History Literature / WingsOfFire

* AnyoneCanDie: Not to the extent of most series under this trope, but it's never a good idea to assume someone's safe for structural reasons. Notable examples include:

TrulySingleParent: Jerboa I uses her animus power to create Jerboa II "Boa", who she keeps around for more than a thousand years while using her powers to edit her mind to be the ideal child whenever Boa does something she doesn't want. Eventually Boa realizes the truth and effectively kills her mother.

* RockThemeNaming: A sizable number of dragons are named after gems, such as Ruby, Tourmaline, Pearl and Onyx.

* {{Foil}}: In Book 2, there's a considerable dichotomy between Riptide and Whirlpool. [[spoiler: Riptide is distrusted and shunned by Queen Coral for being the son of Webs (aka Tsunami's kidnapper) and even has his secrets. Nonetheless, he's the most tustworthy and reliable Seawing Tsunami's ever met, always trying to be helpful and honest as often as he can. Meanwhile, you have Whirlpool who is favored by Queen Coral for flattering her and being her "trusted" advisor. But he's a murderous slimeball of a dragon who Tsunami dislikes, and a opportunistic social-climber who is vying to marry off one of Coral's daughters, even the infant Aucklet.]]

* FiveManBand: For all three arcs.
** The first arc:
*** TheLeader: Tsunami
*** TheLancer: Glory
*** TheBigGuy: Clay
*** TheSmartGuy: Starflight
*** TheChick: Sunny
*** TheSixthRanger: Webs
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Peril
** The second arc:
*** TheLeader: Moonwatcher
*** TheLancer: Qibli
*** TheBigGuy: Winter
*** TheSmartGuy: Turtle
*** TheChick: Kinkajou
*** TheSixthRanger: Peril
** The third arc:
*** TheLeader: Blue
*** TheLancer: Swordtail
*** TheBigGuy: Sundew
*** TheSmartGuy: Cricket
*** TheChick: Willow/Luna(depending on the book)
*** TagalongKid: Bumblebee

** Queen Oasis named all her children after words relating to heat or fire, beginning with ‘B’ for the girls (Burn, Blister, Blaze) and ‘S’ for the boys (Smolder, Scald, and Singe).

* ConvectionSchmonvection: No dragons are actually injured by lava or Peril's fire without being touched by it. However, dragons are noted to have a resistance to fire in general, and don't die as quickly as humans would even when they actually touch lava.

* GenderIsNoObject: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Only females can rule the tribes, while their husbands have very little say in political matters, but for most dragons who aren't royal, gender is a non-issue.

* GenocideBackfire: The [=HiveWings=] attempted to wipe out all of the [=LeafWings=] during the Tree Wars. As it turns out, [[spoiler:the [=LeafWings=] are still alive, have a sizable population, and are living in the Poison Jungle.]]

* GeniusCripple: [[spoiler: Starflight, after being blinded.]]
* GenocideBackfire: The [=HiveWings=] supposedly killed all of the [=LeafWings=], but there are rumors that this is the case and that some are alive and trying to kill the [=HiveWings=]. [[spoiler:They are indeed alive and are willing to go extreme lengths to overthrow the [=HiveWings=].]]

* TwoDunIt: The culprit for [[spoiler: the deaths of Coral's unhatched daughters]] turns out to be a different dragon, [[spoiler: [[TheDeadGuyDidIt Orca]]]], than [[spoiler: the one who tried to kill Tsunami, Whirlpool.]]

* TwoDoneIt: The culprit for [[spoiler: the deaths of Coral's unhatched daughters]] turns out to be a different dragon, [[spoiler: [[TheDeadGuyDidIt Orca]]]], than [[spoiler: the one who tried to kill Tsunami, Whirlpool.]]

* TwoGirlsToATeam: The alternate dragonets and the Jade Mountain group (with Kinkajou or [[TheSixthRanger Peril]]). Inverted with the original prophecy dragonet group, which consists of three female dragonets and two males. The main group of the third arc contains Cricket and Sundew, though Bumblebee later joined them after she hatched, and Luna was with them for ''The Lost Continent''.

* OneCastMemberPerCover: Each book depicts a different dragon on the cover. That dragon is the point-of-view character for that particular book.

* PerfectPacifistPeople: The [=RainWings=] [[spoiler: before Glory's rule.]]

** The [=NightWings=] are the most technologically and scientifically advanced tribe and know about things like desalinization, genetics and germ theory, but they apparently never invented glass, considering the impractical device Mastermind makes [[spoiler:shield the eyes from [=RainWing=] venom.]]

** The different dragon cultures each have [[FantasticNamingConvention their own naming schemes]], usually [[Line-Of-SightNames revolving around things in each culture's environment]], such as animals (Cricket, Peregrine, Fruit Bat, Shark), plants (Kelp, Liana, Cereus, Sequoia), weather (Qibli, Tempest, Sandstorm, Sirocco), rocks and minerals (Clay, Onyx, Vermilion, Ruby), geographical features (Glacier, Cliff, Reef), biomes (Tundra, Marsh), or natural disasters and phenomena (Tsunami, Avalanche, Typhoon).
** The exceptions to the above naming scheme are Nightwing dragons, who, while still somewhat using the previous environment-based naming schemes, which usually relate to the night sky or celestial phenomena, (Moonwatcher and Eclipse) or to volcanic phenomena (Smokeseer and Obsidian). Most NightWings have compound names, which are either designed to evoke mystery, intelligence, or fear, ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Darkstalker, Deathbringer, Fierceteeth, Mastermind, or Battlewinner]]) or reference their psychic abilities (Clearsight, Morrowseer, Mindreader).

** The different dragon cultures each have [[FantasticNamingConvention their own naming schemes]], usually [[LineOfSightNames revolving around things in each culture's environment]], such as animals (Cricket, Peregrine, Fruit Bat, Shark), plants (Kelp, Liana, Cereus, Sequoia), weather (Qibli, Tempest, Sandstorm, Sirocco), rocks and minerals (Clay, Onyx, Vermilion, Ruby), geographical features (Glacier, Cliff, Reef), biomes (Tundra, Marsh), or natural disasters and phenomena (Tsunami, Avalanche, Typhoon).