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Spoilers through Fourth Wing. The overview is spoiler free; facts that give away later events stay folded under the book that reveals them.

Jack Barlowe

Cadet in the Riders Quadrant, introduced in Fourth Wing

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Fourth Wing
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Overview

Jack Barlowe is introduced in Fourth Wing, the first book of Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series. He is a cadet at Basgiath War College, in its Riders Quadrant. His wing, how he treats Violet Sorrengail and his dragon are all revealed while you read Fourth Wing, so they stay in the folded section below. Each line there names the fan guides, at least two, that list it and the date we opened them.

Sourced facts

  • Jack first appears in Fourth Wing, book one of the series.

    No spoilers Listed by theBookFeed and Esta Pinto (both opened Oct 14, 2026)

  • Jack is a cadet at Basgiath War College, in its Riders Quadrant.

    No spoilers Listed by theBookFeed and Empyrean Riders (both opened Oct 14, 2026)

Spoiler: Fourth Wing (3 facts)

These facts come from unofficial fan guides, not the author or the publisher. A fact is shown only when two sites with different owners state the same thing; we write every sentence ourselves and quote nothing.

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