Violet when he succumbs to the darkness and channels in a big way, no longer fighting turning venin while fighting at Draithus.

Country

The area of the continent furthest southeast, the Barrens is a desolate, dry, desert area that has been abandoned by any living things.

During the Great War, gryphons, dragons, and humans worked together to defeat the venin army of the Barrens. The venin they fought against did not channel power through a dragon or gryphon, instead pulling it directly from the source, draining any life from the ground they pulled from and leaving the area in the barren state it is named for.

The corrupted humans who turn venin, known as dark wielders, are now believed to come from more places than just the Barrens. The dark wielders are able to create and ride wyvern, which are similar to dragons. Dark wielders can only be killed with special runed daggers, although Violet was able to kill one with her lightning. There are several tiers of power for dark wielders, which are (from weakest to most powerful) initiate, asim, sage, maven.

While Navarre's history acknowledges the Barrens as a place, it has erased any mention of dark wielders and venin in it's literature, including in folklore.

Country

The largest country, taking up the western half of the continent. It comprises six different provinces: Luceras, Calldyr, Morraine, Deaconshire, Elsum, and Tyrrendor. Tyrrendor was the last province to swear fealty and attempted to secede in what is now called the Tyrrish Rebellion, which was put down five years before the start of Fourth Wing. Currently ruled by King Tauri.

Recently had a number of military students and riders in the military desert the military after discovering that the leaders of the country had withheld information from the rest of the citizens. Primarily about the existence of venin. They joined the new Revolution in Aretia but fought alongside Navarre in the Battle at Basgiath. After the battle, the forces at Aretia agreed to rejoin Navarre to be behind Navarre's wards.

Navarre contains the Vale, the nesting grounds of dragons. The power of the dragons powers the wards protecting the country. Navarre is also the home to Basgiath War College, which has four different areas of study. 1. Infantry Quadrant: training infantry soldiers that fight on the ground. 2: Scribe Quadrant: training scribes that protect the history of the country. 3. Healer Quadrant: training healers and medics. 4. Rider Quadrant: training dragon riders that bond and fight with their dragon.

Has recently entered into an alliance with Tyrrendor and Poromiel to join together against the venin, and have established diplomatic relations with several of the Southern Isles. 

Country

Chain of islands located in the Arctile Ocean

Deverelli

• Capital - Matyas

• Leader - King Courtlyn

• Greedy and easily offended

Unnbriel

• Capital - Eistol

• Leader - Queen Marlis

• Honors Dunne, goddess of strength and war

Hedotis

• Capital - Vidirys

• Leader - The Triumvirate: Faris, Nauri, Roslyn

• Honors Hedeon, god of wisdom

Zehyllna

• Capital - Xortrys

• Leader - Unknown

• Honors Zihnal, god of wisdom

Loysam

• Capital - Unknown

• Leader - Unknown

• Honors Loial, goddess lof love

Also consists of several minor isles

Miscellaneous

• Captain Grady (unknown)

• Cadet Violet Sorrengail (lightning wielder)

• Captain Henson (air wielder)

• Lieutenant Pugh (farsight)

• Lieutenant Foley (plant wielder)

• Cadet Aura Beinhaven (fire wielder)

• Captain Winshire (infantry)

• Lieutenant Xaden Riorson (shadow wielder)

• Lieutenant Mira Sorrengatil (warder)

Country

Located to the east of Navarre, Poromiel and Navarre have been at war for four-hundred years. It is made up of three provinces: Krovla, Braevick, and Cygnisen. Currently ruled by King Tecarus.

Poromiel is the home of the gryphons, which are unable to power wards, leaving Poromiel much more vulnerable to attack. Poromiel has its own airborne soldiers who bond with gryphons, called fliers. Fliers are broken up into groups called drifts, similar to how riders are divided into wings.

Cliffsbane Flight Academy, where the fliers were trained, was recently taken over by venin. The academy cadets have been living with Viscount Tecarus in Cordyn until an agreement was made with the Revolution. This agreement requires the Revolution to house and teach the fliers in Aretia, alongside their rider cadets.

Recently entered into an alliance with Navarre to band together to fight the venin, ending a four-hundred year war.

Miscellaneous

• Cadet Violet Sorrengail

• Second-Liutenant Xaden Riorson

• First-Liutenant Mira Sorrengail

• Cadet Ridoc Gamlyn

• Cadet Catriona Cordella

• Cadet Maren

• Cadet Trager

• Cadet Dain Aetos

• Drake Cordella

• Prince Halden Tauri, later replaced by Prince Cam Tauri (aka Aaric Greycastle)

Miscellaneous

Riders:

Rhiannon Matthias 

• Dragon: Feirge

• Signet: Retrieving

Sawyer Henrick 

• Dragon: Sliseag

• Signet: Metallurgy

Violet Sorrengail

• Dragons: Tairn and Andarna

• Signets: Lightning wielding and Dream walking

Ridoc Gamlyn

• Dragon: Aotrom

• Signet: Ice Wielding

Imogen Cardulo

• Dragon: Glane

• Signet: Memory erasing and possibly Stone wielding

Quinn Hollis - Deceased

• Dragon: Cruth

• Signet: Astral projection

Aaroc Greycastle

• Dragon: Molvic

• Signet: Unknown

Sloane Mairi

• Dragon: Thoirt

• Signet: Siphon

Avalynn

• Dragon: Unknown

• Signet: Unknown

Baylor

• Dragon: Unknown

• Signet: Unknown

Lynx

• Dragon: Unknown

• Signet: Shadow wielding

Fliers:

Bragen - Driftleader and Executive Officer to Rhiannon.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown

Catriona Cordella - Second-year cadet

• Gryphon - Kiralair

• Gift - Manipulating Emotions

Maren Zina - Second-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Dajalair (Daja)

• Gift - Unknown

Trager - Second-year cadet in Catriona's drift - Deceased

• Gryphon - Silaraine - Deceased

• Gift - Unknown

• Died on the mission to find the irid dragons.

Neve - Third-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown

Kai - First-year cadet in Catriona's drift.

• Gryphon - Unknown

• Gift - Unknown