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In theFourth Wingseries , a big subject of argumentation among readers is the nature ofViolet Sorrengail ’s second signet , but I ’m pretty certain it ’s been staring us in the cheek this whole time . Rebecca Yarros has mystery story - boxed quite a scrap of the story through the first two books , setting up multiple mystery story yet to be untangle . While it sometimes annoys me when a writer mess mystery on top of secret with no resoluteness , Yarros has done a really satisfying chore of balancing setup with revelation so far .
It ’s a good thing , too , becauseI and other fan are choke nuts seek to figure out the answers to these questions , hypothesise about everything from whether Naolin is still alive to whether Jack Barlowe will get a repurchase bow ( please , no ) . Most of the biggest theories , however , are reserve for Violet and Andarna . Specifically , Violet ’s Sorrengail’ssecond signet through Andarna has n’t yet manifest – that we know of , at least . Rebecca Yarros has said she ’s put pile of hints in the Christian Bible about what Violet ’s secondsignet in the Empyrean Seriescould be , and I think I might know .
The next book in The Empyrean Series could expend one small detail from Fourth Wing to admit Violet ’s 2nd signet to unfeignedly and fully manifest .
Violet Seeing Liam Was A Purposeful Misdirect
It Would Be A Really Clever Red Herring
The biggest hint that Violet ’s second signet is that she can see and talk to the beat is , of course , the prolonged conversation she had with Liam Mairi during Varrish ’s torturing session . It was somewhat impressive , consider Liam was numb and all . The Word of God strongly implied that it ’s Violet ’s unappeasable feelings of guiltiness over not being capable to salvage Liam and the fact she was undergoing such dire physical and genial torture at the time , that she started hallucinate her dead booster . The hallucination was Violet ’s subconscious coping with the torture to keep her mind intact .
But I started thinking : what if it was n’t a hallucination?What if Rebecca Yarros simply used a common image – the intellect under extreme accent and annoyance hallucinate a loved one to stay sane – and leave us to think that Violet was hallucinating to throw us off the track ? Again , Rebecca Yarros has pronounce she ’s thrown multiple hints into the books about Violet ’s 2nd signet and that anyone who has been tight connecting the dots should be able-bodied to figure it out .
Rebecca Yarros has said she ’s throw multiple hints into the books about Violet ’s second signet and that anyone who has been closely connecting the dots should be able to figure it out .
If she can speak to the dead , it actually makes the torturing panorama make more sense to me . I would have bought her hallucinating Liam in moment of despair . Still , the fact that he stuck around for a few day and seemed to mind to her command , assuring her he would n’t leave , seemed far too advanced andtherefor him to be a impermanent shade constructed by a fever dream . Instead , I think he was an existent ghost .
It’s Possible Violet Can Do More Than Merely See And Speak To The Dead
It Might Relate To Her Time-Manipulating Abilities
Then I start thinking , what if Violet ’s second signet is n’t just seeing and speaking to the dead , but raising the dead?I begin ponder this because of Violet ’s irregular , Andarna - impart great power to stop time . It would be really odd if Violet ’s second , permanent signet through Andarna had nothing to do with meter , whether fast - forward , fillet , or reversing it . Now , some reader reckon Violet ’s signet through Andarna will be prognostication , and , if I stick with the time - related line of mentation , that would make common sense . After all , prognostication and clairvoyance are nothing more than being able-bodied to see into the future .
Still , the time possibility would still work with Violet being able to revive the dead . One way of thinking about it is thatresurrection is n’t a character of necromancy , but simply a use of time , rewinding it far enough to a power point before that somebody ’s decease , thus bringing them back and into the present moment . I think that could even explain why Liam ’s shade finally disappeared – or at the very least , Violet just stopped seeing him . She was being tortured and under the influence of serum , so it ’s likely she was n’t capable to manifest that signet permanently under the circumstances . So she fetch Liam back , but only temporarily .
This Being Violet’s Second Sigil Is How Her Father Could Appear
Violet Deserves Closure - Plus, He’s Important
Whether Violet can see and address to the bushed or go so far as to resurrect them , I’m really skip this is a way to bring her father back , even temporarily . A hundred theories have flown around the fandom about Violet ’s dad inFourth Wing , from him being a venin , to him take his own life to protect his secrets , and more . Either way , her forefather ’s enquiry is being set up as key to defeating the venin . At some point , Violet will either have to find his missing work , or she ’ll have to lick his closed book some other way of life . What good means to do that than to speak straight to him , active or dead ?
One mastermind Fourth Wing theory reveals the possible cause behind Violet ’s father ’s cryptic end before the beginning of the series .
Violet ’s had the chance to make her ataraxis with every one of her family members , save her Fatherhood . Violet and Mira have always had a solid kinship . Brennan expose himself to be alive , and Violet and Mira have in conclusion forgive him . Even Lilith stopped being General Sorrengail long enough to simply be Violet ’s mama , sacrificing herself for her girl , expressing her dear in one final routine . With how close Violet and her dad were , it ’s only bonnie she gets one last scene with him to say adios . It seems unlikely that her dad would still be active seeing how that trick was already pull with Brennan , so I mean he ’s numb and Violet can bring him back for answers and gag law .
It seems unlikely that her dad would still be alert seeing how that trick was already pulled with Brennan , so I think he ’s utter and Violet can convey him back for answer and cloture .
There Are A Few Problems With My Theory, Though
It Would Have Been Hard For Violet To Channel (But Not Impossible)
unluckily , there are a few problems with my theory . The first job is that , when Varrish was excruciate Violet , he give her a blood serum that swerve her off from her power and made her unable to access them . That puts a passably significant damper on Liam ’s appearance being Violet evidence her second signet . If she ca n’t access her power , she has no powers , bare as that . Any other character in the chronicle would be toast , completely at the mercy of the serum and Varrish ’s brutal ministration .
Still , it ’s not insufferable to think there might be a loophole . Violet had already been dose with the same world power - dampen blood serum once , so it could be let out that with repeated exposure to it , it ’s less effective . Violet has also always had a real Chosen One vibe ; she ’s always been extra and unique in the way so many romantasy heroines are . Her office is rare and prodigious and no one is sure where it comes from , or why she can channel so much power . It would be very easy for Rebecca Yarros to write a loophole for Violet that explain why she could access her powers even after take up the serum .
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Fourth Wing
April 5 , 2023
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Iron Flame
October 31 , 2023
Onyx Storm
Art by @meiflowersketches
January 21 , 2025
The 2nd major problem with my theory is that , at the time , Andarna was still in the Dreamless Sleep , transitioning to her more matured , teenage sort . It ’s not clear whether or not riders can channel their firedrake when their Draco are in the Dreamless Sleep , but it does n’t seem like they should be able-bodied to . No one actually eff , though , asno dragon as young as Andarna had ever choose to be bonded to a passenger . Just like Violet , Andarna is special , and their bond is potent , so it ’s potential that even through the serum and Dreamless Sleep , Violet was able to pink into something or Andarna was capable to send her power .
Just like Violet , Andarna is special , and their bond is strong , so it ’s possible that even through the serum and Dreamless Sleep , Violet was able to tap into something or Andarna was able-bodied to institutionalise her business leader .
Whatever Violet ’s 2nd signet ability is , it ’s sure to come in grasp in the nextFourth Wingbook , Onyx Storm . From a narration perspective , an source does n’t tease something this long without the reveal pack a major punch . Violet ’s lightning signet has already saved everyone many prison term , and her impermanent fillet time ability have also been huge ( except for poor Liam ) inFourth Wing . Her second power is being lay out up as being even more rarefied and brawny . Whatever her 2d signet is , I ’m certain we ’ll all groan that we did n’t figure it out sooner .
Onyx Stormwill be released on January 21 , 2025 .
