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Janner Wingfeather (Janner Igiby) (JAN-ur IG-ih-bee[2]) was the eldest son of Esben and Nia Wingfeather and the brother of Kalmar and Leeli Wingfeather. As the firstborn of the royal family of Anniera, he was the Throne Warden of Anniera in the late Fourth Epoch. Janner was the last Throne Warden before the restoration of Anniera and the defeat of Gnag the Nameless. At the end of the Wingfeather War, he sacrificed himself to turn the Fangs and cloven back into humans using one of the Ancient Stones.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Janner was born in Castle Rysen on the Shining Isle of Anniera. He was the eldest son of Esben and Nia Wingfeather, and inherited the title of Throne Warden, the defender of the High King. When he was three years old, Gnag the Nameless and his army of Fangs of Dang invaded Anniera, and he was forced to flee to Skree with his two siblings, his mother, and his grandfather.

While at sea, a great storm arose and sped the Wingfeathers' ship ahead of the Fangs and the sea dragons, causing them to arrive safely in Skree just a few days later.

For the next nine years, the family lived in hiding from Gnag in the Glipwood Township under the surname Igiby─from the childrens' grandmother Wendolyn Igiby Helmer's maiden name. They lived in the house where Podo had grown up, which came to be known as the Igiby Cottage.

Wingfeather War[]

Nine years after the Great War, Janner and his siblings were captured by Slarb the Fang and put in prison after Leeli kicked him while trying to defend Nugget, her dog. Nia offered jewelry and maggotloaf to Commander Gnorm, the local leader of the Fangs, in return for the release of her children.

Days later, Janner and Kalmar went to Books and Crannies, where Kalmar discovered a map of Glipwood drawn by Oskar N. Reteep that featured Anklejelly Manor and spoke of the Jewels of Anniera. They took the map back to the Igiby Cottage. The next day, Janner and Kalmar followed the map to Anklejelly Manor, discovering a chamber of weapons hidden beneath the ruined building.

When Janner and Kalmar returned to the Igiby Cottage, they found the barn on fire and Nia, Podo, and Leeli captured by the Fangs. Janner and Kalmar were soon bound as well and the family was put in the Glipwood jail to wait for the Black Carriage.

During their brief imprisonment, Kalmar managed to free himself and the other family members. When the family was led out to the Carriage, Podo and Janner, joined by Peet the Sock Man, slew the Fangs and took shelter in Books and Crannies.

Janner and his family hid in the secret room of Anklejelly Manor, where Podo and Artham made a stand against the Fangs. Afterward, Janner and his family retreated to the temporary safety of Peet's tree house. While at the tree house, Nia revealed that Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli were the Jewels of Anniera and that their surname was actually Wingfeather and not Igiby like they had thought. She also revealed that their father was Esben Wingfeather, the High King of Anniera. Janner assumed that since his father had died, and that he was the firstborn, that he was the king of Anniera. His mother told him that Anniera's kingship system was not like other kingdoms, and that Kalmar is the king, being the second born. Janner's title was Throne Warden, protector of the King. Janner found this unfair and grappled with it throughout the course of his life.

Journey to Kimera[]

When the Fangs advanced again, they began to move north to Kimera, where a rebellion against the Fangs was brewing. The rebellion was in the north because the Green Fangs hated the cold and would not survive a battle, as shown with Zigrit. Along the way, Janner had to battle a Gargan rockroach, and defeated it using the water from the First Well left over from healing Podo and Nugget. The Wingfeathers then had to cross Miller's Bridge, where they were attacked by Trolls and Fangs. Nugget sacrificed himself to get the family across before they were captured by the Stranders of the East Bend. Podo, having once been a Strander himself, knew the nature of the Stranders and tried to encourage the troop to let them free by enlightening the Stranders with a story of his capers (his hard worked-on passion at last coming to some good use). He told them a story about how he stole the pone of Growlfist the Strander King. Claxton Weaver did not believe that the story was true, though, and did not allow them to be freed and wanted to throw the Wingfeathers into the River Blapp. Luckily, Kalmar stole Claxton's pone, a medallion, making him the new Strand leader. They gained passage through Strander territory and made it to Dugtown. While in Dugtown, Janner and Kalmar were separated from their family. Kalmar decided he did not want to be a Wingfeather anymore and ran back to the Strander territory, in the hope that he could join them.

The Fork Factory[]

Janner was captured by an old lady and taken to the Fork Factory, the place where children were forced to make weapons and armor for the Fangs. He claimed that his name was "Esben Flavogle" and was put at the station where he pared the weapons. He attempted to escape but was stopped by the Maintenance Managers and put in the Coffin for two days. While at the factory, he reunited with a girl from Torrboro named Sara Cobbler, whom he had met a year ago when her family had passed through the Glipwood Township during the Dragon Day Festival. He remembered that his mother had been crying because Sara had been captured by the Black Carriage. It confused him that she was there, because children taken by the Black Carriage went to Fort Lamendron, and then on to Castle Throg. He discovered that some of the children that were taken by the Black Carriage were taken to the Fork Factory instead of Throg. He and Sara came up with a plan to escape the factory, but only Janner escaped. After that, he dreamed about Sara frequently and talked about her in his sleep. He promised himself that he would save her. Upon his return to the Strander lands, Janner found that his brother had been sent away on the Black Carriage. Along with the help of Maraly Weaver, the daughter of Claxton Weaver, he made his way to Kimera. There he met up with Nia, Leeli, and Podo.

Battle of Kimera[]

Gammon Felda, the leader of the rebellion, used the Wingfeather children as bait to draw in Gnag the Nameless' new army of Grey Fangs to Kimera. He claimed that he would give Janner and his siblings to the Fangs in return for the freedom of Skree. This was really a trick (one that the Wingfeathers themselves didn't know about); he actually wanted to destroy the Grey Fangs during a battle that later became known as the Battle of Kimera and have them on home territory so he could separate their ranks by releasing the underground river that sits under Kimera. During the Battle, Artham and Kalmar joined the family during their escape by sea. Kalmar was now a Fang and attempted to kill himself by jumping into the icy water. Janner jumped into the ocean and saved his brother who clawed him and almost caused his death. The family sailed across the Dark Sea of Darkness to Ban Rona in the Green Hollows, hoping they would be safe there.

The Green Hollows[]

When they arrived in Green Hollows, at first Janner and his family were not accepted very well because his brother was a Fang. Eventually, they were accepted for the most part. When the children had to go to school, Janner wanted to join the Bookbindery Guild, but his brother wanted to join the Durgan Guild. Since he was the Throne Warden, he had to join the Durgan Guild and help his brother, who was being bullied a lot. While living in the Hollows, Janner and his family lived at Chimney Hill, which was owned by his great-grandfather Kargan Igiby. Kalmar was found to have been devouring the livestock of the hollowsfolk. Bonnie, the baby daughter of Freva Longhunter, was also missing and people assumed Kalmar had eaten the child. The hollowsfolk were outraged and wanted to execute Kalmar. Because Nia had declared Turalay, she also had to be executed. Bonifer Squoon claimed that royalty could not be executed, only deported. The Hollowsfolk did not listen to Bonifer, but before they could execute Nia and Kalmar, a massive Cloven that was melded with a bear came into the Keep of Ban Rona holding Bonnie. The Cloven was revealed to be Esben Wingfeather, Janner's father, who had not died but was only captured and melded with a bear. Bonifer Squoon then led an army of Fangs into Ban Rona. It turned out that Bonifer Squoon had been working for Gnag the Nameless the whole time. Janner and his siblings were saved by Esben from the clutches of Bonifer, but at the expense of Esben's own life. He died from the injuries he received during the battle. Before his death, however, Esben sailed with Janner and his family (Nia, Kalmar and Leeli) in the direction of Anniera, and while doing so, Esben died.

End of the war[]

After Esben's death, the Hollowsfolk began preparing for war. All of the tribes pledged their allegiance to Kalmar. Janner turned thirteen around this time and was Blindplopped. During this time, Janner found a Troll named Oood, an enemy of Gnag. A battle started in Ban Rona while Janner was Blindplopped. Bat Fangs began to appear in swarms. Kalmar was able to fight many of them, but he felt himself become more like a Fang and forgot who he was for a minute. He knew that soon he would become a Fang completely and decided to try to face Gnag alone. On his quest to Castle Throg, he came across Janner and Oood, who joined him.

The Blackwood[]

When they made it to the Blackwood, they were attacked by a herd of toothy cows. They barely survived the stampede by taking refuge in the cloven city Clovenfast. Once there, Arundelle, the queen of the cloven, told them that she was told in a dream that a boy would come to Clovenfast and "seed the new garden." They went to the cave that had once belonged to their father. Some of the cloven guided the boys and Oood to Castle Throg. As they got closer that they got to the Castle, though, the cloven started to go insane. They attacked Oood and the boys. Oood was able to protect them, but he was gravely injured. In the morning, Janner and Kalmar found that Oood's body had disappeared. It was later revealed that he had found the First Well and used its water to heal himself.

Castle Throg[]

When they arrived at Castle Throg, Kalmar forgot who he was, like the Fangs and many Cloven, and ran off into the dark corridors of the castle. Janner found the room where one of the Stone Keepers, Murgah, melded Fangs. He was almost convinced by Murgah into letting himself be Fanged, but then decided not to when he saw Kalmar. He battled against Murgah, but she pushed him into the metal box where people are Fanged. He finds a small compartment holding one of the Ancient Stones (the holoél). He used it to escape, since the Fangs in the room were scared by the light that the stone produced. They found Bonifer Squoon in the hallways who then stole the stone in order to meld himself with a spider. They ran away from him and led him to some of Gnag's trolls who crushed him, because of the boys' friendship with Oood. The trolls lowered the boys down the chasm using a gondola, but the boys were captured by Murgah, who took them to Leeli in Castle Rysen. There Gnag used Janner and his siblings' powers to open the Fane of Fire, from which Gnag retrieved a large portion of Holoré. Gnag used the stone to meld himself with Yurgen, the king of the dragons. Janner and his siblings returned with Gnag to Ban Rona. Gnag, the Fangs, and some Ridgerunners (who Gnag bribed with fruit) all attacked Ban Rona. The sea dragons, led by Hulwen, joined the battle. The battle looked hopeless, but at the last minute, Oood appeared, along with an army of cloven. Oood used the water from the First Well to restore the dragons' fins to wings. In the end, the battle was won when Oskar N. Reteep told Gnag that he has a name, Davion Wingfeather. Gnag realized that all that he did was wrong, and died, turning to dust.

Post-Wingfeather War[]

After Gnag the Nameless was defeated, Janner used the Ancient Stone to meld himself with the Cloven and Fangs, including Kalmar, to make them human again. This caused his death, yet also the rebirth of the Shining Isle of Anniera. When Sara arrived with the other orphans from the Fork Factory in Anniera, she was heartbroken to find that Janner had died. Sara Cobbler, Nia Igiby, Kalmar Wingfeather, and Leeli Wingfeather are seen at the end of the Fourth Book boarding Hulwen, taking Janner's body, on a quest to find the First Well, in the hopes that Janner could be healed.

Personality & traits[]

Janner had blue eyes and was quite tall. Janner was selfless and would do anything to protect his siblings. He was displeased to be a Throne Warden and have to babysit his siblings at first, though he quickly grew into the role.

Family[]

Trivia[]

  • "Janner" is an English regional moniker than denoted anyone who was associated with Plymouth.[3]

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