Romantasy Chaos HQ Pod

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 22 of Iron Flame. At some point, probably during your second year, you’ll realize the trust you feel for your friends and family has nothing on the loyalty you develop for your squad. —Page Ninety-one, the Book of Brennan Theo...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 21of Iron Flame. The Migration of The First Year is one of the crowning achievements of Navarre’s unification. What a celebration of the human spirit, to leave a life of war and enter one of peace, blending people, languages,...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, our celebration of inclusive love in the Romantasy space, we are joined by USA Today, Indie, and Sunday Times Bestselling author of the Tea & Tomes series and This Gilded Abyss (and more!), Rebecca Thorne.  Join us as we talk about Rebecca’s journey into cozy fantasy, revenge dedications, and being trapped in an underwater city with zom...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, our celebration of inclusive love in Romantasy and romantic fantasy, we are joined by author of steamy MM romance, Eskay Kabba. Join us as we chat about how Eskay got her start, how her social work background impacts her writing, and how a teenage fanfic turned into her first Romantasy series! Find Eskay online at https://www.eskaykabba.com...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, our celebration of inclusive love in the Romantasy space, we are joined by author and host of the Fantasy Fangirls Podcast, Nicole Holleman.  Join us as we talk about Nicole’s transition from fangirl to podcaster to author, her wonderful, golden retriever husband (and why he’s the reason this podcast exists), and of course, discuss some of...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, our celebration of inclusive love in the Romantasy space, we are joined by author C.L. Briar and artist Rylee Kubbera. Join us as we talk about how C.L. and Rylee became friends, C.L.’s writing journey and Rylee’s shocking revelation about cantaloupe! You can find C.L. Briar online at https://www.clbriar.com or on social media @c.l.briar. H...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, our celebration of inclusive love in the Romantasy space, we are joined by author of magical sapphic books, Heather Nix.  Join us as we talk about creating queernormative worlds, how mainstream media is imparting queer representation in Romantasy, and her amazing take on “Smut is just fairy P*rn!” You can find Heather online at https://book...

In this special bonus episode for Love as Thou Wilt Week, we are joined by New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Carey, author of the critically acclaimed Kushiel’s Legacy series of historical fantasy novels, The Sundering epic fantasy duology, postmodern fables Santa Olivia and Saints Astray, and the Agent of Hel contemporary fantasy series.  Join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kushiel...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca  In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 20 of Iron Flame. In the years after my father died, I forgot what it felt like to be loved. Then I entered the quadrant and became the monster everyone needed me to be, and I never regretted it. But then you gave those words to me,...

In this special bonus episode for Romantasy Daddy Week 2026, we are joined by Rachel and Kate of Deep Trope Podcast. Join us as we answer the question: Who’s more Daddy: Tairn or Xaden? You can find Rachel on Instagram and TikTok @plottwistrach and Deep Trope Podcast @deeptropepodcast and online at https://www.deeptropepodcast.com/ .  We want to thank independent bookseller, Book Bar, located in P...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 19 of Iron Flame. Dragons do not answer to the whims of men. —Colonel Kaori’s Field Guide to Dragonkind Join us as we explore the deeper themes and hidden meaning of the Iron Flame epigraphs in less than 8 minutes. Love fan th...

In this special bonus episode for Romantasy Daddy Week 2026, we are joined by Claire from Runing Books. Join us as we dive into the Fourth Wing fathers: Asher Daxton Sorrengail and Fen Riorson… and even touch on King Tauri! You can find the Runing Books crew on social media @runingbooks .

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 18 of Iron Flame. It was only when we pushed the wards to their true limits, extending them far past what we first thought possible and to what I now question as sustainable, that we defined the borders of Navarre, regretfully...

In this special bonus episode for Romantasy Daddy Week 2026, we are joined by Lindsey and Kelly of Banter and Bookmarks Podcast. Join us as we answer the question: What is Daddy? We discuss all our favorite Romantasy Daddys and chaotically wander into lots of laughs.  You can find Banter and Bookmarks on social media @banterandbookmarks and online at banterandbookmarks.com . Learn more about their...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 17 of Iron Flame. Many historians choose to ignore the sacrifices made by both humans and dragonkind to establish Navarre under the first wards in favor of praising the spirit of unification, but I would be remiss not to menti...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. My dad hoped I’d go into the infantry like he did. He thought riders were pompous pricks, and in his defense…we really are. —Recovered Correspondence of Lieutenant Xaden Riorson to Cadet Violet Sorrengail The...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. There’s a course second year that I can’t tell you about, other than to say that it’s hell. My only advice? Don’t piss off anyone else’s dragon. —Page ninety-six, the Book of Brennan Theories we touch on in t...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. There is a natural distrust that must be overcome between infantry cadets and riders. This exists mainly because riders will never trust that infantry has the courage to hold the line when dragons arrive, and...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. Though the chain of command may be consulted, the final say in any academic punishment or repercussion lies with the commandant’s office. —Article Five, Section Seven The Dragon Rider’s Codex Theories we touc...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. Sgaeyl watched me kill another cadet for bullying Garrick during Threshing. She says she chose me for my ruthlessness, but I think I just reminded her of my grandfather. —Recovered Correspondence of Lieutenan...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. Garrick has always been my best friend. His father was my father’s aide, which in a way makes him my Dain, except trustworthy. After Liam, Bodhi was and still is the closest thing I have to a brother, perpetu...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 10 of Iron Flame. It is not unheard of that a candidate enters the Riders Quadrant having been paid to assassinate a cadet. I’m sorry Mira was targeted but proud to say she dispatched the threat quickly. You have enemies, Gene...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 9 of Iron Flame. And in the mountains of the Steelridge range, the green dragons of the Uaineloidsig line, known for their keen intellect and rational countenance, offered their ancestral hatching grounds for the good of drago...

Welcome to Romantasy Chaos HQ, the Pod! SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 8 of Iron Flame. It is one thing to cross the parapet your first year. But watching countless candidates lose their life to it feels a little like dying, too. Don’t watch if you can help it. —Page Eighty-Four, the Book of Bren...

SPOILER WARNING: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros In this episode, we are decoding the epigraph from chapter 7 of Iron Flame. All tome requests at the Archives of Basgiath must be recorded and filed. Any cadet who fails to do so will be reported for dereliction of duty, as well as punished for the loss of any text they failed to accurately track. —Colonel Daxton’s Guide to...