#The inheritance cycle

[modern-inheritance]

Grimrr Halfpaw, the chosen king of the werecats, waits for Queen Nasuada's constituents to greet him properly upon their arrival to court.

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[juice-enjoyer]

normal about this guy. murtagh ily

[some---weirdo]

Eragon, freshly 16, in prison, on drugs, with a concussion, hasn't eaten or drank anything all day, telling the most powerful enemy he's ever met that his true name is "I'm going to kill you", then walking out of his cell, killing several guards and threatening to embed a molten hot grain of sand in the last guard if he doesn't talk. Then promptly scarfing down some random food while sitting under a table with his unconscious crush, failing a sword fight against aforementioned enemy and messing up the timing on his dragon's dramatic entrance and nearly falling out of the sky. Incredible

[thedreamypetal]

Headcanon !!! Eragon in the real world

[helshollowhalls]

Oh boy, have I read it.

As far as I know, Eragon is classified as a YA series, no?

I started reading Eragon when I was about nine years old.

I first saw my parent reading it and went 'ewww books you are reading?' - Jokes on me. I was hyperlexic. And at some point, 'age-appropriate' books weren't enough for me. And I went through most of the local libraries books at lightning speed anyways, so I started reading Eragon.

And I became obsessed. My first bigger story idea was taking heavy (and I mean heavy) inspiration from the series, I got the hardcover fourth book fresh off the printing press when the translation released for Christmas that year from my dad.

I devoured the book - Apart from my three day break that I had to take from reading because all the battle scenes bored me out of my mind (mind you, I was not even a teen at the time).

In the last two years of high school I noticed that one of the two school libraries I had access to had the first three volumes in English and started reading the originals as well. I still own all four books and apart from Skullduggery Pleasant and Twilight (Lots of regrets about the latter), the Eragon books are problably the books I have reread the most.

To this day, 85% of my story ideas in some way, shape or form go back to these three series.

I don't have any of the newer releases, sadly. And I'm not really someone who goes out of their way to engage a lot in fandoms, especially when I was younger. So there's that.

I don't really read a lot anymore, mostly due to health reasons, but occasionally rereading Eragon when I can makes me appreciate Paolini's writing even more now in my comparatively old age to when I first began.

I have been holding onto a story idea involving Nasuada and Murtagh (and Elva and two more dragons) for years at this point, if I'll ever actually write any of it down is between... Two sides and I'm neither lmao

If you have read Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle ) reblog this.

My friend doesn’t belive there are others whom have read it.

[dia-viller]

Eragon and Murtagh

"Eragon" - illustrated edition by Sidharth Chaturvedi

[murtagh-thorn]

Hi, again! So I guess this would be more of a modern take maybe, but if formal wear in Alagaesia was different, do you think Murtagh would be wearing a regular tie, one of those straight and narrow ones, or a bowtie? (Why this is the first thing that I could of think of is beyond me lol)

Also I hope you feel so much better. Those flare ups sound awful 🥺

Thank you! They're getting a little better, but still up and down. But I think we're getting there (fingers crossed).

I think he'd opt for a straight and narrow one more often than not, but would do a bowtie if a fancy ball/party situation called for it. I don't really think he'd like wearing the bowtie and would grumble while tying it lol but I think he'd grin and bear it for formality/appearance's sake. I'm a huge sucker for the no tie, just a suit with a button-up underneath that has the top few buttons undone and I could see him actually liking the freedom of that, especially given his background with everything fancy.

Ugh, now I'm picturing him taking his jacket and tie off at the end of the night and unbuttoning the top few buttons *drool*

[good-morzan-inheritance-cycle]

I love the idea that Roran and Eragon would have thick country accents for a good majority of their stories.

As someone who had to unlearn her thick Texan accent when I was young to be understandable outside my region (I still hold it in my back pocket tho. Use it as a party trick.) I’d love the interactions that would be sparked from Eragon desperately trying to get someone to understand him while the other party is just sobbing at this mountain hick.

[murtagh-thorn]

For everyone who’s been interacting with the annoying amount of murtagh thoughts/content I’ve been posting lately 😅 (I’m a normal, functioning adult irl, I swear lol)

hello beloveds ☺️

[applejuucee]

SAPHIRA!!! Queen of the skies!

[strmieto]

To anyone who has read the inheritance cycle, just know I need you to know that I love you CAUSE THAT BOOK SERIES IS JUST ✨✨

[helshollowhalls]

Meanwhile Saphira, knowing the truth for most of it and not being able to say shit, even after Murtagh dropped the Morzan bomb:

The Inheritance Cycle: A Summary

[glbtrx]

Do you think that Galbatorix making Nasuada hallucinate about a future with Murtagh were actually the fantasies he had with Morzan

[itsadragonaesthetic]

It's actually such bullshit that the Eragon movie was such shit. Especially because Saphira was literally the most beautiful dragon to ever be put to live action (even if she didn't fit the book description super well). I'm so mad why was such an amazing dragon wasted on such a bad movie

[annoyingbird22]

dragon riders are the horse girls of fantasy

[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