#thorn (inheritance)

[the-wanderer]

[applejuucee]

I'm realizing I never posted any of my cartoony designs of the dragons, as they're pretty old, but this is a draft reference page for Saphira and Firnen's designs. Thorn is below!

Saphira is described as very gifted at flying in the books, so I wanted to make her aerodynamic/lethal looking. Firnen on the other hand is still pretty young, so he's a small lad for now.

Also, a very old Thorn piece. I love him dearly. I have his tail as turning black at the end, where Galby had forcibly regrown it after his battle with Glaedr.

[xoxochb]

“I pulled such a baddie!” actually you pulled a girl who can’t stfu about about books to save her life

[thexgrayxlady]

Saphira: Nobody is good enough for my rider.

Thorn: *sets up and runs Murtagh's grindr behind his back*

[itmakesssenseincontext]

Thorn suggesting that sex might fix whatever the hell is wrong with Murtagh was peak comedy

[a-literal-toaster-wtf]

bbc ghosts fandom can we plsplspls pls talk about isabelle higham more pls. she was under the impression that the love of her life didn’t love her back and didn’t have the guts to tell her to her face, and then he died defending another woman’s honour in her own backyard. and then coerced into an unfulfilling courtship based on materialism and prestige rather than actual love while she was vulnerable. like that is so horrible and fucked up i have so much love for isabelle where are the isabelle fans where are they pls!!!!!!

[bookish-phile]

(reblog for a bigger sample <3!)

[thearunadragon]

How the IC characters would text:

Eragon: absolutely no capital letters. Uses spellchecker but doesn’t check what the spellchecker said. Very good at conveying tone though, and he does use punctuation. Waits in hopes you’ll text him back.

Murtagh: Only cares that the text looks neat and polite. Unless you’re an enemy, in which case insulting emojis may be used. Either great at replying or disappears for 3 months.

Nasuada: Impeccable. Punctuated, grammar rules apply, all ten yards. Replies on a schedule.

Arya: Huge vocabulary, conflictingly will use a ton of abbreviations abbreviations. “Sry brb defenestrating faulty accomplices atm”. Would absolutely curse in the group chat. Replies at random. Would probably use voice notes and curse by accident at some point.

Roran: no punctuation, spelling skills, or basic coherency. does not use spellchecker and usually takes forever to reply.

Oromis: Replies to nothing. Keeps read notes off. Occasionally leaves terrible political meme.

Thorn: Would take selfies and try to drag Saphira and Fírnen into them.

Saphira: Just watches the chat and never says anything unless she can embarrass Eragon

Fírnen: adores group chats

Garzhvog: doesn’t know how to turn off all caps and doesn’t punctuate but is surprisingly good at spelling

[nekucreates]

Saphira and Thorn together in one post! So you no longer have to reblog them separately! (They're also on my RB store) I'm reading Murtagh right now and enjoying it--I always did think Thorn and him were pretty cool. And I also have a dragon art sideblog @stardust-cove <3

[murtagh-thorn]

Posting to the Inheritance Cycle fandom like

[winterhawk-buddy]

Murtagh' couse I love Inheritance cycle

[reyreadersblog]

"Trios are always bad"

Trios:

[dia-viller]

Murtagh was so angry at Oromis for hiding and not trying to help, but Murtagh still had hope that Oromis would save him from Galbatorix.

And immediately after that, Galbatorix used Murtagh's own body and hand to kill Oromis, and, with him, he killed Murtagh's last hope of ever being free

[thexgrayxlady]

Thorn: I would follow him to hell and back, but I wish he would stop going there.

[everythingloveandanimated]

Okay I REALLY HATE that I’m thinking about this.

At some point in a future book, Murtagh and Thorn confront the Eldunarí for not intervening more in Murtagh’s life. The two come to the conclusion that Murtagh was written off and abandoned by them and by extension, Thorn was too for hatching for Murtagh. Neither of them are happy about this.

Eragon and Saphira, if feasible Arya and Firnen, are present when this goes down.

Saphira is frustrated because Murtagh played a big part in saving her, Eragon and Arya and went to the Varden even though it was dangerous for him. Arya and Eragon agree that it shows poor thanks for Murtagh’s help.

The Eldunarí defend themselves saying the wanted to see how alike Murtagh would be to Morzan. Murtagh all but demands to know what evidence, in full context of any given situation supports the assumption that he’s like his father.

His treason was forced, he’s shown regret at killing Hrothgar, he spared Eragon and Saphira at great cost to him and Thorn. He’s protected younglings, is willing to forge relationships with souls of other races. He has proven himself to be brave, noble, and a man of his word. He doesn’t delight in cruelty…

Thorn invites them to look into his soul and when they have, Thorn points out that he hatched for Murtagh, and is surprised, though does understand their distrust for Murtagh, that they aren’t willing to trust his judgement on Murtagh’s character through his hatching.

The Eldunarí say they couldn’t be sure. Anything could happen to make Murtagh into the ruthless monster that his father was.

Murtagh shares that he’s only ruthless against opponents who threaten or harm what is precious to him or what he deems as worthy of his protection. He, backed up by Eragon, then accuses them of writing him off and abandoning him to suffer in Galbatorix’s court because of things he didn’t do.

Things get heated and then the bomb is dropped. If Murtagh proved to be a threat the their safety and the future of the dragons and Riders, the Eldunarí would strip Thorn of his name.

Shock echoes around the room before anger explodes. Murtagh is LIVID!!! Thorn recoils in fear before baring his teeth but his bite has fear in it since he knows that act of the dragon’s can’t be undone. Saphira, Eragon and Arya take the Red Pair’s side. Calling the act uncalled for and cruel given what the two of them had been through.

Saphira and Arya scold the Eldunarí saying that their threat spits in the face of the lives that Murtagh has saved, including their own. They add that stripping Thorn of his name would irrevocably turn Murtagh against them. Saphira vows to protect her brethren from their callous cruelty.

Eragon is reeling that the Eldunarí would do something so cruel when the number of dragons and riders is already so small. They watched Murtagh and Thorn suffer, did nothing to save Murtagh from the Twins when they had done so much to aid Eragon. They gave Murtagh and Thorn a compliance test after Galbatorix was defeated. Failed to aid them against Bachel (if there was anything they could do in the first place). Now they threaten to banish the name of dragon who hatched when/because his chosen rider was a captive of their greatest foe?!?! (Beep) that!

Eragon puts his foot down at that.

Murtagh and Thorn, Arya and Saphira and Eragon are still fuming from the encounter. Underneath Murtagh’s rage is a fear that the Eldunarí could make good on their threat. Murtagh doesn’t know where their line is. He won’t attack them until they strike first, and even then he hopes he can overpower them before Thorn’s name is erased.

Eragon, Saphira and Arya are appalled and disappointed (and some level of ashamed and embarrassed?) by the Eldunarí. Arya points out that if Thorn’s name was erased and Murtagh attacked them, it would give them an excuse to eliminate Murtagh so they wouldn’t have to worry about him anymore. Privately, she questions the history of riders that she’s known her whole life

Eragon is seething that they would dare harm his family member like this… and then it dawns on him. They had to know Galbatorix would want Eragon in his clutches for being a free dragon rider. They had to have known what kind of forces he would send to Carvahall to retrieve him and Saphira. They had to have known… and they did nothing to protect what was precious to Eragon. Not his uncle and childhood home, not the people of Carvahall, not even Murtagh who needed protection far more than Eragon did. A sudden terrible realization hits him… if all of this is true they didn’t care about Roran either! Even worse… did Selena die because the Eldunarí didn’t want to run the risk of her secret being revealed and Eragon being found. Did they turn a blind eye to her when she got sick? Was it punishment for marrying Morzan and giving him a son even though she had ultimately sided with Brom and had borne Eragon?

It is acknowledged that it’s not outside the realm of possibility. This is too far for Eragon. The Eldunarí meddling to save themselves has cost him most of his family, his loved ones, the leaders he respected and has damaged the relationships with the family he still has.

Eragon breaks down and eventually comes to the conclusion that, like Murtagh before him, he can reclaim his life and autonomy.

As punishment, all the Eldunarí on display are placed in the pocket in the wall with the corrupted Eldunarí. Eragon decrees he will not bring them out until their brethren are healed. He changes the magic on the pocket so that the Eldunarí combined can’t escape. He deems it a lesson in caring for others.

That night Murtagh and Thorn flee. Through lingering panic, Murtagh asks Thorn to say his true name, which he does. Murtagh asks him to repeat it several times until Thorn says it like a mantra lulling Murtagh to sleep.

The green and blue pairs find the red pair.

Eragon apologizes to Murtagh and Thorn for initially siding with the Eldunarí, and that he couldn’t stop Murtagh from being taken by the Twins, and he’s sorry for leaving in the first place instead of waiting for them to return so they could clear their names together.

Arya apologizes for not being able to save Murtagh and thus condemning him and Thorn to months of grueling torment and slavery. She vows to make up for her failure.

The trio and their dragons agree that they need to find a way to undo the memory erasing spells and stripping of names spell of the Dragons. The blue and green pairs promise to do their best to protect Murtagh and Thorn and affirm Thorn’s value and choice in his rider.

[good-morzan-inheritance-cycle]

I remembered how funny and cute children are and that Roran now has kids, so have toddler Roran babies and what they would call the dragons!

Saphira: blu-burry when littlest due to bad mispronunciation. Because she a sassy gal she wouldn’t be particularly fond of it, but she would find it cute. However, she does prefer the new “blueberry”, as it’s at least an actual word.

Thorn: thorn on the other hand, ADORES his baby slurred nickname of “raps-burr-bie” and is quite depressed when the kids begin calling him “raspberry”. He refuses to respond to anything other than his nickname when visiting. My boy canonically really wants to be a dragon uncle so he lives vicariously through Roran’s kids until Murtaugh makes his own.

Fírnen: he’s called Fernie when he comes by. Due to it being the most normal, it remains the same when the kids get older. Even Arya uses it from time to time.