Vengeance is described as punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong. Revenge is a more personal form of vengeance and usually centers around feelings of anger and resentment. They can be achieved in as many ways as the reasons to want it.
Pyrell hared dragon shifters because they executed his ancestor after a failed rebellion. His revenge was to be the deaths of the dragon lord Lasair and his mate, Cailin. You'll have to read FOREVER BOUND in the First Change: Legends From the Eyrie collection of novellas and short stories to read the story. The desire to avenge his family members carried down to the cult leader the Parant and Haldric, whose tales are told in Hatchlings Mate and Hatchling's Vengeance.
The character with the greatest reason to seek revenge is Dylan. The Brethren did more than bind his soul to a stone so that the would endure a lifetime of eternity. They also killed Dylan's wife and son. His quest for vengeance is chronicled in Imprisoned in Stone.
~till next time, Helen
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Great choice for a theme.
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J Lenni Dorner~ Co-host of the #AtoZchallenge, Debut Author Interviewer, Reference& Speculative Fiction Author
Characters driven by vengeance are always so interesting and tragic.
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