Fourth Wing Trivia
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147 free Fourth Wing trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 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 must every candidate cross on their first day to reach the Riders Quadrant?
The parapet
The parapet is a narrow stone bridge high above a river valley, and wind and wet stone send candidates falling to their deaths before their training has even begun.
Q 02Which branch of Basgiath had Violet trained her whole life to enter before her mother intervened?
The Scribes
The Scribes: Violet had prepared all her life for the Scribe Quadrant, but General Sorrengail refused to see any of her children there and ordered her to become a rider.
Q 03In which of Violet's texts do the venin appear long before she meets one?
A book of fables
A book of fables: Violet takes The Fables of the Barren's tales of the venin for folklore until the creatures attack for real.
Q 04Why does Violet expect Xaden Riorson to want her dead?
Her mother had his father executed
Her mother had his father executed: General Sorrengail captured rebel leader Fen Riorson and saw him put to death, yet Xaden ends up protecting Violet instead of killing her.
Q 05What kind of dragon is Tairn?
A black morningstartail dragon
A black morningstartail dragon, Tairn is a behemoth among Navarre's dragons, and his choice of the frail Violet at Threshing defies everyone's expectations.
Q 06What colour is Andarna, the small dragon Violet saves and bonds with?
Golden
Golden: Andarna's gleaming scales mark her out among the dragons, and when cadets hunt her at Threshing Violet stands guard over her until Tairn arrives.
Q 07What power does Violet manifest through Tairn?
Lightning wielding
Lightning wielding: the rare signet first bursts out of Violet uncontrolled during a War Games exercise, when Jack Barlowe goes after her friend Liam.
Q 08What signet does Xaden Riorson, wingleader of Fourth Wing, wield?
Shadows
Shadows: Xaden Riorson can make them solid enough to kill, and when cadets break into Violet's room at night he uses them to cut her attackers down.
Q 09What is Dain Aetos's power?
Retrocognition
Retrocognition lets Dain read a person's memories by touch; using it on Violet without her consent betrays Xaden's secret and costs Dain her friendship.
Q 10Which dragon is the mate of Violet's dragon Tairn?
Sgaeyl
Sgaeyl and Tairn are a mated pair who cannot bear long separations, which keeps forcing their riders, Violet and Xaden, into each other's company.
Q 11How does Violet gain an early edge over her stronger sparring partners?
She poisons them beforehand
She poisons them beforehand: Violet learns who she will face on the mat, then slips each opponent a dose so they arrive too sick or weak to beat her.
Q 12What does each of the many scars across Xaden Riorson's back stand for?
A rebel's child he answers for
A rebel's child he answers for: Xaden took personal responsibility for all the rebels' children, a bargain that let them enter the Riders Quadrant instead of being executed.
Q 13What does Violet's newly manifested signet set off that seems to kill Jack Barlowe?
A landslide
Q 21In Iron Flame, what does Warrick's journal lie about?
The number of dens
The number of dens: the journal says six, but the truth is seven, and the missing fire has to come from a dragon den nobody knew existed.
Q 22What does Xaden reveal about himself at the very end of Iron Flame?
He has become venin
He has become venin: to kill a venin Sage and save Violet in the battle for Basgiath, Xaden reached for forbidden power, and curing him becomes her secret mission in Onyx Storm.
Q 23Who is Cat, introduced in Iron Flame?
A flier and Xaden's ex-fiancée
A landslide buries Jack Barlowe when Violet's power first erupts, and everyone believes him dead until he walks back into Basgiath in Iron Flame.
Q 14What does the returned Jack Barlowe do in Iron Flame that baffles Violet?
He saves her life
He saves her life: the cadet who swore to kill her cuts down an assassin as she hangs over a drop, yet by the end of the book he is exposed as a venin.
Q 15What are the venin?
Magic-wielders who drain the earth
Magic-wielders who drain the earth: venin take power straight from the ground instead of channelling a dragon's, and Navarre's leaders hide their attacks from their own people.
Q 16What is the profession of Violet's father, Asher Sorrengail?
A scribe curator
A scribe curator: Asher Sorrengail kept Basgiath's Archives, and the research he hid before his death becomes the trail Violet follows across the isles in Onyx Storm.
Q 17Who is the sadistic vice commandant who tortures Violet in Iron Flame?
Major Burton Varrish
Major Burton Varrish, whose signet reads a person's weaknesses, tortures Violet for days until Dain Aetos finally turns on him.
Q 18The first-year cadet calling himself Aaric Graycastle is really who?
A prince of Navarre
A prince of Navarre: he is Cam Tauri, King Tauri's third son, who enrols under a false name because he wants to fight the venin threat his family ignores.
Q 19Who were the First Six?
The riders who built Navarre's wards
The riders who built Navarre's wards: the wardstone the First Six raised at Basgiath has shielded the kingdom ever since, and their lost journals hold the only instructions for making another.
Q 20What must a person have to open the Archives vault that hides the journals Violet needs?
Royal blood
Royal blood: only someone of the king's line can enter the vault, so Violet's squad needs an unlikely accomplice for the theft, and the journals they steal show how to raise new wards.
A flier and Xaden's ex-fiancée: Cat rides a gryphon, and her uncle's bargain with the rebels brings her to their base to train alongside Violet.
Q 24Iron Flame's release was marred by what?
Widespread misprints
Widespread misprints: many first-run copies of Iron Flame shipped with printing defects such as wrong spines and upside-down pages, and Entangled arranged replacements.
Q 25What has Xaden been secretly smuggling to the gryphon fliers across Navarre's border?
Weapons
Weapons: Xaden and his fellow rebels arm the fliers because Navarre refuses to help its neighbours, a treason Violet uncovers on the flight to Athebyne.
Q 26What is the name of the silver-haired venin woman who is Onyx Storm's main antagonist?
Theophanie
Theophanie, a venin who commands storms, captures Violet's sister Mira to force the final battle, where Violet kills her.
Q 27What is Andarna unable to do after her sacrifice in Violet's first battle with venin?
Carry a rider
Carry a rider: the power she spends there harms the young dragon for good, and in Iron Flame Violet is left with the guilt of knowing what saving her cost.
Q 28What does Mira give Violet to protect her before she enters the Riders Quadrant?
Dragon-scale armor
Dragon-scale armor: Mira has a vest made from her own dragon's scales, and it turns aside a blade meant to kill Violet during Threshing.
Q 29What surprise does Violet wake up to at the very end of Onyx Storm?
A wedding ring
A wedding ring: Violet wakes with hours of memory gone, a ring on her hand and papers saying she has married Xaden, and Imogen admits she wiped the memory at Violet's request.
Q 30Which cadet's hidden signet is revealed as precognition in Onyx Storm?
Aaric
Aaric turns out to be a true precog; he hid the signet, but his foresight delivers the very weapon Violet needs to win the final battle.