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Fourth Wing & Empyrean News
The news hub of dragonkind.wiki, tracking everything happening in Rebecca Yarros's dragonkind universe: the Threshing Day release, the official dragonkind.com experience, the Fourth Wing graphic novel, and the adaptations in the works.
Every item below is compiled from media reports (IGN, Deadline, Rolling Stone, Screen Rant, Winter is Coming, AOL, 9news, Forbes) or from the author's social media, as noted on each entry. Community discoveries that are not officially confirmed are clearly marked as unofficial.
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Everything happening in the dragonkind universe, newest first. Each item is dated and sourced.
Threshing Day's Thirteen Points of View Confirmed — Violet Is Not Among Them
The full point-of-view lineup for Threshing Day has been confirmed: thirteen stories told from the perspectives of Xaden Riorson, Brennan Sorrengail, Dain Aetos, Sawyer Henrick, Sloane Mairi, Imogen Cardulo, Ridoc Gamlyn, Aaric Graycastle, Mira Sorrengail, Liam Mairi, Bodhi Durran, Rhiannon Matthias and Garrick Tavis. Violet Sorrengail is deliberately absent — readers already lived her Threshing in Fourth Wing — and every story is told by a rider, with no dragon points of view. Coverage calls Dain Aetos and Aaric Graycastle the collection's biggest surprises, and notes both Mairi siblings made the cut.
Press reports · Winter is Coming, Ink & Imaginings Everything we know about the book in our Threshing Day guide.
Official dragonkind.com Interactive Site Launches — 500,000 Fans Enter on Day One
Rebecca Yarros's company Yarros Ink launched dragonkind.com, an official interactive experience where fans enter the Rider's Quadrant, survive the Threshing selection, and get matched with a dragon. The author said on Instagram that more than half a million people joined on the first day, with a queue at peak hours. She has also confirmed that hidden "Public Notices" easter eggs are seeded throughout the site, and fans are already cataloguing what they find.
Author announcement · Official site Follow our step-by-step Threshing game guide, or start with what dragonkind means.
Xaden's Threshing Day Story Released Free on the Author's Official Site
Rebecca Yarros's website now offers one of Threshing Day's thirteen stories — Xaden Riorson's account of his own Threshing — free to read, no purchase required. It's a no-cost way to sample the collection's first-person format before deciding whether the full book is for you.
Author announcement See who else narrates in our Threshing Day guide.
Fourth Wing Graphic Novel's Preorders Already a No. 1 Bestseller, Reports Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone reported that preorders for the Fourth Wing graphic novel — first revealed in late August — have already topped the bestseller charts ahead of the book's release.
Press report · Rolling Stone
Author Confirms Threshing Day Breaks a Fourth Wing Rule, Screen Rant Reports
Screen Rant reported that Rebecca Yarros confirmed Threshing Day breaks a rule established in Fourth Wing: the new collection is a faithful, first-person record of the Threshing events, told without the usual narrative distance.
Press report · Screen Rant Catch up on everything about the book in our Threshing Day guide.
Fans Reverse-Engineer the dragonkind.com Black Dragon Mechanic
Community members report that matching a black dragon on dragonkind.com may depend on your phone's battery level — specifically 76–90% at the moment of bonding. This finding is community-reported and has not been officially confirmed.
Community report · Unofficial Try it yourself with our black dragon guide.
Threshing Day Releases Worldwide
The thirteen-story collection Threshing Day hit shelves on September 29, 2026, with a sold-out Denver event (covered by 9news) and reporting from Forbes, IGN and Screen Rant. The author described the book as a faithful, first-person account of the Threshing.
Press reports · 9news, Forbes, IGN, Screen Rant Read our Threshing Day guide.
Fall 2026 Lineup Confirmed: Peculiar Stars in November, Book 4 in Progress
With Threshing Day out, the autumn schedule is set: Yarros's standalone contemporary romance Peculiar Stars — about two people stranded on a desert island for 543 days — follows on November 17, 2026, and the untitled Book 4 of The Empyrean remains in progress, widely expected in 2027. Release-week coverage also repeated the author's framing of Threshing Day as a companion collection — a fun trip back to Basgiath — rather than required reading before Book 4.
Press reports Where each release fits in our Empyrean reading order guide.
Multiple Empyrean Screen Adaptations Move Forward, Reports Deadline
Deadline reported that several projects in Rebecca Yarros's universe are progressing in development, including Fourth Wing as a Prime Video project. Specific release windows have not been announced.
Press report · Deadline
Fourth Wing Graphic Novel Revealed, Preorders Open
The Fourth Wing graphic novel was shown for the first time in late August 2026, with preorders opening immediately, per AOL. The adaptation has since become one of the year's biggest preorder titles.
Press report · AOL
New Empyrean Book Threshing Day Announced
IGN reported that Rebecca Yarros announced Threshing Day, a new collection set in The Empyrean universe, with a September 29, 2026 release date and preorders open from announcement day.
Press report · IGN See what's inside in our Threshing Day guide.
Fourth Wing Board Game Officially Announced
A Fourth Wing board game was officially announced in August 2025, per IGN. The tabletop adaptation remains in development, with no release date announced so far.
Press report · IGN
New here? Start with the essentials
Not sure where to begin? Our Empyrean reading order guide covers the series, Threshing Day explains the new collection, and the dragon database catalogues every named dragon so far. If you spotted a news item we missed, tell us through the contact page in our about section.