160 free Fourth Wing trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
51 free Fourth Wing trivia questions with answers. Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series went from a romantasy imprint's launch title to the fastest-selling adult novel in two decades, and its readers argue about signets and dragon dens the way other fandoms argue about wands. This Fourth Wing trivia quiz covers all three published books: Violet's first year at Basgiath, Threshing, Tairn and Andarna, the marked ones, Athebyne and the venin; Iron Flame's wardstones, Varrish and the First Six; and Onyx Storm's island quest, the irids and that ending. There is also a section on Yarros herself, Red Tower Books, BookTok and the Amazon adaptation. Be warned that the questions contain spoilers through Onyx Storm. It works as a book-club warm-up, a release-party game or a solo test before Threshing Day arrives. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on the books, the author and the publisher, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01What is the name of the military academy Violet is forced to attend?
Basgiath War College
Her mother, General Lilith Sorrengail, commands it and orders her into the Riders Quadrant.
Q 02Which branch of Basgiath had Violet trained her whole life to enter before her mother intervened?
The Scribes
Her father Asher had been a curator of the Scribe Quadrant before he died of a heart attack.
Q 03In which kingdom is Basgiath located?
Navarre
Its neighbour Poromiel is home to the gryphon fliers Navarre has abandoned to the venin.
Q 04Which powerful, marked third-year wingleader must Violet avoid being killed by early in the book?
Xaden Riorson
His father Fen led the rebellion and was executed by Violet's mother, so their hostility is personal.
Q 05Violet becomes the first rider ever to do what?
Bond two dragons
She bonds the huge black Tairn and the small golden Andarna in the same Threshing.
Q 06What is Tairn?
A black morningstartail dragon
His full name is Tairneanach; he is mated to Xaden's dragon Sgaeyl, which is why the two riders can never be far apart.
Q 07What colour is Andarna, the small dragon Violet saves and bonds with?
Golden
Her full name is Andarnaurram, and she turns out to be from an unknown seventh dragon den.
Q 08What power does Violet manifest through Tairn?
Lightning wielding
She first uses it in a capture-the-flag game to trigger a landslide that seemingly kills a rival cadet.
Q 09What is the wingleader of Fourth Wing's signet?
Shadows
He later turns out to have a second, illegal signet: he is an inntinnsic who can sense people's intentions.
Q 10What is Dain Aetos's power?
Retrocognition
He can read memories by touch, and using it on Violet without consent is what leads Colonel Aetos to the trap at Athebyne.
Q 11What is Xaden's dragon called?
Sgaeyl
She is a navy-blue daggertail, originally bonded to his grandfather.
Q 12Who becomes Violet's best friend among the first-year riders?
Rhiannon Matthias
Rhiannon bonds a green daggertail, Feirge, and her signet is retrieval.
Q 13How does Violet gain an early edge over her stronger sparring partners?
She poisons them beforehand
She learns their names in advance and doses them, a very scribe-like solution to a rider's problem.
What are the branded children of the executed rebels called?
Q 21Who is the sadistic vice commandant who tortures Violet in Iron Flame?
Major Burton Varrish
His signet reads a person's weaknesses; Dain finally turns on him and stabs him.
Q 22The first-year cadet calling himself Aaric Graycastle is really who?
A prince of Navarre
Camlaen Aaric Tauri is King Tauri's third son; only royal blood can open the vault holding the First Six's journals.
Q 23Who were the First Six?
The riders who built Navarre's wards
Violet hunts down the journals of two of them, Lyra and Warrick, to learn how to raise the Aretia wardstone.
The marked ones
Their rebellion relics were given by General Melgren's dragon Codagh, and three or more of them together blind his battle-foreseeing signet.
Q 15Which cadet vows to kill Violet on her first day and later returns as a venin?
Jack Barlowe
He sacrifices his own dragon in Iron Flame to destroy the Basgiath wardstone.
Q 16Which marked cadet does Xaden assign to protect Violet, and who dies at Athebyne?
Liam Mairi
He grew up with Xaden as a foster brother; his sister Sloane later blames Violet for his death.
Q 17What are the venin?
Magic-wielders who drain the earth
Navarre's leaders conceal their existence; Xaden becomes one himself at the end of Iron Flame.
Q 18Where do Xaden and the survivors take refuge after the battle at Athebyne?
Aretia
The supposedly destroyed city turns out to be the base of a secret rebellion led by Violet's brother.
Q 19What is the profession of Violet's father, Asher Sorrengail?
A scribe curator
His hidden research is what sends Violet to the isle kingdom of Deverelli in Onyx Storm.
Q 20Which family member does Violet discover is secretly alive in Iron Flame?
Her brother Brennan
He is a lieutenant colonel in the revolution and his signet, mending, lets him heal the broken wardstone.
Q 24Who sacrifices herself to fully imbue the Basgiath wardstone at the climax of Iron Flame?
Lilith Sorrengail
Sloane siphons all the magic from the general and her dragon; the loss of Lilith's storm wielding leaves Navarre plagued by storms in Onyx Storm.
Q 25How many dragon dens are needed to activate the wardstone, according to Lyra's journal?
Seven
Warrick lied and wrote six; Andarna's unknown seventh den supplies the missing fire.
Q 26What does Xaden reveal on the final page of Iron Flame?
He has become venin
He drew magic straight from the ground to kill the venin sage and protect Violet.
Q 27Who is Cat, introduced in Iron Flame?
A flier and Xaden's ex-fiancée
Catriona Cordella is Viscount Tecarus's niece; the engagement ended a year before the books begin.
Q 28Iron Flame's release was marred by what?
Widespread misprints
Some spines read Fourth Wing, some covers were upside down, and Entangled agreed to exchange the copies.
Q 29What is Xaden's title once he is reinstated in Onyx Storm?
Duke of Tyrrendor
It gives him a seat on the Senarium and separates him from Violet.
Q 30What is the name of the silver-haired venin woman who is Onyx Storm's main antagonist?
Theophanie
She wields storm magic and is finally killed with a dagger Aaric hands to Violet.