#Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle)

[scrimblescromble]

Hello, I'm back, with things I have noticed about Eragon that makes parts of the book very strange or funny or sad

Garrow's farm is TEN MILES OUT from Carvahall, which is already small. What the hell was he thinking??? It takes like 3.5 hours to walk that much???? And Eragon walks FURTHER THAN THAT to go hunting at 15???? Go behind you??

When hunting in the beginning, Eragon spends days just going for one doe. Which, all things considered, is not a lot of meat, especially for what's probably a 4 day hunt. For one person, it's unrealistic to carry more than that, but still.

Leading on from that, I'm led to believe that their family probably mostly ate bread and vegetables, and maybe cheese. No wonder he's pretty attached to meat.

Despite living so far away, Brom knows Eragon's knack for asking Too Many Questions, which implies this happens often.

How the hell does Brom make money? Storytelling??? There's only so much money that can get you in fifteen years, he's definitely got something on the side. He was a gardener in Morzan's estate for a while...

So far up north and isolated, Eragon DEFINITELY has a STRONG farmer's accent. Combined with his formal training with the elves, he probably has the weirdest way of talking, where it's both overly formal and casual at the same time.

Eragon is such a prodigy it's not even funny. By the time he meets Murtagh, he's a good enough swordsman after JUST A FEW MONTHS that they're literally equal. Murtagh has been doing that his WHOLE LIFE with a really good swordsman. Magic also comes pretty good to him, even if he's not always sensible with it. He learns to read well enough to read full books in a week.

Eragon and Roran are pretty similar with the dangerous stunts they pull, except Eragon's are usually with magic and Roran's are physical. They are both absurdly intelligent too, even if Eragon is known to act like a dolt sometimes. In his defence, he's stressed and like 15-17 years old. All things considered, he could be far worse.

Somehow, with his back ripped open and cursed, with his dragon crashing through the crystal ceiling which is raining on top of him, Eragon is able to not only remember to stab Durza in the heart (requiring turning around), but also shout an unnecessary spell.

Eragon probably could do magic before he bonded with Saphira. His mum wasn't a rider and had the "genes" for it, and his dad was a rider. It wouldn't be as strong, but maybe he's such a powerful spellcaster because he had some sort of baseline.

I bet that the first time Eragon wandered into the Spine, he was pretty young, and everyone kinda assumed him dead. He came out a week later with a bunch of rabbits or something

The fact that the Blood Oath Celebration made Eragon very pale implies that he's naturally the whitest boy ever and he just had a constant tan going (likely, because he's a farmer). This is just very funny to me, that in removing all injuries it took his tan.

Another point for absurdly powerful Eragon - the fact that his accidental curse had such an impact on Elva, to the point that it straight up affected her development. It wasn't even a spell! Or intentional!

I'm sorry, but Eragon casting empathy and that unintentionally killing the bad guy is so funny. He was SURRENDERING, but cut a bitch so deep that he imploded himself. Iconic.

Literally he is just so nice. Willing to run across the world, separated from Saphira, to support Orik in his campaign - when he totally could have given an excuse, or even just say the truth, which is that he's very much needed where he is. There's so many more examples, but he's just a good person.

I'm sorry, but Oramis was kinda a bitch for assigning the one hour of duelling in his training. Like, it flares up his seizures like crazy (which he ALSO SUFFERS FROM), AND he doesn't stand a chance against the elves in strength. I understand the point, but something had to give there. At the very least, reassign someone that won't actively torture him??

Adding onto that, we know that he's only able to succeed at the listening to the forest task after the transformation. I suspect that the mind is a sort of "sixth sense", and we know that elves have stronger senses; it's possible Eragon would have to have been bonded for a decent while for this to even be possible. I bet anything that human riders were usually trained by elder humans, and Oramis was struggling with a fledgeling human instead of an elf, as well as the time constraint.

Why the hell does Brom look so old? Yeah, he's old, but Galbatorix doesn't look that old? Is it something to do with his dragon being dead? The way I assumed it would be is that riders look like thirty for a verrrryyyy long time, no? Is it because Saphira died? Was he just going to perpetually age? Or does the beard age him?

Your cousin who feels like a brother goes missing, ran away, after your father's death. Soon you're leading everyone you've ever known to the rebellion in a desperate attempt to keep them safe and save the woman you love. Your cousin is wanted, even more than you are. He returns. He's different. Barely human anymore, hardly the boy you once knew. He's their last, and only hope. His war cry has been the same since he was six.

Now that I think about it, Garrow really is the odd one out in the family. His sister was the Black Hand, a highly dangerous assassin and magician. His son is Stronghammer, one of the deadliest soldiers in the country. His nephews are Eragon and Murtagh, both highly skilled swordsmen and magicians, riders, and both known as Kingkiller. Garrow is a farmer who can read.

Selena naming her son Eragon is soooo funny. "His dad - who is a secret! - is a rider, and Eragon was the first rider. It's so uncommon a name even among the elves that literally nobody will know this. My abusive husband and the evil king both know I hail from this place. He totally won't stick out in any way whatsoever!" Iconic, 10/10. It worked???

If any of these are inaccurate please remember I am going off my very deep-seated knowledge from reading the books so many times at a formative age. I haven't actually read them in years

[crustaceousfaggot]

Hey did anyone else read this scene as a kid and get hit with a sort of soul-deep primal longing that stuck with them well into adulthood

[worldwithinworld]

Eragon, to anyone and everyone: Murtagh is no brother of mine! I'll kill that traitor! 😡🤬 Eragon, in Galbatorix's palace: Whoa! Is Murtagh actually trying to kill me? Me, his little baby brother? 😯🥺

[dia-viller]

Ukranian edition of Eragon IS PERFECT

Illustration by Lilia Doroshenko

[winterhawk-buddy]

Murtagh' couse I love Inheritance cycle

[ryans-artblog]

Inheritance-Brisingr era Eragon sketch page wip?? Honestly saphira is the best part of this, hopefully it comes along while I'm shading the rest of them. Arya's kinda looking like Cher over in the corner there.

[sketchkrsh]

Saphira Brightscales, Daughter of Vervada 🩵💙

For day 10 of Smaugust 🐉

[bardofthesouth]

Don't know if it'll make sense

But Eragon is a teacher

And Murtagh is a technician

Eragon is always pondering on the *why* of things. How this works, what words did what, and how could he get a better result.

Murtagh is just "alright it's taking a bit more energy outta me than I would've liked, but it's working, so it's fine"

[juice-enjoyer]

my favorite part of brisingr is when roran gets erotically whipped and then not even two chapters later wrestles an urgal while oiled up practically naked

[caffeinatedshitposts]

did i really just read a W H O L E P A G E that was only EIGHT SENTENCES?

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E I G H T S E N T E N C E S

Christopher Paolini, King of the Eloquent Run-On. I feel bad for his editors.

(edit: its in Brisingr, the part where Orik is waxing poetic about how absurd it is that the dwarves are still bickering amongst themselves. A Whole Page, 8 sentences)

[thearunadragon]

Ignoring my own lack of revealed context, this image is lazy but it was a practice on experimenting with poses, new and unique faces and scenarios, and textiles. I do not hate the result, but I do not love it either. Will keep practicing! This scene takes place in Brisingr, when Eragon encounters Arya.

[concha-del-mar]

Guys their dynamic is so beautiful

[dia-viller]

I like how, despite being the dragon Rider, having killed and fought the Empire, Urgals, Shades, and Ra'Zacs, and talked with elves, kings, and various commanders , Eragon was still just a 17 year old boy who was afraid to give a speech in front of a large group of people

[axhillessuxks]

They blocked me! Dont involve shitty AI in MY FANDOMS it DOESNT BELONG!! YOU WANT CUSTOM ART?? MAKE IT OR PAY AN ARRIST TO MAKE IT FOR YOU! AI is morally reprehensible, its literally actively taking jobs away from REAL artists, not to mention its ACTUAL THEFT. AI servers STEAL art from the internet and mesh it together to make it look new, its not new, its STOLEN ART. Pathetic.

[hyacinth-lily]

Today I was talking with my sister and we were talking about audiobooks and Eragon and she said yeah you used to listen to it like everyday. Yeah I fear I still am obsessed with it, I finished rereading Murtagh and I really want to reread Eragon or Murtagh or any other book from the series again, I love them way too much haha

[inlovewithquotes]

"Death is part of who we are. It guides us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end?"

"I'm not invincible," Eragon pointed out. "I can still be killed with a sword or an arrow. And I can still catch some incurable disease."

"But if you avoid those dangers, you will live forever."

"If I do, then yes. Saphira and I will endure."

"It seems both a blessing and a curse."

"Aye. I cannot in good conscience marry a woman who will age and die while I remain untouched by time; such an experience would be equally cruel for the both of us. On top of that, I find the thought of taking one wife after another throughout the long centuries rather depressing."

-Brisingr