Eragon
Jan 10, 2007 22:25:43 GMT -5
Post by galbatorix on Jan 10, 2007 22:25:43 GMT -5
Full Name: Eragon
Other name: Shadeslayer, Argetlam
Race:: Eragon is human in appearance, however, on his palm he has the Gedwey Ignasia, marking him a Rider and, after the Blood-Oath Ceremony, his face becomes more angular, pale, and smooth which are all Elfish qualities.
Side: Varden
Birthplace: Carvahall
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthday: Unknown
Eyes: Eragon has intense brown eyes which became slanted after the Blood-Oath Ceremony.
Hair: Brown
Weight: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Magic User: Yes
Clothing: Eragon was usually seen wearing Dwarvish clothing given to him Farthen Dûr until his stay at Ellesmera, where he is given elven silks. He can be seen wearing Dwarven armor gifted to him and Saphira by the dwarf lords at times of battle. He also carries a metal necklace with a hammer on the end that protects him from being scryed around his neck. He also has the diamond-studded belt of Beloth the Wise, one of the greatest treasures of the Riders. It is possible for Eragon to store magical energy in the gems, and later call upon the energy when it is needed, such as when he loses strength in battle.
Preferred Weapon(s): Eragon has a preference towards weilding Zar'roc, which previously belonged to Morzan. This ruby blade was taken from Eragon by Murtagh in the Battle of the Burning Plains. Due to this, Eragon is set to fine a new weapon in the near future, carrying only an Elvish yew bow and a quiver of yew arrows fletched with swan feathers which were given to him by Queen Islanzadi.
Personality: Eragon has an ease towards learning new things. However, he greatly lacks emotional intelligence, maturity and sensitivity. He is also quite arrogant some times, due to the fact that he is a Dragon Rider. Another trait he posseses is that he asks questions very frequently. He is also forgetful and he doesn't always think or judge people and situations clearly.
Family: Eragon used to live alongside his uncle Garrow, who is later killed by the Ra'zac, and his cousin Roran. His mother, Selena, was Garrow's sister but disappeared after delivering Eragon to the care of Garrow and his wife soon after he was born. Eragon's father is later revealed to be Morzan, making him brother to Murtagh.
Brief History:
Eragon finds a mysterious blue stone in the Spine, an untamed range of mountains near Carvahall, the small village he calls home. After being unable to sell the stone, Eragon soon finds it hatches into an infant Dragon, a species thought to be extinct, and manages to keep her hidden for a time. He names her Saphira, and their bond begins to develop (see Dragon Riders). As Saphira continues to grow, however, it becomes apparent to Eragon that he will not be able to hide her much longer. When the king's servants, the Ra'zac, enter Carvahall in search of the stone, Saphira forces Eragon to flee with her. The Ra'zac proceed to Eragon's farm in their search and burn the place down, with Garrow, Eragon's uncle, still inside. Eragon, arriving at the farm too late to save Garrow's life, swears vengeance.
Eragon is sought out by Brom, an old man who the villagers consider a storyteller. Brom had previously learned of Saphira's existence, and now wished to accompany them on their quest for vengeance. Together, Eragon, Saphira, and Brom set out from Carvahall. During their travels, Brom taught Eragon swordsmanship, and though at first Eragon demonstrated his pathetic inexperience, constant training soon corrected this inability. Eragon and Saphira also strived to learn more from Brom about the Dragon Riders. Later, when Eragon discovered that he could use magic, Brom began to teach him how to use it. Eragon wondered how a village storyteller knew all this, but was not told. Brom also warned Eragon that he would soon have to choose between allying himself with the king, Galbatorix, or the king's enemies, the Varden. Eragon chooses to acompany the Varden in their epic battle against the empire.
The trio then went to Teirm in order to trace the shipments of a special oil the Ra'zac use, hoping that it would lead them to the Ra'zac's lair. In Teirm, they stayed with a Varden ally who helped Brom rescue Saphira's egg, Jeod. There, Angela, a witch of some power, predicted Eragon's future. She revealed that he will have a long lifespan; the great powers of the land will struggle to control him; he will fall in love with one of noble birth; he will leave Alagaesia forever; and he will face betrayal from within his own family. Eragon also met Angela's werecat, Solembum, who spoke to him, telling him that when he is in need of a weapon, he should look under the Menoa Tree, and that he should speak his name at the Rock of Kuthian to open the Vault of Souls when his power is insignificant. In Teirm he learned to scry - to view things he has already seen, through the use of magic. This led to him later having dreams of a beautiful maiden who is imprisoned and who needs his help. Eragon decided then to check every prison they pass along the way in search of this maiden.
As the trio reached Helgrind, the Ra'zac's lair, Eragon learned that Brom was part of the Varden, and that the king was once a Dragon Rider until he betrayed the Riders and destroyed their order. Soon after, the Ra'zac attempt to capture Eragon, but he escapes, along with Brom and Saphira. The next night, however, the Ra'zac ambush and successfully capture Eragon, Brom, and Saphira. Fortunately, they were rescued by a mysterious young man named Murtagh, who was also tracking the Ra'zac. Murtagh freed them, but not before Brom was mortally wounded by a dagger meant for Eragon. Brom died shortly thereafter, but not before telling Eragon that he was once a Rider, that his dragon was named Saphira and that she was murdered in front of him on Galbatorix's orders. After creating a tomb for Brom, Eragon and Saphira agreed to travel with Murtagh, and travel in search of the hidden Varden.
Eragon decides to travel to Gil'ead, a place in which he can contact the Varden, with whom he has now decided to ally himself. While in Gil'ead, Eragon is captured and imprisoned in the prison where the maiden is held. There, Eragon learned that she is an elf. Murtagh and Saphira staged a daring rescue, and Eragon escaped with the elf. This does not occur without incident, however. Eragon and Murtagh, who are both by this time skilled swordsmen, easily overcome the Empire's soldiers -- but they are confronted by Durza the Shade, one of the most powerful beings in Alagaesia. Eragon himself duels Durza, and he realizes that he is hopelessly outmatched. Murtagh, however, shoots Durza between the eyes with an arrow, and he is presumed dead. The three companions and the unconscious elf flee Gil'ead.
The elf remains in a self-induced coma as the trio flee across the Hadarac Desert and out of the borders of Galbatorix's empire. When they reach free land, Eragon tries to speak with her mentally. After discerning that he is not an enemy, the elf, Arya, reveals to him the location of the Varden, and also the cause of her ailment. She had been poisoned, and it is such that if she does not receive the antidote soon, she will die. They must reach the Varden if they have any hope of saving her life. The travellers are then pursued by the Empire and a small army of Kull that are heading in the same direction. In the ensuing chase, Eragon and Murtagh race on horseback to Farthen Dûr, the dwarven mountains that house the Varden. Eragon and Murtagh easily outstrip their pursuers, for their mounts, Snowfire and Tornac, are both powerful stallions who gallop at great speeds. Before they enter, Murtagh, who has been reluctant to go to the Varden all along, reveals that he is the son of Morzan, first and last of the Forsworn, a now-dead group of treacherous Riders who served Galbatorix and aided him in destroying the Dragon Riders.
The trio reach the Varden just in time to save Arya, and there they meet the leader of the Varden, Ajihad. Eragon and Saphira are received with honor, and Murtagh, for his own safety, is kept in a "cell" -- which turns out to be a very nice bedroom where sumptuous meals are delivered. Eragon and Saphira also meet Hrothgar, the King of the Dwarves. Since Ajihad plans to send Eragon to Ellesméra to finish his training, he is assessed in magic and swordmanship by two cruel aides of Ajihad, The Twins, who delight in tormenting Eragon. A fully healed Arya rebukes them and spars with Eragon herself. Although he loses, Eragon passes the test in Arya's eyes. During this time, he begins to realise he finds Arya exceedingly attractive, (Saphira notes on this) and feels 'strange' around her. While with the Varden, he meets up again with Angela and Solembum.
A few days to a week after Eragon's arrival, war becomes imminent: an intercepted message reveals that a legion of Urgals is marching toward the Varden. In the battle that follows, a seemingly endless tide of Urgals seems poised to take the fortress. Within Tronjheim, the cone-shaped Dwarven city located at the center of Farthen Dûr, Eragon is confronted once again by the menacing Shade, Durza (the only way to kill a Shade is with a blow through the heart). Eragon is greatly outmatched by the Shade, and it seems as if all hope is lost. Thanks to a sudden distraction from Saphira and Arya, however, Durza's attention is averted long enough for Eragon to kill him with a quick stab through his heart. Durza dies, but Eragon pays a terrible price for his deed: the Shade inflicts a great wound on Eragon's back which will have a long-time debilitating effect on him in the future. Upon the Shade's demise, the evil lock Durza had on the Urgal's minds is released, causing the remainder of them to flee. Eragon faints from his weariness and affliction, and is tormented by pain. His mind is healed by the mental presence of the Mourning Sage, who urges Eragon to follow Arya and seek him out.
Ajihad is later killed by stray Urgals; and The Twins and Murtagh disappear, and are believed to be dead. Before they leave for Ellesmera he is asked to join Orik's clan, Dûgrimst Ingeitum. He agrees to this. In Eldest, Eragon and Saphira travel to the elves’ capital city of Ellesméra, where he is instructed by an Elfish Rider, Oromis, and his golden dragon Glaedr. Oromis reveals that he once instructed Brom and Morzan. Eragon learns many things from Oromis: extensive knowledge of the Ancient Language, world history and the Riders’ history, various magical techniques including melding matter and energy and drawing energy from external sources, the twelve spells of death, aerial combat, and much more.
He scrys a war brewing between the Varden and the Empire and departs at once to aid the Varden in the battle. By order of Nasuada (to whom he has sworn fealty), he becomes leader of the Du Vrangr Gata (The Wandering Path—these are the spellcasters of the Varden). However, the scar across his back that Durza gave him during their fight causes him to have very painful spasms, and as such he fears that he might never fight again and that his training is all in vain. He is cured of this injury magically during the Agaeti Blodhren, or "Blood-Oath Celebration", supposedly by the spirits of the dragons that appear. Whilst also undergoing a transformation that would normally happen to dragon riders over many years, he becomes (almost)an Elf. The only human physical trait that remains is the need to shave, although a simple spell is used to singe the hairs off (he gains the pysical abilities of an elf-their sharpened senses, their athletic abilities and the looks of an elf).
The Varden appear to be winning the battle until a new Rider appears upon a red dragon. The Rider knows of magic that surpass Eragon's power. At that time exhausted, Eragon is easily outmatched, but upon recognizing the fighting style of the Rider, he forces off his helm. Eragon is amazed to see that it is Murtagh who stands before him. He had been kidnapped by The Twins (who were allied with Galbatorix) and taked to Urû'baen, where his Dragon hatched for him. Both he and his Dragon, Thorn, were forced to swear loyalty to Galbatorix in the ancient language and are thus his unwilling servants. Murtagh then reveals they are both sons of Morzan and Selena and therefore brothers. When Murtagh is about to capture Eragon (Galbatorix wants him alive because Saphira is the only known female dragon), Eragon reminds his brother about their friendship before Murtagh was forced to swear loyalty to Galbatorix, and Murtagh subsequently finds a loophole in his orders, leaving Eragon. Before he leaves, Murtagh steals Zar'roc, saying that it was his rightful inheritance since the eldest son was supposed to have it, not the youngest.
After the battle, Eragon introduces his cousin to the Varden leader Nasuada and the elves’ ambassador Arya in Nasuada’s tent, and then imparts his newfound knowledge of his family to the three of them. Later, Eragon agrees to help Roran rescue his fiance, Katrina, from the evil clutches of the Ra'zac, and seek justice for the numerous crimes they have committed.
Other name: Shadeslayer, Argetlam
Race:: Eragon is human in appearance, however, on his palm he has the Gedwey Ignasia, marking him a Rider and, after the Blood-Oath Ceremony, his face becomes more angular, pale, and smooth which are all Elfish qualities.
Side: Varden
Birthplace: Carvahall
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Birthday: Unknown
Eyes: Eragon has intense brown eyes which became slanted after the Blood-Oath Ceremony.
Hair: Brown
Weight: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Magic User: Yes
Clothing: Eragon was usually seen wearing Dwarvish clothing given to him Farthen Dûr until his stay at Ellesmera, where he is given elven silks. He can be seen wearing Dwarven armor gifted to him and Saphira by the dwarf lords at times of battle. He also carries a metal necklace with a hammer on the end that protects him from being scryed around his neck. He also has the diamond-studded belt of Beloth the Wise, one of the greatest treasures of the Riders. It is possible for Eragon to store magical energy in the gems, and later call upon the energy when it is needed, such as when he loses strength in battle.
Preferred Weapon(s): Eragon has a preference towards weilding Zar'roc, which previously belonged to Morzan. This ruby blade was taken from Eragon by Murtagh in the Battle of the Burning Plains. Due to this, Eragon is set to fine a new weapon in the near future, carrying only an Elvish yew bow and a quiver of yew arrows fletched with swan feathers which were given to him by Queen Islanzadi.
Personality: Eragon has an ease towards learning new things. However, he greatly lacks emotional intelligence, maturity and sensitivity. He is also quite arrogant some times, due to the fact that he is a Dragon Rider. Another trait he posseses is that he asks questions very frequently. He is also forgetful and he doesn't always think or judge people and situations clearly.
Family: Eragon used to live alongside his uncle Garrow, who is later killed by the Ra'zac, and his cousin Roran. His mother, Selena, was Garrow's sister but disappeared after delivering Eragon to the care of Garrow and his wife soon after he was born. Eragon's father is later revealed to be Morzan, making him brother to Murtagh.
Brief History:
Eragon finds a mysterious blue stone in the Spine, an untamed range of mountains near Carvahall, the small village he calls home. After being unable to sell the stone, Eragon soon finds it hatches into an infant Dragon, a species thought to be extinct, and manages to keep her hidden for a time. He names her Saphira, and their bond begins to develop (see Dragon Riders). As Saphira continues to grow, however, it becomes apparent to Eragon that he will not be able to hide her much longer. When the king's servants, the Ra'zac, enter Carvahall in search of the stone, Saphira forces Eragon to flee with her. The Ra'zac proceed to Eragon's farm in their search and burn the place down, with Garrow, Eragon's uncle, still inside. Eragon, arriving at the farm too late to save Garrow's life, swears vengeance.
Eragon is sought out by Brom, an old man who the villagers consider a storyteller. Brom had previously learned of Saphira's existence, and now wished to accompany them on their quest for vengeance. Together, Eragon, Saphira, and Brom set out from Carvahall. During their travels, Brom taught Eragon swordsmanship, and though at first Eragon demonstrated his pathetic inexperience, constant training soon corrected this inability. Eragon and Saphira also strived to learn more from Brom about the Dragon Riders. Later, when Eragon discovered that he could use magic, Brom began to teach him how to use it. Eragon wondered how a village storyteller knew all this, but was not told. Brom also warned Eragon that he would soon have to choose between allying himself with the king, Galbatorix, or the king's enemies, the Varden. Eragon chooses to acompany the Varden in their epic battle against the empire.
The trio then went to Teirm in order to trace the shipments of a special oil the Ra'zac use, hoping that it would lead them to the Ra'zac's lair. In Teirm, they stayed with a Varden ally who helped Brom rescue Saphira's egg, Jeod. There, Angela, a witch of some power, predicted Eragon's future. She revealed that he will have a long lifespan; the great powers of the land will struggle to control him; he will fall in love with one of noble birth; he will leave Alagaesia forever; and he will face betrayal from within his own family. Eragon also met Angela's werecat, Solembum, who spoke to him, telling him that when he is in need of a weapon, he should look under the Menoa Tree, and that he should speak his name at the Rock of Kuthian to open the Vault of Souls when his power is insignificant. In Teirm he learned to scry - to view things he has already seen, through the use of magic. This led to him later having dreams of a beautiful maiden who is imprisoned and who needs his help. Eragon decided then to check every prison they pass along the way in search of this maiden.
As the trio reached Helgrind, the Ra'zac's lair, Eragon learned that Brom was part of the Varden, and that the king was once a Dragon Rider until he betrayed the Riders and destroyed their order. Soon after, the Ra'zac attempt to capture Eragon, but he escapes, along with Brom and Saphira. The next night, however, the Ra'zac ambush and successfully capture Eragon, Brom, and Saphira. Fortunately, they were rescued by a mysterious young man named Murtagh, who was also tracking the Ra'zac. Murtagh freed them, but not before Brom was mortally wounded by a dagger meant for Eragon. Brom died shortly thereafter, but not before telling Eragon that he was once a Rider, that his dragon was named Saphira and that she was murdered in front of him on Galbatorix's orders. After creating a tomb for Brom, Eragon and Saphira agreed to travel with Murtagh, and travel in search of the hidden Varden.
Eragon decides to travel to Gil'ead, a place in which he can contact the Varden, with whom he has now decided to ally himself. While in Gil'ead, Eragon is captured and imprisoned in the prison where the maiden is held. There, Eragon learned that she is an elf. Murtagh and Saphira staged a daring rescue, and Eragon escaped with the elf. This does not occur without incident, however. Eragon and Murtagh, who are both by this time skilled swordsmen, easily overcome the Empire's soldiers -- but they are confronted by Durza the Shade, one of the most powerful beings in Alagaesia. Eragon himself duels Durza, and he realizes that he is hopelessly outmatched. Murtagh, however, shoots Durza between the eyes with an arrow, and he is presumed dead. The three companions and the unconscious elf flee Gil'ead.
The elf remains in a self-induced coma as the trio flee across the Hadarac Desert and out of the borders of Galbatorix's empire. When they reach free land, Eragon tries to speak with her mentally. After discerning that he is not an enemy, the elf, Arya, reveals to him the location of the Varden, and also the cause of her ailment. She had been poisoned, and it is such that if she does not receive the antidote soon, she will die. They must reach the Varden if they have any hope of saving her life. The travellers are then pursued by the Empire and a small army of Kull that are heading in the same direction. In the ensuing chase, Eragon and Murtagh race on horseback to Farthen Dûr, the dwarven mountains that house the Varden. Eragon and Murtagh easily outstrip their pursuers, for their mounts, Snowfire and Tornac, are both powerful stallions who gallop at great speeds. Before they enter, Murtagh, who has been reluctant to go to the Varden all along, reveals that he is the son of Morzan, first and last of the Forsworn, a now-dead group of treacherous Riders who served Galbatorix and aided him in destroying the Dragon Riders.
The trio reach the Varden just in time to save Arya, and there they meet the leader of the Varden, Ajihad. Eragon and Saphira are received with honor, and Murtagh, for his own safety, is kept in a "cell" -- which turns out to be a very nice bedroom where sumptuous meals are delivered. Eragon and Saphira also meet Hrothgar, the King of the Dwarves. Since Ajihad plans to send Eragon to Ellesméra to finish his training, he is assessed in magic and swordmanship by two cruel aides of Ajihad, The Twins, who delight in tormenting Eragon. A fully healed Arya rebukes them and spars with Eragon herself. Although he loses, Eragon passes the test in Arya's eyes. During this time, he begins to realise he finds Arya exceedingly attractive, (Saphira notes on this) and feels 'strange' around her. While with the Varden, he meets up again with Angela and Solembum.
A few days to a week after Eragon's arrival, war becomes imminent: an intercepted message reveals that a legion of Urgals is marching toward the Varden. In the battle that follows, a seemingly endless tide of Urgals seems poised to take the fortress. Within Tronjheim, the cone-shaped Dwarven city located at the center of Farthen Dûr, Eragon is confronted once again by the menacing Shade, Durza (the only way to kill a Shade is with a blow through the heart). Eragon is greatly outmatched by the Shade, and it seems as if all hope is lost. Thanks to a sudden distraction from Saphira and Arya, however, Durza's attention is averted long enough for Eragon to kill him with a quick stab through his heart. Durza dies, but Eragon pays a terrible price for his deed: the Shade inflicts a great wound on Eragon's back which will have a long-time debilitating effect on him in the future. Upon the Shade's demise, the evil lock Durza had on the Urgal's minds is released, causing the remainder of them to flee. Eragon faints from his weariness and affliction, and is tormented by pain. His mind is healed by the mental presence of the Mourning Sage, who urges Eragon to follow Arya and seek him out.
Ajihad is later killed by stray Urgals; and The Twins and Murtagh disappear, and are believed to be dead. Before they leave for Ellesmera he is asked to join Orik's clan, Dûgrimst Ingeitum. He agrees to this. In Eldest, Eragon and Saphira travel to the elves’ capital city of Ellesméra, where he is instructed by an Elfish Rider, Oromis, and his golden dragon Glaedr. Oromis reveals that he once instructed Brom and Morzan. Eragon learns many things from Oromis: extensive knowledge of the Ancient Language, world history and the Riders’ history, various magical techniques including melding matter and energy and drawing energy from external sources, the twelve spells of death, aerial combat, and much more.
He scrys a war brewing between the Varden and the Empire and departs at once to aid the Varden in the battle. By order of Nasuada (to whom he has sworn fealty), he becomes leader of the Du Vrangr Gata (The Wandering Path—these are the spellcasters of the Varden). However, the scar across his back that Durza gave him during their fight causes him to have very painful spasms, and as such he fears that he might never fight again and that his training is all in vain. He is cured of this injury magically during the Agaeti Blodhren, or "Blood-Oath Celebration", supposedly by the spirits of the dragons that appear. Whilst also undergoing a transformation that would normally happen to dragon riders over many years, he becomes (almost)an Elf. The only human physical trait that remains is the need to shave, although a simple spell is used to singe the hairs off (he gains the pysical abilities of an elf-their sharpened senses, their athletic abilities and the looks of an elf).
The Varden appear to be winning the battle until a new Rider appears upon a red dragon. The Rider knows of magic that surpass Eragon's power. At that time exhausted, Eragon is easily outmatched, but upon recognizing the fighting style of the Rider, he forces off his helm. Eragon is amazed to see that it is Murtagh who stands before him. He had been kidnapped by The Twins (who were allied with Galbatorix) and taked to Urû'baen, where his Dragon hatched for him. Both he and his Dragon, Thorn, were forced to swear loyalty to Galbatorix in the ancient language and are thus his unwilling servants. Murtagh then reveals they are both sons of Morzan and Selena and therefore brothers. When Murtagh is about to capture Eragon (Galbatorix wants him alive because Saphira is the only known female dragon), Eragon reminds his brother about their friendship before Murtagh was forced to swear loyalty to Galbatorix, and Murtagh subsequently finds a loophole in his orders, leaving Eragon. Before he leaves, Murtagh steals Zar'roc, saying that it was his rightful inheritance since the eldest son was supposed to have it, not the youngest.
After the battle, Eragon introduces his cousin to the Varden leader Nasuada and the elves’ ambassador Arya in Nasuada’s tent, and then imparts his newfound knowledge of his family to the three of them. Later, Eragon agrees to help Roran rescue his fiance, Katrina, from the evil clutches of the Ra'zac, and seek justice for the numerous crimes they have committed.
