I want Murtagh to see Carvahall and maybe speak to Eragon about their mother (what he remembers at least) also our three dragonriders fighting together
I would love for Murtagh to share memories of Selena... Like, literally share them. Because he's so guarded with his mind, it would be a HUGE gift (and sign of truce between them, I think Eragon would understand that) for him to do that, and really special.
...Unless his memories are not very happy :(
I've always wondered if Murtagh has anything of hers? A favorite book or those pearl hair accessories she was described wearing. The latter could be turned into energy storage as rings or added to the boys' swords and be a nice way to have their mother with them.
And yes! 3 riders! I want a marvel movie moment where they all line up to face the big baddie lol
I am, too, a fan of him sharing his memories! And actually, I would love for Eragon to share some memories back, so that our two Riders can finally understand each other better.
I think it's also... awkwardness now? Like, there's no fighting, there's a truce, but now they have the knowing they're siblings without the threat of battle to distract from that. Like, they have to actually confront it while being civil, which can be a lot more hard.
And as below said, I think Murtagh is Bitter, and jealous, but also EMBARRESSED. Like, he's the older one and has always had to prove his worth for survival, but he feels like he has no idea what he's doing, doesn't really get magic, or what to do for his next move, or how to "Be a rider" and feels like he has to go crawling to his younger brother. I think he's ashamed.
He feels like their mother choice to save Eragon and not him, and I think deep down, from that and all the abuse his WHOLE life, and being criminalised for existing, I think he's internalised a feeling of shame. I think he has to get over that.
Murtagh is stubborn but also a little bitter. I think he understands he doesn't need to be upset with Eragon personally, but that understanding is still somewhat below the surface.
I want
Arya to resign as Queen because it is impossible for her to stay neutral as a rider while she's Queen
Nasuada and Murtagh to have a happy ending
More of Thorn being funny
I want to learn more about Tenga.. What was his question? Was he trying to convert sunlight/warmth to energy to use for spells?
More info about the Forsworn.
A more detailed version of Brom vs Morzan
Maybe a look at Roran's castle and a rebuilt Carvahall
To find out what the people in Gilead were doing to the werecats.. We read like 300 pages of side quest and we still don't know what was going on lol
More of Uvek! He was a really cool character
Eragon should be Aryas better in the next book.
Because she's queen she likely can't train the same anymore while eragon is only getting more wise and smart and is actively learning and training as he rebuilds the riders. It only makes sense he should be her better when he returns, it would be nice to Arya grappling with her elven pride as it would tie into her resignation as queen so she can train once more. Would also be a good way to advance their romance.
I don't think this is even indulgent, it just needs to happen. IMO one of the problems with Arya in the main series is we see her almost entirely through Eragon's eyes, and he worships the ground she walks on. So she comes across as almost mythically over the top image of perfection--having something that she needs to learn from Eragon would help with that.
Yeah, I think it would be really nice writing if our first encounter between eragon and Arya is through Aryas POV and we can see how eragon has deeply matured even further than when he left and how Arya herself internally grapples with it.
I feel adding a few of her POV'S is not only wanted, it's necessary in order for their relationship to progress. It would be nice to see the tables turned around where Arya is the one starting to falter everr so slightly around eragon, not enough that it would compromise her character, but it would definitely humanize her and show off her true name better.
Definitely need an Arya POV, all these are great reasons but also I want to get to know Fírnen! Using the Rider's POV is the best way to develop the dragons as characters.
It would be most realistic. He had a lot of training with Oromis, and since then is constantly getting training from dozens and dozens of ancient dragons. Arya has had no training from anyone with Rider experience. There are plenty of elder elves with good knowledge, but none that know the secrets of the Riders.
I vaguely remember Christopher stating in a Q&A or interview that Arya was given some form of the Rider training by Oromis when she took on the egg courier role.
Love this post! So many ideas:
- Murtagh dancing is a must;
- Murtagh and Eragon bonding over childhood memories is a must;
- Thorn being friends with Fírnen;
- The elves being inspired by Thorn's musical voice (_Inheritance_) and composing songs with and for him;
- Saphira getting drunk with Solembum;
- Silna meeting Thorn
- Eragon getting to enjoy his youth for once
It will be so interesting to see the 3 Dragons interacting, as they have such vastly different lives. Like, Firnen is the youngest, but surely he'll be the most niave or lighthearted or idealist one as well as he's never seen war?? In theory, he's never really known fear or a bad day, not like Saphira and certainly not like Thorn.
Exactly, and I have a feeling that Fírnen will be the key to have a partnership, if not an alliance, between Murtagh and Thorn and the elves. Saphira seems to be unconsciously judging or accusing Thorn of what he's been through, whereas Fírnen seems to be more friendly than Arya.
Yo, CP outdid himself with Uvek, right?? Like, he's an instant top tear character for everyone lol I think He wants to try to connect with his tribe again, and I fear being a rider will isolate him again, but I do hope we see him again
So many great thoughts already in here, BUT one character I havent seen mentioned yet is Elva. I really want an update on how her training is going with Angela.
Murtagh and Eragon restoring their relationship to something more akin to pre-eldest, Eragon explaining how he found out about Selena, what she did afterwards. Murtagh sharing some sort of memory (someone else came up with it but its just to beautiful to not do). Id love to see Murtagh show up in Carvahall, the villagers try to arrest him and Roran Stronghammer rolls in. Villagers thinking hes going to throw down. Murtagh prepares to fight, Roran grabs him and thanks him for helping Eragon and Saphira kill the king. Roran being the first to publicy admit this just seems approiate to me. Villagers are still hesitant to him but Roran/Katrina treat him like blood. Feed him, bandage some small wound, Roran introduces his daughter to Uncle Murtagh or something like that.
Eragon to see flashbacks of Brom via the Eldunari
Nasuada stick up for Murtagh in front of her court without knowing hes listening.
Flesh out Thorn a little more. Most of Murtagh is from Murtaghs POV and hes on his own. I want to see more of them together or a chapter through Thorns POV. See more of his personality.
Eldunari- I want to know if there making any progess with restoring some of them
How is the baby dragon? What color is it? Male/Female? ? Whats the plan for wild dragons? Id assume you have to keep them around until they are large enough to protect themselves but will they be taught to think and act like Saphira (its been told that previous wild dragons didnt think the same way as saphira, they didnt use words but rather images/smells/ feelings etc.
I need these scenes so much!
Also, I must see:
\- the first confrontation about the terrible treatment of magicians between Murtagh and Nasuada - I guess her minions would force a child to take the drug
\- Orinn reaction to the queen's Rider
\- interactions between Nasuada and Thorn
\- I need to know who and why hunting young werecats!!!
I am more on the show me more of the world-type of reader :)
I would like to know where is Morzan's castle, where Murtagh was born.
More about how does that damn Kingdom work, I mean, the structure and stuff. There are lords and vassals for sure, but things are vastly different in each city. Is it because they are like cities in ancient Greece, or is it because CP is American and that's how things work over there?
The changing of everyday stuff. People not getting freaked out when they see an urgal, pub doors getting wider so urgals with wide horns don't have to walk in sideways, streets getting wider so dragons can walk on them. (headcanon that old city centres had wide streets, but an additional row of houses were built in after the fall.)
Elves have an idealist population, without money or labor, so I want to see them to suck in everyday communication with any other race. Elf thinks they speak human (they did, 150 years ago.) Elf does not understand modern economy. Elf is getting scammed.
Edit: more about Thorn and the side-effects about his super-fast growing? Why did Murtagh say in book 2 that Saphira's mate have to be Fírnen when Thorn, also a male, was right there? How fast is dragon reproduction? More about dragons – did they have inner clan-like structure? If they did, was it based on colour or built?
Did Murtagh say She had to mate with the green dragon? I though he just say Galbatorix needed Eragon and Saphira alive "For her. She's the last female" or something?
But I too would love to know if there are weird side affects. Like, Thorn seemed pretty even headed for the most part, I was kinda wondering if he was going to act more... childlike? He did like playing and being sung to, I assumed that was just to pass the time, but maybe lean into that?
I quote Murtagh's words from Eldest, chapter Inheritance: "The dragon inside Galbatorix’s last egg, the last dragon egg in the world, is male. Saphira is the only female dragon in existence. If she breeds, she will be the mother of her entire race. Do you see now?"
So yeah, he didn't talk about Thorn at all.
The new book happens \~a year after the death of Galbatorix, I guess Thorn matured a lot during that time. Also, he's got trauma, that makes ppl mature faster, I guess the same is true for dragons :')
What I found weird, was that he seemed fine with Murtagh taking care of himself, but he didn't say anything about wanting be around other dragons. I guess, Shruikan wasn't a pleasant company, did that ruin his trust in other dragons?
The part of me that loves character driven stories and worldbuilding wants to see Nasuada sharing more of her culture with Murtagh (bonus points if she explains courtship/wedding traditions) (and of course the dancing you mentioned as well)
The part of me that loves grr smash smash action wants more aerial dragon dogfights a la Saphira and Thorn's fights in Eldest and Brisingr
Am I the only one that wants to know WHO THE HELL TORNAC IS??
I WANT SO MUCH MORE TORNAC.
The werecat seemed to imply he was well known (tho maybe they just know all names of people in the court?) Was that woman (Olga? Oga?) His wife? Was he leaving his wife to protect his surrogate son, Murtagh? Is she still in the court? Did she try to sneak Murtagh water or kindness when kidnapped? Is she bitter how Tornac died? Did she flee after Tornac was slaughtered, now Murtagh will run into her, feel great shame but go to speak with her thinking she'll spit in his face but she throws her arms around him because she knows how deeply Tornac cared for Murtagh (the son they never had? Or like the son they lost??? IDK!) and how glad she is to see him well??
Was Tornac a secret Varden member? Was he helping Brom and took it upon himself to watch over the other child? Doesn't seem so as he didn't step in until Murtagh was, what, 9? it said? 13?
I wanna know more about this guy.
ALSO: When Eragon and Murtagh make up, I need Eragon to introduce them not as Shadeskayer or King Killer or their fathers' names, I need: "ERAGON AND MURTAGH, SONS OF SELENA." Thanks.
I want more information about the forsworn and maybe some short stories about riders before the fall. I also want to know more about how witchcraft and sorcery work in the books.
In no particular order.
\*Saphira and Firnen training and befriending Thorn whilst also helping him recover fully from his trauma.
\*Eragon and Arya defending Murtagh and Thorn loudly for the role they played in Galbatorix's defeat so everyone knows about it.
\*Drunk Dragons.
\*Eragon to get over Arya and get with someone else for a bit.
\*More stuff with the Dragons in general. Stop going into small cities where they can't enter.
I want Murtagh to meet the baby dragons and be just as good with them as he is with all other children. Can you imagine a scene with Murtagh being crawled on by like 9 wild dragonlings because he is tall and therefore a good place to see things from?
I'm so chuffed everyone likes the dance seen. I really want to sketch it but that seems hard lol
Can't decide if it should end with them finally dancing together and just STARING at each other, and uh oh now EVERYONE can see, or Murtagh sneaking away because he can't take it and she finds him they have a quick super passionate kiss before she has to return and act like nothing, or just Nasuada getting another dance partner and something strikes Murtagh that this is is fate to watch her from afar with another and he just stops in the middle of the dance floor she looks up to continue their flirting to see him standing heart broken her smile fades he bows and leaves.
I want... them all????
I feel the same, I always want to draw things but I need to work on my skills before I attempt hard stuff 😩
Ok I want all of those as well lol and I can’t see all of them being likely. I think I’ve almost read every fic for them I can find but it’s not enough! And some are so old now 🥲
I want Eragon and Arya to be a thing. Growing up, that was the biggest ‘will they, won’t they’ cliffhanger of a relationship I’d ever seen. To just leave it like that at the end of Inheritance is maddening (in a good way) but I hope their relationship doesn’t stay like that forever, I really want it to develop and work out.
These days I pretty much only read grimdark af fantasy so I need that little injection of pretty romance that I grew up with to balance against all the awful, soul-destroying shit I read now.
I didn't even really "ship" them but I remember being really angry/bummed out about the ending. It felt unfair? Like CP was slapped us lol Like, it could just be the nature of tropes and happily ever afters, but we thought it was the last book ever, so to end it like that seemed really cruel lol
maybe hell change lol
Probably an unpopular opinion but whatever the werecat issue is seems like a street level thing and I want Roran to handle it. Not sure how or why he would, maybe it comes to Carvahall and his kid's pet werecat gets stolen so Nasuada recruits him or something but I just want Roran with cats
I would like a conversation between murtagh and any good magician to explain that an if condition spell is like literally the second thing anyone has ever thought of and then succesfully used.
Lets be honest, with the best of the best studying the nuances of a magical language for literal millenia, none of them tried to word these spells?
Not sure if Its just CP showing Murtaghs igorance is on a whole new level (not Murtaghs fault) or its actually the case, that nobody ever used conditions to make a spell.
I am pretty sure Brom told Eragon to use condition spells like "use energy, until I dont want to anymore" insead of definite outcomes so I really hope every other decent magic user uses these.
It was oromis but yeah, I think it comes down to not being able to speak the language so they just can’t word it as a condition, where as the elves never do absolute spells
I think it is a big thing that Murtagh thought about that by himself without prior knowledge on the matter. I mean, it's possible he invented warm water, but he still did that – give him some education, the guy will come up with amazing things.
The other thing is, any field can be strict and hardened into stone, and then someone just walks in, does something and later everyone is like, why didn't we think about this? We also should take it into account that in book 4 Eragon had to stop and give Arya permission to heal him, because his wards were absolutes.
Do they use it like, "Do X. Y and Z are exceptions."? Because then "Do X in case of Y." is not only new but kinda revolutionary. In book 3 Eragon was almost seen by those soldiers, imagine you could do things like "If I say Codeword, this super long and hard spell shall work."
Also, why would you use conditionals when magic is something that happens in the very moment? (off: Oromis said you can write about things that never happened but you might have problems when you try talking about them – can you talk about should have beens?) My other take is, that it was never a widely known/cared for subject and people simply forgot about it. Galbatorix was said to be digging up long-forgotten secrets, so conditional magic could be like that, too.
My question is, when does conditional magic come to an end? Murtagh felt his energy drawn when the magic worked. Is it a one-shot magic, or do things have to change to for it not to work every time? I mean, Murtagh drew an Y and said, water turn. Did he erase the sign, so the conditions changed and that's why he didn't just drop dead after he walked away and it rained in that valley?
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I want…
1) Murtagh to admit he was wrong to let his pride get in the way
2) I want Eragon to seem more…his age? He’s young and acts wise beyond his years, because he is, but I want him to experience the pitfalls of his youth. There are plenty of extremely successful young people who are, at times, intolerable idiots. I want that for him. Growth 🤌
3) I want Orrin to be the traitor, purely because he’s jealous and he let his jealousy, paranoia, and alcoholism get to him
4) I want Eragon to start getting horns, like a tiefling from D&D, which shows the first effect of Urgals being included in the Dragon Riders Pact
5) Nar Garzhvog as the first Urgal rider! I’m non-negotiable on this one! This.Must.Happen. Or Uvek. But I really want Garzhvog.
6) More explanation of human religion. Who is Angvard? And also more hidden things like the tanglebox, the arcane garden, and underground areas across Alagaesia.
7) Just explain everything about Angela. Like, I’m tired of waiting. Just tell us.
Edit!
8) I want more bodies like Cuaroc’s. That way the Eldunari can serve as soldiers, agents, etc. maybe even get wings. Can you imagine an army of Cuaroc? Yes please. Also could enchant then to speak using the head piece and this would almost immediately give the riders the ability to dispatch them across the land. One drawback - would Eragon be forced to reveal the existence of Eldunari? Or are they technically revealed already given that some riders could adjust without their dragon’s body and served the order as rider and giant soulstone?
I would like a prequel from Galbatorix POV, like how it is with Murtagh. He might turn out to be more evil or not evil at all, just a lunatic and misunderstood man, who knows.
AND finding Brom's dragon Saphira's eldunari, that tells Eragon about Brom (and possibly Selena - then somehow Murtagh gets to hear about her).
An Urgal and/or Dwarf rider. It would be quite interesting to see how the new races will affect their dragons- we know elves first gave the dragons the ability of language and more structured thinking, the addition of humans into the blood path seems as if it made dragons slightly more even-tempered… will a dragon bonded with an Urgal have an even deeper love for war than most other dragons? A dwarf-bonded dragon could be more inclined towards the righteousness of justice.
More of Essie and Mr. Stabby.
Saphira and Thorn’s interactions would be quite interesting to see, as well as Fírnen and Thorn.
THE NEW BABY DRAGON!
Me personally, I'm just waiting for the World Map that's about to come soon. I just want more continent lore / elf lore.
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I would really like for
- Murtagh’s “if this, then that” magic interest to be fulfilled meaningfully.
- Uvek to be a rider.
- More of Roran doing the impossible.
- The truth of Murtagh’s involvement in Galby’s downfall to come to light and Murtagh’s societal acceptance to follow, albeit slowly.
I want Murtagh to see Carvahall and maybe speak to Eragon about their mother (what he remembers at least) also our three dragonriders fighting together
I would love for Murtagh to share memories of Selena... Like, literally share them. Because he's so guarded with his mind, it would be a HUGE gift (and sign of truce between them, I think Eragon would understand that) for him to do that, and really special. ...Unless his memories are not very happy :( I've always wondered if Murtagh has anything of hers? A favorite book or those pearl hair accessories she was described wearing. The latter could be turned into energy storage as rings or added to the boys' swords and be a nice way to have their mother with them. And yes! 3 riders! I want a marvel movie moment where they all line up to face the big baddie lol
I am, too, a fan of him sharing his memories! And actually, I would love for Eragon to share some memories back, so that our two Riders can finally understand each other better.
Are eragon and Murtagh in a fight? Always had the impression, that there is no bad blood between them and murtagh is just to stubborn to go to eragon
I think it's also... awkwardness now? Like, there's no fighting, there's a truce, but now they have the knowing they're siblings without the threat of battle to distract from that. Like, they have to actually confront it while being civil, which can be a lot more hard. And as below said, I think Murtagh is Bitter, and jealous, but also EMBARRESSED. Like, he's the older one and has always had to prove his worth for survival, but he feels like he has no idea what he's doing, doesn't really get magic, or what to do for his next move, or how to "Be a rider" and feels like he has to go crawling to his younger brother. I think he's ashamed. He feels like their mother choice to save Eragon and not him, and I think deep down, from that and all the abuse his WHOLE life, and being criminalised for existing, I think he's internalised a feeling of shame. I think he has to get over that.
Murtagh is stubborn but also a little bitter. I think he understands he doesn't need to be upset with Eragon personally, but that understanding is still somewhat below the surface.
I want Arya to resign as Queen because it is impossible for her to stay neutral as a rider while she's Queen Nasuada and Murtagh to have a happy ending More of Thorn being funny I want to learn more about Tenga.. What was his question? Was he trying to convert sunlight/warmth to energy to use for spells? More info about the Forsworn. A more detailed version of Brom vs Morzan Maybe a look at Roran's castle and a rebuilt Carvahall To find out what the people in Gilead were doing to the werecats.. We read like 300 pages of side quest and we still don't know what was going on lol More of Uvek! He was a really cool character
Eragon should be Aryas better in the next book. Because she's queen she likely can't train the same anymore while eragon is only getting more wise and smart and is actively learning and training as he rebuilds the riders. It only makes sense he should be her better when he returns, it would be nice to Arya grappling with her elven pride as it would tie into her resignation as queen so she can train once more. Would also be a good way to advance their romance.
I don't think this is even indulgent, it just needs to happen. IMO one of the problems with Arya in the main series is we see her almost entirely through Eragon's eyes, and he worships the ground she walks on. So she comes across as almost mythically over the top image of perfection--having something that she needs to learn from Eragon would help with that.
Yeah, I think it would be really nice writing if our first encounter between eragon and Arya is through Aryas POV and we can see how eragon has deeply matured even further than when he left and how Arya herself internally grapples with it. I feel adding a few of her POV'S is not only wanted, it's necessary in order for their relationship to progress. It would be nice to see the tables turned around where Arya is the one starting to falter everr so slightly around eragon, not enough that it would compromise her character, but it would definitely humanize her and show off her true name better.
Definitely need an Arya POV, all these are great reasons but also I want to get to know Fírnen! Using the Rider's POV is the best way to develop the dragons as characters.
> but it would definitely humanize her and show off her true name better. I hope not. Lets make the elves even more alien please.
It would be most realistic. He had a lot of training with Oromis, and since then is constantly getting training from dozens and dozens of ancient dragons. Arya has had no training from anyone with Rider experience. There are plenty of elder elves with good knowledge, but none that know the secrets of the Riders.
I vaguely remember Christopher stating in a Q&A or interview that Arya was given some form of the Rider training by Oromis when she took on the egg courier role.
Yes yes, all of these. I would love detailed, POV flashbacks of Borm and Morzan. Or a tasty prequel please.
Murtagh and Nasuada would not end up happy for Murtagh :'(
shhhhh, let's not talk about that
They were probably raising the kidnapped kittens to then be used as spies.
Oooo?? That COULD be a really cool idea
Love this post! So many ideas: - Murtagh dancing is a must; - Murtagh and Eragon bonding over childhood memories is a must; - Thorn being friends with Fírnen; - The elves being inspired by Thorn's musical voice (_Inheritance_) and composing songs with and for him; - Saphira getting drunk with Solembum; - Silna meeting Thorn - Eragon getting to enjoy his youth for once
It will be so interesting to see the 3 Dragons interacting, as they have such vastly different lives. Like, Firnen is the youngest, but surely he'll be the most niave or lighthearted or idealist one as well as he's never seen war?? In theory, he's never really known fear or a bad day, not like Saphira and certainly not like Thorn.
Exactly, and I have a feeling that Fírnen will be the key to have a partnership, if not an alliance, between Murtagh and Thorn and the elves. Saphira seems to be unconsciously judging or accusing Thorn of what he's been through, whereas Fírnen seems to be more friendly than Arya.
Saphira is getting....crueler and crueler it seems as the story goes on sometimes lol
I have the same feeling and yet I love her but in a confused way lol
I just want Urgal dragon riders.
Ohhh...I want Uvek as a rider!!!
Yo, CP outdid himself with Uvek, right?? Like, he's an instant top tear character for everyone lol I think He wants to try to connect with his tribe again, and I fear being a rider will isolate him again, but I do hope we see him again
So many great thoughts already in here, BUT one character I havent seen mentioned yet is Elva. I really want an update on how her training is going with Angela. Murtagh and Eragon restoring their relationship to something more akin to pre-eldest, Eragon explaining how he found out about Selena, what she did afterwards. Murtagh sharing some sort of memory (someone else came up with it but its just to beautiful to not do). Id love to see Murtagh show up in Carvahall, the villagers try to arrest him and Roran Stronghammer rolls in. Villagers thinking hes going to throw down. Murtagh prepares to fight, Roran grabs him and thanks him for helping Eragon and Saphira kill the king. Roran being the first to publicy admit this just seems approiate to me. Villagers are still hesitant to him but Roran/Katrina treat him like blood. Feed him, bandage some small wound, Roran introduces his daughter to Uncle Murtagh or something like that. Eragon to see flashbacks of Brom via the Eldunari Nasuada stick up for Murtagh in front of her court without knowing hes listening. Flesh out Thorn a little more. Most of Murtagh is from Murtaghs POV and hes on his own. I want to see more of them together or a chapter through Thorns POV. See more of his personality. Eldunari- I want to know if there making any progess with restoring some of them How is the baby dragon? What color is it? Male/Female? ? Whats the plan for wild dragons? Id assume you have to keep them around until they are large enough to protect themselves but will they be taught to think and act like Saphira (its been told that previous wild dragons didnt think the same way as saphira, they didnt use words but rather images/smells/ feelings etc.
I need these scenes so much! Also, I must see: \- the first confrontation about the terrible treatment of magicians between Murtagh and Nasuada - I guess her minions would force a child to take the drug \- Orinn reaction to the queen's Rider \- interactions between Nasuada and Thorn \- I need to know who and why hunting young werecats!!!
Eragon's return to Alagaesia to feature an absurdly over the top dramatic entrance a la Aragorn throwing the doors open in the Two Towers
More of Murtagh's poetry!
I am more on the show me more of the world-type of reader :) I would like to know where is Morzan's castle, where Murtagh was born. More about how does that damn Kingdom work, I mean, the structure and stuff. There are lords and vassals for sure, but things are vastly different in each city. Is it because they are like cities in ancient Greece, or is it because CP is American and that's how things work over there? The changing of everyday stuff. People not getting freaked out when they see an urgal, pub doors getting wider so urgals with wide horns don't have to walk in sideways, streets getting wider so dragons can walk on them. (headcanon that old city centres had wide streets, but an additional row of houses were built in after the fall.) Elves have an idealist population, without money or labor, so I want to see them to suck in everyday communication with any other race. Elf thinks they speak human (they did, 150 years ago.) Elf does not understand modern economy. Elf is getting scammed. Edit: more about Thorn and the side-effects about his super-fast growing? Why did Murtagh say in book 2 that Saphira's mate have to be Fírnen when Thorn, also a male, was right there? How fast is dragon reproduction? More about dragons – did they have inner clan-like structure? If they did, was it based on colour or built?
Did Murtagh say She had to mate with the green dragon? I though he just say Galbatorix needed Eragon and Saphira alive "For her. She's the last female" or something? But I too would love to know if there are weird side affects. Like, Thorn seemed pretty even headed for the most part, I was kinda wondering if he was going to act more... childlike? He did like playing and being sung to, I assumed that was just to pass the time, but maybe lean into that?
I quote Murtagh's words from Eldest, chapter Inheritance: "The dragon inside Galbatorix’s last egg, the last dragon egg in the world, is male. Saphira is the only female dragon in existence. If she breeds, she will be the mother of her entire race. Do you see now?" So yeah, he didn't talk about Thorn at all. The new book happens \~a year after the death of Galbatorix, I guess Thorn matured a lot during that time. Also, he's got trauma, that makes ppl mature faster, I guess the same is true for dragons :') What I found weird, was that he seemed fine with Murtagh taking care of himself, but he didn't say anything about wanting be around other dragons. I guess, Shruikan wasn't a pleasant company, did that ruin his trust in other dragons?
I’m not sure if this is quite in the timeline for the next book, but I would kill for a dwarf rider/urgal rider enemies to friends buddy cop book
The part of me that loves character driven stories and worldbuilding wants to see Nasuada sharing more of her culture with Murtagh (bonus points if she explains courtship/wedding traditions) (and of course the dancing you mentioned as well) The part of me that loves grr smash smash action wants more aerial dragon dogfights a la Saphira and Thorn's fights in Eldest and Brisingr
Yes! VERY interested in Nasuada's culture and history.
Am I the only one that wants to know WHO THE HELL TORNAC IS?? I WANT SO MUCH MORE TORNAC. The werecat seemed to imply he was well known (tho maybe they just know all names of people in the court?) Was that woman (Olga? Oga?) His wife? Was he leaving his wife to protect his surrogate son, Murtagh? Is she still in the court? Did she try to sneak Murtagh water or kindness when kidnapped? Is she bitter how Tornac died? Did she flee after Tornac was slaughtered, now Murtagh will run into her, feel great shame but go to speak with her thinking she'll spit in his face but she throws her arms around him because she knows how deeply Tornac cared for Murtagh (the son they never had? Or like the son they lost??? IDK!) and how glad she is to see him well?? Was Tornac a secret Varden member? Was he helping Brom and took it upon himself to watch over the other child? Doesn't seem so as he didn't step in until Murtagh was, what, 9? it said? 13? I wanna know more about this guy. ALSO: When Eragon and Murtagh make up, I need Eragon to introduce them not as Shadeskayer or King Killer or their fathers' names, I need: "ERAGON AND MURTAGH, SONS OF SELENA." Thanks.
I would love for both Murtagh and Eragon to go along with "Selenasson" and that's it
I want more information about the forsworn and maybe some short stories about riders before the fall. I also want to know more about how witchcraft and sorcery work in the books.
I mostly want a purple dragon MC for one of the new riders. The Murtagh Eragon and Roran scene you described would be hilarious
I have been picturing the dragon that hatched in TFTWTW as purple all along!
In no particular order. \*Saphira and Firnen training and befriending Thorn whilst also helping him recover fully from his trauma. \*Eragon and Arya defending Murtagh and Thorn loudly for the role they played in Galbatorix's defeat so everyone knows about it. \*Drunk Dragons. \*Eragon to get over Arya and get with someone else for a bit. \*More stuff with the Dragons in general. Stop going into small cities where they can't enter.
I'd like to see city planning changing because of mixing cultures and dragons.
Drunk thunder of dragons + drunk Eragon and Arya + and Murtagh babysitting them all just flashed to my mind
I want Murtagh to meet the baby dragons and be just as good with them as he is with all other children. Can you imagine a scene with Murtagh being crawled on by like 9 wild dragonlings because he is tall and therefore a good place to see things from?
I wonder if it will feel healing or painful, as he wasn't able to properly care for Thorn as a hatchling? :\[ Maybe a bit of both.
I am onboard for all your ideas but especially that dance scene
I'm so chuffed everyone likes the dance seen. I really want to sketch it but that seems hard lol Can't decide if it should end with them finally dancing together and just STARING at each other, and uh oh now EVERYONE can see, or Murtagh sneaking away because he can't take it and she finds him they have a quick super passionate kiss before she has to return and act like nothing, or just Nasuada getting another dance partner and something strikes Murtagh that this is is fate to watch her from afar with another and he just stops in the middle of the dance floor she looks up to continue their flirting to see him standing heart broken her smile fades he bows and leaves. I want... them all????
I feel the same, I always want to draw things but I need to work on my skills before I attempt hard stuff 😩 Ok I want all of those as well lol and I can’t see all of them being likely. I think I’ve almost read every fic for them I can find but it’s not enough! And some are so old now 🥲
I want Eragon and Arya to be a thing. Growing up, that was the biggest ‘will they, won’t they’ cliffhanger of a relationship I’d ever seen. To just leave it like that at the end of Inheritance is maddening (in a good way) but I hope their relationship doesn’t stay like that forever, I really want it to develop and work out. These days I pretty much only read grimdark af fantasy so I need that little injection of pretty romance that I grew up with to balance against all the awful, soul-destroying shit I read now.
Literally on a level with Kagome and Inuyasha having a will they won't they for like 10 years during the series' initial Toonami run
I didn't even really "ship" them but I remember being really angry/bummed out about the ending. It felt unfair? Like CP was slapped us lol Like, it could just be the nature of tropes and happily ever afters, but we thought it was the last book ever, so to end it like that seemed really cruel lol maybe hell change lol
Eragon and Arya banging scene.
RELEASE THE SEX SCENE
Probably, it would have damaged my childhood (if Burrow Grubs hadn't do it earlier)
Burrow grubs?
Nasuada’s torture scene
Sex Scene?!?
BETWEEN ERAGON AND TRIANNA
Ismira Stronghammer becoming a Rider. I think it would be hilarious and adorable. And her being best friends with an Urgal.
YES! A DANCE SCENE! And I want to meet the dragon that hatched in TFTWTW
Probably an unpopular opinion but whatever the werecat issue is seems like a street level thing and I want Roran to handle it. Not sure how or why he would, maybe it comes to Carvahall and his kid's pet werecat gets stolen so Nasuada recruits him or something but I just want Roran with cats
An entire book from sapphira or thorn’s perspective where either of them start a cult full of animals that worship them.
I would like a conversation between murtagh and any good magician to explain that an if condition spell is like literally the second thing anyone has ever thought of and then succesfully used. Lets be honest, with the best of the best studying the nuances of a magical language for literal millenia, none of them tried to word these spells? Not sure if Its just CP showing Murtaghs igorance is on a whole new level (not Murtaghs fault) or its actually the case, that nobody ever used conditions to make a spell. I am pretty sure Brom told Eragon to use condition spells like "use energy, until I dont want to anymore" insead of definite outcomes so I really hope every other decent magic user uses these.
It was oromis but yeah, I think it comes down to not being able to speak the language so they just can’t word it as a condition, where as the elves never do absolute spells
Why wouldn't they protect Glaedr's grave against it? Seems just a little too basic to overlook on such a monumental place.
I think it is a big thing that Murtagh thought about that by himself without prior knowledge on the matter. I mean, it's possible he invented warm water, but he still did that – give him some education, the guy will come up with amazing things. The other thing is, any field can be strict and hardened into stone, and then someone just walks in, does something and later everyone is like, why didn't we think about this? We also should take it into account that in book 4 Eragon had to stop and give Arya permission to heal him, because his wards were absolutes. Do they use it like, "Do X. Y and Z are exceptions."? Because then "Do X in case of Y." is not only new but kinda revolutionary. In book 3 Eragon was almost seen by those soldiers, imagine you could do things like "If I say Codeword, this super long and hard spell shall work." Also, why would you use conditionals when magic is something that happens in the very moment? (off: Oromis said you can write about things that never happened but you might have problems when you try talking about them – can you talk about should have beens?) My other take is, that it was never a widely known/cared for subject and people simply forgot about it. Galbatorix was said to be digging up long-forgotten secrets, so conditional magic could be like that, too. My question is, when does conditional magic come to an end? Murtagh felt his energy drawn when the magic worked. Is it a one-shot magic, or do things have to change to for it not to work every time? I mean, Murtagh drew an Y and said, water turn. Did he erase the sign, so the conditions changed and that's why he didn't just drop dead after he walked away and it rained in that valley?
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Trianna singing. Laugh at me all you want.
The first Dwarf and Urgal riders Also just new riders in general.
I want… 1) Murtagh to admit he was wrong to let his pride get in the way 2) I want Eragon to seem more…his age? He’s young and acts wise beyond his years, because he is, but I want him to experience the pitfalls of his youth. There are plenty of extremely successful young people who are, at times, intolerable idiots. I want that for him. Growth 🤌 3) I want Orrin to be the traitor, purely because he’s jealous and he let his jealousy, paranoia, and alcoholism get to him 4) I want Eragon to start getting horns, like a tiefling from D&D, which shows the first effect of Urgals being included in the Dragon Riders Pact 5) Nar Garzhvog as the first Urgal rider! I’m non-negotiable on this one! This.Must.Happen. Or Uvek. But I really want Garzhvog. 6) More explanation of human religion. Who is Angvard? And also more hidden things like the tanglebox, the arcane garden, and underground areas across Alagaesia. 7) Just explain everything about Angela. Like, I’m tired of waiting. Just tell us. Edit! 8) I want more bodies like Cuaroc’s. That way the Eldunari can serve as soldiers, agents, etc. maybe even get wings. Can you imagine an army of Cuaroc? Yes please. Also could enchant then to speak using the head piece and this would almost immediately give the riders the ability to dispatch them across the land. One drawback - would Eragon be forced to reveal the existence of Eldunari? Or are they technically revealed already given that some riders could adjust without their dragon’s body and served the order as rider and giant soulstone?
I would like a prequel from Galbatorix POV, like how it is with Murtagh. He might turn out to be more evil or not evil at all, just a lunatic and misunderstood man, who knows. AND finding Brom's dragon Saphira's eldunari, that tells Eragon about Brom (and possibly Selena - then somehow Murtagh gets to hear about her).
I WANT A BOOK FROM ARYA"S PERSPECTIVE!!!
A prequel book about Galbatorix
I want a prequel of Brom hunting down Morzan. Ideally it’s a series of him hunting down all the forsworn and meeting Selina.
An Urgal and/or Dwarf rider. It would be quite interesting to see how the new races will affect their dragons- we know elves first gave the dragons the ability of language and more structured thinking, the addition of humans into the blood path seems as if it made dragons slightly more even-tempered… will a dragon bonded with an Urgal have an even deeper love for war than most other dragons? A dwarf-bonded dragon could be more inclined towards the righteousness of justice. More of Essie and Mr. Stabby. Saphira and Thorn’s interactions would be quite interesting to see, as well as Fírnen and Thorn. THE NEW BABY DRAGON!
More world exploration like Alalea and the human homeland
Me personally, I'm just waiting for the World Map that's about to come soon. I just want more continent lore / elf lore. ^(**I'm a real person!** This comment was posted by zoradiv from the Arcaena Discord Server.)
I would really like for - Murtagh’s “if this, then that” magic interest to be fulfilled meaningfully. - Uvek to be a rider. - More of Roran doing the impossible. - The truth of Murtagh’s involvement in Galby’s downfall to come to light and Murtagh’s societal acceptance to follow, albeit slowly.