MILD FOURTH WING SPOILERS BELOW! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

MILD FOURTH WING SPOILERS BELOW! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I was meant to draw Violet and Xaden but dragons are still my fav (I kind of feel 15 again with the dragon renaissance, anyone else?). So when I saw a baby tiger playing with its mum's tail, I just had to draw Tairn and Andarna like this.

You can't tell me it's not possible that she played like this when she was younger.

Obvious disclaimer that I'm still not a creature artist. I'm just having fun with this.

Inspired by Tairn and Andarna from Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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xaden: NO romance!

xaden: now i'm gonna go pick some violets at the break of dawn and leave them in violet's room for her to wake up to... cause her name is violet

xaden: but no romance!! ❌❌💘🚫🚫

chapter 3 of castles crumbling (aka Tales from the Airport Bathroom extended version) now posted!

Chapter 3: Fire and Brimstone is now up on AO3: READ HERE

Remember when I said I didn't know when chapter 3 would come out? lol yeah, here's 8.6k words that I wrote and edited in a day, bc xaden pov. Enjoy!

Summary:

Violet should already be dead. People whispered about her weak body and how she would never live up to her family's martial accomplishments. Violet rose above them all, however, fighting and killing to survive the Navarrian Intelligence Agency's brutal BASGIATH training protocol. Now, people whisper about Violet's swift ascension through the NIA's ranks as one of its most valuable operatives and assassins. The whispers don't matter to Violet: She has her own agenda, and it's a dangerous one - finding out what happened to her father.

But one mission changes everything: Suddenly, Violet finds herself in the crosshairs when she stumbles on information Navarre wants buried, and the country she fought for begins to turn on her. Violet knows too much, but she's determined to do what she does best: Survive. Her only hope is the son of the man who they say killed her brother, but their partnership is far from assured. Some grudges run deep, and trust is a currency too valuable to give freely. Xaden realizes Violet may be the key to everything, but with enemies seen and unseen closing in on all sides, the consequences of failure are deadly.

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If there is one thing I’ve learned about dealing with the Cordella’s, it’s to be on my guard at all fucking times.

That’s not just because Syrena is fully capable of giving me a run for my money through her sheer combat prowess. It’s also because Catriona Cordella is an instigating, power-hungry vulture that seems to specialize in bringing someone from mild annoyance to all-out rage in five seconds flat.

I’ve kept my fingers crossed that Syrena would come on her own today, but when Bodhi and I enter the alleyway just off the main square, I’m resigned to the fact that I have no such luck when she emerges from the shadows with Cat in tow.

Bodhi looks at me with apprehension as I cross my arms across my chest and lock my mask in place. I’m not here to play Catriona’s fucking mind games today, and I know she’ll be in top form given our previous interactions since I broke it off with her.

“Syrena,” I acknowledge, before my eyes slide over to Catriona. “Catriona.”

“Riorson,” Syrena dips her head in greeting. She looks exhausted. She’s the niece of a prominent Poromish politician, but she hasn’t lived her life in luxury.

No, she’s fighting against Navarre’s own mistakes, and she’s paying the price for it.

I have not even managed to play wordle yet today but I did go to the dentist and post this so please enjoy

I shouldn’t be allowed to post after 9pm because I really should be in bed instead but I can’t stare at this one any longer without going insane so now it’s yours

I know exactly where his notes are--in the one location he spent the majority of his after-hours time. (ch24, pg308)

So, I totally missed this on first read through of course. (Like so many other things.)

But Violet knows where her father's research is?! Or at least notes of it?! The research on feathertails and the "Krovlan uprising" that he was supposedly working on before he died???

WHY HAVEN'T YOU GOTTEN THAT RESEARCH YET, VIOLET?!

(And WHERE is it? Where is this place? I need to know!)

I mean, after the major information given by Andarna in IF, I would assume we're going to get it?

Yes? No?