The Brightest Night (graphic novel)

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The Brightest Night is a graphic novel confirmed at the Rochester Children's Book Festival by Tui to be in the works. It was released on December 28th, 2021. It is the comic adaptation of The Brightest Night and is written from the point of view of Sunny.

Dedication

For Wyatt — talented artist, expert Minecrafter, and hilarious friend

— T.T.S.

For Tui, Barry, Rachel, and Maarta — I'm incredibly honored to be a part of this team!

— M.H.

Synopsis

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

One will have the power of wings of fire …

Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her.

But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny's faith in their destiny. Is it possible for anyone to end this terrible war and choose a new SandWing queen? What if everything they've been through was for nothing?

Buried secrets, deadly surprises, and an unexpected side to scavengers are all waiting for her in the shifting sands of the desert, where Sunny must decide once and for all: Is her destiny already written?

Or can five dragonets change their fate and save the world … the way they choose?

Plot

Prologue

Twenty years prior to the events of arc 1 (books 1-5), Queen Oasis has a hunch about the SandWing royal treasure and decides to check the SandWing stronghold treasury. She bumps into Blister and Blaze on the way, with Blister deciding to follow Oasis. Oasis and Blister find the SandWing treasury empty via a group of scavengers. Oasis decides to send Blister to wake Burn while she fights the humans to reclaim her treasure. Oasis' final thought before being sent to her death is "After all... what's the worst thing that could happen?"

Part One: The Shifting Sands

Picking up where The Dark Secret (graphic novel) left off, Sunny, distraught from Morrowseer's revelation that The Dragonet Prophecy is a farce, runs from the exploding NightWing island into the Rainforest Kingdom, which is now packed with NightWing refugees. Glory addresses the RainWings about living in the Rainforest when Tsunami and Clay emerge from the tunnel with Starflight using his claws to cover his burned-away eyes. As Sunny tries to head for her friends, Fierceteeth, Strongwings, and Preyhunter suddenly drag her into the forest.

The NightWings planned on taking Sunny hostage until they made Fierceteeth queen of the NightWings. Sunny told them that her friends would not exchange anything for anything and that she is a useless SandWing. The NightWings used the Obsidian Mirror to spy on the rest of the Dragonets of Destiny. Glory, Clay and Tsunami were making sure that Starflight was fine and the rest of the NightWings were being checked on. Tsunami spilled the news to Glory that the prophecy was fake, which makes Glory mad. Clay told them that Sunny was upset that the prophecy was fake to which Tsunami replied saying that she will get over it soon.

Strongwings commented on how her friends do like her, but do not value her as a dragon. The NightWings realized that Sunny would not make a good exchange. They move on to their next option, the SandWings. They decided that Burn had the best army and that it would not take long for them to deliver Sunny to Burn. Sunny, not wanting to be captured by Burn, bit Fierceteeth's tail which allowed her to escape. Sunny hid in a nearby tree and eavesdropped on the three NightWings. Though frustrated that they allowed Sunny to escape, they were still determined to carry on their plans. They knew that they could give Burn information on where the Dragonets of Destiny were hiding.

Sunny wanted to tell her friends about the NightWings, but she knew that they would not listen. So she decided to leave and follow them herself. After some time following them, she caught up to them while they were asleep. Sunny realized she could steal the Obsidian Mirror for herself. She managed to steal the Mirror before hearing Preyhunter mutter in his sleep. She worried that they would think it was her who stole the Mirror so she left an ominous message to scare them off. Afterwards, she decided to use the Obsidian Mirror to spy on Starflight. There she saw him resting at the RainWing healer's pavilion with two RainWing healers. They talked about Sunny's disappearance which caused Starflight to wake up. They knocked him out again with a sleeping dart.

She spied on Blister next to find out what she was planning. Blister knew that she was going to win the war without the Dragonets of Destiny. She plans on killing them after she wins the war. Sunny decided to spy on Fierceteeth and the others, where she heard them realize that the Obsidian Mirror had been stolen. Strongwings suggested that whoever stole it must have been someone called "The Darkstalker". Fierceteeth brushed it off as just a ghost story and told them that they needed to get to the Kingdom of Sand first.

Sunny followed after them once more. After the NightWings went to sleep again, Sunny decided to look around at her surroundings. She came across the ruins of a city before she realized that it was a scavenger city. The NightWings decided to head for the Scorpion Den, so they could send a messenger to Burn instead of going to the SandWing Stronghold themselves. Sunny followed them in hopes of encountering her parents. The NightWings were unfortunately stopped by one of the Outclaws, Six-Claws, who were guarding the entrance to the Scorpion Den. The NightWings pleaded to be let in, but Six-Claws did not fall for them and decided to send them to Thorn. Sunny knew that the SandWing would take the Mirror as soon as he saw it, so she hid in the sand, hoping that it would not be found again.

Six-Claws stopped Sunny from entering as Thorn would want to know why she was following those NightWings. Sunny gave in to his demands and allowed him to lead her. On their way to Thorn's tent, Sunny saw many wanted posters with the faces of Dune and Morrowseer. A dragon named Addax asked who Sunny was before Six-Claws brushed him off, though Sunny had a strange feeling about him. Then a hungry dragonet stumbled in front of them asking for food. Six-Claws told the guardian of the dragonet to send the dragonet to the oasis to get a free meal. The guardian was unsure at first before Six-Claws told her that they would not do anything to the dragonet.

They soon arrived at Thorn's tent where they saw the three NightWings before them. Thorn arrived and asked them if they knew about Morrowseer's whereabouts. Preyhunter told her that Morrowseer had died a few days ago which caused Thorn to lash out and kill him as a result. Sunny knew that she could not let Starflight's sister die so she outed herself. She told Thorn that Morrowseer had indeed died a few days ago, to which Thorn responded with confusion to who Sunny was. Thorn asked if she was here for the reward and Sunny replied that she did not know about any reward and that she was here to stop those NightWings. The NightWings responded saying that Burn would have paid them handsomely and that Sunny was one of the Dragonets of Destiny. Shock from the other Outclaws suddenly filled the tent. Thorn brought her to a separate room to further interrogate her. There she showed her wanted posters of Dune and Morrowseer. One of the Outclaws, Qibli, came in to make sure Thorn was ok, despite Thorn's rebuttals against him being there. Sunny told Thorn that Dune had found her egg in the sand several years ago. Thorn furiously responded saying that Dune did not find her egg, he stole it. She then revealed that she was Sunny's real mother and the two embraced in a hug.

Thorn decided to hold a party for Sunny's arrival, to not only to celebrate Sunny's return, but to accomplish three things: relieve tensions, to let everyone know that Sunny is her daughter, and to make it clear that Sunny was under Outclaw protection. Suddenly, news of a Dragonbite viper near the orphanage came to Thorn. Thorn went out the handle the problem. Qibli stayed behind with Sunny and lectured her about how the Outclaws worked. Sunny slowly fell asleep during his lecture. She later woke to Six-Claws eating a piece of meat and she asked him where her mother was. He told her that Thorn was still out there, restoring the peace of the Scorpion Den. The same dragon Sunny had seen earlier, Addax, arrived in front of Sunny and Six-Claws, holding Six-Claws' daughter, Ostrich hostage. Addax asked for Six-Claws to simply meet his demands; trade his daughter's safety in exchange for Sunny. Sunny agreed to go with Addax and told Six-Claws to lie to Thorn, saying that Sunny had gone back to her friends and is safe.

Part Two: Burn's Stronghold

Addax and Sunny arrived at Burn's Stronghold. Sunny saw a dragonet in the Stronghold and mistook him as one of the SandWing sisters before realizing that he was not one of them. The dragon introduced himself as Smolder, the brother of Burn, and brought Sunny with him, leaving Addax without any reward. Smolder decided to keep Sunny alive for now and decided to put her in Burn's Weirdling Tower. They arrived at the Weirdling Tower and only to hear the voice of Ex-Queen Scarlet, calling out for a bucket of water. Smolder suddenly called out to someone named "Flower" and Sunny was surprised to see that it was not a dragonet, but a scavenger. Smolder explained to Sunny that Flower was one of the scavengers that killed Queen Oasis on that fateful night. Burn had initially wanted to put Flower's head on a spike, but luckily for Smolder, he had the backup of his siblings to convince Burn otherwise.

They walked all the way up the tower, where Scarlet was kept. Scarlet had left a mess of the place while Burn was gone. Scarlet caught a glimpse of Sunny and recognized her as "her dragon". Scarlet threatened Sunny, saying that once she was free, Glory would be dead and that she had friends who would rescue her soon. They left Scarlet alone and flew up near the top of the tower. There were a pair of chains, waiting for Sunny. Sunny questioned if she had to stay there and after some thought, Smolder told Sunny that he would allow her to be free at midday, under the condition that she did not try to escape. Sunny then noticed a box near them and asked what the contents of the box were. Smolder explained that the seller of the box claimed that the thing inside the box would die if the box was opened, so he decided to wait for Burn to decide what to do with the box. Smolder left, leaving Sunny in the chains.

He came back after some time, to let Sunny have her walk as promised. He took Sunny to the stronghold's treasury to help him solve a mystery relating to the SandWing stolen treasure. Smolder explained the events of the night when Queen Oasis died. They had found dead Oasis' body and knew none of the SandWing sisters had killed her. They found out the scavengers had done it when they found Flower trying to hide. As a result, they followed the hoofprints left by their horses back to their den and scorched their city to the ground. Sunny guessed that one of the SandWings sisters must have stolen the treasure instead of the scavengers, since they stayed behind at the stronghold. Smolder, however, refuted her point, saying that the war would have been over by now.

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Part Three: The Eye of Onyx

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Epilogue

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Variation from novel

• Sunny says the line, "Don’t be a rotting tooth if you want this prophecy fulfilled and this war stopped, you’ll help us, so shut up" instead of Tsunami.
• Blaze's dreamvisitor sequence has been removed.
• Scarlet's line, "It sounds to me like you’ve forgotten who your queen is" is removed, similarly with Peril's line, "It sounds to me like you’ve forgotten who has the scale-melting talons here" is also removed.
• After Scarlet gives in to Peril's demands, Peril says "The NightWing", even though Thorn was originally the one who said the line.
• In the epilogue, Tsunami is the one saying that she does not like the idea of Scarlet being out there instead of Sunny.

Trivia

• On page 112 of the graphic novel, during the scene where Smolder leads Sunny and Thorn into the SandWing palace library, several letters can be seen that are labeled to unknown recipients - Sage, Boil, Swelter, and Ash. It is unknown if these names were added randomly or will be future characters in Wings of Fire (series).
  • Sage was a character mentioned in The Flames of Hope, but it is unclear if they are the same character.

Gallery

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References

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