Tairn Fourth Wing: Debunking The Myths - OpenSIPS Trunking Solutions

Prior to the events of fourth wing, tairn had refused to bond in the five years between naolin's death and violet's threshing.

[1] tairn first appears during threshing, despite not having planned to as he was not present for presentation.

He flew in to protect andarna from tynan, jack barlowe and oren seifert.

This reddit theory suggests that tairn and sgaeyl were playing matchmaker during the events of fourth wing which, if true, adds to their overall characterizations in a new, sweet way. Read also: This Simple Trick Stops Sour Noodle Leaks—Guaranteed!

According to the theory, sgaeyl may have noticed xaden's initial attraction to violet and decided to help them despite the humans' mutual stubbornness. Read also: Unidentified Ginger Leak: Prepare For A Mind-Blowing Revelation

How did tairn not know that andarna was at minimum, unique?

We learned that the heads of the den, the elders, allow (or don't allow) dragons to bond in right of benefaction. Read also: Craigslist Lincoln Listing: The Clues You've Been Missing

Heads of dens would never allow a baby dragon to bond, but because andarna is the head of her special seventh den, she bonded.

How would this not have made tairn suspicious?

Fourth wing chapter 37.

As violet and tairn fly up to begin their attack, tairn roars out in pain.

A venin has climbed onto tairns back and is stabbing him all over.

The venin tries to get violet to kill her, but violet starts using her big brain and gets out of her saddle with a new plan to kill the venin!

We know tairn bonded to naolin who fought for navarre during the rebellion.

Now tairn is bonded to violet and chose her already knowing he would fight for the new rebellion since he is mated to sgaeyl.

Tairn dragon is a dragon who bonds violet sorrengail in the first book of the empyrean series, fourth wing.

Tairn is a black dragon, massive, who looks like a killing machine.

Tairns tail functions like a morningstar.

However, there's one statement from tairn in fourth wing that might contradict this belief.

When andarna explains her gift to violet in the first novel, it's stated that feathertails can gift their power to their rider, but tairn mentions that most feathertail gifts disappear with maturity when they begin to channel.