#wof guidebook

[outsmartingbasilisk]

Minor Guidebook Spoilers

With some NightWings living in the old Kingdom who neither see Glory as their Queen or have their own Queen(despite Fierceteeth’s attempts otherwise) it would be really cool imo for it to grow into it’s own independent community that doesn’t operate under a monarchy.

[kinkajouwof]

best and worst parts of new book?

THE GUIDE BOOK? I HAVENT FULLY READ IT YET, BUT THE WORST PART IS DEFINITELY THE CONSTANT DRILLING IN OF HOW IMPORTANT THE SCAVENGERS ARE. THE ENTIRE SANDWING SECTION IS PRACTICALLY JUST COVERING THAT.

BEST PART? THE ART ABSOLUTELY. EVERYONE CAN COMPLAIN AS MUCH AS THEY WANT (ME INCLUDED) BUT I LOVE ALL THE OFFICIAL WOF ART PUT OUT. BOTH BY MIKE HOLMES AND JOY ANG. THEY MAKE ME VERY HAPPY :)

[princessturtleanimus]

FREAKING OUT GOT THE BOOK

YES IM POSTING ABOUT IT EVERYWHWRE I LOVE IT, I CABR WAIT TO READ IT WHEN I GET HOME BUT BUT ILL SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ONCE IVE READ IT IF YOUD LIKE TO HEAR (SPOILRED PROBABLY CAUSE I DONT WANT TO SPOIL OTHERS IN CASE THEY WANT TO AVOID IT)

If there's ANYTHING YOU WANT to SEE OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WOF GUIDEBOOK THEN LET ME KNOW AND ILL POST ABOUT IT FOR YOU JUST SEND ME AN ASK OR WHATEVER AHHH

[crimsonthenightwing]

Okay so I just discovered that Ruby misspelled "much" as "mucah" in Guide to the Dragon World and I hate everything send help

[lander64]

Finished reading the Wings of Fire guide book! Gonna give some overall thoughts.

I went in knowing it was going to be a lot of information we already knew with a few new story’s here and there. So I wasn’t personally disappointed as others were. Pretty much all of the old information was expanded upon enough for it to still be interesting, however the new information is the absolute highlight of the guide.

For the most part, each section is roughly the same in quality. Thankfully, that quality was quite high. I’d rather read the main books ofc, but the guide is still good. However, there were a few weaker moments. The Sandwing section started out strong, but fell off by the end and the Rainwing section was pretty dull overall. I also wish there was less of a focus on the lives of royal dragons and more on the lives of the commoners. The Seawing section particularly suffers from this. Not that there weren’t good stories in there focused on royalty, the Mudwing section has a great one at the end, for instance.

The art is phenomenal. It’s absolute eye candy, even the small drawings in some of the stories are super cute. Id recommend going to look at some of the art even if you have no interest in the book itself.

Overall, I’d say that the guidebook is a stronger whole then the sum of it parts, but a high recommendation if you’re a WoF fan. If number ratings mean anything to you, then it’s a solid 7/10.

Under the read more is some specific details that I thought was interesting. Quite a few spoilers in there so be warned.

- Sepia is funny definitely a new favourite

- the Mudwing succession story was really good. I liked the expansion of Mudwing royalty it presented and It had a nice twist at the end

- Queen Coral sections are surprisingly funny, I loved reading the blurbs of her stories gave me a good chuckle

- the font used in Fin’s letter (as well as Fierceteeth’s later on in the book) was super hard to read for me. That’s probably because I read a scan on my phone screen, so I’ll see how it looks in the actual book

- Kinkajou’s story was, interesting. Makes me happy we didn’t get a book about her in arc 2, I cannot imagine myself still liking Kinkajou if we did tbh

- honestly the Rainwing section as a whole was pretty lacking for me. Really only the last bit with Queen Jackranda got me intrigued but not as much as other stories in other sections

- Mastermind interview was neat, but could of been better

- Despite being a hassle to read, the Fierceteeth letter was really cool. I hope we see more of the small village they’ve set up in future material

- Getting some more information on Burn’s weirdling collection was pretty neat. I like the confirmation that the wing seen there was a Silkwing’s. It’s pretty intriguing how just the wing washed up to shore, I would of thought it’d be parallel to how Luna arrived. But instead of being helped, this unfortunate Silkwing would of be murdered

- Unfortunately over half of the Sandwing section was taken up by Smolder’s diary of taking care of Flower, which I wasn’t interested in at all and only read the first bit before skipping. Shame cause the Sandwing section was shaping up to be my favourite part of the book

- Mink’s letter was cute

- Was expecting the Icewing section to only focus on royalty like the Seawing or Sandwing sections, but Caribou’s letter was a pleasant surprise

- Super cool how there’s an actual Skywing anthem that you can play. I’m not really a musician or anything of the sort, and I did admittedly skim through it, but still very cool

- Skywing section should of been renamed the Queen Scarlet section. Tailwind’s story was great and a real highlight of the guide, might even my favourite story

- I wish less of the Silkwing section was about the rules that Silkwings follow. I would of preferred more parts akin to the Queen Monarch message

- I wonder if the honey drop recipe is good, I’d try it myself but I don’t think I have the ingredients for it

- The list of the Hives was neat, it’s nice to have a little paragraph of information on each of them

- Book of Clearsight excerpts was cute, I could see a small book just detailing more of the future reading

- Leafwing’s detailing their favourite books was charming

- I’ve realised I don’t really have much to say about the Pantalian sections. They aren’t bad at all, I’m just not as invested in them

- Very happy the Scavenger section was so small. I don’t think I could of forced myself through that

- Favourite section was the Skywings, least favourite was Rainwings

[conselavi]

Conselavis reaction of seawings

[crimsonthenightwing]

RainWings? Assassins? Those two don't go together...

Sooooo, Queen Anaconda of the RainWings was challenged and beaten by Queen Jacaranda quite a long time ago. This led to changes — and lots of them.

According to A Guide to the Dragon World, RainWings used to be feared by all the tribes — complete with armies and assassins. Everyone knew about their venom. They went to wars with other tribes. (And, referencing to another article in the RainWing section, dragons were challenging for the throne extremely often, to the point that it endangered the tribe!)

Let's face it: During and before the reign of Anaconda, RainWings were fearsome warriors to the core; even more than NightWings had been at the time.

BUT... Queen Jacaranda changed this by shutting down assassin training, banning the weaponized use of venom, and disassembling entire armies. (She also started the sloth-pet trend, the sun time trend, and very possibly the vegetarianism trend.) Eventually, the tribe got to where it was now; every RainWing sleeping during sun time and being a vegetarian.

Why do you think she did this? Laziness, compassion, fear of other tribes, a strive for change, or another mysterious reason? And why do you think they stopped using scrolls?

I really hope that a future Legends book or Winglets book about Jacaranda will be published and will answer some of these questions.

[outsmartingbasilisk]

The cover for the WoF Guidebook! Was posted on Goodreads and Amazon recently