Questions tagged [inheritance-cycle]
For questions about The Inheritance Cycle, a series of four epic fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini, set in the fictional world of Alagaësia.
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Why was Urû'baen built under an outcropping?
The city of Urû'baen in the Inheritance Cycle, when it was Ilirea, was built under an outcropping that covers much of the city, which, as this answer indicates, is held up by magic. Based on what we ...
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What is with the orbs that flew out from behind Galbatorix?
In the Inheritance Cycle during the confrontation in the throne room, Murtagh yells the Word. This causes twelve orbs of light to appear behind Galbatorix's head and fly outward.
The air around ...
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How did Murtagh get in Gil'ead's prison?
In chapter 41 "Fighting Shadows" of Christopher Paolini's first novel Eragon (2002) in The Inheritance Cycle, we learn that Eragon was captive by the Shade Durza in a prison inside the Gil'...
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What changes were made to "Eragon" for the 2003 version?
According to Wikipedia, the book was originally published by Paolini's parents' company "Paolini International". It was later "discovered by novelist Carl Hiaasen, who brought it to the ...
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Origin of the name Galbatorix
King Galbatorix is the main antagonist of Inhertiance cycle, the high fantasy series written by Christopher Paolini. Was his name entirely made up by the author or does it have roots from real-world ...
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Could Rhunön Have Made Armor From the Brightsteel?
In Brisingr, Rhunön crafts Eragon a sword from an ore of Brightsteel located underneath the Menoa Tree. She told him that that amount was enough to make several swords. Instead of swords, could Rhunön ...
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Why Didn't Galbatorix Attack the Varden Directly?
As noted near the end of Brisingr, Eragon learns that Galbatorix gains his power from
So he must be incredibly powerful. Why didn't he just confront the Varden, elves, and dwarves directly and ...
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The Rider's City in Vroengard, is it 'Doru Areaba' or 'Doru Araeba'?
The Rider's City in Vroengard, its name is 'Dorú Areaba' or 'Dorú Araeba'?
I have seen both names used in the same paragraph in some places of the wiki, and through the books Paolini uses both. But ...
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How long did Saphira stay in her egg from the day it was laid by her mother?
How long did Saphira stay in her egg from the day it was laid by her mother?
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How high over the floor/streets is the overhang of rock over Ilirea/Urû'baen?
What the title says.
Image of the city from The Official Eragon Colouring Book
Assuming that in the image the scales are a bit exaggerated, how high do the books say that the ceiling of Ilirea is ...
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In the books it is said that Urû'baen/Ilirea is placed under a slab of rock. How is it exactly placed?
The doubt I'm having is if Urû'baen is:
A) just under a huge cantilever:
B) just at the base of a huge cliff, like Minas Tirith:
C) just inside a huge lightly eroded cave:
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Are there any plans to remake the Eragon movie?
Eragon is a wonderful book and I wouldn’t have survived middle school without it. It’s one of the easiest to read fantasy series (second only to the Hobbit, in my very limited opinion) but I was very ...
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Why didn't Brom tell Eragon this information earlier? [closed]
In the book Brisingr, Eragon finds out that
Why wouldn't Brom tell Eragon this information earlier. Oromis provides a reason why Brom didn't tell Eragon this but I think it was something else.
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Could Eragon have saved Brom?
Eragon said that
could he have?
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What is Eragon's True Name?
In book 4 of the Inheritance Cycle
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What is the word for the name of names?
In 4 book of the inheritance cycle, Inheritance, tells us what the name of names is, but I can't find the name of it anywhere.
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What is Tinkledeath made out of?
In The Inheritance Cycle, what is Tinkledeath, Angela's sword, made out of?
Eragon says it may be diamond, but it never actually says what it is.
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Does Alagaësia have a moon?
I remember that their sun is called Aiedail, but I can't remember if they have (visually) a moon.
They must have some kind of moon because when Roran and Clovis talk about getting the villagers, near ...
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Did Christopher Paolini write any more Eragon books?
Did he write any more books? The books I know are the 4 books, but in the last book he writes he isn't going to leave Alagaësia and is going to write more books! But here I am in 2019 and haven't ...
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Would name of names affect dragons' magic?
True name of the ancient language can be used to dispel, alter or remove any magic done using the ancient language. But will it be able to counter magic done by dragons such as erasing the memories ...
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What happened to the Belt of Beloth the Wise?
During the siege of Dras-Leona, Eragon loses the belt after the confrontation with the priests of Helgrind. He fails at finding the belt at that time and he still couldn't find the belt when he went ...
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Would The Fork, The Witch and The Worm be the start of another series?
The new book is scheduled to be released at the end of this year. Paolini himself has told that it would continue the story of Eragon and Saphira and in addition it will contain other stories in ...
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What happened to Naegling and the energy in its gem?
In Brisingr, Oromis's sword Naegling falls from his hand during an aerial battle immediately before he is killed. It would be one thing for a Rider's sword to be lost forever, but in the case of ...
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How did Murtagh manage to outperform Eragon in magic?
I just finished reading Eldest in the Eragon series for a second time and I still don't understand how Murtagh became so good at magic out of the blue. Eragon had been working on it for two years, and ...
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Why was Shuriken bigger than Gaeldr?
How was Shuriken able to grow bigger than Gaeldr if he was born after Gaeldr?
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Is Solembum Angela's familiar?
Angela is referenced in several places as a witch.
From Eragon, Chapter "The Witch and the Werecat":
Angela must be a witch. She had not lied.
She is very nearly never without Solembum ...
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Was it a magic-driven nuke in the Inheritance cycle?
Background:
In the book Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, the descriptions of both
are very similar to nuclear explosions in scope and physics. If you need I can add references here. I consider ...
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Is Alegaesia part of the same world as Lord of the Rings? [duplicate]
I started reading the Inheritance cycle by Christopher Paolini before I started reading J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, and I have to say, they seem pretty similar in the books. Of how Eragon uses ...
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Was there anything supernatural about Eragon's wound?
In the novel 'Eragon', the protagonist barely managed to defeat Durza, the Shade who lead the attack on the Varden. Unlike the film version, the battle was largely a contest of wills - what the series ...
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Was the farmhouse destroyed by the Ra'zac or by Galbatorix?
In the first book of the Inheritance Cycle, Eragon's home is destroyed after he finds the Ra'zac searching for the dragon egg. In the film version, the house is simply burned down but in the book it ...
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How did Selena kill a dozen men using the word "heal"?
I seem to remember something about Eragon's mother (the Black Hand) killing twelve enemies with only the knowledge of the spell "heal". How did she do this?
I can't find any quotes and I can't even ...
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What species is Angela? [duplicate]
In the book Eragon, what species is Angela? I am confused because she looks like a human not an elf, but she is super old.
Is she a different species?
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What is the difference between "to scry it and to scry on it?"
The acknowledgements at the end of Eragon have the following shoutout:
Artie Bennett, the doyen of copy editing and the only man alive who understood the difference between to scry it and to scry ...
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Do the Ra’zac have a third form?
In Inheritance, the mad High Priest of Helgrind says some odd things about their gods, the Ra’zac:
“You do not deserve such a great honor, but it will please the Old
Ones, and in all things we ...
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What did the High Priest do to Solembum or Angela?
In Inheritance, the High Priest of Helgrind casts some sort of spell that Eragon doesn’t recognize. Oddly, it has little effect on its most obvious target, but does perturb Angela:
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In the Inheritance Cycle, why did it take so long for Saphira to hatch for Eragon?
If Saphira chose Eragon, why did it take the dragon so long to hatch for him?
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How could a magician create a gem?
When explaining the nature of magic to Eragon, Brom uses the example of a master who, using the word for water, could create a gemstone, because the connection between water and the stone was clear in ...
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Was Paolini's 'secret name' inspired by Egyptian mythology?
So in Inheritance, Eragon has to figure out his true name to
And that sounds like a ren from Egyptian mythology.
Is that where Paolini was inspired to create true names?
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Who is Tenga, son of Ingvar?
When Eragon must
he finds a hermit who goes by the name of Tenga, who seems to possess a great deal of knowledge, and is researching some great project:
Later we learn that Angela knew him:
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Inheritance Cycle inspiration
Many elements in the Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini, seem to recall elements of other fantasy works. For example, the four major humanoid species (Urgals, humans, elves, and dwarves) are ...
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What are the seven words that Brom said?
In the Inheritance Cycle, when
he tells Eragon seven words in the ancient language, adjuring him only to use them in a time of great need.
Now, Eragon obtains significantly better instruction in ...
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Are The Races in The Inheritance Cycle Compatible?
In Paolini's book series, The Inheritance Cycle, there are four major species: human, urgal, elf, and dwarf. In the books, Arya mentions humans and elves having a relationship, but it wasn't said if ...
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Are there similar conceptions of magic like in the Inheritence Cycle? [closed]
By reading the cycle, I very much liked Paolini's conception of magic, illustrated in the scene where Eragon was told to get the power for lifting the stone out of his surrounding and has been shocked ...
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Where exactly does Eragon take place?
I'm doing an assignment for class about Eragon. I'm wondering about the setting. Is Alagaesia an island?
"Do you remember what I told you about how the elves came over
the sea?"
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How did Angela kill twenty men at once?
Eragon and Arya asked Angela how she killed twenty men at once she said
What is time but motion? What is motion but heat? And are not heat and energy but different names for the same thing?
When you ...
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Why did Eragon Shadeslayer leave Alagaësia?
In Inheritance Eragon Shadeslayer left Alagaësia, convinced that the dragons would never be safe there; he needed to take them elsewhere to be safe. However, after defeating Galbatorix and learning ...
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How did Angela cast the spell in Inheritance? [duplicate]
Anyone has any idea how Angela cast the spell beneath Dras Leona, that took out the group of soldiers?
The one with time being movement and movement being warmth, while warmth and energy is but the ...
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In the Inheritance Cycle, is Eragon chosen by Saphira for a specific reason?
If I remember correctly, the book does not say anything about why Saphira as an egg chose Eragon as her Rider. Or did I miss out something? Can anyone help me understand why Saphira chose Eragon?
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Why can't a lie be spoken in the Ancient Language?
While speaking in the Ancient Language in the Inheritance Cycle one can't tell a lie. The closest one can come to doing so is speaking a half-truth. Thereby circumventing this rule.
But why can't ...
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Are riders who lost their dragons still immortal, or do they just possess extremely long life?
I'm asking this since Brom was revealed to be a rider. His dragon, the original Saphira, died about 100 years before the story line started. He was still alive, but he bore the appearance of an older ...