Location from Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The sacred ground where cadets present themselves to dragons for bonding — a cadet walks in hoping to be chosen, knowing that rejection means death by dragonfire.
The Threshing Grounds are where the most pivotal moment in any rider's life occurs. Cadets enter the open arena where dragons have gathered, and they wait. A dragon either chooses you — burning its bond into your consciousness — or it doesn't. There is no appeal, no second chance, and unbonded cadets who remain too long are killed. The grounds are ancient, scorched by centuries of dragonfire, and the stone bears the marks of both triumph and tragedy. This is where Violet bonded Tairn and, moments later, the unprecedented happened: Andarna chose her too.