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Part 1 of Empyrean Thrones
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2024-02-09
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First Flight

Summary:


“There’s no room for wilting flowers here.”

 

Since she was young, Violet Sorrengail had been training to be a scribe until her mother, the commanding general, inevitably puts her on the path of becoming a dragon rider and serve in the Navarrian army. It is her destiny, after all, to carry on the legacy her forefathers passed down to her family lineage. Now she must navigate her way through this new setting and climb the ranks in order to fulfill her mother’s promise of achieving glory and finally obtaining her lifelong dream of flying. But fewer dragons are willing to bond with humans these days and hidden beyond the shadows of the mountainous region protecting the place she calls home lies a secret she may not be ready to face just yet.

Or

A canon divergent rewrite of Fourth Wing

Chapter 1: Name Pronunciations

Summary:

Because Yarros couldn't be bothered to add a list of the dragon names + pronunciation in either book, I did it for her.

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NOTE: All of the canonical names listed here are actual words used in the Scottish Gaelic language; they are not names in the traditional sense. I do not speak Gaelic so the way I write the pronunciations may be a bit off. The translated terms are in parenthesis for your convenience. Please refer to LearnGaelic.net and Muireann on TikTok to hear how it’s spoken.

 

DRAGONS OF THE VALE:

  • Teine (fire): chen-yeh
  • Tàirneanach (thunder): Tarn-ee-nak
  • Andàrnaurram (the second honor): an-dàrna-urrem
  • Aotromas (lightness): uu-drem-es
  • Cath (battle): kah
  • Chràdh (torment): krag
  • Claidh (burial ground, cemetery): kl-eye
  • Marasgal (marshal): ma-rah-skal
  • Codagh (derived from the word "cogadh" which means warfare): koh-dah
  • Daoimean (diamond): duy-man
  • Deigh (ice): jay
  • Sgàeyl (shadow): sc-all
  • Furachas (vigilance): foo-ruh-hus
  • Glane (clean): glan
  • Marbh (dead/deceased): mah-rav
  • Sliseag (chip): slee-shag
  • Faoileas (sparkle): fea-lias

DRAGONS BEYOND THE VALE (Non-canon):

  • Sciathyhur: skah-thi-heur
  • Iòsurram: yos-urrem