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58 responses to “Submit Your Empyrean Series Fan Art, Fan Fiction or Fan Theories”

  1. ***Spoilers**”
    I’m not one who ever posts comments, so bear with me.

    I’m surprised I haven’t seen any theories or speculation regarding Xaden’s mother. A quote from chapter 58 of Iron Flame is as follows:

    “Where’s your mother?” He startles but quickly masks the reflex. “No one talks about her,” I continue. “There are no paintings, no references to her being at the Calldyr executions. Nothing. It’s like you were hatched and not born.” The moment stretches between us. “She left when I was young. Their marriage contract said an heir had to survive to the age of ten, and then she was free to go, which is what she did. I haven’t seen or heard from her since.” His voice sounds like he dragged it across broken glass.

    Who is Xaden’s mother? Where is she? Why did she leave? What is her background? Is she involved with the venin?

    1. WHERE is the mother? The only possibly for me is that she is a Goddess. I think she might be Dune actually.

    2. We’re DEFINITELY going to learn more about her in the next three books! I’m expecting her to show up in book #4 and to be hella powerful for good or evil.

    3. I have this theory about Xaden’s mom being general venin hear me out okay?
      So basically we learn tht she simply dissapears becuse the marriage cotract eneded, but you may think she has no lve for her son, but she made him a blanket and she was like the Queen of Tyrrendor so she had servants so she did not have to make the blanket. My idea is that she accepted the marriage contract in order to get near Fen Riorson, but when she saw her son she loved him ( like all of us, like who does not) but she left. When Lilith says in the meeting for them to check the wyvern carasses and they find runes, who is good at runes Tyrrs where did she spend at least 10 years in? Tyrrendor so my guess is she learnt about the runes and thought they could bring back Wyvern.
      So that is it.

      1. I see it, I get it. Should we create a longer theory and publish this so everyone can see and comment?

  2. *******Spoilers Maybe?*******
    I just finished reading both books and while it’s fresh in my head, the theories about Violet and Xaden sharing Xadens dreams with him, makes sense but not really… when they were fighting at the end of Iron Flame, the Venin (cadets?) kept saying they were looking for violet and that she was meant to be taken alive. In the dreams, the Venin also talked about her lightning powers and if it was Xadens dreams, it wouldn’t be talking about her powers, but his.
    ALSO WHEN IS SHE GOING TO REMEMBER VIOLETS MOTHER ASKED VIOLET ABOUT HER FATHERS STUDIES AND THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE STUDIES HE WAS WORKING ON BEFORE HIS DEATH AND HOW VIOLET KNOWS ALL HIS STUDIES ARE IN A SECRET PLACE HIDDEN FROM EVERYONE. ITS OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE KEY TO THIS ALL. – pretty sure the mother said they were about the Venin too? It’s in the first book. It’s the one thing that really plays on my mind the whole time I read both books. The key was in what her mother said, but nothing ever comes from that obvious key scene.

    1. haha welcome here! So the dreams are very weird indeed and I have a new theory about it (will post it in 20 minutes on the site)
      And you are right, she really needs to revisit all the information her father was researching. It’s annoying to us that she’s not doing it right? But then, she is only 21, and she’s still finding her feet.
      From a quiet life she’s in all of this! With two dragons, mortal enemies, her parents both dead, her brother alive and her lover turned venin. We can forgive her for not focusing on other stuff.
      Of course, we cannot wait to see what was written in those diaries!

  3. I don’t know why, I have no basis, but I think Tairn will die one day, but Violet will not die because she bonded with a second dragon, we all know. This bonding with 2 dragons thing has to do something someday. (Anyway, I hope Tairn doesn’t die because I can’t stand it, and it will probably affect Sgaeyl and Xaden as well) Maybe Xaden’s end is not to become Violet’s enemy again, but to die.

    1. I really hope you are wrong haha. I would hate for this to happen omg

    2. ***SPOILERS FOR END OF IRON FLAME***

      I wholly agree. I think Tairn will die to save Xaden – both referred to as Onyx and I think the Onyx Storm is the two of them fighting over who has to die in order to save Violet. I think Tairn will use the last of his magic to save Xaden’s soul and bring him back from being venin. I think Violet will survive Tairn’s death because she has Andarna. I believe that Xaden and Violet are demi-gods – Xaden’s mum being a goddess, and Violet’s father being a god. I think that is why Tairn chose her – he knows “who and what” she is – and knows she will survive his passing because she is half-goddess.

      1. Listen you two, stop it. I will go mad if she dares kill Tairn.

  4. Naolin and Brennan were lovers! And Naolin general Venin!

    This theory makes even more sense when you think about it for a while. First of all, let’s look at what happened to Naolin, even Brennan, who witnessed the event in person, doesn’t use the word “dead” for him. He says “Naolin didn’t fail but it cost him everything.” (we’ll come back to this) Naolin was so attached to his “friend” (“or did he do it to get in Lilith’s favor because she’s a Sorrengail(!) lol”) He used all his energy to bring Brennan back to life and finally “ran out”. I think that’s why Naolin turned into Venin.
    – In episode 2 of IF, Violet asks Brennan a simple question “marriage, do you have kids?” and Brennan, who was playful and relaxed until that moment, is “flinches” by this question and I think it’s İMPORTANT TO NOTE that he uses the word “partner” for “spouse” instead of “wife” (” no partner, no kids…”)
    – And in the same episode Violet tells Brennan about Naolin and Brennan gets nervous talking about him.
    and IMPORTANT POINT: Violet says she wonders if Naolin is more to Brennan than being Tairn’s rider…
    – AND KEY POINT: Tairn had to cut his bond with Naolin when he turned into Venin and then bonded with Violet.But and assuming that he didn’t completely break with Naolin, this would explain why Venin Naolin was able to enter Violet’s dream.Venin (assuming it was Naolin) told Xaden that he would turn for love because that’s exactly what he did for Brennan.
    The COST Naolin paid for Brennan, his own power, his bond with his dragon, and his RELATIONSHIP.

    Thank you very much if you have read this far! And my god it can’t just be that it makes too much sense to me, can it?

    1. Hi hayruşş, happy to have you here.
      YES!!! I’m so glad someone else noticed it. He doesn’t say wife, he says partner. And even Violet says that she feels like Naolin was more to Brennan.

      I absolutely love the theory. I would love to write it on the blog so it gets more visibility. I do think it’s a good possibility that one of the venin from dreams, is actually Naolin.
      No, no, you make PERFECT sense. I’m getting goose bumps. It’s a very good theory

      1. It’s good to know that there is someone who agrees with me!!! Like u said, I’m curious to know the opinion of other readers

        1. it might be a really good idea to share this I wonder what other readers think !!!! ayaya

          1. Working on it! Will publish it on the site this/next week!

  5. and it wouldn’t be surprising if Rebecca wanted to make a gay couple like I described because Rhiannon was hanging out with a girl named Tara (so we’ve seen two women together), so dear Rebecca kind of let us know her view on these issues :))

    1. Def! Rhi and Tara, Ridoc and another dude…if you remember, Heaton identifies themsleves as them/they

  6. I’m 100% sure Naolin is alive and I think he’s going to be an important character for the series. We’ll find a way to heal Xaden’s soul somehow (HEY HE IS THE MAIN MALE AND WE’RE ON BOOK 3 YET I STRONGLY REJECT SCENARIOS THAT HE WILL DIE!!!) ahem.. and maybe that way we can heal Naolin too (if my theory is correct) I would love to read about him and Brennan working things out and their relationship. Queer couples are quite fun to read about and would fit the pace of this Roman-tasy book. Also because I like Brennan’s character a lot (I imagine him quite handsome in my head and I always love big brother roles and I think all readers like him cause of his personality) I would like to read something special about his relationship and even though I’m not homosexual, I like queer couples, this couple would be x200 awesome for me hahahahhahhah. I started thinking this way about Naolin when I finished the first book and I waited patiently for IF and it’s only mentioned like 2 times in the book……. dah

    1. Oh I think we are going to get a lot more of Naolin in book 3/4!
      Queer couples are freaking adorable and I am so glad we finally get to cheer on them in this series.
      Ok, don’t hate me, but I don’t trust Brennan one bit. There is something off about him

      1. I agree that there is something strange about Brennan. maybe it’s about the rune-shaped scar on his hand. maybe he is still somehow connected and involved with Naolin, Venin, the Wyverns… there are so many questions about this series! Rebecca writes the dialogs in a clever but frustrating way. when I read the dialogs I’m like: “SO ASK MORE! how did the plot change? How can you not want to know more?!”. for example, how can Violet and Mira not want to know more about the person who is so connected to Brennan that he gave up his OWN life? i think myself, i would be nagging my brother “who is he? what kind of relationship did you have that he would do such a thing? why don’t we know him?” i mean there are so many questions about this and so many other things in the Empryean universe! i feel like it will never end

        1. Haha, of course. It’s strange that we don’t know more about Naolin but it’s clear that Rebecca Yarros is trying very hard to keep us on the edge. And she’s doing a great job. I do feel like that rune is bad news. And I do want to know more about Naolin. I wonder if we will in Book 3 or Book 4.

  7. I think Violet’s second signet is control. The things mentioned the most that she needs are control, to feel grounded, gravity. Xaden has no control when it comes to Violet – “she shreds my control.” In the last battle in Iron Flame, she pictures her mom’s face right before she jumps. Her mom is the embodiment of control. Violet jumps and controls her landing. She also defies gravity, so her signet could have something to do controlling gravity, especially with Xaden, her gravity, turning venin, she is going to need to feel grounded. The phrase that gravity is the one force you can’t escape makes me think she will.

    1. DAMN it, Taylor. How DARE YOU? haha I’m literally working on a whole theory about her second signet being control and you just beat me to it? Just like that? I’ve been collecting evidence and facts for the past week!

      1. I love it! Great minds!

        1. But amazing work! I posted it but it’s not very well received by the community. They say that she’s either the distance wielder of a storm wielder.

  8. Some interesting things:
    – The Basgaith hatching grounds are the original hatching grounds for the green dragons. The royal family is noted for having really distinct green eyes. Tairn and Codagh’s line comes from Aretia. Xaden, ruling family of that area, has onyx eyes.
    – The phrase “And it cost me everything” = turning venin. Lira used that phrase. Lira, who knows all about how to create or destroy the wards, is venin.
    – There was a previous shadow wielder who was venin. He disappeared in shadows and killed a king. Relative of Xaden’s?

    1. I love these chains of thought, actually. Do we think it could be a relevance between the eyes? I would love it.
      It’s also interesting because Andarna keeps changing colors. Do are Violet’s eyes…coincidence?

      As for the second part…hmmm you are right, Lira did use that phrase. Could it be that part of the first six are venin?

      Wait, he disappeared in shadows? Where is that part? I can’t find it. BRB, searching now

    2. I agree that Lira may have turned venin. I think that she drew power from the earth in order to protect herself from another member of the first 6. It makes sense that one of them will have turned in order to understand that the wards protect against venin – that is surely how they knew the wards work?

      1. I am so curious but I do think we will learn more about Lira.

  9. Violet makes a point to mention in Fourth Wing that she takes the fertility suppressant, they all do. Did they keep taking it when they moved to Aretia?
    In Iron Flame, her mom says repeatedly “when you have kids, tell me what you won’t do to keep your children safe?”
    Not that I’m rooting for a Basgiath baby but is it possible that Violet’s singular focus in Onyx Storm is more that saving Xaden, but also protecting a child?

    1. I don’t know. I honestly cannot predict this one. Rebecca Yarros doesn’t strike me as the type of lady that would throw a kid into this mix, but who knows?
      They seem too young to be fair. I think however Tairn and Sgaeyl do have babies already and I think maybe those are more so the “children” the author is hinting at. But I honestly do not know what to say to this. It could go either way

      1. I would rather Sgayel and Tairn have babies than Violet and Xaden. I kind of want Violet and Xaden to live a life of adventure, travelling all over the continent, rather than settling down with 2.4 children in a perfect family unit in Aretia etc etc. It doesn’t seem to fit with their wild spirits?

        1. Agreed. I do not want children involved. I am not keen on it at all, but ultimately, it’s not our decision. They are very young and I don’t think kids fit this.

    2. i’m not sure about xaden and violet but i think one day (the series will be 5 books and i don’t know in which book this will happen) Tairn and Sgaeyl will have babies. just feelings so– that would be awesome!!!

  10. Can the dead be resurrected? (I read something similar to this on IG a while ago, but the pieces are so disjointed I hope I can put it together)

    We all know that according to the rules of Navarre, after a person dies, their belongings must be cremated, this is emphasized in no uncertain terms. If we combine the powers of seals and runes, it raises the question of why this rule exists. Can these items be used to resurrect them? What if resurrection is possible, but requires a lot of energy or has dangerous consequences, what if Navarre made this rule to prevent people from trying to do it and hid the whole truth? On top of that, the concept of “gods” was created to prevent people from doing it, Tairn explicitly said that dragons don’t care about people’s gods, more like they don’t believe in their existence.

    1. I like your theory a lot. I’ve added it to my to do list to create a full one on the pages. I will tag you in the comments when they are up and running!

      1. An excellent point! Rules are usually created for a reason, in response to something that has or could happen. So they NEED people to burn the belongings of the dead. Why? Navarre’s absolutely hiding something huge!

        1. Thank you for your 5 part theory btw, I’m going to reply asap. Just out on a “field trip” with work and have just a minute in front of the laptop <3

    2. Your theory is excellent but Rebecca said that there will be no one coming back from dead except jack(he was not dead though👀) so I don’t think they will use that method for saving anyone if possible….😶but maybe if there’s any chance they could bring xaden’s soul back and cure him though👀

      1. I do hope we can bring Xaden back…but ufffff

  11. “It is this scholar’s belief that the (dark wielder) responsible for the death of King Grethwild developed never eyesight. For not even the best of His Majesty’s royal fliers could see through the darkness the venin hid within to slay our beloved king”
    Then last chapter Xaden- “keeping myself wrapped in darkness” “I slip by unnoticed thanks to the increase in my signet”
    These two instances seem very similar.

    1. I think becoming venin does make your signet much stronger!!! I honestly believe this. And I think King Daramor is our super keen distance wielder who is general venin. The one who basically can go for miles in one single step.

  12. A NEW THEORY ABOUT NAOLIN + BRENNAN’S RUNE!

    Let’s assume that Naolin somehow turned into Venin 6 years ago when he was trying to infuse Brennan with power so that he could heal himself faster (or Brennan was already dead and he tried to bring him back from the dead directly).

    The rune in Brennan’s possession is Naolin’s work, Naolin could have created it to keep him alive (like the Wyverns). And if Brennan and Naolin are connected, as the Venin-Wyverns are connected, then Naolin could see through Brennan’s eyes, feel his experiences. Then questions arise about all revolutionary movements and decisions. If the plans for the revolution can still be hidden from the Venin, then Naolin is keeping Brennan’s existence, him connection with him a secret, is he doing this because he still loves Brennan? Brennan also seems to be keeping Naolin’s secret (at least the part about the rune).

    and there’s also a passage in the book (when Vi and Mira find the rune inside the Wyvern)
    “As if the stone had called to its partner, the carcass twenty feet away shudders, and our heads whip toward the giant golden eye that blinks open.”
    Is the partner language an intentional tie to Brennan’s earlier mention about not having a partner?

    It also is strange that Brennan won’t let Violet read the book on Venin because it’s “classified”. Is he worried there’s information that will expose Naolin?

    1. This was soo much fun to read.
      A couple of thoughts.
      It could be that Naolin was somehow from Tyrendor (but not a marked one) and somehow still had access to runes. What if HE is the one who gave venin runes? Maybe on purpose, maybe not.

      I would hate it if Naolin could see through Brennan’s eyes because he’s almost like…his wyvern. That’s kinda what you are trying to say, right?
      Your last sentence…I just want to drop the mic right now.

      1. yeah i think Brennan could be like a wyvern, and another thought i have is like you said if Naolin is from tyyrendor he is familiar with Tyyr runes and if the Venin have a system where they train each other a Naolin familiar with Tyyr runes would be very useful. this could happen because the wyverns appeared in the last 5 years before FW…

        1. Well that would throw a spanner in the works. It’s comforting to know that Rebecca Yarros is not checking our stuff and laughing at us. The same with the second signet, it would be cool to finally figure it out!

  13. I have a theory about Lilith and Xaden’s mother – I think that Lilith was also either stabbed with a poison knife while pregnant with Violet, or reached for the extra power to protect one of her family . This is why Papa Sorrengail ( what is his name anyway ? ) researched so much about feathertails ( there is a connection there and that is why Andarna waited 650 years for Violet, kept the fable book and taught his children about poisons and potions. I believe that the night Lilith came back with red eyes something happened with Xadens mother – she’s possible turned Venin, and Xadens father knew it and the whole marriage contract thing is a lie he made up to protect Xaden, and thats why he rebelled after all those centuries of everyone living the lie.

    1. Hi Gin, did you see this? https://www.empyreanriders.com/articles/iron-flame-theory-lilith-sorrengail-was-venin/
      It’s a similar idea. I love that we’re on the same page. I also think that she was venin btw.

  14. Spoiler maybe

    Hi, I’m thinking. If Tairn and Sgaeyl Will they have little “mini Tairns” When they are adults and connect with the rider, will they all be wonderfully annoyingly interconnected? As Xaden said
    Iron Flame was also told that black dragons had hatched.
    But, we’ll probably never know.

    1. Huh, I have not considered this. I’d like to believe that hatchlings are not connected to the bonds their parents are.

  15. Part one

    In Fourth Wing Chapter 34 or 35, when they’re talking about Violet’s dad giving her all the clues she needed to work out about there being lies in the history, Tairn says something like one generation to rewrite the texts and one generation to teach the new texts. In other words, Violet’s Grandma – who I think is General Daxton – I think she was the first generation to sign the accords and agree that they’re going to change the history and they were going to write out vennin and wyvern and all of that history.

    In fact, I think there’s a massive cover-up at that point. Crazy theory but Violet says that in the fables it says wyvern were created to defeat dragons. So I think that the dragons might not be as good as we think they are. I think the irids are the good guys, the good dragons. I think all the other colours of dragons were corrupt. I don’t think they were supposed to bond with humans. I think they bonded with humans to recapture some of the ability that they lost.

    I think Violet’s Grandma’s generation knows the truth about dragons. I think I just think it’d be really cool if maybe the wyvern and the venin weren’t actually the original big bads and maybe they came about to combat dragons, defeat dragons because dragons were killing humans. I think dragons were evil. Dragons were taking over the world. Dragons were killing the world, not venin.

    I really think there’s going to be like some big twist in the 600-year old agreement. I think there was like an agreement that the dragons will agree to stop like killing the humans, as long as the humans agreed to protect the hatching grounds and bond with dragons so the dragons could still be powerful. I think the dragons are parasites rather than symbiotic with human beings and I think that was part of the deal.

    Furthermore, I think Navarre and all its kingdoms that signed up within it were actually the losers in the war because they got roped into bonding dragons and protecting the hatching grounds by the dragons and every other Kingdom is actually better off. Poromiol and the others are the ones that won because they didn’t have to sign up with dragons. I think Navarre have rewritten the history to make themselves look good but. they. didn’t. win.

    I think it was Grandma Daxton’s generation who came up with this kind of agreement with the dragons – that they would parasitically leech off of them and use them to guard the Vale and use them by bonding with them. And I think it was then the generation below – Violet’s mum and dad’s generation – knowingly re-wrote the history books.

    Now that Mira has reconnected with her grandmother, I think we’re going to find out about all that. I think the reason that Grandma / General Daxton and Violet’s parents cut ties with each other was all to do with the fact that Grandma / General Daxton didn’t agree with the rewriting of the histories. Maybe she was part of the army being defeated and she didn’t agree with this parasitic relationship and the rewriting of the history. I think that’s why they fell out.

    So, related to all of that – stay with me!!

    I also think that Grandma Daxton knew about Violet being dedicated to temple of Dunne, the goddess of Dunne.

    I think Violet’s dad – Asher Daxton – did it to try and protect her from this parasitic relationship. I think dragons on the opposing side to the gods and goddesses, so I think Asher took Violet to be dedicated to Dunne because he wanted to protect her from having to have a dragon, or from having the parasitic relationship that that is formed by bonding.

    While I’m stating my theories – something about Violet. I think that her signet is actually pure power. I know other people have said this. I think her power is power. I think her power is energy. I think she just happens to express it as lightning but I reckon she could express it in whatever way she wanted. I feel like she could form it as fire. I think she should form energy into heat or light or whatever else. It just so happens that she forms it into lightning. There’s lots of references to her saying about the energy under her skin, the energy wanting to get out. She doesn’t talk about it just being lightning. She specifically calls it energy. I think she is pure energy.

    In relation to Violet being dedicated to Dunne, or trying to dedicate her to Dunne. I wonder if maybe she’s a descendant of Dunne, because I think there is a a good working theory out there that Violet is a child of Dunne or The Descendants of Dunne, or something like that.

    So, furthermore, I think the first six were descendants of all of the gods in the same way. So Lyra and Warwick, for example, who’s journals we found out about it. I believe they were both descendants of the gods.

  16. Part two:

    I think Xaden is probably a descendant of or a child of Malek the god of death. I think that’s a clear balance to Violet, who I think is representative of or descended from either Dunne, goddess of strength and war, or Amari, queen of the gods. I think Xaden and Violet are two of the new six – the first six being Lyra and Warwick plus 4 others.

    On Lyra – Lyra says multiple times in her journal that like it cost her everything and that seems to be like a phrase that they use when the people turn vennin, that it cost you everything. I think Lyra ended up turning vennin.

    I think Mira is either representative of Dunne or Amari too, whichever Violet is not!

    I think Jessinia is representative of Hedontis (spelling?) I think that makes sense. Most of the book is transcribed by Jessinia.

    Brennan, I think he is descended from Zihnal, the god of luck because I think he’s lucky to be alive. My theory on Brennan is that he is only alive because his significant other Naolin turned vennin and drew from the ground in order to revive Brennan. I think that’s why Brennan has a rune in his hand: the ruin in Brennan’s hand is keeping him alive, keeping his stolen life force inside of him so it can’t drain away back to the ground, but also to stop Brennan from turning vennin because his life force comes from the ground. I think Naolin turned vennin when he channelled energy through himself. He was a siphoning, which was his signet. He siphoned it from the ground into Brennan.

    I didn’t know if it might be Rihannon who represents the queen of the gods Amari. she’s clever, kind and compassionate, strong and badass, honest, wise. Is she lucky? I don’t know. But I think I think Rihannon has got to be in there somewhere!

  17. Part three:

    Professor Carr – he’s the one who trains the cadets when they first start channelling their signets and magic – he has like one-to-one lessons with Violet and they have a conversation about how nature likes to keep things in balance.

    From FW chapter 30

    Professor Carr: This kind of power found in one so… Would you not call yourself fragile?

    Professor Carr: It’s not an insult, cadet. It’s a balance. In the course of my duties, I’ve found a correlation of sorts that keeps a system of checks on power. Yours seems to be your body.

    We also know this from Andarna – she says that nature likes everything in balance.

    Carr says that in his studies he’s found that nature keeps a check over power. He refers to the fact that Violet is a fragile girl, petite, with EDS, and that’s the balance for her being able to have so much power from Tairn.

    So what’s Xaden’s balance? What checks his kind of power? Is it Violet? Is she the thing that stops him powering too much, channelling too much from Sygael?

    In which case, the links to his connection to her and his love for her being the thing that stops him from turning full vennin.

    Spoiler! If we go to the end of Onyx Storm, he talks about the the golden thread of the love that he has for Violet. I’m sure when he blankets out the world with shadows and he’s going to turn full vennin, he doesn’t because she says something like I love you and don’t turn. He hears it, it breaks down that wall of onyx ice that he’s got and he doesn’t turn full vennin. So I think that she might be the thing that counters his power.

    So if you follow this theory on, what is the system of balance for other riders? Basically, what are their weaknesses that nature has put in place to balance them out being powerful?

    If we go back to thinking of who I believe the new big six are – Jessinia, that’s a slightly different story because she is not a writer so she hasn’t got that level of power – that itself is the thing that checks her power.

    Mira – I don’t know what checks her power. I don’t know what her weaknesses are. She’s not really described as having any.

    Brennan – he’s basically a zombie. I think he’s effectively dead. The rune in his hand is eeping him alive and that is the thing that checks his his power. That’s the balance.

    Rhiannon – Again I don’t know what her limitation is or what checks her power from Fierge. I don’t know her weakness is.

  18. Part four:

    The fables of the barrens talks about three brothers trying to control power in the kingdom. It talks about humans being corrupted by dark magic and a pervasive evil – magic from the ground. This is perilous and magic from the sky is seen as correct.

    There are three brothers –

    One who bonded with dragons: Jack Barlowe?
    One who bonded with gryphons: Xaden’s new brother???
    One who drew power from the source and defeated the other(s): Xaden? (the source being the ground)

    OR

    One who bonded with dragons: Xaden
    One who bonded with gryphons: Berwyn? Theophanie?
    One who drew power from the source and defeated the other(s): Violet (the source being the sky)

  19. Part five:

    Malek means king so what if he’s not the god of death but the king of the gods, like Amari is the queen of the gods? So Xaden is Malek and Violet is Amari?

    Theophanie comes from the word theophany which means human manifestation of a god – is the the embodiment of Dunne?

    We know Tairn means thunder – makes sense – and Andarna means the second honour, which I think shows that she will bring honour back to the dragons (following my theory that dragons are actually corrupt and hiding a huge secret that they are the real baddies of the story!)

  20. I think that berwyn may be papa riorson(fen riorson)
    I don’t have any explanation of why he became venin since he was leading the rebellion but…
    Xaden says that “He’s a problem. Not because he’s more lethal. Not even because he’s supposed to be dead. But because I. Can’t. Kill. Him. I could no more raise a blade to his throat than I could Violet.”
    (Berwyn is not the other unknown sibling he was talking about) and I’m saying all of these because….

    1. The meaning for the word berwyn can be “white hair”(one of the meaning) and for fen it’s “white”(in irish)
    2. While panchek & berwyn were arguing panchek says “I’m the only one who can give you access to your SON.”👀 & we know that panchek was giving him information about xaden & violet all along…what if the son he was talking about is “xaden”

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