#wings of twisted fire

[liviavanrouge]

Wings of Twisted Fire Prologue

The sound of running filled a tree filled area, Lilia's eyes widening as he raced down the path. He ducked down, setting a little bundle underneath several bushes, pulling ferns over it. "HEY!! LET'S MAKE THIS EASY PAL!!" Lilia looked back then took off at full speed, leading the cloaked figures away. The bundle sniffled then wailed, a figure stopping beside the bush.

The figure crouched down, swiftly sweeping the ferns aside with their wing. Dart smiled, staring at the moon shined down on a sniffling baby. He lifted her up and lifted into the air, his wings flared wide. "Sorry Lilia"Dart mutters, looking guilty.

Lilia rushed back to the bushes, freezing in shock when he found the spot completely empty. No baby in sight. "Livia!?" He started tearing the bush apart, looking panicked. "LIVIA!!"

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Scrounge and Robin walked through the desert, their eyes narrowed as they searched for the baby that would be hidden among the dunes of the land. A third member rushed towards them, a triumphant grin on his face. "What is it, Umbre! Spit it out or I'll rip your face clean off!"Robin snaps, already annoyed to be out here in the scorching heat.

Umbre simply laughed in response and pointed away to a basket nearby, looking quite pleased with himself. The trio made their way over with Umbre in the lead, hurrying to the basket, hoping it was what they thought it was. Robin peeked around, finding a baby laying inside fast asleep.

"Robin, take the brat back, me and Umbre are gonna check to see if anyone saw us." She glared at the man but obliged and grabbed the basket, taking off into the air. Umbre and Scrounge hid among the dunes, watching silently as a woman ran up.

The woman looked around for the basket, looking alarmed. "KALIM!!?"

Umbre looked at the man beside him, the two slowly creeping away, leaving the woman there panicked and searching for the missing boy.

~~~

Running echoed through the forest, a nature fae rushing full speed towards the meeting spot so he could pass the bear cub beastman off to his fellow Peace Speaker. The sound of growling made his eyes widen, feeling fear fill him from head to toe. He shot into the air without thinking, carrying the baby in his arms as the growls got distant. Pain suddenly struck him, his eyes wide as an arrow flew into view from his chest.

Hitting the ground, he tumbled to a stop, shielding the baby causing blood to cover them. Someone landed in front of him, a pleased chuckle following as they kicked him over onto his back, seizing the bear cub from his arms. "She's a baby..."The fae mumbles, shakily lifting his hands.

The wolves claw pierced the cubs neck, causing the wailing baby to fall still, a grin on the generals face. He kicked the fae over the edge, sending them plummeting into the ravine below them. Bird stared with wide eyes then turned and rushed away before they could find her.

"Need to get a replacement!"

~~~

A shark merman sighed as he swam down to a familiar home, his eyes narrowed when his childhood friend came out, carrying her child. "Will Azul be safe?" Scar stared at her silently then gave her a swift promising nod, planning to do what it took to make sure the child wasn't harmed in any way possible. She handed Azul over to him, his eyes widening at how small the baby was in his hands.

Azul's cheek squished against his hand, making his heart do flips. He perked up, noticing her smiling at him in amusement then quickly cleared his throat trying to hide how amazed he was with how small babies could be compared to him. "He'll be safe, I promise"Scar swears, backing away. He turned and swam to the surface, moving half speed towards land.

Dart flew overhead with a baby in his arms, making him guess he got the moon cursed child. Robin followed carrying a basket with sand still falling from it, the trio heading towards the beach.

~~~

A bat beastman hung upside down, picking at the lock of a window. Opening once the lock was flipped, he pushed the window open a gentle breeze filling the room as he glided in as well as he could. He approached a bed, staring at the green haired boy. "Hello, Trey." He picked the boy up, smiling when the child seemed to lean into him.

Footsteps came from the hallway, his eyes widening as he stepped back the moment the light outside the door switched on. "Trey, I hope you didn't open your window, somehow!" The man turned and leaped to the window as the door opened.

A shriek of surprise sounded behind him, startling him and waking the boy in his arms. He took off into the air, Trey reaching towards his mother who had rushed to the window in an attempt to grab him. "Sorry kid.." He turned around, changing directions heading towards the meeting spot.

~~~

Dart sighed, flying full speed back to the Valley of Thorns after dropping Livia off, having forgotten to grab the Zigvolt child. He angled his wings, noticing a search party had been formed, Livia's name being called as lanterns moved through the woods searching for the baby.

Landing on the roof of a house, he leapt down, going through a window. A smile made its way onto his face when he saw the baby, chuckling as he poked Sebek's cheek, causing the baby to wriggle around.

"I have to check on Sebek, whoever took Livia might come for him too!" Dart's eyes widened and he scooped up Sebek, rushing to the window. The door flew open, Dart throwing himself into the air narrowly dodging an ice spell. "DART!!! YOU TRAITOR!!"

Dart looked back, giving Baul a guilty look. He looked away and shot through the air, flying full speed to the meeting area, hoping Bird arrived with the bear cub.

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"Finally, you nitwit! How do you get one Valley of Thorns brat but leave THE OTHER ONE!"Robin snaps, slapping him outside the head. Dart grumbled, really sick of the old lady hitting him for really no reason. He set Sebek down with the other kids, smiling as Trey stared at the children. Trey looked at Azul then over at Sebek curious. "I got them!"

Bird landed with a child in her arms, looking worried. "YOU GOT ANOTHER BRAT FROM THE SCALDING SANDS!?" Bird dodged a smack to her head, her eyes wide. "He was all I could get! Rath's wolves have the entire Bear Tribe surrounded and killed all of the cubs that were babies!" Bird flinched when Robin hissed at her, trembling as she set the child down.

Kalim started to stand up, hanging onto Trey who wobbled at the extra weight on him. The boy stared, his eyes glinting slightly before shoving Livia off the nest.

"HEY! Stop that!" Robin snatched Kalim up with one hand, her eyes narrowed at the boy. "Look at his eyes, he's a little monster"Robin smirked, looking quite amused, Bird soothing the crying baby.

Robin plopped Kalim back down, chuckling at the assortment of kids they had, looking quite pleased to see how they'd turn out.

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{A Few Years Later}

Kalim yelled in alarm, his hands flailing about, sputtering and spitting out water. "OH STOP! I HARDLY TOUCHED YOU! DRAMATIC BRAT!" He quickly hauled himself out of the water, coughing as he shook himself off.

Hardly touched?

Did she mean when she tossed him into the water or when she used her wing to swat him into the water?

Either way, he couldn't agree when she said she hardly touched him. She practically tried to MURDER him this ENTIRE TIME.

A shriek erupted from Kalim when Robin grabbed his ankle and swung him around, throwing him into the wall. Kalim slid down and staggered as he brought himself to his feet. "FIGHT! COME ON!" He sighed and lunged at her, readying a lightning spell only for Robin to dodge, grab his wrist and slam him into the ground pinning his arm behind his back.

"OW OW OW OW! I GIVE UP! ROBIN!!!" Robin snarled at his pleas then screamed in alarm, leaping off the pale haired boy. She whipped around, looking at her tail then glared at the figure that dared attack her. Sebek snarled at Robin and spit out feathers, making sure to add extra saliva to the spit. A silent insult and challenge.

Both clashed in a heated fight, Sebek blocking Robin's claws. He ducked and placed himself behind the parrot woman, kicking her right in the spine. Another dodge came from the male the moment a claw came at his face, his arm hooking around Robins and spinning her around.

His hands slammed her chin first to the ground, feet pinning her wings. "TOUCH Kalim again and IGNORE his pleas once more and WATCH me throw beetles into your soup!"Sebek snapped. Robin tapped Sebek's knee, letting out a low snarl.

"You won't be able to protect them forever, you annoying rat!"Robin snapped, getting to her feet. She stormed away, ruffling her feathers to make sure no loose ones stayed. "WATCH ME!"Sebek yells after her.

He turned to Kalim, offering him a hand. Kalim smiled, grateful for Sebek and grabbed the younger boys hand, getting hauled to his feet. Sebek had always been protective of them all, fighting Robin and Stork whenever either of their guardians had decided to try picking on him. Should he mention that Sebek has the BIGGEST most FATTEST crush on Livia.

No? Wait, oops, he shouldn't have really said anything cause now the secrets out. Mostly anyways.

"Kalim, Trey said it's time for lunch! Come on!" Kalim beamed, having been hungry since this morning because he gave most of his food to Livia due to her having gotten up late and there were mostly scraps left for her to try and dine on.

"FOOD! HOORAY!" Laughter came from Sebek, the two racing down the hallway to see the other four kids. He didn't find being here so bad because he had Sebek and the others by his side to get through this.

He couldn't wait to introduce them all and see everyone joke around more.

@queen-of-twisted @yukii0nna @zexal-club

[kaslanist]

my most unrealistic dream is seeing malleus turn into a full on dragon in book 7

[twisting-roads]

iterator logs but wings of fire. I dunno I don't have anything else to say

their colors didn't fit anything except rainwing really so I decided to just. Not give a shit

[shiftywing]

winter having to hold icicle's head up is going to haunt me more than i originally thought actually

[awwfur]

The rest of the TWST housewardens as WoF dragons.

Master Post

Why I picked the tribes I did and a little bit of rambles under the cut ✨✨✨

Vil: I made Vil a silk/rainwing hybrid. It wasn’t for any personality reasons, but because the two tribes are considered the two prettiest tribes in the books. So I felt that it made sense for him.

Idia: made him a silkwing. Specifically a flame silk. I figured it fit better than making him a fire scales skywing. Mostly because of the color pallet, but also because Flame silk is like a more controllable fire scales. And I know flame silks aren’t on fire, but I figure I could set the spines going down his back on fire to mimic his hair. And floofy tuffs.

Malleus: Nightwing!! It made the most sense from a color stand point, as well as the air of mystery he gives off! (To at least everyone besides Yuu/the player) and yes. I gave him the mindreading tear drop scales. Figured that alone might make him slightly more intimidating. Not sure, but I also just like how they look X3 (I could so see him either choosing not to read other peoples minds because 1- it’s rude or 2- want to be “less intimidating”)

and like the last time I did this, I pulled the colors off their character models (besides the grey on Idia)

also!!! Very tempted to make an AU out of this. So this could maybe possibly happen. We will see!

[verathena14]

drew the diasomnia boys as wings of fire dragons!

[the-leafiest-leafwing]

nightwing named pacemaker (really good at sensing heartbeats)

[twistofstory]

Had fun one night and doodled an entire page in a comic format 'cus I can. ...And then forgot about it for almost a month. Finally I was able to finish it hehe Panels aren't linked by plot, consider this a stylised sketch dump/AU comic style test (I'm not planning to make a comic, just wanted to draw out some ideas I had for a long time). What I can tell for certain is that first two panels are related to the Sculptor Also, I FINALLY finished listening to TMA! After five years. On a third try. Only thing I regret is me spoilering a bunch of cool stuff three or so years ago and menaging to remember it up to season 5... At least I was only partially crashed by the finale :D This podcast means the world to me, truly. Having full context to everything is amazing and I love Martin with all my heart. Also two particular Martin-centric episodes from season 5 were very cathartic and made me feel uncomfortably seen in a way I didn't even knew I needed- (If you know you know which ones I'm talking about 😭)

[wrenlywofau]

Dropping some palette guys at your feet

Adoring — “Delicious Delirium” Prince of the MoonWings (the NightWings who left with Darkstalker to resettle the Lost City of Night). 1/4 IceWing. Not biologically related to Darkstalker.

Azure — “Mountain Dew Voltage” Abdicated Prince of the SeaWings. Tsunami’s older brother from a different clutch. Left the royal family early on in the War of SandWing Succession, before his tribe’s alliance with Blister was fully established. Later moved to Possibility.

Wildfire — “Citrus Dreams” LeafWing-SkyWing hybrid. Attends Jade Mountain Academy as part of the Bismuth Winglet, an all-hybrids winglet.

[blujello]

All that shitting on ships aside i fuckn love Lynxfall it's genuinely a great ship

Snowfall CRYING at the prospect of Lynx going on some mission to another continent bc she's so afraid Lynx'll maybe die is so heartwarming to see specifically from her bc of her usual cold attitude

It's such a great way to show that Snowfall does truly treasure Lynx's companionship (platonic or romantic either work i just happen to love them as a couple)

I also absolutely love that Lynx blocks Tundra while Snowfall breaks the name wall idk why i just really like that scene

[liviavanrouge]

Wings of Twisted Fire Masterlist

Prophecy

Prologue- Gathered

[wofconfessionsblog]

Webs is legitimately such an awful teacher, Clay doesn’t even know how to write, and I think we all remember the whole telling Tsunami Aquatic is for Seawing mating rituals or some shit

why the fart did they allow him to teach at jma…

[hoeelliexx]

I started doing end of the year TBR last year and it went horribly… So here I am trying again!

24 books I want to read before 2024 is over. My hopes are abysmal but we will see! Big thanks to NetGalley for doubling my TBR with a few ARCs!

QOTD: Do keep to a strict list when working through your TBR or are you a mood reader?

[awwfur]

Drew some of the Twisted Wonderland housewardens as Wings of Fire dragons

Master Post

(what dragons I made them and why under the cut✨)

Riddle: made Riddle a skywing. Mostly because of color but also most Skywing seem to be quick to anger and that fit him really well. (Wanna point out I tried to make a heart shaped indent in Riddle’s horns as I couldn’t do a heart shape with hair haha)

Leona: I nearly made him a hivewing due to them living in a Savana. But ultimately made him a sandwing, very happy I did because I could semi- translate his hair onto a dragon using the sandwing mane-sail thing.

Azul: Made him a seawing! They’re the only tribe that can breathe underwater and live in the sea so it was a no brainer.

Kalim: I made him a Sandwing/rainwing hybrid! Sandwing fit his character design better, but the laid back nature of Rainwings also fit him really well, so I made him a hybrid.

all their colors were pulled off their in game models. Mostly their hair tbh (excluding Leona who I pulled color from his lion ears, and Azul who I mostly pulled from his OB where he’s in his mer-form. Although I did slightly change some of Azul’s colors). Kalim was a pain as I ended up fiddling with colors a lot because his hair didn’t give a lot of wiggle room for color that would fit a rainwing or sandwing.

these were super fun to do, over a year ago I started to draw Riddle as skywing, but never ended up finishing it. I just kinda hope I translated them over well into WoF dragons

[hollowflight-propaganda]

Gonna come out the gate swinging and say that the revelation of Clay being a bigwings works for what it is, and those who criticize only this part of the book need to read it again.

Clay's arc in this book is realizing that he isn't the monster he was raised to be, which he fulfills before this point. He didn't bring himself to kill Fjord because even when faced with the possibility of getting killed, he won't go against his morals. When fighting Peril he very clearly said that he doesn't think the world needs to work this way. That he doesn't feel a killer inside of him, and that's not who he is.

Clay has already confronted this supposed monster inside of him by deciding to find a different way to fulfill the things he needs to do as a dragonet of destiny. At this point he doesn't have doubts about who he is, because he knows what his true values are now, and that he can still hold onto those in the face of adversity.

Kestrel's last words before she takes off are, "Listen, MudWing. For all your noble talk, you're not going to be any use to the others if you can't fight and kill to defend them. Just think about that." This is only part until the reveal of Clay being a bigwings where this conflict is brought up again, because Clay knows now that he doesn't need to kill to defend those he cares about. Earlier in the book, Clay constantly thought about whether or not he'd have to kill, if he'd succumb to this monster inside of him. But now, after being put in a death arena (the perfect outer conflict to go against this inner conflict I might add) and finding a way around having to do so, he knows this isn't true.

"But that's not realistic!" I hear you cry. I think that's what Tsunami and Glory are supposed to represent in this book. Tsunami has to kill Gill in self defense, and Glory kills Fjord to save Clay. These scenes existing beside Clay's arc show that yes, sometimes killing may be necessary in a life or death scenario, but it's possible to find a less violent way out if you want to try and look for it.

That's supposed to be the thought process behind this whole arc, things are resolved not by following the Talons plan, not by choosing one of the SandWing sisters, and not by conforming to what the world perceives them as. They find their own way to stop the war.

And while the idea of never having to commit an act of violence to protect those you love in a world that's been wrecked by war is very idealistic I admit, remember that this ultimately is a book series aimed at kids. I'm not saying that in a, "It's not that serious, it's just a kids book," kinda way (that'd be very hypocritical of me after analyzing these dragons to hell and back), I'm saying it in a, "Remember what the target audience is," kinda way.

Tui's message to kids is one of being hopeful in the world, even when it's hard to see the good. Wings of Fire for being a very violent book series has always had a really hopeful message about not conforming to what society wants of you, and finding your own way to live the life you want to live.

Clay's arc in this book is exactly this. He's been raised by the Talons since birth to be a soldier for their cause, but he doesn't want to do it their way. So he decides he's not going to.

Clay's not a monster, and has never been. He's a bigwings. A big brother, a good friend, someone who will do anything for his family.

"Kestrel was wrong, all wrong about him, and she always had been. His strength wasn't for killing and violence; it was for protecting his brothers and sisters. He wasn't destined to be a monster. He wasn't a killer deep inside somewhere.

He was a bigwings."

[lunaaranala]

i feel the need to list every fandom/ship i am or was ever interested in so here we are

persona 5, spefically i am very normal about shuake

and persona 3 and 4 they're cool

genshin impact, the number of ships i like is ridiculs because of how many characters there are tho i do fixate on wanderer

wings of fire my childhood

harry potter fanfiction is my entire love for this series

keeper of the lost cities i loved it in the beginning but ever since nightfall(book 6), they haven't been really good in my opinion

ascendance of a bookworm the fanfictions are great

twisted wonderland i love fairy tale twists and adding in pretty boys is heaven, leona is my favorite

splatoon, haven't really been in since 3 released but agent 3/agent 8 is my favorite

mystic messenger some of the bad endings are seriously messed up

cinderella phenomenon, karma and waltz are my favorite li

dc specially the batfamily tho john constantine is also interesting

percy jackson and the varies riordan verse nico is the sweetest and deserves all the sunshine, fics where the pantheons meet are fun

hades fics where zagreus meets nico are interesting wish there were more

danny phantom, im in it for the crossovers

ensemble stars, a friend introduced me, not super invested but the music is nice, but dont talk to me about izumi sena i loathe him

omniscient reader another friend introduced me, and i love it and joongdok so much

the s classes that i raised mc with the chains guy is fun

who made me a princess luathy consumed my mind when i read this

i shall master this family very interesting

carmen sandiego gray/carmen

my hero academia most ships are open season exept ochaco/deku they just don't seem to have that chemistry, todosibling fluff is great tho

linked universe i mean it's amazing

voltron shenanigains are fun

avatar i prefer atla over alok

tales of arcadia douxie

the world ends with you joshneku all the way

this will probably be edited later to add thoughts or anything im forgetting

and not even a minute after i post this i add more

trolls i got weirdly into broppy a couple weeks ago

spiderverse dont really like marvel but the movie was cool love the changing artstyles and hobie

our life beginnings and always and maybe our life now and forever once that's completed

update august 5

scum villain self saving system listen I didn't know it was a somewhat smut series and now I'm just attached to cumplane's bond whether they're bros or hoes

fullmetal alchemist so I'm really really attached to the tension thing I guess since I like edroy, and like ed's the kid who got his arm and leg stolen by God when he was eleven which killed any innocence plus do you really think anyone could stop ed if he really wanted roy? also roy is a sad little man that is now my blorbo like look at this dis-functioning manwhore with flowery words

dragon age zevran the suave pretty man, also I'm somewhat attached to solas just cause the large mass of people want to jump his bones, excited for veilguard

yuri on ice! vituuri is nice but yurio the fierce tiger is my precious

bungo stray dogs I've been dipping my toes in but haven't watched yet

dr stone these quirky children I love them so much

gravity falls weirdness is fun, need to read the book of bill, and great gatsby but for unrelated reasons