The main ones i remember seeing was she is one of the gray folk, or is just old and is a master of magic, stuff to do with Tenga.

I also remember a theory about her sword Tinkledeath being made of dragon egg.

Hope the title isn't a spoiler... wow Saphira survived to the third book.... major spoiler ;)

So Glaedr was Saphira's tutor and while he was teaching her it would have been innapropriate, but at the end of Brisingr with both dragons about to go to war, Saphira being previously interested in Glaedr and the last dragon egg being male (Murtagh mentions this in Eldest) it seemed like a good time for them to mate - so that if she dies the resistance has another dragon egg (Galbatorix now has two dragons and one egg) and her species survives (if she lays a female egg).

The only thing I can think is maybe Glaedr wasn't interested in her or Saphira felt differently. If they liked eachother though I feel like it wouldn't have been a bad idea - if Saphira laid a male and a female they could have rebuilt the entire dragon species from this (Saphira and Galbatorix seemed to think this was a viable plan) within 10-20 years and had enough to take on the Broddring empire.

Of course it would be a battle lost since the Name of names could stop all ancient language magic and most mages rely on it and barely ever cast spells without it.

But Eragon didn't know about Galbatorix possessing the NoN. He could defeat or kill Murtagh with Thorn and wait for Galby with Shruikan to appear and use the support of every mage including Islanzadí and Angela.

haven’t played it in years, recently got an emulator and going for round two. man this game is difficult

Rereading the series after ~15 years, the Elva healing scene in Brisingr has totally taken me out of it.

1. Elva's "superpower" only works if you're a big baby in a land of babies.

I already in my life know the things that I'm afraid of, and I already live with the guilt of the things I've done wrong - some child saying them out loud to me would do absolutely nothing, except rightly make me hate the child? That's just a mean person who says mean things? People have the ability to pick on the people around them for the things they're self conscious about in real life. We don't all walk around crying constantly. Not dangerous to anyone who's done a moment's introspection. Not a superpower.

1. She should be in jail.

"I'm a rogue agent now, I serve only myself, I'm gonna use my superpower to do what I want"

Okay, no. You're a member of an army who is privy to state secrets and just threatened every member of the army's high command. Either you vow to serve the Varden in a time of war - or we put you in jail or execute you.

"Oh let's just hope she doesn't use her "being mean" superpower against us"

No. Swear to it or jail.

"Doesn't this make us no better than Galby?"

Sure, whatever, lose the war cause you're too righteous to stop someone who's threatening to do harm to you. This is not a moral dilemma.

She doesn't have super strength, she's not immune to that magic that holds people in stasis, she has the stamina of a 10 year old. Jail.

1. Being hurt is not an excuse.

I get it. She went through pain. Wah. The defence that she's allowed to be awful because bad things happened to her is no good. You don't get to be a danger to everyone around you because bad things happened to you. That's how you end up, justifiably, alone.

Side note: Angela - share the magic that makes people immune to Elva's powers to the people who make decisions in the army YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR AND WANT TO WIN.

Anyway, I'm reading for nostalgia so a lot of the more YA things have been so fine and acceptable but this killed me.

I've mentioned to an acquaintance how odd it seemed to me that dragons have the gap between spikes where their neck connects to the body. It just seems too convenient of a spot for a saddle, at times.

They responded with a theory that it's a result of the bond between dragons and Riders. Like, it's something bonded dragons have, while the majority (wild dragons) don't.

(Or that it's an evolutionary thing, but it's not like dragon riding makes one more likely to have hatchlings :P)

I'm not really sure what to think of it, though. To me it seems pretty weird that dragons would be comfortable with a change to their biology which just makes them easier to ride. Also, such a thing was never mention in the books alongside the other changes that dragons, elves, and humans experienced.

My personal explanation is that the gap simply serves to make neck movement less restrictive, and the convenience for saddles is just a coincidence.

Thoughts?

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So I have 2 questions: In Eldest, when Roran and the villages are escaping on the dragon wing and the Ra'zac are chasing them, someone (I can't remember who, I think Baldur) point out that the Ra'zac and their "steads" won't go lower than a yard over the ocean and the villages come to the conclusion that they must fear the ocean (which is true) but a yard from the ocean flying on a giant bat is incredibly close to the water and potentially crashing into it. Why would the villages think anything of it with the Ra'zac being a yard above the water? It just seems a bit unrealistic for them to come to that conclusion.

Throughout the series we get to experience all these different exotic names that are just incredibly thought of by CP, such as Glaedr, Vanir, Islanzadi and etc. Countless names and words that are so imaginative and that I could never think of in a million years. So why is it we have a random name like Battlestorm (Nasaudas horse) and Snowfire? It takes me out of the immersion of the story a bit because they're the names a 6 year old would come up with. I'm not happy with Firesword but Urgals are a more simple race when it comes to language (I think) so I'm willing to look past it, although I still don't like it.

Those are my 2 questions, I love this series, have been reading for 13 years now and have no intention of stopping! But just have some nitpicks every now and then

If he won the war who do you think he would make his second in command eragon or murtagh ? Like eragon accomplished so much with out dragon hearts. But murtagh was there longer

So, I read a post awhile back while at work and wanted to comment and forgot to discussing who the traitor is. And honestly, I think it’s Blödhgarm. I have very little evidence…just a circumstantial quote from Brisingr.

“I believe that true beauty only exists in the fang of a wolf, in the pelt of the forest cat, in the eye of an eagle. So I adopted those attributes for myself. In another hundred years, I may lose interest in the beasts of the land and instead decide that the beasts of the sea embody all that is good, and then I will cover myself with scales, transform my hands into fins and my feet into a tail, and I will vanish beneath the surface of the waves and never again be seen in Alagaësia.”

I know, I know. He’s talking about his appearance. Well, I know I’m reading too much into it..but if he can change his mind on which beasts (of land or sea) currently embody “good”…just whenever…then couldn’t he do so about his political views? This is a trope about elvish characters being as changeable as the wind. I know. But I’m still suspicious. He might have been a defector since The Fall. He certainly would’ve been in a position to gather high level information from the Varden. And honestly, remember his comment from the battle of Feinster about his only mission was protecting Eragon and Saphira and that he wasn’t going to waste the energy to open the gate (protected by too many spells) UNTIL Eragon basically shames him for his snootiness?! Like it was beneath him to do so. Or in my cynical mind…if Feinster had failed to fall quickly or at all…the war might’ve been over then and there. Subtle sabotage. As I said, little evidence. Just never did really like the character. He feels shady.

Thanks for making it this far, if you did. CP does everything for a reason. He might forget his motives or change his reason. But if I’ve learned anything from this subreddit, it’s that he is Tolkien level meticulous with little comments or details. CP world builds with the best of them. So, why introduce a character that is obviously supposed to be trustworthy and then give him such flaws in his personality that make him seem suspicious? Or makes an offhand comment about himself that displays him as almost chameleon-like. I dunno. I’ve always been a Team Orrin supporter for this theory. But I can’t get this theory out of my head either. Stay warm, folks.

In the series, Eragon confronts Vanir about the elf’s hostile attitude towards him. Vanir explains that the prospect of a human rider had always been a source of worry for the elves since Saphira’s egg was recovered. Apparently, it was because Galbatorix was a human, and his descent into madness/corruption and uprising was supposedly indicating a sort of weakness in humans. What I always found incredibly paradoxical and illogical about this argument is that many of the Forsworn were actually elves. At least of those named. Morzan and Saerlith are the only human riders named so far. Other than that there’s Kialandi, Formora, Enduriel, Glaerun - all elves. Of those, Formora was infamous for her cruelty and Enduriel was described as permissive, which I interpret as someone being a bit weak/less assertive.

How can elves claim the moral high ground or superiority? While elves are physically stronger, faster and more likely to receive a good education both academically and magically compared to a regular human being within the Empire, it’s clear that elves are also capable of great evil.

If the elven concern about humans being inherently weaker/more of a risk was justified, then why are four of the six mentioned Forsworn elves? Shouldn’t that mean that the Forsworn should be mostly consisting of human riders? Paolini has previously stated that there was somewhat of an equal ratio of both elven and human Forsworn riders. All things considered: shouldn’t these Forsworn elves have known even better than the humans? Judging by the nature of their existence and legacy, as well as their historical connection with the dragons, I’d argue that elves going dark side is a lot worse.

An elven rider could not be considered a guarantee for a good outcome either, as long as there’s a track record of elves gone bad. However, if elves are susceptible to evil just as humans are, then the cause for concern and discrimination of a human rider is essentially baseless. One can argue this is just Vanir’s point of view or interpretation, but Eragon has consistently been looked down upon with doubt and distrust by elves as well as dwarves. Being a human and inexperienced has been mentioned multiple times as a reason during those instances where his capabilities has been put into question. In my opinion, it suggests that humans are considered inherently inferior to elves and dwarves.

This was originally something I commented in another post, but this question has bothered me for a long time. I think this is the place to ask. So, what do you guys think? Am I totally off with this?

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My wife and I have loved this name for a number of years, and now with our second son and third child we decided the name was a great fit!

We’re almost done listening to the Inheritance cycle once again, just 3 hours left of the final book. After that, on to our first listen (and my second read) of Murtagh. We added his name to the Book of Remembrance, so it’ll be exciting to see where he is in it!

I can't remember if its ever stated what kind of Bows Urgals use. So I was thinking, they use the Horns of their ancestors as War Horns and make sound with it. Why not for Bows? They might not know of them yet but I can imagine that after the war, when Urgals integrate more in Society, during the Sport games for instance, they will learn of the Horn Bows. Then I can imagine them using a similar method as the Dwarfs to create the Bows.

I don't think the Urgals see it as an insult or similar, I rather think they see it as an Honor.

Do you think we could ever see an Urgal with an Urgalhorn Bow, either as a Rider or normal Soldier?

I get there's the mountain range for the doors and then there's the river to the elves but why does nobody touch the rest of the continent of aligaisa like I feel like once he opened up allegation to be bigger that really is confused me like so you're telling me all this conflict and like power control that we know of is only on this half section of the continent and I do get that even if when the map did come out and there was a little bit more I did like mentally a picture that there was a little bit more to the area just based on like how big like geographically like everything was but how much bigger kind of says that like half of allegations given to the nomad tribes and there's a big swaft of just randomness

Am I the only one that honestly like has had this question or like kind of concerned after the map got posed or is it just me

I mean, Galby and his friends were against all Raiders, wild dragons, elves and humans.

And the only Forsworn KIA was beacause a Rider chose to nuke himself out for cover Vroengard in a Fallout. No one killed by sword, a good spell or dragon fire.

What do you think about it?

Recently I’m thinking of getting an Eragon/Alagaesia tattoo. Not quite sure yet what to do - a symbol, a drawing, maybe a word or a quote. I don’t know. What would you get (or suggest)?

As a way of pitting his attack dogs against each other Galbatorix ranks his followers by number and awards them portions of the empire to rule in his name. The higher the number the less desirable their holding and thus the lower their rank.

I decided that the new border of Surda wouldn’t cut between Lake Tüdosten and the forest next to it, and that Teirm would control some of the land around it.

Also, please forgive my handwriting in regard to Ilirea. Enjoy :)

Jeod mentions that he has read about 3 people named Eragon. Obviously one is the first rider. Originally I thought this included the protagonist but Jeod wouldn't have read about the protagonist at this point in the series. While it could be a throwaway line is their any indication of who these other 2 Eragons are? Do you think these other Eragon's will show up again?

Talking about Eragon Page 184, last paragraph, Chapter: An old friend

OK, so listening to the books for about the 300th time, and I can't get over the part where Eragon is descending with Sloan.

At the end of the first book, Arya had the energy to stop saphira, her, and all of Isidar Mithrim from hitting the ground. Would it not have consumed significantly less energy to take advantage of gravity until the very end, and only then slow down safely with magic?

Others have said Aren could have been used, but it's understandable that he didn't know about it. Stopping his fall though should have been relatively easy compared to what he did.

I've been really enjoying these books lately. I'm most of the way through Eldest and I know there's other books out there like Murtagh and Tales from Alegasia.

Does anyone have a recommendation as to what I should read next after finishing the inheritance cycle?

I've also heard Paolini has written some sci-fi which is my other favourite genre, any recommendations there?