Iron Flame Chapter 45: The one with the problematic irids

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SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 45 of Iron Flame.

It was only in the last fifty years that we realized they were no longer solely coming from the Barrens. They’d begun to take recruits, teaching those who never bonded a gryphon to channel what was not theirs to take, to upset the balance of magic by stealing it from the very source. The problem with mankind is we too often find our souls to be a fair price for power. 

—Captain Lera Dorrell’s Guide to Vanquishing the Venin

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Join us as we explore the deeper themes and hidden meaning of the Iron Flame epigraphs in less than 8 minutes.

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