The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel)

"When Scholastic asked whether I'd be interested in adapting my Wings of Fire series into graphic novels, I might have gotten a little bit enormously tremendously excited. To see my dragon characters and the world of Pyrrhia appear like this, in pages and pages of full-color art, is just so incredibly cool. There's the littlest dragonet, Sunny, staring down their ominous visitor, giant Morrowseer! There's Clay and Tsunami escaping their cave to fly in the open sky for the first time! There's Scarlet's arena where dragon prisoners fight to the death! It feels as though all the pictures that have been fluttering around my head since I started writing the series are coming to life. I can't wait for the first Wings of Fire graphic novel adaptation, The Dragonet Prophecy, to be out in the world. I hope current readers will love seeing the dragons' story in a new way, and I hope new readers discover this dragon universe and want to come play in it, too."

— Tui T. Sutherland

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The Dragonet Prophecy
Arc	Graphic Novels
Book No.	1
Page Amount	214
Publication Date	January 2nd, 2018
ISBN	978-0545942164 (hardcover) 978-0545942157 (paperback)
Points of View
Prologue	The Guardians
Protagonist(s)	Clay
Epilogue	Blister/Morrowseer/Kestrel
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Cover Gallery
Chronology
Preceded by	Darkstalker
Followed by	The Lost Heir

The Dragonet Prophecy (graphic novel) is a comic adaptation of the first Wings of Fire book, The Dragonet Prophecy. The art is done by Mike Holmes. The book is written from the point of view of Clay. It was officially released on January 2nd, 2018.

Synopsis

Not every dragonet wants a destiny ...

Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. He's not so sure about the prophecy part, but Clay can't imagine not living with the other dragonets; they're his best friends.

So when one of the dragonets is threatened, all five spring into action. Together, they will choose freedom over fate, leave the mountain, and pursue their destiny— on their own terms.

The New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series takes flight in this first graphic novel edition, adapted by the author with art by Mike Holmes.

Plot

Prologue

The MudWing egg of the dragonets of destiny was hatching, but Dune objected, saying that only four eggs were present. Kestrel joked with him, saying that he should explain that to the egg. Webs then burst in, yelling that he had the fifth dragonet egg, but it was a RainWing egg instead of a SkyWing egg that the prophecy called for. Dune called Webs a "brainless salamander," but Webs explained how that was all he could get and placed it with the other eggs. Kestrel also insulted Webs, saying that he did not understand the prophecy, and Webs countered her by saying that Queen Scarlet destroyed all the SkyWing eggs that would have hatched that night.

Dune then told the others that the MudWing had hatched. Webs commented that he thought it was kind of cute and a little blobbier than he expected. Kestrel said that she thought the MudWing looked dim, which was exactly what she expected. At that same moment, the SeaWing egg started to break open, and the newborn MudWing noticed the SeaWing's struggle to get out of her egg. The guardians discussed over a name for the MudWing, and Dune commented they need a muddy name for the MudWing.

They ended up naming him Clay. Clay then tackled the SeaWing dragonet, who they later named Tsunami, and attempted to free her from her egg, but, having no understanding of MudWing instincts, Dune took it the wrong way and believed that Clay was attacking her. Kestrel quickly picked him up and stared at him. Dune asked Kestrel what was wrong with Clay, but Kestrel replied that nothing was wrong with him and that Clay was just what they needed; a little monster.

Kestrel shouting at Clay during a training session.

Part One: Under the Mountain

Six years after the introduction, Kestrel and Clay faced off against each other in the training cave. Kestrel was taunting Clay and ordering him to fight, but Clay was pleading and attempting to bargain for peace. In a fit of rage, Kestrel knocked Clay against the wall and pinned him down, but then Tsunami stepped in, telling Kestrel to stop picking on the MudWing after biting her vulnerable spot on her tail. In response, Kestrel reminded Tsunami that she was defending the dragonet who "tried to kill her." Tsunami responded sarcastically that she knew they were there to save him and that she got to hear about the story constantly. Kestrel left the room after that, claiming that they were already done, and Tsunami began talking to Clay, trying to cheer him up by telling him how when she was the queen of the SeaWings, she would take care of the grumpy SkyWing.

Tsunami and Clay briefly shared their questions about their origins and whether their parents were still searching for them. Then, Tsunami expressed her "readiness" to save Pyrrhia as a prophecy dragonet, while Clay says he was not sure. Their discussion was interrupted by cows mooing, which meant dinner for the dragonets. Clay and Tsunami headed to the study cave and Clay thought about how the only good things about growing up under the mountain were his friends, Sunny, Starflight, Tsunami, and Glory. The graphic novel explained their personalities and abilities in detail. They then, as a method of study, acted out how the War of SandWing Succession started, with Sunny playing Queen Oasis, Clay as the scavenger who killed Queen Oasis, Tsunami as Burn, Glory as Blister, and Starflight as Blaze. Starflight complained that he had to be Blaze the last time they did this, but Tsunami told him to stop complaining. The book explained how the war began by describing how the dragonets acted it out.

After they finished acting, Starflight explained Blister, Blaze, and Burn's alliances and personalities. The dragonets then discussed which one they should pick, but ultimately none of them were sure. Clay asked which side the NightWings were on, but Starflight explained that they were not involved in the war, and Tsunami said it was because they were so mysterious and so powerful. Clay said if the NightWings could see the future, they would know who won the war, and the war could stop right now. Tsunami said that the NightWings should just tell everyone already so they could go home. Clay asked about the RainWings being in the war, and Starflight said they were not involved in the war either. Glory got angry and said that nobody would want them as allies because they were too lazy and stupid. Clay and Sunny tried to reassure Glory, and everyone looked at Glory with a sorry type of glance. Then Tsunami distracted Sunny by asking her to find the weird bug she had caught at dinner, and then Sunny left the studying cave to find it.

Tsunami and the remaining dragonets talked about how they wanted to escape, then they heard the entrance boulder crash closed. The dragonets ran off to figure out what was going on. Starflight and Glory hid in the shadows near the cave, and Tsunami and Clay hid in the river. They then saw Webs, Kestrel, and Dune talking about Morrowseer, and shortly after, Dune told them that Morrowseer had arrived. The dragonets of destiny came out of their hiding spots to see Morrowseer, and Clay worried about how Morrowseer would react to them and if he could genuinely read minds. Tsunami then went up to Morrowseer and directly asked if he could get them out of the caves. Kestrel then looked harshly at Tsunami, calling her an ungrateful lizard. Morrowseer then saw Glory and got very upset, talking about her with a disgusted tone. Kestrel explained that there was an accident and that they lost the SkyWing egg, and then told Morrowseer that Webs brought Glory here. In defense, Webs said at least they had five dragonets, and that was what matters. Morrowseer looked at Sunny, regarding her small size and strange traits, and commented that it was more like they had four and a half dragonets. He then asked if Sunny was supposed to be a SandWing and if she even ate enough. The other dragonets besides Glory immediately stand up for her. Tsunami said she ate and that she was a good fighter, and Starflight said it was not Sunny's fault that she was small. Then Clay commented that Glory was a good fighter too.

Morrowseer then told them to stop talking, and they stopped and stared at him fearfully. Morrowseer said that something went very wrong, and Tsunami butted in, saying that something did indeed go very wrong and that they were kept like prisoners in the caves, and how it did not make sense to know how to save the world if they had never even seen it. Dune then snapped at Tsunami to hold her tongue. Morrowseer said he had had enough with Tsunami and then whipped her in the face with his tail. In response, Clay leapt on top of Morrowseer, trying to protect Tsunami, and then bit him, but Morrowseer's scales were too hard to deliver any damage. Morrowseer then quickly shifted, knocking Clay off his back, while Tsunami scratched at Morrowseer's underbelly. Clay tried to think of a strategy to stop Morrowseer, but then Sunny snuck around Morrowseer and bit him in the weak spot near the tip of his tail. Morrowseer was surprised at her intelligence.

Clay then thought that Sunny was a good fighter, fierce and brave, wondering if Morrowseer would hear his thoughts. He then wondered why the guardians did not try to help them. Morrowseer picked up Sunny and, when she let go of his tail, set her down. He said that Clay and Tsunami were acceptable, and he would have to see if Sunny was acceptable. Then he looked at Starflight and told him he assumed he used his powers to see that he was not going to harm Tsunami and that he would take him into the next cavern for a private conversation. Clay glanced nervously at Starflight, who looked sad. Morrowseer then told the guardians that they would talk about Glory later. Morrowseer took Starflight into a cave for a private discussion, and then Kestrel scorned Tsunami by saying: "How dare you complain about us?" Tsunami protests how she was only telling Morrowseer the truth. Then Kestrel said if it were not her job to keep her alive, she would have strangled Tsunami herself a long time ago. Then Kestrel left. Tsunami sarcastically said that Morrowseer was a great help. In the background, Tsunami jumped into the river.

Clay asked if Glory was all right, and Glory said she was. She said that they all knew that Morrowseer would hate her, saying that the guardians had not talked about how awesome she was the whole time. Sunny then asked why Glory did not fight Morrowseer because if she did, then Morrowseer and the guardians would know how brave and fierce she was. Glory said, "Why bother?" and that it was obviously a test. Her scales shifted from purple and yellow to blue. Clay asked if it was, and Glory confirmed it to be true and that she failed it the day she hatched as a RainWing. Clay then loyally said he did not care what the prophecy said or what Morrowseer thought of her and that she was their fifth dragonet. Glory said that what he said was sweet and then declared she would take a nap and headed off to a nearby cave. Sunny asked if taking a nap was a good idea at the time, and Glory said that Morrowseer and the guardians thought she was lazy anyway and that there was nothing she could do to change that. Then she told them to wake her if anything exciting happened, but not if it was exciting according to Sunny. Clay then wondered why the prophecy did not include Glory. Sunny says, "Hmph!" and says that she did not think everything was exciting and that they just did not think enough things were exciting. Clay then asked Sunny how she would feel about running away. Sunny said they could not complete the prophecy without the guardians because the Talons understood what to do and that everything would be okay as long as they followed the prophecy. Clay said that she was probably right but then wondered if the prophecy was wrong.

Morrowseer and Starflight came out of the cave they were in, and Clay called him over and asked if he was all right and what Morrowseer said to him. Starflight dejectedly said he was not supposed to talk about it, and then he headed into a cave with some scrolls in it, including his favorite scroll. Starflight told Clay that Morrowseer said to him that he had a lot to learn. Clay then said that Starflight already knew everything and that he was the smartest dragonet in all of Pyrrhia. Clay noticed that Starflight was looking for his favorite scroll and then pointed it out to him, and Starflight opened it and started to read it. Clay then remembered that Starflight liked to read his favorite scroll when he was really upset.

Clay then told Starflight that he thought that Morrowseer thought he was better than any of the other dragonets and that he said that Starflight is a great and noble dragon that he must be because he was a NightWing. Starflight then admitted that that was precisely what Morrowseer told him. Clay asked if Morrowseer told him when he would get his powers, but Starflight just replied that he needed to study. Clay asked Starflight about what Morrowseer said about Glory, and Starflight said that Morrowseer did not say much except for that he would "take care of the RainWing." Clay asked what that means, and Starflight said he was not sure, but she might be able to go home. Clay believed that Morrowseer and the guardians would never let that happen. All of a sudden, they heard Sunny yelling out, saying: "Stop! You don't have to do this!"

Clay and Starflight then quickly came out of the cave and saw Dune and Webs tying up Tsunami to a rock column using chains. Morrowseer had wrapped his tail around Sunny, restricting her from trying to stop them. Sunny then cried out: "What are you doing? Let her go!" Kestrel blew fire on the chains to melt them together and trap Tsunami. Sunny pleaded to know why the guardians were doing this, and that Tsunami was wonderful, and that if anyone could save the world, it would be her. Morrowseer told Sunny that the dragon she should follow was Starflight and that NightWings were natural leaders. Tsunami raged at Kestrel, about to say about what her family would do if they heard about how the guardians treated her, but Kestrel quickly cut her off, saying that Tsunami's hopes for a wonderful family are far too high and that nobody cared about her, and that when it was time to fulfill the prophecy, she would be alive, the Talons of Peace would have her, and that would be all that mattered. She then told Tsunami that a little time away from the river would teach her to be more grateful for what she had. Morrowseer then let go of Sunny and told the guardians that he wouldd be back tomorrow to make sure everything has been "dealt with." Kestrel said she understood, and then Morrowseer left. Sunny then begged the guardians not to leave Tsunami chained up, saying she knew they were not that mean. Webs then said it was for their own good and that they only wanted to keep them safe. Webs was about to say that it might not be the perfect way, but before he said more, Kestrel cut him off by telling the dragonets to go to bed and that she did not want to hear a squawk out of anyone until morning. Tsunami taunted Kestrel, telling her: "Really? What else are you going to do to me? What if I feel like singing all night?" She began to obnoxiously sing the Dragonet Prophecy song. Glory complained, Dune told Webs that it was his fault for teaching them the song, Sunny sand along, and Clay hummed along. Kestrel interrupted Tsunami's singing by threatening to chain up her friends, sarcastically saying that Clay would like to spend the night hanging from a stalactite. Tsunami stopped singing, furious, and Kestrel said: "Much better." Kestrel and the rest of the guardians left the room, and Kestrel said to the dragonets that they were all acting vile and that they were lucky that she did not chain them all up.

Clay tried to free Tsunami afterward, but Tsunami told him to stop, saying he had to find out what the guardians were planning. Clay used the river to spy on the guardians. After overhearing their plot to kill Glory to appease Morrowseer, he returned to the other dragonets to discuss. After much thought, the group decided to send Clay down the freezing underground river to escape to the outside and return to free them.

Clay navigated his way through the underground tunnel using the MudWing ability to hold his breath for an hour into a cavern full of glowworms. Clay approached a waterfall but got swept across by the current, holding a ledge on the waterfall before he met up with Tsunami, who escaped through the tunnel after Sunny and Starflight used their fire to melt her chains.

The pair then flew out of the mountain and rolled around the mud, realizing it had healing qualities to MudWings. They encounter a scavenger with treasure, who ran away at the sight of Clay and Tsunami, dropping his sack of treasure. Tsunami asked aloud whether they could keep the treasure before Queen Scarlet appears and replied with, "Certainly not. Unless you want to fight me for it." When Clay tried to return the treasure, she twisted Clay's talons, then tried to get them to return to her palace with her. Then Tsunami impaled Scarlet's tail to the ground using the scavenger's sword to escape, and they fled towards the peaks. Afterward, they saw the smoke signal from the other dragonets to locate the caverns they were trapped in and headed to rescue them. However, the signal also attracted Scarlet and her soldiers, and the SkyWings took the entire group (minus Dune, who was killed by Queen Scarlet, and Webs, who escaped) hostage.

Part Two: In the Sky Kingdom

Clay woke up on his sky prison. He glanced around and spotted Peril flying in circles above his head. Clay and Peril started talking, and Peril explained the arena and the fights for the queen's entertainment. Then Peril flew away, saying she needed to prepare for the battle. A while later Horizon, the SandWing besides Clay, was dropped into the arena, where he was pitted against Peril. Scarlet showed off her new "art" in the form of Glory, asleep, on a marble tree. Clay worried about why she was not fighting back. After Vermilion announced the fight to begin, immediately Horizon tried to escape. Peril blocked all his escape routes. Finally, Horizon launched himself onto Peril, burning himself to death.

Clay woke up that night to see Peril flying overhead. This time he was more cautious; he kept his distance, though they still talked. Peril explains her firescales. At the end of the conversation, Peril noted that Scarlet was craving to see Starflight fight. Clay panicked and pleaded to Peril to tell the queen to let him fight instead of Starflight.

The next morning Clay woke up and saw two SkyWing guards un-chaining him. He was confused and started asking questions. The guards grunted and ordered him to stop talking, and they flew through the palace and met with Scarlet in her throne room. Clay entered and saw Starflight bowing. He imitated his friend, though clumsily. Queen Scarlet had began to talk when a couple of guards dragged in Tsunami, fighting and furious. When Scarlet insisted that one of them would fight in the arena today, Tsunami and Clay both volunteered simultaneously. Amused, Scarlet picked Clay.

Clay was dropped onto the arena and faced an IceWing named Fjord. First, Clay tried to talk to the hissing IceWing and a few boos sounded from the crowd. Fjord snarled and shot his frostbreath straight at Clay. Clay ducked but the frostbreath grazed his side. Fjord prepared to shoot his frostbreath again, but this time Clay breathed fire into his mouth just in time. Clay then attempted to suffocate the IceWing, but hesitated after he realized that he did not want to kill the IceWing. Fjord took this advantage and pinned Clay down. However, before he could kill Clay, an unknown dragon sprayed black venom on Fjord, killing the IceWing within seconds.

At night, Peril talked to Clay about his battle with Fjord. Peril believed that Clay somehow killed Fjord using the venom, and noticed Clay's injuries. She brought mud and poured over Clay's injuries.

Clay had a nightmare about Sunny being stuck in a cage, Starlight being pinned down due to having no NightWing powers, Glory being drugged to make her sleep, and Tsunami and Kestrel being killed by Scarlet.

After Clay woke up, Peril told him that there was a trial today, and for some reason Scarlet did not want Peril to see it, despite Peril thinking they were boring, Clay spread his wing and hid Peril so she could watch the trial without Scarlet knowing.

The trial was for Kestrel, who was caught by Scarlet when the dragonets got captured. Osprey, on the defense, explained how Kestrel did not follow Scarlet's orders and destroy her egg, which had two dragons inside: Peril, who had too much fire, and another dragonet, who had too little. Scarlet and a few of her soldiers, including Osprey, caught her, and Scarlet said she would forgive Kestrel if Kestrel killed one of her dragonets. She decided to drown the dragonet with too little fire. Scarlet then ordered for Kestrel to kill Peril, the other dragonet; however Kestrel tried to flee with Peril, but was too badly burnt and was forced to drop her, leaving her at Scarlet's mercy.

Peril, in shock, flew down, accidentally melting and splitting part of the wire that held the prisoners together while doing so and yelled that it was not true and that Scarlet killed her mother. Scarlet revealed that Peril was alive to Kestrel, much to her shock.

Peril called upon the tradition of the Champion's Shield and stood for her mother. Scarlet blamed Osprey for telling Peril about the Champion's Shield. Scarlet flew up, carrying Osprey up high and dropped him over the rocks, which led to his death due to his inability to fly.

Peril did not talk to Clay at night. When Burn arrived and flew over him, Clay thought that she was Peril at first, until he realized that it was Burn.

Using the wire that Peril had burnt before, Clay managed to make music out of it, and played The Dragonets Are Coming. Soon, the other prisoners followed along by singing, and the song continued in an eerie, solemn melody. Burn interrupted it furiously, and Clay, Tsunami and Starflight were brought into the palace. Scarlet kicked Peril out of her room, and trapped the dragonets with a wall of fire, saying they would all fight on her hatching day the next day. Peril freed them, but ended up telling Scarlet because she did not want Clay to leave the Sky Kingdom. She leads Scarlet back to the dragonets, where Clay discovers his blood-red egg meant his scales were fireproof and he could touch Peril without burning. The dragonets are locked up again.

The next day, Burn and Scarlet intended to watch the dragonets battle and die in the arena for Scarlet's hatching day.

Scarlet pitted Tsunami against a SeaWing, Gill, who had been taken away from all of his water for months, making him go insane. Tsunami and Gill fought, and Tsunami finally pinned Gill down but refused to kill him. Scarlet taunted her, saying that "maybe war is too scary for her." Tsunami snapped Gill's neck, killing him.

Next, Scarlet pitted Tsunami against Starflight, to see what would happen if two dragonets of destiny were to fight one another. They refused to fight one another, leading to "aww"s in the crowd, so Scarlet brought in the IceWing prisoners to fight Starflight instead. Suddenly, Morrowseer and other NightWings appeared from the sky, claiming that "that NightWing dragonet is ours." Scarlet said angrily that she wanted to see a NightWing fight IceWings. Morrowseer flicked his tail, and the NightWings rushed down and slaughtered all of the IceWing prisoners. They took Starflight and left the other dragonets.

Scarlet then pitted Clay agains Peril, for the Champion's Shield battle. Clay fought and pinned Peril down as Peril tried to tell Clay how she did not want him to leave. Scarlet interrupted, shouting at Clay to use his venom, as she did not see the first time. Suddenly Glory flares up, spraying her venom at Burn from her fangs, but Burn shoved Scarlet in front of her and the venom hit the SkyWing queen in the face. This sparked pandemonium in the arena, and all the spectators and guards fled in confusion and panic, leaving the dragonets and Peril alone. Peril freed the dragonets from their binds, then they found and freed Kestrel and Sunny. Kestrel, Peril and the dragonets talked abut where they were going. Peril decided to stay in the Sky Kingdom, Kestrel decided to go on her own after Peril refused to come with her, and the dragonets decided to head for the Mud Kingdom to find Clay's parents.

Part Three: An Egg the Color of Dragon Blood

The dragonets arrived in the Mud Kingdom, where they saw a fresh battlefield that was still burning. They watched it and wondered who won, but Sunny said that nobody won because of all the dead bodies. Clay and Glory decided to find Clay's parents, with Glory disguised as a MudWing, and they found a bigwings of a troop. They asked about Clay's parents, and the bigwing told them to go to Cattail. Clay and Glory meet Cattail, and find out that Cattail sold Clay for a cow or two, leaving Clay distraught. Clay and Glory were about to leave, but then Clay's siblings appeared and stopped them from leaving. Reed introduced himself and the other siblings, Sora, Pheasant, Marsh, and Umber. They chatted with Clay about MudWing nature and told him that when he was born, he was not attacking the other eggs but rather trying to help them hatch. Reed asked Clay if he wanted to be their bigwings, as Clay was evidently larger than Reed. Clay debated in his head, but ultimately declined, saying that he had a destiny and revealing he was the dragonet of destiny.

When Clay returned to the other dragonets, Morrowseer had dropped Starflight back, and they decided to head to the Kingdom of the Sea to find Tsunami's family.

Epilogue

Blister, Morrowseer and Kestrel met on an island. Morrowseer said that Kestrel had failed him. Kestrel said that she worked for the Talons of Peace, and not the NightWings. Blister said that Kestrel probably did the best she could, and Blister also said that it must be nice that the dragonets did not need her anymore, which also means that nobody needed her. Blister stabbed Kestrel's heart with her venomous tail, killing her. Morrowseer knocked Kestrel's body off of the island into the ocean.

Variation from novel

• The prologue takes place during Clay's hatching instead of Hvitur's death.
• Hvitur is never shown nor mentioned.
• Tsunami has a serrated bottom jaw instead of white teeth.
• The elbow membrane on the SkyWings, MudWings, SeaWings, SandWings, NightWings, RainWings, and IceWings is removed.
• In the graphic novel, MudWings have their legs connected to their wings. However, in the book, they do not have this connection.
• Burn and Blister have armor in the graphic novel. This is never described in the book.
• The NightWing Guide to the Tribes is removed and replaced with an illustrated version of the Dragonet Prophecy.
• SeaWings are presented with three crests on their forehead in the graphic novel while in the NightWing Guide to the Tribes, they are shown to have one crest on their head.
• All tribes except for SeaWings are shown with three claws on each talon instead of five talons on each front limb and four on the hind limbs.
• Clay has amber eyes instead of brown.
• Glory's eyes are depicted as changing colors with her mood. This is never mentioned in the original book.
• Tsunami's royal SeaWing pattern is missing.
• Tsunami has blue-grey eyes instead of green.
• Tsunami's horns change shape and size multiple times.
• Starflight's tongue is pink sometimes instead of black.
• In the book, Sunny's fierce hunting cry is "Aha!" However, in the graphic novel, she says, "Rawr!" In the novel, she does this when Clay enters the study cave, but in the book, she surprises him in the hallway leading to it.
• Sunny's tongue is sometimes colored black.
• Instead of being on her palms, the burn scar Kestrel received from Peril is on the right side of her face.
• Instead of getting scarred from picking Peril up, Kestrel got her burn scar from Peril touching the right side of her face.
• The scene where Tsunami wants Clay to jump into the river was cut out, instead going right to their conversation about escaping.
• Sunny never tells Clay, "Don't really hurt me!" when he is holding the stalagmite as a scavenger's "claw" and playing the scavenger.
• The scene where Kestrel interrupts the dragonets' play and scolds them for not studying properly is cut.
• Glory never describes Sunny as "sort of" a SandWing.
• Tsunami asks Sunny to leave to show Starflight a bug she caught at dinner, while in the novel, she is asked to go and put the scrolls in their sleeping cave in the book.
• Dune has all four of his legs, with only a claw scratch wound on his right foreleg. His wing membrane is also only slightly torn instead of being ripped apart completely.
• The word "bar" was cut out of one of Dune's lines, making him say: "I told you not to teach them that horrible song."
• Morrowseer comes right after the guardians finish talking about him instead of the next evening.
• Since Morrowseer comes at night, Clay and Tsunami get out of the river to see him. However, the guardians do not notice or do not care. This entire scene is not in the original book.
• The scene where Clay and Sunny discuss a weird white crab found in the river is cut.
• The rock Dune uses to open the boulder entrance is described as a key instead of a rock.
• It was Starflight's idea for the smoke signal instead of Clay's.
• The scene where Tsunami tells Clay her glowing scales are for attracting mates is cut.
• In the glowworm cave, instead of the river continuing course, it ended at a giant waterfall that Clay was pushed off of.
• Tsunami does not dislocate her shoulder. The scene where Tsunami falls out of the sky then Clay catches her was taken out, along with the scene where Tsunami tries to run into a tree to fix her wing and the scene where Clay shoves the bone back into place.
• Clay never goes hunting for a boar.
• Scarlet never kills Mushroom.
• Clay does not encounter the white acidic goop when exiting the river. He also does not pass out by hitting his head on a rock and get saved from drowning by Tsunami.
• Queen Scarlet never sets alight Starflight's sack of scrolls.
• Clay never threw up over the side of his prison.
• Clay dreams of Sunny trapped, Glory intoxicated, Tsunami killed, Kestrel killed, and Starflight pinned down. These dreams were not mentioned in the book.
• Clay never spends an entire night talking to Peril.
• Instead of releasing the scavengers in the arena with Tsunami and Starflight, Scarlet releases the IceWing prisoners.
• Instead of Queen Scarlet saying they should bow before the queen in her throne room, she says no one speaks before the queen in her throne room. However, Starflight is still seen as bowing.
• Tsunami is said to have caused bruises and injuries on her SkyWing guards when taken to the throne room in the book, but the guards that brought her seem unscathed.
• A bucket of soapy water is never dropped on Kestrel.
• The wires holding the SkyWing prisoners were described as pink, but no pink material was shown.
• In the book, Clay removes his broken wire and hides it under his wing when Burn and Scarlet yell at the prisoners. He also tries to fight the guards as a distraction so that they overlook his unchained talon. Both scenes were cut from the graphic novel.
• The scene before Tsunami's fight with Gill where she tried to attack Vermilion is missing. He is also not on the ground but a ledge above it.
• In the book, it said after Tsunami killed Gill that some dragons tossed gemstones to Tsunami. However, the novel never shows this.
• The book said that the IceWing blood was dripping off the IceWings' platforms after being killed, but the IceWings in the graphic novel were taken off their platforms before being killed.
• Four IceWing prisoners were supposed to fight Tsunami and Starflight instead of eight.
• When Scarlet is about to use Peril's room to hold Clay, Tsunami, and Starflight, Queen Scarlet's portrait is not burned off the wall. Instead, it is absent altogether.
• The dragonets and Peril never pass by Queen Scarlet's party and they never reach the waterfall cave before being recaptured.
• Instead of having his tail paralyzed by a scavenger, Osprey lost both of his wings during the war.
• Peril said that Scarlet likes trials because they are dramatic. Not because "it makes her seem like a fair and just ruler."
• Tsunami is not described as being "completely tone deaf."
• In the book, Peril sometimes actually bursts into flames instead of her scales being melting hot.
• Scarlet's throne room has veins of gold shooting across the walls instead of cloud shapes. The book described the room having so much gold that it looked like someone vomited gold all over the walls.
• The short scene where some of Burn's soldiers are looking for the dragonets in the Mud Kingdom is cut out.
• The scene where Glory camouflages herself in the Mud Kingdom to see what Clay would do if she were gone is missing.
• The dragonets get out of the river before reaching the waterfall and look at the battlefield from the edge of the cliff instead of flying out of the waterfall and hovering above it.
• In the book, Cattail says that she was supposed to breed the cows given by the Talons of Peace. However, she never mentions this in the graphic novel.
• When Clay waves to Umber, he uses his talon instead of his wing.
• When Clay and Glory get back to their friends, Starflight has already been dropped off by NightWings instead of being dropped off after they return.
• In the epilogue, Kestrel is not forced to go to the island with Blister and Morrowseer. She flies there herself.
• At the end of the book, Kestrel is only stabbed by Blister instead of being clawed in the throat as well.

Mistakes

• In the official graphic novel trailer, in the scene where Tsunami and Clay see their first sunrise, their lines are switched, with Clay talking to himself and saying "Clay! Our first sunrise!" and Tsunami responding, "It's so bright!" Instead of the other way around, as it is in the actual graphic novel and book.
• Clay and Sunny's eggs swap patterns.
• Glory's egg turns a few different colors, but RainWing eggs are white.
• Clay's egg is depicted as brown instead of blood-red.
• Dune is shown with two wings but at this stage of his life he should only have one.^{[citation needed]}
• Dune is stated to be wearing a key around his neck. However, he is never seen wearing a key.
• Starflight's eyes appear twice as light blue instead of green.
• Starflight‐acting‐as‐Blaze is missing a leg.
• Only half of Dune's body is showing.
• When Clay is rolling in the mud, he is shown without wings.
• When Tsunami stabs Queen Scarlet in the tail, it causes a wound straight through the tail, but it is completely gone when she arrives at the dragonets' cave.
• Scarlet is shown to be missing the rubies inlaid in her eyebrows.
• Scarlet is missing half the outline of her left leg.
• Scarlet is missing the rubies on her wings.
• The lines on Fjord's stomach are missing.
• When Fjord is screaming after Glory sprays him with her venom, his tongue is not forked, like an IceWing's should be.
• In Clay's dream, Sunny is shown with pale white frills on her back when they should be dark golden.
• Scarlet and Kestrel's ears are missing.
• It is shown that Glory's unbroken neck chain is facing right. However, the unbroken chain was facing left later on the same page.
• Peril is shown opening a wooden door, which is impossible because the door would catch on fire.
• The word visiting is spelled as visting.
• There is a SkyWing who has a tail with IceWing spikes and spines.
• Glory has wing clamps appearing and disappearing.
• It is shown Glory broke the chain around her neck. It is later shown to still be on her neck, unbroken.
• Peril is not seen removing Tsunami and Glory's wing clamps. Later, they are seen flying without them.
• Sunny is shown with a tail barb three times.
• A dead IceWing on the battlefield is depicted to have red blood instead of blue blood.
• When Morrowseer pushes Kestrel off the cliff after Blister stabs her, Kestrel's stab wound was missing.
• Blister does not slash Kestrel's throat, but in the second graphic novel, claw marks appear on Kestrel's neck.
• Tsunami is shown to have glowing spots on her jaw that do not appear in later graphic novels.
• Umber is missing his scar on several panels.
• Burn is missing her scars on several pages.
• Clay is shown in the Mud Kingdom with light brown spine scales.
• Tsunami's claws appear blue in some panels when they are supposed to be gray.
• Tsunami's chin tendrils are missing on the cover and in several panels.

Gallery

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International Releases

• French: Les Royaumes de Feu en Bande Dessinée. La Prophétie (September 2019)
• Russian: Драконья сага. Графический роман. Пророчество о драконятах (January 2020)
• Korean: 불의 날개와 예언의 시간 그래픽 노블 (April 2022)
• Spanish Alas De Fuego. La profecía (April 2024)