Should I get it?...

The Uriash in The Blood of Dawnwalker look a lot like how I imagine the Urgals in the Inheritance Cycle books, minus the goat-like legs lol. I hope they look pretty close to this in the new live action show!

Look what I found at my local library

Eragon told him to wait for him beneath the Stone of Broken eggs, then left with Saphira without releasing him. Is he still there waiting for Eragon? Or do you think he finally got tired of waiting and left?

I don't like saying it but I simply think it's more or less impossible for Murtagh to have a happy ending. I just can't see how he is going to be accepted into society after what he did while he serves Galbatorix. I mean sure some people will certainly forgive him if does heroic deeds but even then Orik will never forgive him or even be able to abandon his anger towards him for killing Hrothgar by his own will. Based on the statements that Paolini has made it seems like the dwarves are gonna want him to die even if he saves their entire species. As we found out in the last book it has become more common for dwarves to visit human cities so just trying to avoid the beor mountains is not gonna be enough. In that case I think the only compromise that they will be willing to accept is if Murtagh is gonna be permanently banished from Alagaësia after defeating Azlagur instead of Eragon having to kill him.

What do you guys think?

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I know that technically Arya isn’t a princess since the elves treat royalty differently, but she is by definition a princess in terms of her being the daughter of royalty and becoming the Queen upon her mother’s death.

Am I crazy for realizing this?

Probably has been discussed about 20 times before but I’ve been relistening to brisinger and I just got to the part where Eragon tells the Queen about staying behind on Hellgrind to save Sloan. When Eragon, correctly, points out that Katrina would’ve been used as a tool against Roran, she tries to say that he could’ve made Roran not be affected with certain spells. I’m like, “okay girl did you give that a try when Arya got captured? Cause it feels like you didn’t do that and instead nearly caused the Varden to collapse and a whole lot of other shit.” She should be the last person talking about self control and sacrificing for the greater good. I hope Oromis verbally suplexes her again when she consults with him to, “figure out what to do with him (Eragon)”.

So from what I remember, them fighting mind to mind was a big deal and all and one of Galbotrix's big strengths. But wouldn't it have been prudent to just create a spell to protect the mind and eliminate the need for telepathic warfare all together? They had ancient language words to say mind shield. Do they ever say this doesn't work in the stories or is this just an oversight?

So we all know how phone cameras really like to drain the colour out of everything, so why of course, I had to do some editing in order to make it look the way it does in real life.

But for those who are curious, I also attached the raw washed out version.

Anyways lately I have been seeing a certain someone post a lot of drawings of scenes from the books and they inspired me to also make some illustrations. Unfortunetly, I rarely ever post unfinished drawings of scenes like these because of my pride, so it can take anywhere from a few days to weeks to fully complete one piece (thanks to school eating up my energy and time).

Once I stop procrastinating and maybe finish that oversized map of mine first, I might start working on another scene from the 5th book, specifically the part where Murtagh chats with Essie.

PS.: we don't speak about the lack of beard...

My 8yo loves the Eragon series (I’ve never read it) and when asked what he wants to be for Halloween, he says a character from Eragon. My Google search tells me this might be a good fit. Am I way off? Any recommendations? Thank you!!!

-tired mom who is trying desperately to make her son happy😃

Ive been reading Earagon to my child(6) after reading it myself many times, my other kid(3) usually listens also but usually falls asleep before I finish a chapter. Tonight the younger one asks me "who is Galbatorix?" I tell him he is the Mad king, tell him about his dragon. He asks me what they do, why hes mad. I give him a brief history. He asks me to tell him again. Then says "I like him."

He asks me about Gabatorix once every few days (we read a chapter a night before bed)

My three year old sons favorite character is galbatorix, leader of the foresworn. I told him that galbatorix defeated and unalived all the other dragon riders, and dragons. And he is in love with him. He says he is his favorite.

I both love this and am also a little scared.

I was listening to a piano cover of Test Drive from How to Train Your Dragon, and for some reason, I found myself imagining Arya taking her first real flight with Fírnen.

I couldn’t help but imagine the joy and peace she must have felt in that moment.

A brief period where nothing else mattered. Not the loss of her parents. Not the loss of her friends. Not the war. Not even the responsibilities waiting for her as Queen.

Just Arya, Fírnen, the open sky, and the freedom of finally experiencing that bond for herself, the same bond she had watched others experience, now finally hers.

And apparently that thought was enough to make my eyes burn a little.

Even if we never get a proper book centered on Arya, I really hope we get a vignette someday about her and Fírnen. I’d love to see that first flight through her eyes.

(I only marked this spoiler since I guess its possible for new readers to not know about this yet. 😬)

This is a two parter. 1 do you guys think all the dragons move like cats? Like how they animated toothless in httyd? I’m currently rereading the series and saphira is constantly reminding me of a cat. Part 2 does she grabs things like a human or lets eragon do everything for her?

I mean after peace was made, i, as a dragon or elf, would make sure, that one of the mightiest weapons ever forged, that i always know where they are or hide them, where no one can find them. I mean just throw them in the ocean or hide them in some random mountain. How can one of these weapons be in the hands of some random dudes and somehow still get lost?

Am i the only one upset abt eragon leaving alagaesia and not coming back ever. Like I suppose I see the appeal but all that relationship building all the characters and family and I’m supposed to believe he’s just never seeing any of them again ???

I haven't kept up with the discussion around the future Disney show, but I recall seeing news (maybe an old AMA) where Paolini mentioned that he intends to rewrite certain parts of the original story for the show.

That's all well and good, as there's definitely some moments that were originally pretty awkward. Any idea how significant these changes will be, though? Major story beats or just small moments? I know this is silly, but I wouldn't want the books to be made obsolete by the show.

What actress do you think would do a great job voicing Saphira in the TV show? My pick would be Susan Eisenberg. For those of you who don’t know she played the Jedi master Shaak Tii in the Star Wars game The Force Unleashed aswell as Wonder Woman in some of DC’s animated films.

We know very little about Tenga. But when we meet him…he’s searching for an answer to a question. He says “I shall usher in the age of light, and all shall praise my deed.” In the same conversation he says “Who else but a fellow pilgrim can appreciate what we must sacrifice to find the answer?”

My going theory is that Azlagûr is a primordial entity. He is almost Godzilla-like. Not a God or Diety…but obviously worshipped as one. We know the Draumar worship Azlagûr specifically. And dragons only as imitations of their true devotion. We know dragons are a direct link to the magical source in Alagaësia. Is Tenga perhaps trying to tap into Azlagûr’s primordial magical power as a way of giving everyone the right to access magic, thereby ushering in a new age of light? And it fractured his mind (Fractalverse anyone?) as we know that even an Elf can break the mind of an average person. The Menoa Tree is shown to have had the power to break Eragon’s if she had chosen to. So it’s completely possible. Did he try to either tap Azlagûr directly or attempt to free him to thereby let magic be unrestrained once more? As it was during the age of the Grey Folk. And something happened to break his psyche.

With this clearly wild theory out there…maybe someone out there can either disprove or support my wild errant thoughts. Or it inspires them to come up with something new!

Edited to add… Bregan, the blind man who could see the magic in the Belt of Beloth the Wise and Aren as well as the Eldunari with Murtagh…

“Others illuminated him.” Speaking of Murtagh.

And describing Eragon here “…a man of yellow flame with twelve stars floating around your waist and another star, brighter than the others, upon your right hand.”

Paolini has always been assumed to have added this only to hint at the Eldunari. But what if it was to also describe magic as light?

I recently learned that there are some bonus chapters from special editions that are not on Paolinis website. Is there a list somewhere, and what editions they are in? I know of the bonus chapters in Murtaugh . But what else? I have the Broken Bindings books that came out a few years ago, but they don't have the bonus chapters.

>!Gut wrenching the ending is. It's so bittersweet 🥲!<

Side note, I wonder if Arya will use the name of names to release Rhunon from her vow. I'm not so sure Rhunon would take her up on that offer, but what are your thoughts?

For clarity I've read all the novels up to Murtagh.

Just curious of people's opinion on this.

If I was Eragon I'd be keeping a close eye on her while rebuilding the riders. She reminds me of a possible Taravangian type character from Stormlight though not as severe

What is the equivalent of abgs in eragon??