Violet Sorrengail

  • Age: 20
  • Height: 5′ 2″ (confirmed by Yarros in an interview)
  • Eyes: “…a light hazel of varying blues and ambers that never seem to favor either actual color” (Yarros 9).
  • Hair: Long and brown until it reaches her shoulders, where it fades into a metallic silver, Mira braids it into a crown before Violet crosses the parapet
  • Species: Human
  • Other Physical Descriptions: pale skin, frail structure, Yarros has confirmed in an interview that she and Violet have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, shoe size 7,
  • Skills: Intelligence, reading, researching, memorizing facts/information, dagger handling, speed, fluent in sign language, flexibility
  • Personality: Determined, she loves storms,
  • Family Members: Father (unnamed), Gen. Sorrengail (mother), Mira Sorrengail (sister), Brennan Sorrengail (brother). She is the youngest of 3 siblings.
  • Relationships: Violet is friends with Rhiannon and Jesinia. Dain kisses her in chapter 16 of Fourth Wing.
  • Rank: Rider; Second Squad, Flame Section, Fourth Wing
  • Dragon Bonds: Tairn and Andarna. Can speak to Sgaeyl through the bond between her and Tairn.
  • Signet(s): Stopping time,
  • Relics: Violet’s relic was given to her after Threshing. It depicts a glistening black dragon mid-flight stretching from shoulder to shoulder. In the center, the silhouette of a shimmering gold one.
  • Death:
  • Injuries: Smashing knee during Parapet, broken shoulder from sparring Imogen, shredding hands and hurting shoulder during Gauntlet on Presentation Day, spraining ankle during Threshing, is cut by Tynan’s sword during Threshing, she bruises her ribs when she’s attacked in her sleep by multiple unbonded cadets,
  • Quotes: “I will not die today” (Yarros 21).

In chapter 1 of Fourth Wing, Violet mentions that her mom almost died from a sickness while pregnant with her. Her mom attributes her silver hair and physical disadvantages to the illness.

According to the text, Violet has only lived in Navarre for 5 years. When she and Dain were kids, they lived near the Krovlan border while their parents were stationed with the Southern Wing. It is unclear where else she may have lived, but her family did move around due to her mother’s career.