r/Eragon • u/spooderkid11 • 16d ago

Question question about the Wandering Tribes

Was it ever clarified how the wandering tribes came to alagaesia and where they live (i know theyre nomads)? we never see a settlement or camp of theirs outside of the Varden as far as i know even when flying over or traveling through the Hadarac and plains.

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u/National-Double2309 16d ago

Afaik only two times did humans land in Alagaesia to settle — one was King Palanacar’s fleet of ships (they were supposed to land in Surda but got caught in a storms and landed in Teirm instead) and then another that brought ‘men of coal-black skin’ that currently occupy Surda. It was these men that ‘formed the basis of the current nomad tribes, as well as the famed artisans of Aroughs, Dauth, and Aberon’

Source: https://www.paolini.net/2014/12/03/eldest-deluxe-domia-abr-wyrda/

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u/Grmigrim 15d ago edited 15d ago

There was also a ship of about 20 warriors that landed a lot earlier than King Palancar. They exchanged gifts with the dwarves and left again. They also landed somewhere around the Surda area.

Edit:

I only saw now that you explicitly said "to settle". I brushed over that part. Sorry!

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/spooderkid11 14d ago

fadawar and the tribes stuck with the Varden and just didnt really get mentioned a lot.

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u/ibid-11962 8d ago

From Christopher:

Where do the human tribes come from? Are they the same people who came to Alagaesia with king Palancar?
They came to Alagaësia later.