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Med school is hell. Being broke is worse. Violet’s solution? Make a deal with the devil — and he answers to Riorson.
But when their worlds collide, Violet learns this deal is about more than money — it’s about power, politics, and survival. Oh and the fact she wants to climb that man like a tree.
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15 Jun 2026
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Scenes from Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, and missing scenes, from General Sorrengail's perspective.
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- 57,206
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- 10/10
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07 Jun 2026
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05 Jun 2026
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Liam’s survival guide to being a shadow by Crisalidaseason
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
18 Dec 2024
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This is a collection of Liam's advice and retelling of a story through his eyes.
(A fluff tale on developing frienships because Liam and Violet deserve to be besties)
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- Part 1 of Liam Mairi FW POV
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23 May 2026
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The Fine Line Between Courtship and Homicide by wedonotsharekills
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
11 Oct 2025
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Everyone’s been wondering what Violet Sorrengail was up to in the twelve hours before the end of Onyx Storm. Everyone already knows what Ridoc Gamlyn was doing.
But what about Sloane?
Well. Between carrying the weight of killing General Sorrengail, fearing her own signet more than the venin, and trying to remember what it feels like to hold onto something without losing it, she’s barely keeping herself together.
Not to mention:
✔ Her dragon is acting buddy-buddy with the worst-breathed dragon in the Empyrean.
✔ Secrets are coming out left, right, and centre—and not a single one of them is good.
✔ She only has a week left to win her bet with Aaric: that Ridoc will, somehow, manage to pull Violet's big brother.
✔ And worst of all? She can't decide if she wants Dain Aetos dead, humbled, or pressed up against a wall.Series
- Part 2 of The Twelve Hour Series
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- 148,589
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- 31/32
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11 May 2026
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Now that he’s risen through the ranks to Wingleader, Xaden Riorson only has one goal for his last year at Basgiath: Get all the marked kids bonded and graduated so they can fight the real enemy lurking at the borders.
The only problem is that Violet Sorrengail, the general’s youngest daughter, has also joined the Rider’s Quadrant this year. He doesn’t know why she’s here, what her plans are, or if he can trust her. All he knows is that he can’t seem to stay away.This is Fourth Wing retold from Xaden’s POV. It follows the dialogue and timeline from Fourth Wing with my own interpretations and theories of Xaden’s actions and feelings. As it was written before the release of Iron Flame, all ideas and theories are just that – theories. Many elements are my own head cannons/speculation and are unconfirmed by Rebecca Yarros.
I would recommend reading Fourth Wing first as there are major plot spoilers throughout!
All rights and characters belong to Rebecca Yarros.
IF Update: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57511519/chapters/146324800
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- Part 1 of The Empyrean
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- English
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- 143,339
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- 39/39
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08 May 2026
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A series of oneshots of varying length, retelling canon scenes from the books from Xaden’s POV!
I have attempted to recreate Rebecca Yarros’s writing style of Xaden’s internal monologue as closely as possible. Hope you enjoy these as much as I’ve liked writing them!
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08 May 2026
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The Empyrean: Fourth Wing (Xaden's POV) by alexa_raye
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
11 Jan 2026
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Newly appointed to the rank of Wingleader, Xaden Riorson only has one goal for his third and final year at Basgiath: Get all the marked ones bonded and graduated so they might stand a fighting chance against the true evil lurking at Navarre’s borders. The only problem is that Violet Sorrengail, his enemy’s youngest daughter, has also joined the Rider’s Quadrant this year. He doesn’t know why she’s here, what her plans are, or if he can trust her. All he knows is that he can’t seem to stay away.
This is a rewrite of my previous fic “The Wingleader – Xaden’s POV”. It’s a Fourth Wing retelling from Xaden’s POV with new Iron Flame updates. It follows the dialogue and chapter timeline from Fourth Wing with my own interpretations and theories of Xaden’s actions and feelings.
Do not read if you haven’t finished both FW AND IF - major spoilers from BOTH books throughout!
All rights and characters belong to Rebecca Yarros.
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- Part 2 of The Empyrean
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- 152,777
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- 30/39
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08 May 2026
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Lady Sloane Mairi never entered the Quadrant or bonded a dragon. Instead, she’s spent the last decade exasperating her aristocratic guardians, who expect her to do little besides mind her manners, smile pretty, and marry well. So when a politically-advantageous betrothal is finally secured, Sloane figures an arranged marriage will at least grant her some autonomy. After all, how hard is it to handle a husband?As it turns out, pretty damn hard, because the broad shoulders waiting at the end of the aisle belong to Colonel Dain Aetos, a jaded officer who gave everything to the war effort...and is decidedly Not Amused to find himself bringing home a tempestuous heiress.
Bound by law for the next four months, the couple merely has to endure their handfasting and they are free to part ways. But past wounds want healing, unexpected bonds demand forging, and blistering chemistry promises to set their plans aflame.
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(Or, the arranged marriage, post-war, grumpy-gremlin AU in which Sloane is the feisty aristocrat who never went to Basgiath and Dain is the decorated war hero who is barely holding it together)
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07 May 2026
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Garrick watches his best friend fall hard for Violet Sorrengail.
Set during both Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, and not necessarily in chronological order.Bookmarked by Laburd
05 May 2026
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Violet had never wanted to know the rider at the other end of their four-way bond. The life she’d carved out after graduating from Basgiath may have been miserable and small, but it was hers, and she couldn’t imagine that meeting the crown prince of Tyrrendor was likely to improve it.
She knew now that she’d underestimated him. A Sorrengail didn’t have the luxury of being so careless, but she had been, and now Xaden Riorson had left his fingerprints over her life and soul.
She thought it just might kill her.
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02 May 2026
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02 May 2026
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Welcome to the Spyverse! It is a Violet who asks questions. A Violet who will spy, lie, steal, kill, and manipulate if that is what is required of her to survive and find out the truth.
Part I (covering Fourth Wing) is complete and Part II (covering Iron Flame) is in progress!
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02 May 2026
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Xaden Riorson met a girl while on a trip to the Isles and had a mind-blowing experience. Vexed that she left while he was still sleeping, Xaden tried to find her. Even waited for her to visit the same bar as the night before. Three months later, he's welcoming the Navarrian Delegates to their first summit. In walks his Cinderella, on the arm of another man. Another Prince.
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02 May 2026
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Have you ever wondered what Fourth Wing would have been like if Violet only had one dragon? If she manifested a different signet? How Liam and Violet might have become friends without the bodyguard dynamic? What Riorgail would look like without the forced proximity? How Xaden would cope if he didn't have the mated dragon excuse to hide his feelings behind?
If you said yes to any of those questions, good news! That’s what this fic is!
This story is a reimagening of Fourth Wing where Andarna is a little older and as a result Violet bonds only one dragon; the dragon who is waiting for a rider with the heart of a rider and the mind of a scribe. It will explores an alternative signet for Violet and how this different dynamic effects the development of her relationships through the course of the first book; specificaly with Andarna, Xaden and Liam.
contains soilers for books one and book two.
Now wIth added spoilers for book three!
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01 May 2026
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keep quiet (nothing comes as easy as you) by hurricane
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
19 Mar 2024
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“This isn’t really a test of land navigation, Violence.” He smirks, reaching out to take my plate, putting it in the grass beside him. “It’s a test of teamwork.” His hand settles on my knee. “They wanted to know that we could put aside our differences and work together.”
“And we failed.” I repeat.
“Some of them did.” His hand creeps higher, fingertips sliding over my leathers, just brushing the inside of my thigh. “I think we’re doing a pretty good job of it.”
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Or, in a world where the Tyrrish haven’t rebelled, Xaden Riorson is an aristocrat and therefore must enrol in the infantry—which definitely explains how he ends up on his knees before Violet Sorrengail in the Hadden Woods, his face between her thighs. Totally.
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01 May 2026
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01 May 2026
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the life of spies is to know, not to be known by plum_petals
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
10 Apr 2026
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Violet Sorrengail’s world changes the day that her mother informs her she will be training for the Rider’s Quadrant. In a moment of anger, she stumbles upon a hidden letter in the book gifted to her by her father. Violet realizes that he was betrayed and killed to protect Navarre’s lies. Leadership is hiding something ruinous, and she is going to find out what it is, even if she has to become a rider to do it.
This Violet is distrustful of leadership, questions everything told to her with extreme prejudice, and will do anything to survive. If not for her sake, then for the truth her father died for.
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- Part 1 of spyverse
- Language:
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- 432,722
- Chapters:
- 75/75
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01 May 2026
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Violet Sorrengail had a fantastic one night stand last month. The whole point of this one night stand had been to get Xaden Riorson out of her system. And she thought, maybe, she’d managed to succeed. So when she lets Liam set her up on a blind date with his foster brother, she isn’t expecting for this night to collide stunningly with that other night. But, naturally, it does.
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- Part 1 of nights-verse
- Language:
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- 103,352
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- 11/11
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30 Apr 2026
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A story where Xaden is a Ski Patroller, Violet is a Ski Instructor and everything falls apart around them.
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29 Apr 2026