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re; religion in alagaësia

   since it’s a bit of a weird grey area for eragon i figured i’d go into it a bit

   so growing up there was no discernable religion in carvahall. there were mild superstitions that kind of indicated a religion in the distant past but there wasn’t really much detail for it. it’s possible it may have had some influence from the arcaena but considering that it’s listed as something different i’m assuming that they’re two separate religions. but as for arcaena, it was a human religious sect that believed in the sanctity of knowledge & that it was imperative to record & preserve any form of knowledge in preparation of an unspecified cataclysm that would destroy all the civilizations of alagaësia . though the empire has no state religion, galbatorix declared the arcaena religion heretical & had its followers burned at the stake. despite this, the arcaena survived the events of the cycle & currently have a monastery located in the spine. the spine is a huge mountain range but since carvahall is located along the edge near the top, its possible that some remnants of the arcaena’s lesser traditions may have trickled down towards the village during the century of galbatorix’s rule

   next when he joined dûrgrimst ingeitum, he was given a brief schooling at celbedeil on the dwarven religion as it was supposed to then be his religion as well, or at the very least serve as background for the traditions he was now meant to uphold. at the time he seemed to really enjoy learning about it & appeared to want to believe in it to some degree as well. while it doesn’t have an exact name, it was centred around a pantheon of deities but the most important aspect of it all was their belief of life after death. they believed that dwarves were brought to life from rock & therefore must be returned to rock after their death. they also believed that rocks were living organisms but that’s a whole other thing. i might make a separate post going into further detail? but this seems good enough at least for the purpose of this post

   then the last religion of impact was actually the elves’ lack there of. he saw part of the belief when arya began arguing with the priest showing him around celbedeil. but he inquired further from oromis during his time in ellesméra. the elves were best described as strongly agnostic in nature, bordering on atheist. they personally believed that there was never any deity, although they were not so arrogant as to say they knew for a fact there wasn't & weren't completely opposed to the thought. they preferred to stick with hard facts of the world, things they could hold & observe. their views appeared to have been influenced & jaded by the condition of the world ( ie. oromis stated that if there was a deity, then that deity was not a good steward of the earth by reason of war or the tyrannical rule of galbatorix ). his time with the elves was far greater than his time with the dwarves & was already similar enough to his lack of religious upbringing. his mindset really began to align with the elves, largely through oromis’ teaching. but because of that i don’t think he could ever really follow any religions unless, like the elves would require, the existence of gods were proven.

   as far as other religions go, the urgal religion is pretty interesting but never had any influence on eragon. there was the cult of the worshipers of helgrind which he came into contact with during his brief time in dras-leona but again no influence beyond thinking they’re kind of insane. & then conversely is eragon’s impact on the religion surrounding dragon riders. i’m assuming it’s another human religion & again there’s no official name, but there are those who worship(ped) them as gods. so when word spread of eragon & the return of dragon riders, of course it had a huge impact. as if gods once again walked the earth once again. but beyond that, there’s not a whole lot of info on it? might have more to add if it comes up again during the rest of my reread but as of right now this might be it.

   i also want to say that while the country of surda might have other religions as its its own country, they’re never mentioned & again would have had no impact on eragon’s views on god

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  so a while back on my old blog ( when i had a lot less muses ), i had a post talking about everyone’s favourite muffins & for no reason at all i have decided to make an updated version with the updated muse list !

apollo — those everything morning breakfast muffins ig? he’s not a big bakery items person archie — he’s a double chocolate kinda guy. he’d take triple chocolate if he could asher — strawberry orange or any kind of chocolate chip chris — he doesn’t like to get the same things over & over again but a blueberry muffin is hard to mess up dante — he’d probably go for strawberry if it’s there eiji — sugar donut muffins. it’s barely a muffin but has muffin in the name so he’ll die on that hill eragon  —  it’s a tie between banana & carrot. every time he’s face with the decision of which one, he caves & gets both bc he can’t handle food choosing related pressures. he eats a ton anyway so nothing goes to waste hades — he’s not much of a pastry person, but he enjoys chocolate from time to time so i feel like anything chocolate would be good as long as it’s not overwhelmingly so hyunshik  — he doesn’t like things that are too sweet & prefers more subtle flavours. maybe like a banana muffin? isaac  —  blueberry for sure! he’s happy with most fruity muffins but blueberry is his top choice jamie  —  he’s not a huge muffin fan. don’t get me wrong, he likes em, but he doesn’t care too much about what flavour it is as long as it tastes good. he probably eats applesauce the most just because it’s one of hannah’s favourites kaede  —  being a vampire kaede isn’t big on human food, in an au where she’s still human, i’d wager to say it’s something like apple cinnamon kitae  — also apple cinnamon. it’s a flavour combination he loves in any form kyle  — he loves pumpkin anything, muffins included minkyung  — he likes obscure flavours, he thinks they’re fun. so it’s not something he sees a lot but he likes ginger & pear muffins a lot peter —  honey muffins! ( soft n sweet just like him ). he bakes a lot & thus has made many a muffin but honey is his fav bc it’s so simple yet delicious so they’re really easy to whip up phaelyn — another fan of fruity muffins, but actually likes lemon muffins the most. she finds them really refreshing ryan  — carrot, no question about it sam  — his mother’s favourite is banana chip & he’s not much of a baker himself so that’s what he grew up having. it’s kind of like a default favourite i guess? sebastian  —  zucchini chocolate chip. it was his mother’s go-to muffin n tastes like home. shin  —  another fan of chocolate chip. he likes to think he has a sophisticated pallet but leans a lot towards simpler flavours   soren — he’ll eat anything tbh. hasn’t tried a single food he hasn’t liked so he can’t pick a favourite anything tu’er shen  — he likes tea cake muffins, of any kind really but is partial to black tea vanilla tyrus  —  coffee cake muffins but those are a specialty thing so his next choice is banana nut

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