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1. Unlikely Training Partners by Livinforthefanfics

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   25 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Xaden Riorson/Violet Sorrengail
   • Dain Aetos/Violet Sorrengail
   • Violet Sorrengail
   • Dain Aetos
   • Xaden Riorson
   • Rhiannon Matthias
   • Amber Mavis (Empyrean)
   • Ridoc Gamlyn
   • Sawyer Henrick
   • Liam Mairi
   • Halden Tauri
   • Tairn (Empyrean)
   • Andarna (Empyrean)
   • Sgaeyl (Empyrean)
   • General Aetos | Dain Aetos' Father
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Love Triangles
   • Not Beta Read
   • Jealous Xaden Riorson
   • Dain redemption arc
   • Spoilers for Book 1: Fourth Wing (Empyrean)
   • Spoilers for Book 2: Iron Flame (Empyrean)
   • Spoilers for Book 3: Onyx Storm (Empyrean)
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Friends to Lovers
   • POV Xaden Riorson
   • POV Violet Sorrengail
   • POV Dain Aetos
   • Heartbreak
   • Smut
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Dain Aetos Needs a Hug
   • Possessive Xaden Riorson
   • More tags to be added
   • I can't wait to reveal some tags for all of you
   • are you ready ?!?!
   • AT LEAST READ CHAPTER 41
   • Ch 40-41 are gonna have you in a chokehold
   • pre-OS unhinged canon theory
   • Angst
   • Yearning

   Summary

   What if Dain knew Violet was poisoning her opponents and confronted her about it? What if Violet stood up to Dain much earlier and forced his hand; help train her to survive or lose her friendship?

   A cannon divergence story set in FW timeline. Written after FW/IF but before OS.

   Did you catch the part in OS where Vi wondered what first year would have been like if Dain was more daddy and less dad? Well this is it. This story.

   Dain’s redemption arc is here folks & it changes the story of our beloved FW.

   Regular updates Sundays/Mondays (one week for FW material, two for brand new material).

   ** Undergoing minor revisions for spelling and grammar (Done: 1,2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 19, 21, 24, 26, 30)

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