fourth wing, iron flame, and onyx storm spoiler.
i fear that the riders quadrant may cease to exist at the end of the series.
something tells me that to defeat the venin or restore balance (it's early af and i cant quote verbatim what was said), magic has to disappear.
and unless you can somehow bond a dragon without getting a signet, cool. but then what would be the point of bonding a dragon or using the dragons in the first place.
i feel as though everyone who does have a signet will either forfeit it or give their life up for the better of the continent.
forfeiting your signet would kinda mean cutting contact with your dragon which, if you were deeply bonded, would kill you, your dragon, or both.
i only came to this conclusion simply bc the way all of the notes at the top of the pages are worded and the way the books are 'transcribed by jesinia' makes me think everyone dies and magic is lost to the world.
remember, when violet met the irids, they seemed to not like the fact people were using dragons and i feel like that might play a huge role in the entire series.
also, there are probably some bonded pairs who have ill intent. like you cant sit there and tell me every dragon only bonds worthy cadets. theres always bad apples.
also idk how valid this theory would be but imagine if there were ill intent bonded pairs who were working alongside venin. wouldn't you think if this happened then you'd have one side of the bonded pairs using their signets for good and the other half using them for bad reasons.
that'd be the perfect reason to cease the use of dragons for signets after putting an end to the venin.
apologies if this is sloppy.
i woke up with this theory in mind and had to write ts out real quick.