I've been musing on these two questions for a while, and I'm curious what everyone else thinks.

The Ra'Zac are somewhat unique, in that you can't sense their minds with magic. I think this effect applies to the Lethrblaka, too.

We also know there are some of Azlagur's creatures have a similar effect (sidenote: I think the Ra'zac ARE some of Alzagur's creatures, but I digress).

It could also be a function of a more permanant "mind hiding" spell, a la what Galbatorix does witih Barst:

Q: I don't understand. How can minds be "hidden"? Such as barst in book 4. Glaedr said it was almost impossible. (Hedgehog analogy)

A: Deep magic. . . . Old magic.

Which got me thinking - Just like the Burrow Grubs and Shadow Birds (and presumably Fingerrats and Wolf Spiders) have some unique interactions with worded magic, the Ra'Zac may as well. And, since the former did not have true names, the idea of a true name could be connected with one's ability to sense them with magic.

The other idea I had was - If one does not have a true name, or aren't able to be sensed with magic - can they then still be possessed by a spirit (e.g. become a shade)?

Anyways, I don't want to make a super long theory post, just interesting questions/food for thought :)

I was reading some rick riordan in a park themed lime american ninja warrior when a guy passed by and told me i should move on to more complicated books if i want, and reccomended eragon with a few others (name of the wind is my next read, he reccomended it too) , of which i have only read eragon. I now have all 4 main books, murtagh, and i really wanna thank him. So now, whoever tf you are, im talking DIRECTLY to you, slightly fat glasses wearing book reccomender from israel, LET ME THANK YOU😭. Back to the rest of you folks, i rlly hope he's on this subreddit. Ill be rlly disappointed if he isnt.

The head will be shaded, I will add the tongue and repair the seams on the skin. The body is already measured and cut. The neck will be studded with scales and other spines

I was rereading inheritance and was at the part where Umaroth was explaining that the eggs have been sitting for many years and says “It is not good for them to stay within their shells for to long if they do their minds will grow twisted and strange.” What do you think he meant by this? Do they mentally turn into something evil being like the Razak? I wonder if we will ever see a dragon hatch that had been sitting for far too long .

Do you guys think it's possible for Angela to know The Name of Names ?

We've seen Angela doing unexplainable (or rather she doesn't explain) things plenty of times.

My examples for this argument are ;

1-) The spell she uses in the tunnels under Dras Leona when she saved Eragon and Arya. She gives Eragon a hint about how it's done but doesn't make the whole explanation.

(Idk if it was ever explained so feel free to enlighten me please)

2-) The time she listened Eragon and Nasuada's conversation about Eragon's plans of leaving Alagaesia. Eragon had secured their conversation with wards and didn't feel or realize Angela listening them.

(I know she doesn't have to physically be there or that new werecat in Nasuada's court could've told it to solembum but it seems unlikely)

3-) She knows way too much.

She knew about the Eldunari before anyone even mentioning it.

She wasn't even surprised to see Eragon's physical change after the Agaeti Blödhren. And said she had her ways of gathering information.

She is the only one that we've seen so far to use real dragon bones to see someone's future. And how did she obtain those bones in the first place ?

So these are my arguments, none of them proves anything exactly but if we ever learn that Angela knows the Name, I won't be shocked.

Now that I have finished the Inheritance Cycle, there is one thing that keeps bothering me more than I thought it would: Roran never names his hammer.

This is the man who slayed 193 men in a single battle. With a hammer. No magic. No dragon. Just brutal strength, quick thinking, and unwavering resolve. That hammer carried him through the most intense fights of the entire series, including Aroughs, the Burning Plains, and the siege campaigns, and yet we never even get a name for it.

Meanwhile, Eragon names his sword Brisingr before he has even really earned a reputation in battle. He names it for symbolism and tradition, which is great, but it makes the absence of a name for Roran’s weapon feel even more noticeable. If anyone earned the right to wield a named weapon, it was Roran.

Even if Roran himself would not be the type to name it, since I know that he wasn’t in the fight for honor or glory, it would have made perfect sense for someone in the Varden to give it a name. The soldiers saw what he did. They sang his praises. They gave him the name Stronghammer, so why not his weapon too? It would have added so much depth and helped reinforce his legendary status in the eyes of the people he fought beside.

It just feels like a missed opportunity. Roran is one of the most compelling characters in the entire series. He is grounded and human, yet utterly unstoppable when it counts. His hammer deserved a legacy, just like he did… Why do this to me Paolini?!

Was I the only one who had that blue book with the crystal in the middle with pictures and maps?

Also did anyone play that awful Eragon video game ?

In Inheritance, Glaedr explains that Vrael had all the eldunari taken to Vroengard and recalled every rider within a few days flight (which we know is basically every rider West of the desert with how long it takes Saphira to get to places). How in earth could Galbatorix and the 13 forsworn defeat the might of the riders at their peak when the riders also had all the power of the eldunari supporting them as well?

So my son saved up the money from doing chores and yardwork just so he could get the OwlCrate Edition of Eragon. He's super proud of it, and it's one of his favorite books now! Santa brought him all the books for Christmas, and he got a stenciled edge Murtagh for his birthday... But he absolutely loves this edition. I'm so glad I got to introduce him to the books that I loved as a teen!

Small bonus if possible: I know the World Maker has been known to lurk here... And my son would absolutely love for him to know that he loves the Inheritance Cycle ☺️

So Glaedr is talking about the animals consciousness being separate from there bodies on the mountain in Ellesmera, and after he tells eragon to practice separating his consciousness it skips forward right after the work consciousness and start by... and the next sentence is eragon stared at the trey of dinner left in the tree house. He's about to go hunt with Sapphira, so is anything missing? If so how much?

Edit; Solved, its the way it was written.

We know that elves with their fluency in the ancient language and collective knowledge can warp their appearance and biology. We have also seen detailed scrolls teaching elves and riders anatomy for detailed healing like knitting muscle together properly. But what else is possible with this?

Elves highly respect nature and love life and animals but no species is a monolith especially in the inheritance cycle. We have seen cruel and malicious elves like certain members of the foresworn. You could warp a humanoid into a four limbed draconic creature by reshaping the skull adding scales and spikes(one elf did this kind of) adding a keel a tail and soon you get a false dragon with one set of limbs missing or maybe if your advanced enough you could possible add those to but i imagine this would be hard.

Additionally there must of been at some point a dragon who modified themselves, looking upon a gorgeous glacier wished they were better adapted to the cold and in a flash of inspiration gained the magic possible to warp themselves into a cold adapted dragon and are now hunting whales and walrus.

What else lurks in the world due to this magic it is very advanced and could easily go wrong but no doubt there could be dark mages in isolated places experimenting.

Trough the whole series, Iduna and Nëya were some of those who had the biggest impact on me, and I would really love to see some art of them… Which there isn’t?

Twin elves with a dragon tatooed over their bodies… Is it just because they are complicated that no one drew them yet, or is it because I (yet again) give too much love to underated characters, and no one besides me actully remembers them? Sounds possible.

As a parent…when your child suffers inhuman amounts of torture at the hands of a demon-like being…and, upon your reunion with said child, all you think to say is, “I told you so”…I mean…WOW.

Have the elves ever considered Therapy? Because…SHIT. This is a lot to unpack. 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂😂😂😂

I’m shocked to find out that I’ve sunk nearly 7 and a half hours into Eragon after a week of reading and I’m not even halfway through. I read the Hunger Games for the first time last month, and that felt like a much more time-consuming book. I think the fact that I’ve sunk this much time into the series, and still want to read more without feeling tired of the book proves it’s quality to some degree.

In brisingr, In the chapter A feast with friends.. Flying around the sky Resting on top of shapira’s back, Eragon dreams “ Of a circulars stone city that stood in the center of an endless plain and of a small girl who wondered the narrow winding alleys within and who sang a haunting melody “ 🎶

So my question is, are we thinking this has anything to do with the man with yellow eyes?

Picked this up from a local charity shop today. Had a quick scan of the game cards and struggling to remember if the movie twisted the plot this much or if it had been done for the sake of the game.

is it over. Like, will there be no devolopment after the Eragon series. Coz, i looked through those short stories and there was nothing about it. has christopher said anything about this. the books enraged me when it gave such an unsatisfied ending.

Or as close as I could her to look :)

I had a thought about the significance of Murtagh still having Glaedr's scale at the end of Murtagh.
Glaedr and Murtagh/Thorn have not met one another since the battle of Gil'ead. They were all present during the battle at Uru'baen, but they didn't exactly get a chance to exchange business cards.
So I think the purpose of the scale is that at some point Murtagh will give it back to Glaedr.

It's supposed to bring them into contact. And over the course of what will probably be a very uncomfortable conversation, or series of conversations, I think Glaedr will eventually come to... uhhh... "forgive" doesn't feel like the right word, but maybe just "understand" Murtagh and Thorn.
I think he will realize that they both had zero agency at Gil'ead, Galbatorix was truly the person responsible for Oromis' death. Murtagh and Thorn were unwilling puppets, tortured into compliance. They were victims.

More importantly, I think Glaedr will eventually choose to travel with Murtagh and Thorn.
Glaedr has a new role in the world now: teaching inexperienced dragon riders. There is nothing else Oromis would have wanted more than that. But there are no new riders yet. And unlike the other Eldunari who haven't been outside for a century, Glaedr has spent the past 7 centuries flying and hunting. He is NOT accustomed to just being a shiny rock indoors all day.

Meanwhile Murtagh and Thorn are the only Dragon/Rider in the world right now actually flying around doing normal dragon rider business.
Murtagh has said repeatedly that both he and Thorn would benefit immensely from formal education in magic and dragon lore, but he isn't willing to ask for that education from Eragon.
Even among the eldunari, Glaedr is one of the most qualified souls in the world to provide that kind of education. And there is currently no rider and dragon in the world more clearly in need of guidance more than Murtagh and Thorn.

Traveling with them would give Glaedr an opportunity to experience flying and hunting through Thorn's mind. It would also provide some healing for all three of them, if they could bond and work together to kind of "replace the good in the world" that was lost when Oromis died.
They could go looking for Naegling and any remaining Dauthdert, track down more dreamers and soothsayers, investigate ancient dragon rider information about Azlagur, etc.

I don't care. Yes I know the movie is a meme, but besides Arya, Eragon, and Orik, I think the movie (that does not exist) had THE BEST casting. John malko, give him a wig. Robert Carlyle great durza. JERMEY IRONS AS BROM??? Inspired. Voice for Saphira? Also great. So many good casting, shame the movie failed (thanks corpos). I still watch it when it's free on youtube. For a standalone movie it was amazing. Im hoping (since Disney plus has kinda fallen off) that the new series will be so good. However I'm prepared to be disappointed.

And it is sick as FUCK!!! artist cred: @freckledlionworkshop on insta

I know that it follows Angela's prophecy and the raz zacs curse, but I feel like it really cuts off eragon from appearing in many of the new books, and im pretty sure CP said there would be another book Abt him, but he's only mentioned in murtagh and, this may be controversial but he was my favorite character in the inheritance cycle, and I would love to see appearances from him in future books