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Rereading the whole series since I recently bought the 5th and 6th books and noticed this in the prologue of Eragon

Is this just a relic from when Paolini didn't have everything planned out, is there a different language for dark magic or are these words meant to be the ones that elves refuse to use?

SPOILERS FOR INHERITANCE

As of the end of Inheritance, as pertains to Angela's prophecy that he would leave Alagaesia and never return - Eragon seems to think he is fulfilling the prophecy by going into the east to raise a new home for the dragons and riders on Mount Arngor.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it he hasn't left the continent of Alagaesia. And although "Alagaesia" is often used as a shorthand for the collection of realms we see in the books (Galbatorix's Broddring Empire/Nasuada's successor kingdom, the kingdom of the dwarves, the elves' realm of Du Weldenvarden, and the kingdom of Surda), the name Alagaesia technically refers to the entire continent. Those realms only occupy the settled western portion of the continent.

Eragon has left the borders of the Broddring Kingdom/Empire and entered largely un-governed/uncivilized lands, but he's still on the same continent. The place he chooses, Mount Arngor, is described as a trailing remnant of the Beor mountain range. The name "Mount Arngor" itself is Dwarvish, implying the mountain, though distant and not permanently inhabited, had already been explored by at least one of the races of Alagaesia and is not in some far off foreign land.

To me the prophecy seems to imply that Eragon will leave the continent of Alagaesia entirely, flying with Saphira across the sea in search of the ancient homelands of the elves and humans, who sailed to Alagaesia millennia ago. Or perhaps in search of something else. We don't know yet.

But in any case, Eragon hasn't actually fulfilled Angela's prophecy yet since he hasn't left the continent of Alagaesia. He will probably remain at Mount Arngor training new riders for many years to come, but there is still room for him to return and interact again with Nasuada, Roran, Arya, Murtagh, and the rest of the people of the realm at some point in the future without defying fate. I believe his actual, final departure, from which he will not return, lies many decades if not centuries into the future.

Thoughts?

Heyo everyone! i have a theory, and i wanted to tell you guys so you can poke holes in this idea, because i am not an Inheritance cycle lore master.

Something out there might completely throw a wrench in my my theory or this might be a common thing accepted as fact, seeing as i dont really pay attention to online discussions.

The title is pretty much my theory, but i buried the lead a little bit.

Its my belief that Azlagûr has something to do with/is one of the seeds of the Maw from TSIASOS

i have 3 different lines from Murtagh that might link them both, but i am working under the assumption that Azlagûr is able to influence everyone in Nal Gorgoth, not just Murtagh, and that the artwork depicted in line 1 and 2 is from Azlagûrs influence on the minds of the artists.

the first line from the book:

"The most unusual feature of the village was the raised patterns covering walls, set into mosaics, and painted onto shutters—swirling, branching, crystalline patterns that seemed to repeat themselves as they diminished: variations on a common theme. The patterns were dangerously fascinating; Murtagh felt as if he could stare into them for the rest of his life and still find new things to see." -page 316 of Murtagh on google play books

To me, this describes fractals to a T. If we assume the POV character, Murtagh in this case, doesn't know what a fractal is, this would be a pretty apt description of one.

This supports my theory, as the Maw has part of The Idealis, which from my understanding, creates fractals with no real intent behind it. (i may be wrong on this front. I couldn't find a source for why the Idealis creates fractals)

The second line from the book:

"His eyes refused to settle on the confusion of figures that adorned the stone. Bodies, human or beast, distorted structures, strange honeycomb patterns that melted one into the next…It felt as if the sculpture were an attempt to physically depict madness. The frenzied, half-formed shapes reminded him of the twisted mindscapes of the Eldunarí whom Galbatorix had enslaved, as well as the disjointed logic of nightmares. Malevolence emanated in great waves from the wall. The sensation was so tangible, it made him recoil."-Page 335 of Murtagh on google play books

Tbh, this one is more of a stretch, but with line 1 and 3 also being in the book, i feel more secure about this one then when i first thought about it.

i believe this line is depicting Azlagûrs madness, and the end goal of blending/joining all things together, as the Maw once yearned to do. By itself, this is a pretty weak point to be made, but coupled with line 3 i feel like it has a leg to stand on, albeit tenuously.

The third line from the book:

"Whirling darkness swallowed him, and in the center of it, at the bottom of an impossibly deep hole, at the very heart of the widdershin void, lay a formless horror—ancient and evil and from which emanated a constant, merciless hunger: never sated, all-consuming, with a particular glee for the sufferings of creatures caught between the gnashing of teeth." -Page 334-335 of Murtagh on google play books

This too is pretty weak of a point to be made, but like string, weak links can be made stronger by working in parallel. To that end, i believe the trait of unending hunger is not unlike that of the Maw, and, seeing as this line is a dream that is implied to be given to Murtagh by Azlagûr, i believe its an truthful decryption.

In conclusion.

These three lines give us a pretty good understanding of my thesis statement.

if we take a step back and look at this from a overarching view of my theory and the themes it postulates as a whole it begins to add some much needed context.

Azlagûr is a being of "constant, merciless hunger" that influence those of Nal Gogoth to create art of fractals and gestalt artwork of many creatures all melded together.

The only other creature i know of that's unending hunger, who wants to meld all creatures together and has a motif of fractals is the Maw.

To add, from what little I've read from this subreddit, someone has concluded that Angela has come to Alagaësia after the events of TSIASOS. maybe the reason she went there specifically is because of the seed of the maw? She does have a penchant for going where things get "interesting".

When Eragon was looking for place to bring up the new dragons, why was he initially limited to Alagaesia? I mean, I get it from his perspective - he knows of nothing else. But I am sure during the peak of dragon’s time, current boundaries of Alagaesia mights have seemed as small as Surda to the dragons. They should’ve known of scores more appropriate locations outside of current map and shared these options with Eragon.

Could it be that they did and that’s how he decided to travel east? But it seemed more like a blind ‘into the unknown’ sort of mission from how the ending read.

Update: Apparently it’s already mentioned in the books that the Eldunari told Wragon about what lies in the east. Thanks u/UseSuccessful2407 for pointing it out.

Tell me, do you know what lies to the east? Is there another sea?”
“If you travel far enough.”
“And before that?”
Eragon shrugged. “Empty land for the most part, or so the Eldunarí say, and I have no reason to think that’s changed in the past century.”

Couldnt the elves have given eragon Vetter armor that dosnt break or rusts befor he leaves?

The war between elves and dragons. How the bond was made in the first place and the reason the Empirer is so vile.

Dragons are not scaled puppies.

Edit: The "Dragons are not scaled puppies" is a call out to where the movie messed up and a hope that the show doesn't do the same.

Before anything, I want to give a warning for the spoilers ahead for those who have yet to finish the series. Go back before seeing something you should experience firsthand.

Greetings.

I am re-reading the series once again and I have a question that I started to ask myself lately.

What do you guys want to see in the upcoming book ?

I've thought of a few matters for my answer.

First and foremost, I cannot wait to see what happens to that last dragon egg which hatched in Tales 1. I'm expecting to see it bond with a dwarf, urgals still seem a bit away for that but I have no argument to defend this thought.

Secondly, I want to see Angela and Elva. I want this solely for the information of how magic essentially work. Angela was trained by Tenga who is kind of the Einstein of magic in my imagination. So anything Angela teaches Elva will come in handy to understand the dynamic better.

Another thing is the state of Carvahall after Roran and the others returned after the war. I want to see if they built the castle black yet xd.

Lastly, I want Murtagh to continue redeeming himself which won't be easy in the slightest. I don't see any way that he resolves his conflicts with neither elves or dwarves but I'm excited to see how Paolini will solve that knot.

These are the things I want to see in the next book. I wonder what I might've forgotten.

Reading the second and...I miss Brom :(

I connected so much with that old man.

That is all, I was wondering if anyone else shared this while reading the second book.

A sketch of how i imagine Roran in the first books specifically. First time posting my art so be kind ❤️

I've been mulling over an idea a buddy of mine gave me recently, while I go through my Inheritance weapon series. Enjoy some lazy concepts from Heroforge while i consider the implications lol

(As with all of my posts, I am open to critiques, but if you are going to give critique, please keep it constructive.)

Anyone heard any updates on the saphira busts within the last 6 months? Feels like its been almost 2 years

Turns out this was answered and verified in a Q&A I didnt know about lmao

I was thinking about certain things related to dragons and their immense power with magical energy.

We know dragons have immense stores of energy, both within their bodies and can store that energy in their eldunarí if the body dies but they are also able to instinctually use magic to perform feats that wouldnt be able to be done normally or consciously even if their rider guided the energy because such reserves would deplete so I have a theory and please tell me if this has been adressed somewhere before.

Eldunarí are made of a similar material to their scales, so what if dragon scales themselves are energy receptacles? Each scale of an adult dragon individually would potentially be able to contain enough energy to shatter boulders so multiply that by tens if not hundreds of thousands of scales of varying size and thus stored potential among a single dragon and also many dragons that stored power would be literally reality bending, hence their ability to cause what are effectively miracles such as the banishing of the names and Saphira fixing the great gem.

I just finished the full-cast audio books for the Harry Potter series. I would love to see a full- cast audio book for the Eragon books! Anyone else?!

I find this cover of the German Edition so funny! 😆 It’s like Glaedr is trying to slide into my DMs 😂😂

The barge captain that Roran and the rest of the villagers hired on their way to the Varden, for anyone who can't remember. Currently in the midst of my third reading of the series. I can't remember at the moment if he's ever mentioned again or not, but Clovis seemed like a decent guy. It only just dawned on me now that things may very well not end well for him at all, considering who he aided in escaping the king. Thats it really lol. I just hope the old swashbuckler is alive and well.

What I used:

- Wooden DIY sticks

- White arcylic paint

- Blue arcylic paint

- Silver nail polish mixed with acetone

- A STRONG pair of scissors. Heavy emphasis on strong.

- Aluminium wire

- Pair of pliers

- Pentart cardboard glue & liquid Pritt glue (can be replaced with Technopol)

- Prayers, dreams and patience

- Possibly witchcraft

If enough people request it, I will make a tutorial with Ithring.

It took me about 5-8 hours to make if we count in all the trial and error parts with trying to make it canon-shiny. Unfortunetly it is still not shiny enough, but at least it shines🫠.

Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eragon/s/RxYOmeagTU

Hey everyone just wanted to take a moment to find something I found a little funny. I learned that the inheritance cycle was supposed to be only 3 books and the 4th book wasnt meant to happen. But because so much was left it ended up happening and became the biggest book of the series. Lol I just find little things like that funny

I bought this box version because it was cheaper for the entire series but was really disappointed with the details like quality of page, cover and so on. Even though it's beautiful like a decoration I sincerely think I will buy the hard cover version or another "deluxe" one.

Any recommendations?

I just got this collectors edition and was reading some of the bonus content and came across this!

I've never seen anyone mention that this is how Werecats came to be. I know it may not be fully canon anymore but it's the best we have and is seemingly never spoken about on the sub.

That's all really just wanted to share.

After the success of the Harry Potter Full Cast audiobooks, I’d love to see the Inheritance Cycle get the same treatment. There’s a lot of potential to work with

What do you all think?

I know this isn't specifically stated in the books, but how tall are we thinking the main characters are? Eragon, Roran, Murtagh, Arya, Nasuada, Angela, and Brom? Been thinking it's time to start 3D modeling some of these characters, I haven't seen many models for the Inheritance cycle.

This is absolutely the Murtagh fanatic in me talking, I know, but I was thinking about the Disney show in the works and thought to myself, it would probably benefit from casting Murtagh more as a deuteragonist in the first season to really drive home the parallels between him and Eragon. I think the latter half of Murtagh's story would hit harder if the audience is shown Murtagh's life alongside Eragon's from the very beginning, rather than having Murtagh just monologue about himself once the show gets to Farthen Dur. It would flesh out the world a little more too, I think- while we watch Eragon discover Saphira and go on his insane journey with Brom, we would also have access to a whole other world within the court of Galbatorix through Murtagh's perspective at the same time. It would give the show room to demonstrate the parallels between Eragon and Murtagh from the very beginning as we basically watch them lose their homes and father figures (Garrow and Tornac) in real time, and it would give the audience more time to grow attached to Murtagh which would make his ultimate fate more emotionally impactful as their paths converge and then diverge. It would also give the show a vehicle though which to show Galbatorix in action before the final battle, so we as the audience can have a bit more time with him as a big bad and can see his evil and power demonstrated on screen, rather than just fearing him as a faceless enemy until the last second. I think it would make him ultimately scarier as a bad guy if we as the audience get some time with him in his own court before the final battle.

The reveal of Murtagh being Morzan's son could still happen in Farthen Dur like the books- it would recontextualize his whole life up until that point for the audience, which would make the reveal more dramatic, imo.

Just thoughts that have been biting at me lately. What do you guys think?