(This is the page for the graphic novel adaptation of "Winter Turning." You may be looking for the Winter Turning (book)|book instead.)  'Winter
Turning (graphic novel)' is a comic adaptation of the seventh Wings of Fire book, Winter Turning (book)|Winter
Turning, with art done by Mike Holmes. The book is written from the
point of view of Winter. It was released on December 26th, 2023.

## Synopsis

The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling
Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire!

Daring mission... or deadly mistake?

Winter has been a disappointment to his Dragon royalty|royal IceWing
family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade
Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to
commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make
things right ― if only he can find her.

Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make
this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem to understand that
IceWings, the most superior of all Dragons|dragon tribes, can fix their
own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen
Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even
the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom, where he'll
have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.

The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new
heights in the seventh graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike
Holmes.

## Dedication

`For Dash and Jess with love from all the dragons! — T.T.S `

`This one's for Ella the cat and Heidi the dog, our animal friends for many, many years. You'll always be immortalized as the animalistic inspiration for the dragon pages in these books. - M.H`

## Plot

### Prologue

Hailstorm took his brother Winter out searching for a Human
settlements|scavenger den in the Sky Kingdom two years prior to when the
main story was set. While Winter expressed doubt about their safety,
Hailstorm assured Winter that they would be fine, disregarding Winter's
worry about getting in trouble with their parents because he was
destined to be second-in-command of the IceWing army. Hearing this
boast, forteen SkyWings, led by Ruby, came out of the trees and
attempted to capture the two IceWing prince|princes. In order to save
Winter, Hailstorm told the SkyWings that his brother was useless and
that no one in the Ice Kingdom would care. Ruby allowed Winter to go
back to the Ice Kingdom in order to tell the queen that Hailstorm was
captured. The SkyWings then knocked Hailstorm unconscious and he woke up
in Queen Scarlet's SkyWing palace#Throne room|throne room, with an
Pyrite|orange dragon sitting next to her throne. Scarlet told the orange
dragon that Hailstorm was dangerous and must be hidden, and the orange
dragon responded that Hailstorm would not be found.

### Part 1: A Cold Wind

Two years later, Winter had a flashback to when he was two years old and
was part of a hunting party with his mother, Tundra, Icicle, and
Hailstorm. They were tasked with killing a polar bear to bring to Queen
Glacier. When Winter found a polar bear, he also spotted a scavenger
watching the bear. He studied the scavenger when Tundra flew up behind
him and yelled at him to kill the polar bear. Winter ended up losing the
bear as it ran into a cave, disappointing his family.

Back in the present, Winter tried to find a place to release Bandit,
intent on going back to the Ice Kingdom to get help from Glacier to find
his brother. Moonwatcher, Qibli, Kinkajou, and Turtle showed up and told
Winter that they wanted to help him find his brother. They offered ideas
of where Winter could go instead of the Ice Kingdom, when Moon was
struck by her prophecy, saying it outloud to the other Jade Winglet
dragons. Moon told Turtle to give Winter a skyfire rock and Moon told
Winter about her NightWings#Abilities|NightWing powers. Winter became
distrustful of Moon, and angrily scared Bandit out of his cage and into
the forest. The IceWing was adamant that he does not need help, and
managed to convince Turtle to return to Jade Mountain Academy. When the
others refused to back down, Winter agreed to go to the Rainforest
Kingdom, planning to quickly save Hailstorm and return to the Ice
Kingdom as a hero.

When they get to the rainforest, Winter was overwhelmed and disliked
everything. When the group noticed a Toe-Fur|sloth, Winter attempted to
catch it in order to eat it, but was attacked by Exquisite, who took her
sloth and went away. When Moon sensed dragons approaching, Moon, Qibli,
and Winter hid in a tree until they were gone. While in the tree, Winter
told the others about how distrustful the NightWings are, mentioning
Darkstalker, which caused Moon to fall out of the tree. Before Winter
could tell the whole story of Darkstalker, Moon sensed the dragons from
before coming back, saying that they should hide. Kinkajou called the
dragons over, thinking that one of them was Orchid, but was instead
Bromeliad. The NightWing with her, Obsidian, noticed Winter and called
the group down to take them to the NightWing village. When they arrive
in the village, Moon reunited with Secretkeeper. Deathbringer tackled
Winter and sat on him, thinking that he was the IceWing Sunny warned
them about. Glory arrived and got Deathbringer off of Winter before
introducing herself. She told one of her guards, Heliconia, to tell her
scout captains to meet at the RainWing royal pavilion|pavilion, before
taking the Jade Winglet dragonets there. At the pavilion, Moon sensed
that one of the RainWings scouts had seen something strange, and the
RainWing admitted that they saw something by the giant banyan tree.
Winter, Qibli, Moon, and Glory go to check out the area by the tree
where they found a dead NightWing. When they return to the pavilion,
Glory, concerned over what they found, told the Jade Winglet dragons
that they should stay in the RainWing wingery|dragonet wingery. Winter
tried to oppose her, but Qibli convinced him to agree so they could
sneak off later.

In the wingery, the RainWing and NightWing dragonets took an interest in
the older dragons, but once the older dragonets got them to go away,
they started to discuss Moon's prophecy and what it could mean. In order
to get out of the wingery, Kinkajou told the dragonets that they were
going to play Games|hide-and-seek, having the dragonets count. While
they were counting, they escaped through the bottom of the wingery and
traveled to the NightWing tunnels. They enter the tunnel to the
NightWing island and Winter saw the secret home of the NightWings for
the first time. When Kinkajou expressed sympathy for the NightWings,
Winter snapped at her about how terrible the NightWings were. When Moon
asked if the IceWings hating the NightWings had anything to do with
Darkstalker, Winter told the group the entire story of Darkstalker from
the IceWings' perspective, where a NightWing named Foeslayer kidnapped
Arctic, an IceWing animus prince, taking away animus magic from the
IceWings forever. Moon realised that they were in the wrong place and
that they had to find the kingdom the NightWings lived in before
Darkstalker.

When they tried to go into the NightWing fortress to look for a
dreamvisitor, they instead found Icicle, who was in terrible condition.
She told Winter that she would not let herself sleep because she did not
want to see Scarlet. When Kinkajou defended Glory, Icicle teased
Kinkajou, causing the angry RainWing to attack Icicle, but before Icicle
could kill Kinkajou, Glory and Deathbringer showed up and arrested
Icicle, taking her to the RainWing healer's pavilion|healer's hut, after
knocking her out with a tranquilizer. The Jade Winglet dragonets planned
to wait until Scarlet showed up in Icicle's dream so that Moon could
hear their conversation and possibly see where Scarlet was. When Moon
told Winter that Scarlet was in Icicle's mind, she told him to get her
paper and something to write with, but Kinkajou went to get that
instead. When Scarlet has left, Moon told Winter that she heard about
the deal he made with Icicle before she fell asleep, but assured him
that she was not worried that he would kill Glory. When Kinkajou
returned, Moon drew the mountain she was behind Scarlet in the dream.
None of the dragonets recognized it, but they went to Deathbringer to
see if he knew where it was.

### Part 2: In the Claws of the Clouds

Deathbringer did not recognize the mountain in Moon's drawing, but told
the group that Talons of Peace might. Glory gave permission for Winter
and Qibli to go to the talons because they were not her subjects, but
she was hesitant to let Moon and Kinkajou go. When the two protested and
argue against the queen, she allowed them to go, but made them promise
to stay away from Scarlet.

Winter, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou traveled to an area near a
Indestructible City|scavenger den which was now a new spot for signals
to the Talons of Peace. Moon suggested that she and Qibli could wait
until night so they could make twin flames, but Winter made a signal by
flashing his bright scales in the sun. When Winter was up in the sky, he
noticed that the scavengers in the den had seen the other dragons and
were going to fire a weapon at them. In order to save them, Winter used
his frostbreath to change the trajectory of the flaming spear. While
Moon and Kinkajou went out to find food, Qibli asked Winter to draw the
weapon for Qibli. The two were talking about their families and Winter's
plan to return to the Ice Kingdom with his brother when a SeaWing,
Squid, lunged out of the water at Winter. When Winter attacked back,
Riptide showed up and criticized Squid. Riptide introduced himself and
Winter told him that they were looking for a SkyWing in the Talons of
Peace. Riptide called several members from the talons, one an IceWing,
which surprised Winter. While a member went to get the SkyWings in the
talons, Winter questioned the IceWing, who introduced himself as Cirrus.
Winter found the IceWing suspicious since he did not know Winter's
parents.

Moon and Kinkajou returned and Qibli introduced them to the talons. The
two SkyWings, Avalanche and Pyrite, arrived and Avalanche did not
recognize the mountain. Pyrite at first did not recognize the mountain,
Moon saw in her mind that she did and pressured her to admit it. When
Cirrus questioned why they were looking for the mountain, Winter told
the talons that they think it is where Scarlet was hiding, which excited
Pyrite who was a Scarlet loyalist. Knowing that they were looking for
Scarlet, Pyrite agreed to help them. When Pyrite handed the drawing back
to Winter, Winter felt a tingling that he had felt at the NightWing
tunnels, making him think that Pyrite was an animus.

When the group arrived at the mountain, they split up and search the
valley, but only find one of Scarlet's scales as remnant of the SkyWing.
That night, Scarlet dreamvisited Winter and tried to scare him, but
Winter was able to remove his skyfire and get Moon to wake him up.
Winter, Moon, and Qibli realized that Scarlet had to have seen Winter
that day in order to dreamvisit him and they searched the valley at
night. Moon was able to sense Scarlet and the three sneak up on Scarlet,
trying to hear what she was saying. They found her talking with another
dragon and Scarlet decided that it was time for her to kill Hailstorm,
telling the dragon she was with to get Pyrite.

Moon, Winter, and Qibli flew back to their campsite where Winter jumped
on Pyrite and asked what she knew about his brother. He was convinced
that she was an animus, but Moon claimed that she could not sense that
in Pyrite's mind. When Winter tried to remove Pyrite's pouch, the
SkyWing attacked Winter, throwing him in the fire. A NightWing showed up
and attacked Kinkajou, knocking her unconscious, causing Moon and Winter
to both attack him while Qibli held Pyrite down. Winter removed Pyrite's
pouch and the SkyWing begun to transform into an IceWing, revealing her
to have been Hailstorm.

Hailstorm was confused, having thoughts as both Pyrite and himself.
Winter, Moon, and Qibli managed to use a tree branch to carry Kinkajou
and leave the valley. Qibli took the group to Possibility in order to
hide from Scarlet and get help for Kinkajou. While waiting for Qibli to
get directions to a doctor, Winter tried to understand how Hailstorm was
thinking, but found that his brother's mind was tangled with two
different memories of his life, one as an IceWing and one as Pyrite.
Qibli returned with directions to a doctor and the group took Kinkajou
into the town. A SandWing named Meerkat took Kinkajou and Moon into
Mayfly's hut, while Winter, Hailstorm, and Qibli waited in Mayfly's
garden.

Winter and Qibli examined Pyrite's necklace and found a piece of paper
with writing on it, revealing that Pyrite was a spell. In order to
understand how Hailstorm felt as Pyrite, Winter put the necklace on
after Qibli modified the spell so that Pyrite would not put up a fight
to take the necklace off. Pyrite was surprised, not knowing where she
was. Qibli asked her if she remembered anything about Winter to which
Pyrite described him as grumpy. He asked Pyrite if he could see her
necklace and she took it off, giving it to Qibli and freeing Winter from
the spell.

Moon entered the garden and told Qibli and Winter that Kinkajou had been
badly injured. Hailstorm called out in a crowd for a SkyWing he recognized during his time as Pyrite. The SkyWing, Eagle, was
aggressive toward Hailstorm since he was an IceWing, but Meerkat was
able to diffuse the situation. Hailstorm told Winter that he wanted to
go home and Winter thought that it was best for the two to return to the
Ice Kingdom. Moon told Winter that they would wait a week for him to
come back before they left Possibility, and Winter and Hailstorm took
off for the Ice Kingdom.

### Part 3: Beneath the Ice

Winter and Hailstorm arrived at the Great Ice Cliff where Winter had to
remind Hailstorm about the IceWing gifts|animus gift. He reflected on
how Foeslayer stole animus magic from the IceWings and that they could
have had so many more animus gifts if Arctic had not been stolen. When
they arrive at the IceWing palace|palace, Winter took Hailstorm to the
courtyard where they reunited with their father, Narwhal, who was busy
organizing the gift of order in Glacier's absence. Winter saw that
Icicle's name was last in the rankings, with his name just above hers.
Narwhal told Hailstorm to come with him to his chambers to explain
everything while Winter went to his room to sleep.

Winter awoke to his mother criticizing him for sleeping in late. As they
walked out of Winter's room, she thanked him for returning Hailstorm.
Winter entered the courtyard where all the IceWings in the palace had
gathered to see how Narwhal would adjust the rankings with his returned
son. Narwhal announced that Hailstorm would be slotted into last place
at the bottom of the rankings, dooming Hailstorm who was only twelve
days from turning seven and having his ranking decide his future.
Additionally, Narwhal changed Winter's ranking, putting him into first
place for everything he did to return Hailstorm. Winter was shocked and
flew up to join the first circle dragonets.

Snowfall, the previous first ranked dragonet and one of Glacier's
daughters, noted that the results of the meeting was unexpected, while
Lynx, another dragonet in the first circle, congratulated Winter. When
Hailstorm went to talk with Winter, Snowfall mentioned the diamond trial
to the brothers, a method of raising the rank of a dragonet in last
place. When Winter asked if Hailstorm was going to do the trial, he
realized that in order for Hailstorm to get his rank up, he would have
to go up against Winter, making the IceWing realize why his father put
him in first place. Hailstorm enacted the trial and the next day when
Glacier arrived, Winter traveled to the courtyard where he, Hailstorm,
Glacier, Narwhal, and Tundra would fly to the Ice Kingdom#Diamond
Caves|Diamond Caves. During the flight, Glacier had Winter tell her
everything about his adventure.

When the group arrived at the entrance to the Diamond Caves, Glacier
gave Winter and Hailstorm spears and instructions for the trial. They
would have to find the frozen dragon by the river chasm and touch her
with their spears. Narwhal and Tundra told the brothers to restore their
family rank before they two entered the cave. Winter and Hailstorm
traveled together within the caves until they found a room full of
frozen IceWings from previous trials. They found the dragon Glacier had
told them about and Hailstorm touched his spear to her, cracking the ice
and revealing a NightWing.

Hailstorm told the NightWing that he was there to kill her, but the
NightWing told the IceWings that they should introduce themselves.
Winter introduced himself to which the NightWing told the IceWings that
her name was Foeslayer. Winter was shocked that the NightWing was
Darkstalker's mother and Foeslayer explained that Diamond, Arctic's
mother, had used her animus magic to trap Foeslayer in the Diamond
Caves, creating the gift of vengeance. Hailstorm attacked Foeslayer,
causing Winter to do so as well.

Winter admitted to Hailstorm that does not want to fight with his
brother over a ranking. Winter told Hailstorm that he was willing to
take last place, but realized that that was not possible, and Winter had
Hailstorm kill Foeslayer with his spear. When nothing happened,
Hailstorm explained that their parents chose for Hailstorm to win and
told Hailstorm that he had to kill Winter with the spear. Realizing that
his parents chose Hailstorm over him, Winter told Hailstorm that he
should go back and tell everyone that he won while he waited until later
to escape the caves, leaving the Ice Kingdom forever.

After Hailstorm left, Winter used his spear to unfreeze Foeslayer
because he believed that her imprisonment was unfair. Foeslayer then
told him the truth about her and Arctic, that they had fallen in love
with each other. Winter dedicated that he wanted to get Foeslayer out of
the Night Kingdom and used his frostbreath to destroy Foeslayer's
enchanted shackles. Winter realized that Foeslayer knew where the lost
city of night was and left the Ice Kingdom with her to return to Moon
and the others.

### Epilogue

Back at Jade Mountain Academy, Darkstalker listened to the thoughts of
Mightyclaws who had received a letter that Fierceteeth and Strongwings
escaped Thorn's prison. Mightyclaws was conflicted on if he would help
them or if things were better now.

Darkstalker also watched Onyx who had removed her skyfire amulet to wade
into a river. Darkstalker was surprised when she started to speak as
there were no dragons around her. She explained that she could not get
close to "the daughter" and that she had another idea. She described how there was a Ostrich (TBN)|dragonet who was the daughter of one of
Thorn's Six-Claws|generals. She then thought to herself that one day,
she would be queen, whether "Vulture|that old dragon" helped her or not.

Darkstalker then listened into Anemone playing in one of the underground
lakes. She thought to herself how she was finally free and that she was
one of the most powerful dragons in the world. It is revealed that she
used her magic to keep Coral away from her.

Finally, Darkstalker thought about Peril who was pacing an empty cave.
He believed that she was the most interesting mind at the school and
that she could change everything.

## Variations from the Novel

  - In the prologue, Ruby mentioned that Queen Scarlet was her mother
    but in the novel, she only mentioned her mother and did not say
    Scarlet's name.
  - Scarlet's dialogue when Hailstorm first woke up about him being
    boring was cut and replaced with "So, this is Prince Hailstorm".
  - When remembering the time he had first disappointed his family,
    Winter only mentioned that Icicle and Hailstorm were in the hunting
    party, leaving out two of Glacier's dragonets, one of his royal
    uncles, three attendants, and his parents.
  - There were only three RainWings who gathered at the RainWing royal
    pavilion when Glory called for her scout captains instead of six.
  - The scene where Winter, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou hide from a search
    party while heading to the NightWing tunnel to the NightWing island
    was removed.
  - Instead of being in the Diamond Caves at the end of the novel,
    Winter and Foeslayer were flying outside.
  - The wording of the spell of the Pyrite mask is changed from "he or
    she" and "his or her" to "they" and "their".

## Mistakes

  - Arctic's blood was depicted as red, when it should be blue.
  - On Winter's neck, there is a moonglobe colored line.
  - On the paperback version, the title on the spine of the book is
    incorrectly spelled as "Winter Turniing."
  - The RainWing and NightWing dragonets' speech bubble is not colored
    in.
  - Tundra is missing her necklace in many panels.
  - When Winter sees the dragonets in the wingery, he thinks "Why are
    all the dragonets here NightWings?", but the RainWing dragonets did
    not have NightWing colors.
  - Queen Scarlet is missing her wings.
  - The spell on the Pyrite Mask is missing the words "in the form of",
    thus reading "when any dragon wears it a necklace".   - In Darkstalker, Arctic cut out his tongue
    before his death; however, in the graphic novel, it was still intact
    when he was shown dead.
  - Qibli is missing his earring throughout the entire book.
  - Darkstalker is missing his teardrop scales.
  - Winter is missing his armband in several panels.
  - "Yeep!" is printed on Winter's leg.