Dragon Wings

***Dragon Wings*** is the third and final novel in *FeatherWings*. It succeeds *Dragon Heart*, and the main protagonist is Cloud.

## Synopsis

*Find them, or all is lost...*

Having narrowly escaped the Flat Desert, Maple, Sand, and Cloud now have an idea of where the FeatherWings might be - a few islands located in the Mountain Claws, a continuous chain of mountainous islands in the western ocean.

With time running out, Cloud must lead his friends through StormWing territory to find the legendary dragons before the threat from the sky descends on Eukarya - and horrors unknown to the planet will exterminate them all.

**The *FeatherWings* trilogy comes to a close with a classic alien invasion story on a dragon-filled planet!**

Cloud has felt like a disappointment his entire life. Berated by his superiors since he started school as a dragonet, he feels has no purpose.

But now he has allies from different species, and for once he has a purpose - finding the lost FeatherWings, who live under the StormWings' snouts within their own territory.

But the FeatherWings are a complete disappointment and nothing like the past depicts them as. And with time running out, Cloud, Sand, and Maple must find a way to defend their continent and planet from the sky threat - before they become exterminated for good.

## Plot

### *A Guide to the Dragons of Eukarya*

This Guide shows what dragons are native to continent/planet Eukarya.

### Prologue

Commander L'janna of the Ili fleet is overseeing preparations for the invasion of Eukarya.

### Epilogue

Two years later (in 2224 A.D.), Maple, Cloud, Sand, Alder, and Fervent, alongside humans some peaceful Ili and Juxera, attend the wedding of Danielle Walker and Terence Stone in the savanna. It is traditional Christian ceremony, and when Pastor Nicholas Adamson gets to the *"If anyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace"* section, Mrs. Stone, Terry's mother, objects the marriage because the couple is "too young" to get married. No one agrees with her, and the pastor officiates the marriage, despite the mother's frustration. After they walk down the aisle as husband and wife, Maple takes Danielle and Terry for a ride in the savanna. After a while, Bright finds Maple and talks with her about what has happened to her herd after the events of *Dragon Heart* and how some HeatWing herds are trying to incorporate the outcast herd into an official herd. Bright then departs to catch prey for the newly abandoned dragonets in the herd, implying that genetic mutations or disorders in the HeatWing species are rising.

## Trivia

* The author intentionally created the finale of *FeatherWings* to have a bloody battle (invasion of Eukarya) and a plot twist (humans caused the near-extinction of the FeatherWings), something modern novels (2020s) severely lack.
* Because L1quid planned on *FeatherWings* only having three books, it is highly unlikely that there will be a Sequel Trilogy (books 4-6). to the Original Trilogy (books 1-3).
	+ If readers want more *FeatherWings* books (in the future), the author may write novellas or short stories to expand upon the series' world. *Guide to Eukarya* will fulfill this purpose; it is the series bible while also following up *Dragon Wings* and giving closure to *FeatherWings*.
* *Dragon Wings*' epilogue was originally a concept for a potential spinoff trilogy. However, since the series needed closure, the spinoff concept was turned into the epilogue.
* *Dragon Wings*' epilogue originally had Maple as the main perspective and featured a human wedding, Maple laying an egg and becoming a mother, and dragonets and human children playing together. This was changed to feature the main protagonists as the epilogue's perspectives - Cloud's perspective happened one month after the novel's ending with the death of Quill; Sand's perspective takes place six months after the novel's ending with the two eggs she laid in *Dragon Heart* hatching; and Maple's perspective took place two years after the novel's ending witnessing a human wedding.
	+ The dragonets and human children playing together were placed in the wedding reception scene because the author wanted to show the humans and alien dragons living in peace.
	+ Two characters known as "Petrichor" and "Acacia" were originally introduced in the epilogue as the main protagonist's children (and were hybrids). This concept was scrapped, but the characters were kept.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Luna's outlines and notes for *FeatherWings*
2. ↑ *Dragon's Sky*
3. ↑ *Dragon's Sea*
4. ↑ *Dragon's Smoke*