Pern (L1quid)

Pern is a trilogy of novels by L1quidMarbl3 that is the Wings of Fire adaptation of their These Alien Dragons trilogy. The title is derived from Dragonriders of Pern, one of Tui T. Sutherland's inspirations for Wings of Fire.
(Note: Since Wings of Fire (Legends): Darkstalker (2016's) post-epilogue states that "...as the dragon planet spun through space...", and that Wings of Fire: The Flames of Hope (2022) showed pre-Scorching flashbacks of humans attempting to domesticate dragons, L1quid has every right to believe that Wings of Fire is actually a science-fiction/fantasy series, rather than a fantasy series. This belief will be present throughout their works and this series.)
==Premise==
Pern takes place in the future, specifically 200 years after the main events of Wings of Fire. Pyrrhia and Pantala now live in peace, with laws that dictate it.
Our beloved Dragonets of Destiny have grown up and forged their own lives. Clay becomes the principal of Jade Mountain Academy (JMA) after Sunny quits the position and he marries Peril, and has several hybrid children with her. Tsunami becomes queen of the SeaWings after successfully challenging Coral and marries Riptide, and has several children with him. Glory still maintains her position as Queen of the RainNight Kingdom and marries Deathbringer (despite the age gap), becoming the mother of Firefly and her siblings. Starflight stays as the librarian of JMA, although it is unknown if he had a family or left descendants. Sunny gives her position as principal of JMA to Clay in order to help her mother Thorn with ruling the SandWings (and she also has SandWing half-siblings via Thorn and Smolder’s marriage); it is also unknown if she had a family or left descendants.
For the Dragonets of the other Prophecies, they too have grown up and forged their own lives. We will start with the Dragonets from the Jade Mountain Prophecy. Moonwatcher dates Qibli for several years before breaking up; she later marries Winter and has several hybrid children with him, producing the first NightWing/IceWing hybrids in a thousand years since Darkstalker’s time. Winter dates Moonwatcher after she breaks up with Qibli and later marries her, having several hybrid children with her. Peril marries Clay and has several hybrid children with him. Turtle marries Kinkajou and has a son with her. Qibli dates Moonwatcher for several years before breaking up with her and deciding to stay at the SandWing palace to help Thorn rule the SandWings.
Now we will see what has happened to the Dragonets of the Lost Continent Prophecy. Blue marries Cricket and has several hybrid children with her, while also being the adoptive father of Bumblebee. Cricket marries Blue and has several hybrid children with him, while also being the adoptive mother of Bumblebee. Sundew and Willow marry each other and adopt several female dragonets to raise. Snowfall is impeached from the IceWing throne by traditionalist IceWings (for destroying the Great Ice Cliff in Wings of Fire: The Dangerous Gift (2021)) and is imprisoned for crimes against the Ice Kingdom, while a new queen (distantly related to the royal family) is placed on the throne. Luna marries Swordtail and has several SilkWing dragonets with him, including some flamesilks.
These dragons may have died (approximately) in 5,110 A.S., but their legacy is permanently seared into history. Dragonets are taught about the Prophecies in school; popular historical fiction is set against the backdrop of the War of SandWing Succession; and "Pern" idolizes them to no end.
But let us not focus on the Prophecies much longer. We must learn about the planet's technological development. Lost technology from the planet's colonists was rediscovered (approximately) in 5,062 A.S., with dragons and humans creating and using variations of them to communicate with each other. On top of that, the draconic culture has changed - the tribes are more open to each other and hybrids have been accepted into society, as interspecies relationships are no longer stigmatized.
----Pern takes place in the future, specifically 100 years after the main events of Wings of Fire. Pyrrhia and Pantala now live in peace, with laws that dictate that peace.
Our beloved Dragonets of Destiny have grown up and have forged their own lives. Clay becomes the principal of Jade Mountain Academy (JMA) after Sunny quits the position and he marries Peril, and has several hybrid children with her. Tsunami becomes queen of the SeaWings after successfully challenging Coral and marries Riptide, and has several children with him. Glory still maintains her position as Queen of the RainNight Kingdom and marries Deathbringer (despite the age gap), becoming the mother of Firefly and her siblings. Starflight stays as the librarian of JMA. Sunny gives her position as principal of JMA to Clay in order to help her mother Thorn with ruling the SandWings (and she also has SandWing half-siblings via Thorn and Smolder’s marriage).
For the Dragonets of the other Prophecies, they too have grown up and forged their own lives. We will start with the Dragonets from the Jade Mountain Prophecy. Moonwatcher dates Qibli for several years before breaking up; she later marries Winter and has several hybrid children with him, producing the first NightWing/IceWing hybrids in a thousand years since Darkstalker’s time. Winter dates Moonwatcher after she breaks up with Qibli and later marries her, having several hybrid children with her. Peril marries Clay and has several hybrid children with him. Turtle marries Kinkajou and has a son with her. Qibli dates Moonwatcher for several years before breaking up with her and deciding to stay at the SandWing palace to help Thorn rule the SandWings.
Now we will see what has happened to the Dragonets of the Lost Continent Prophecy. Blue marries Cricket and has several hybrid children with her, while also being the adoptive father of Bumblebee. Cricket marries Blue and has several hybrid children with him, while also being the adoptive mother of Bumblebee. Sundew and Willow marry each other and adopt several female dragonets to raise. Snowfall is impeached from the IceWing throne by traditionalist IceWings (for destroying the Great Ice Cliff in Wings of Fire: The Dangerous Gift (2021)) and is imprisoned for crimes against the Ice Kingdom, while a new queen (distantly related to the royal family) is placed on the throne. Luna marries Swordtail and has several SilkWing dragonets with him, including some flamesilks.
Technology similar to our world has been produced, with the intent of connecting others to each other globally. The internet is the most commonly used piece of technology.
Cultures have also changed. The dragon tribes are more open to each other, and hybrids have become more common and are accepted into society. An important aspect of dragon culture, music, has also changed; straying from tradition, differing music genres such as classical, alternative, rock, and orchestral have emerged.
The world has changed drastically after the Prophecies.
==Books==
===Changing Leaves===
Changing Leaves is the (rewritten) first book of Pern and the WoF adaptation of Changing Leaves, the (rewritten) first novel in These Alien Dragons. It is in the perspective of Tree.
===Rising Tides===
Rising Tides is the (rewritten) second book of Pern, and the WoF adaption of Rising Tides, the (rewritten) second novel in These Alien Dragons. It is in the perspective of Tide.
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===Shifting Seas===
Shifting Seas is the (original) first book of Pern, and the WoF adaption of Turning Tides, the (original) first novel in These Alien Dragons. It is in the perspective of Tide.
===Shifting Storms===
Shifting Storms is the (original) second book of Pern, and the WoF adaption of Raging Fires, the (original) second novel in These Alien Dragons. It is in the perspective of Ashes.
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===Shifting Stars===
Shifting Stars is the third/final book of Pern, and the WoF adaption of Shifting Stars, the (original/rewritten) third/final novel in These Alien Dragons. It is in the perspective of Lance Carver.
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===Passes===
Passes is an anthology of short stories set in the universe of Pern, and is the Wings of Fire adaptation of the short stories in These Alien Dragons.
==Changes from Series==
*In "FeatherWings" and These Alien Dragons, the humans on planet Eukarya are religious people who wanted to live like their ancestors in the later 1990s and early 2000s, instead of being ingrained into their areligious technologically advanced society. In Pern, the humans are an advanced version of the ones seen in Wings of Fire, with technology commonly seen in today's era (2020s).
*In "FeatherWings" and These Alien Dragons, there are eight dragon species native to planet Eukarya. Five of them - TreeWings, DesertWings, StormWings, FeatherWings, and MountainWings - are native to continent/planet Eukarya. One of them (the VolcanoWings) is native to continent Bacteria, planet Eukarya. One of them (the ArcticWings) is native to the poles of planet Eukarya. One of them (the OceanWings) is native to the planet's global ocean. Pern uses the dragon species of Wings of Fire to represent the eight Eukaryan species.
**The LeafWings and some SilkWings represent the TreeWings; the SandWings and some HiveWings represent the DesertWings; the SkyWings represent the StormWings; the RainWings represent the FeatherWings; the MudWings represent the MountainWings; the SeaWings represent the OceanWings; the NightWings represent the VolcanoWings; the IceWings represent the ArcticWings.
*In "FeatherWings" and These Alien Dragons, the books take place 200 years from 2022. In Pern, the books take 200 years after main events of Wings of Fire (5,012 A.S.) in the new version; in the old version, the series took place 100 years after the main events of Wings of Fire.
*In "FeatherWings" and These Alien Dragons, the books take place on the planet "Eukarya" (known as "R.E.T." (Religious Earth with Technology) to the human colonizers), a planet located in the Scutum-Centaurus arm of the Milky Way. In Pern, the books take place on "Pern" (WoF's Dragon Planet) which is located in an unknown area of space.
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*FeatherWings' original trilogy occurs on a continent known as "Eukarya" (which is not the same as the planet with the same name). In Pern, the trilogy occurs on Pantala in book 1 and on Pyrrhia in books 2-3.
**Originally, the trilogy occurred on Pantala for books 1-2, and on Pyrrhia for book 3. This changed due to L1quid finalizing FeatherWings' world, and they needed to change the adaptations to stick with their series canon.
***L1quid likes Pantala more than Pyrrhia since it is technologically more sophisticated than Pyrrhia and the full story of its history is highly unknown (except for a few area).
==Trivia==
* The original idea for "FeatherWings" was a fantasy series like Wings of Fire and its prevailing theme was "perception", and the original series name came about when L1quid switched the words "wing" and "feather" in the title for the American fantasy series The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson. Over time, the series evolved into a science-fiction/fantasy series that discusses modern (2020s) events (kind of like an analogy), revives the concept of alien dragons from Dragonriders of Pern, became a galactic sandbox like Star Trek, and the series title was changed so that it didn't sound "childish".
*Instead of creating the dragon species from scratch, L1quid gave their old Wings of Fire fan-species a second chance by remaking their original designs and pulling inspiration from various human civilizations for their societies. They also looked to different fantasy series and real-life human technology on how to depict the dragon's technology in the series.
*In the original concepts of the series, planet Eukarya consisted of three "continents" forming a single shape, but was later scrapped because it wasn't realistic. The three "continents" were made three different landmasses - continent Eukarya has the same shape as its predecessor (landing bird), South Archaea (south pole) is in the shape of an amoeba, North Archaea (north pole) is in the shape of a hot spring, and continent Bacteria is an assortment of different bacterial shapes which are all separate from each other.
*Pern (WoF) was the first franchise adaptation of L1quid's novels. Archai (TDP) is the second, and Polycarpa (WoF) is the third.
==Notes==
On 12/18/2022, it was unknown if L1quid would continue this adaptation after a huge writer's block for book 2 of the original source content (they have book 1 complete), and because they are reviving a dead fantasy series they previously scrapped.
----On 01/19/2023, L1quid renamed their original series to These Alien Dragons after seeing that people get excited when they mention the series has "alien dragons" in it. (The title "FeatherWings" was also the working title of the series.)
They have also renamed book 1 from "Dragon Soul" to Shifting Storms, as the appearance of outsider dragons creates a political firestorm within the TreeWing government; a literal storm happens in the novel; and a personal storm occurs within the main protagonist during the novel. Book 2 has been renamed from "Dragon Heart" to Shifting Sands, in accordance with the desert theme, and book 3 has been renamed from "Dragon Wings" to Shifting Stars, due to the high presence of aliens in the novel (even though aliens appear in all books of the series).
The entirety of the WoF adaptation has been removed in order to accommodate the actual events in the novel. The part names have been removed as well, as they will be changed; and the novel will be written in first-person so readers get to know the protagonist better.
----On 02/03/2022, L1quid changed the name of the novels to be "Shifting Seas" (book 1); "Shifting Storms" (book 2); and "Shifting Stars" (book 3) as for the books to have an elemental theme, but also that the title corresponds to the book's events. (They haven't changed the links yet.)
----On 03/09/2023, L1quid will keep the original novel titles in the aforementioned note as the titles of the novel adaptations on the wiki, as they are fanfiction and not the original series. This comes after they renamed their books, even though they liked the previous titles, to prevent the abbreviations of the titles all being "S.S." and to differentiate the books from each other.
----On 11/30/2023, the author is redoing the plot of These Alien Dragons (and, by extension, the adaptation), as the plot during that time could not work plot-wise and realistically. Furthermore, the first two books will be changed, as the third book will be affected by this development.
==Gallery==
File:Wings of fire book 2 by joy ang.jpg|Full, unedited cover of Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir (2013) by Joy Ang. The Lost Heir was an influence on Turning Tides (original novel) and Shifting Seas (subsequent WoF adapatation).
File:Maple (treewing (wof poster), featherwings (series)).png|Maple poster (when Shifting Seas was known as Dragon Soul)
File:Stars (65 (2023)).png|Shifting Stars filler cover (screenshot of the stars from 65 (2023))
==External Links==
*Named Pern characters, Unnamed Pern characters - Wings of Fire fanon wiki
*These Alien Dragons: Turning Tides, These Alien Dragons: Raging Fires, These Alien Dragons: Shifting Stars - L1quid's Wattpad page
*These Alien Dragons wiki - encyclopedia on the These Alien Dragons series
*FeatherWings wiki - (old) encyclopedia on the These Alien Dragons series before it was finalized
**These Alien Dragons - FeatherWings wiki (canon series added here so L1quid doesn't prematurely update the official wiki)
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