Fourth Wing -Xaden's POV | Chapter 22 (corrected)

(Corrected version of previously uploaded) Chapter 22 of a fanfiction I wrote that retells 'Fourth Wing' by Rebecca Yarros from Xaden's point of view. It contains spoilers for all of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. If you’d like to read along or would just prefer a text version, you can find it here: archiveofourown.org/works/516...
Feel free to let me know what you think or provide constructive feedback in the comments, I always try to reply to any that allow me to share explanations of how I was thinking about specific parts of the narrative, and then I just wanted to make clear that all rights belong to Rebecca Yarros, and thank her for creating this incredible world and characters to have fun with.
Also, here's my theory as to what Violet's 2nd signet will turn out to be, which I allude to in this story • I Am CONVINCED This Is...
Note: I wrote this shortly after the release of Iron Flame, all speculation/theories are my own and could easily prove incorrect based on subsequent books. This work contains new scenes between Xaden and Sgaeyl, Liam, Tairn Imogen, Garrick, Bodhi, etc.
Thanks for listening!
0:00 Tairn's Requirement
4:30 Lead-up to Sparring
13:55 Sparring with Garrick
17:39 Face-off with Barlowe
20:22 Face-off with Violet
25:23 Liam and 'the prophecy'
35:38 Making up with Sgaeyl
44:17 Teaching Vi to Shield
59:51 First Kiss
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[@aelin1032]

Started reading your fanfic after rereading Iron Flame and was happy that it cured the book hangover, but now I got a book hangover from your fanfic lmao, awesome work :)

[@George_RR_Sagan]

Haha, well some good news is that there will be more of my fic long before Onyx Storm, new audio chapters every week at least. It'll probably still be over a month until I get back to writing new ones past Ch 22 though. Thanks for the encouragement! 😄

[@carenmartinez9349]

I’m in love with your Xaden POV. Absolutely great

[@OhSo_GoneXO]

Wait a min .... YOU wrote Xaden's POV?!?!?! Holy crap!!!! The questions I've had still after Iron Flame ..that's been answered!!! so well written !! it's a beautiful tapestry that perfectly fits (in Zaden's words) How Fascinating!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@George_RR_Sagan]

Yep 😊 I hope most everything is relevant and answers a lot of those questions legitimately, but this is just a fanfic, the only canon Xaden POV we have are two chapters from the special edition of FW

[@monisears7320]

Thank you for the videos - I enjoy your reading style much more than the voice actor audible used for Xadens POV in Fourth Wing .

[@cilenialb]

I just finished reading and I'm glad I came across your channel. I reay enjoyed to know more about Bodhi, Imogen and Garrick, I really like your insights on them (I have been waiting for Imogen/Garrick happening). For what I can sense from the cannon books Bodhi is one of my faves, and you seem to have captured what I had imagened, I really enjoyed that conversation with Brennan, so funny. I hope you continue with chapter 23, I am curious on the after kiss thoughts from Xaden Pov.

[@George_RR_Sagan]

Thanks! 😄 I will continue with 23 and beyond relatively soon, just need to finish making the audio for 19-21 first (18 will be up tomorrow)

[@cilenialb]

@@George_RR_Sagan definitely will be waiting on those

[@matthewwhite9390]

Okay! Relistening to this! Did you know the third book was going to be called Onyx Storm before describing tairn’s power as an onyx storm?!?!

[@George_RR_Sagan]

@@matthewwhite9390 haha, yeah that announcement came out just a day or two before I first posted this chapter on Archive of Our Own, so I stuck that in as a little easter egg. I know one other person mentioned it on Discord, but I'm pretty sure you're the first person to point it out in the audio version at least. Kudos 👏

[@cathiescathie3306]

Great chapter! I love the dragon involvement. I love Andaena too. ❤😊

[@seawolf365]

Thanks for posting. It's been a crappy week and this helps. I hope your vacation has been fun.

[@George_RR_Sagan]

@@seawolf365 sorry to hear that, glad this could help 🙂

[@OkekeJenifer]

This was absolutely the highlight of my night and I love it. But where is chapters 18 - 21. I'm so obsessed with this your audiobook that I might just go right to this one and skip them. I can clearly see that the first kiss happens here and...oh let me not deceive anyone here because I'm totally gonna skip'm because of that first kiss

[@George_RR_Sagan]

😊 Thanks! Still working on the audio version of those chapters but you can read the text versions on Archive of Our Own, there's a link in the video description

[@OkekeJenifer]

@@George_RR_Sagan alright, I will. As a visually impaired, I'll totally prefer your voice over any text any day, but for the sake of the itch just to listen to this chapter, I'll read it instead of patiently waiting for you to drop the next audio. So, off I go

[@jennessas578]

I love this

[@Ahreigh]

Can you pretty please do Rebecca’s chapter 9 and 16 from Xaden POV? That would be amazing 😍

[@George_RR_Sagan]

Unfortunately I'm pretty certain that would be a egregious copyright violation. Fortunately, I will be posting my own versions of those chapters soon and I do feel like they give you a decent idea of what the canon ones are like with the most notable exception being that mine include him using his inntinnsic signet whereas hers obviously couldn't since it came out before IF. I did write mine before reading hers so that I wouldn't be subconsciously copying it, but I read hers afterward and ended up doing a rewrite of my Ch. 16 since I felt like first draft diverged too much, so they really do give you a sense of what hers are like, I made sure of it

[@cathiescathie3306]

Those are 2 of my favorite chapters, too. ❤😊

[@carmetaclarke1339]

Please please do chapter 8-21. Hanging on by my nails.

[@George_RR_Sagan]

They're coming! Chapter 8 should be out in the next couple of days, and I found something that I'm hoping will speed up the process somewhat for 9-21

[@matthewwhite9390]

This is awesome!!! Any more?!?!

[@George_RR_Sagan]

Audio versions of chapters 8-21 should be posted over the next month or two and then I'll get back to writing chapters 23-39

[@kathytejada3573]

Where are 19 -20-21

[@George_RR_Sagan]

@@kathytejada3573 they'll be posted over the next few weeks

[@andreaauzenne2656]

Can we get more please

[@George_RR_Sagan]

I'm on vacation right now, hoping to be able to drop Ch 18 next week

[@Synnefh]

hey plz make more chapters

[@George_RR_Sagan]

For chapters 15-21 there will be at least one new video per week. Once I get back to writing new ones that pace will likely slow down but I'll finish the whole thing eventually

[@Synnefh]

@@George_RR_Sagan ytsm

[@matthewwhite9390]

Am I missing something? Went from 7 to 22?

[@George_RR_Sagan]

I'm going back to make audio versions for chapters 8 - 21 now, but since I'm taking a break from writing new text chapters to do that, I wanted to make the last one I posted on Archive of Our Own (AO3) special by uploading the audio version of it too so the AO3 readers understand what I'm doing/why. You can watch this video I made for a more complete explanation kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZqvY6yumLCDptU (or read the text chapters on AO3 to get caught up to Ch. 22 archiveofourown.org/works/51670834/chapters/130620541 )

[@HorseandRodeoLover]

Wheres chapter 21?

[@George_RR_Sagan]

The audio version will be up next week at the latest, there's also the text version which you can read here if you don't want to wait archiveofourown.org/works/51670834/chapters/138667009

[@HorseandRodeoLover]

@@George_RR_Sagan thank you!!!❤️❤️