The Wingfeather Saga
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| Author | Andrew Peterson |
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| Discipline | Fantasy, young adult fiction, children's fiction |
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| Website | http://www.wingfeathersaga.com |
The Wingfeather Saga is a series of four fantasy novels, plus a "Creaturepedia" and a collection of side-stories titled The Wingfeather Tales, written by singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson, consisting of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, North! Or Be Eaten, The Monster in the Hollows, and The Warden and the Wolf King. The series chronicles the adventures and transformations of a family called Igiby (grandfather Podo, mother Nia, and three children, Janner, Tink, and Leeli), as they discover secrets of their family history, flee the evil Fangs of Dang who are occupying the country of Skree where the Igibys were raised, seek their place in the world, and make a stand against the mysterious ruler behind the Fangs, Gnag the Nameless.
In North! Or Be Eaten, Janner and his family must flee to the Ice Prairies to escape the vicious Fangs of Dang. But first, they have to escape Glipwood Forest, the thieving Stranders of the East Bend, and the Fork Factory, where children get taken by the Black Carriage to make swords and weapons (and forks) for the Fangs.
The Monster in the Hollows and The Warden and the Wolf King continue the family's story as they travel to the Green Hollows and, finally, confront Gnag the Nameless.
Main characters
Janner Igiby (Wingfeather)
Janner is the determined oldest brother, whom Nia (Mother) and Podo (Grandfather) expect to protect the others, Tink and Leeli. At the end of the book, in a treehouse built by Esben's brother, Artham Wingfeather (aka. Pete the Sock Man) Janner learns that his Father was King of Anniera, (The Shining Isle,) his Mother, Queen of Anneria, (The Shining Isle,) and receives a book, written (some assume) by the Maker himself. (the book is later called "The First Book" and Oskar Noss (N.) Reteep begins to translate it, finishing translating it in the Green Hollows, in a place called Ban Rona, where it is later stolen by a man named Bonifer Squoon)
Tink (Kalmar) Igiby (Wingfeather)
Tink (Kalmar, his birth name as mentioned early on in the book) is constantly hungry and ready for mischief with his brother, such as exploring in the nearby dangerous woods. At the end of the book On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness it turned out that Tink happened to be the King of Anniera, (The Shining Isle) after his father, Esben Wingfeather, (supposedly) died. In The Monster in the Hollows (the third book) Esben Wingfeather appears, as a cloven, and is later transformed into a majestic Bear, and he is killed by Rudrec, the Keeper of Ban Rona, the place that the Wingfeathers flee for safety. After Esben died, Kalmar takes the full role as King of the Shining Isle. Starting in the book North! or be Eaten, he assumes the name Kalmar.
Leeli Igiby (Wingfeather)
Leeli is kind, musically talented, and crippled, but is brave and can be surprisingly fast on her crutch when she has to be. She is gifted a Whistleharp, that originally belonged to her great-grandmother, Madia, Queen of Anneria, though it had been in Anniera since the Second Ephoc.
Podo Helmer (Wingfeather)
Podo tends the garden, protects the family, and tells stories of his former wild life as a pirate at sea. A dragon bit off his leg, in a story told in the book North! Or be Eaten and he replaced it with a peg leg, (often described as a stump) that was strapped to his leg.
Nia Igiby (Wingfeather)
Nia was a queen of Anneria, and she grew up in the Green Hollows. Her husband, Esben was the king of Anneria, and she supposed he was dead, after the fangs captured Castle Rysen, the Kings Palace. In the third book, The Monster in the Hollows, she learns that her husband Esben had been transformed into a Cloven, (a deformed creature, that was an outcast, a twisted thing created by Gnag the Namless, and then thrown into the Blackwood, residing in a place called the Clovenfast).
Artham Wingfeather (Pete the Sock Man)
Artham was a man with talons, and attempted to hide them behind socks. He was later transformed into a variation of a hawk. He was Esben Wingfeather's brother.
Esben Wingfeather
Animated series
In March 2016 a Kickstarter was successfully funded[1] to produce a pilot episode for an animated series adaptation. That campaign also funded a series of short stories set in the world of Aerwiar. The stories were written by Andrew Peterson, Jennifer Trafton, N.D. Wilson, A.S. Peterson, Jonathan Rogers, and Douglas Kaine McKelvey. They were illustrated by Cory Godbey, Nicholas Kole, John Hendrix, Joe Sutphin, Doug TenNapel, Justin Gerard, and Aedan Peterson;[2] and the musical score was composed by The Arcadian Wild and Kurt Heinecke.[3]
The fifteen-minute short film, titled A Crow for the Carriage, was premiered on November 2, 2017, at Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.[4] The short is available for streaming on multiple platforms.[5] The series' producer, J. Chris Wall, and author, Andrew Peterson, are currently in the process of pitching the show to film and television outlets.[6]
External links
Notes and references
- ^ "The Wingfeather Saga Animated Series". Kickstarter.
- ^ "The Wingfeather Saga — Books". Wingfeather Saga official website.
- ^ Sidler, Madame (July 16, 2018). "Wingfeather Film Soundtrack!". The Wingfeather Saga. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Andrew Peterson's 'The Wingfeather Saga' Short Film to Premiere at Belcourt Theatre". Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "It's Here at Last! Tell EVERYBODY". Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Andrew Peterson's THE WINGFEATHER SAGA Short Film Premieres". Retrieved May 21, 2018.