another thought cp said that one character of cignificance was going to die well what if its nuasada dies in battle and roran becomes leader of the varden and there for becoming king
just an idea

Maybe this is just me, the fan dying to know more, but I wish the back cover was less ambiguous. It basically restates everything the readers already know, there’s nothing really new except that the fate of Alagaesia depends on Eragon and Saphira alone. That’s somewhat of a relief to me, I had fears they would die and someone else would have to finish the job.
Some theories of mine:
~ It’s either Arya or Roran who’s the new dragon rider (I favor Arya) but for some reason, I don’t see Eragon ending up with her in the end. I think he might leave Alagaesia and Arya will be left behind to set things right.
~ It’s a long one, but I have a nagging suspicion that Ajihad is somehow related to Galbatorix. Not sure how or what it means, but it’s the sort of dramatic family-betrayal thing that every book like this needs.
~ DEATH LIST: Murtagh, Galbatorix (duh), Islanzadi, Jeod, Jormunder, Baldor or Albreich (like the Weasley twins, one of them’s probably not going to make it through to the end of the book, as much as I like them)

Anyone have any ideas what Eragon’s true name is? I’m extremely curious, and he’s going to need to figure it out to get into the VOS. I think in the end Arya’s going to tell him, or maybe they’re the 7 words Brom told him? I’m kind of lost on this one…

I think that Elva could be the new Rider. Also i think the two elven children could be possible candidates for the third dragon egg. I wish Paolini would hurry up with the last book! I think the VOS will in fact contain Eldunari that have somehow been hidden from Galbotorix. I also think that Eragon will discover his true name. Maybe GALBOTORIX’S DRAGON WILL SWITCH SIDES AND KILL HIM. :O

i think the vault of souls will contain the eldinari of the banished dragons as they have no names and no one can think of them or course oromis would not be able to skry them also arya says she knows the name but cant place it thats my theory

i don’t get why pple keep mentioning a green dragon, there is no green dragon. besides, if there were other riders, it would make eragon less special in the book, i mean he is the main character and its supposed to be about him and saphira saving algaesia.

Oooh nice! Vault of souls IMO sounds like an eldnuri stashed goldmine, possibly with a couple of dragon eggs (i also guess that one of the main characters will in lack of better terms ”get a dragon”). Since the whole arya-eragon thing aint goin to well, i hope that a new character will be added as a romance for eragon (he should be getting kinda lonely… or not i guess… well you get the point! Anyways thats all the predictions/assumptions i have for today.

just had a thought, maybe Queen Izlandi (spelling?) dies, then Arya becomes queen, and if her and eragon happen to fall in love, this would make him the elf king, so maybe the rest of the elves died while fighting and Arya and potentially eragon are leading the rest of the elves away to begin anew. any thoughts?

what do u guys think the “at what cost?” part of the back of the book is referring to?

Anyone questioned eragon’s dream in the beginning of Eragon when he is sick and healing from the flight to the spine? He dreams that a man is standing on the shore while fair folk board a ship. He sees a man and a woman walk onto the boat. He then wakes up but he notes that there were two dragons in the skies above.

i heard some thing about a knife in the back and in important character dying. Mabey Roran gets killed by birgit.

I think you guys are missing the obvious, the new rider I think will be Arya. She’s been in all three books, and in Farthen Dur remember her magic was Green? As Eragon’s is Blue? Also, if she were to fall in love with Eragon (which she seems close to in book 3) then that would be a fantastic storyline, imagine it. Two Dragon riders in love, united against galby and would die for eachother ;D

All of Book 4 (early releasez): 1st page:
Lol. You guys waited all this time and this is all you get. Make your own story up.
Rest is blank

So just to get a new topic besides next rider what does everyone see the mystery characters doing, like elva or angela or the mystery women, or tenga, please dont say any of them riders. i cant see a 2 year old who looks 8 riding into battle against galbi or murtagh, angela was based off cp sister and just grew more as he wrote the book so i doubt her as a rider mystery girls not in all books, and neither was tenga so no known chance for them being riders but they must have to have a certain role still to play. Thoughts?

What if the mysterious grey folk are the dwarven gods?

can two people be bound to the same dragon if after one hatched both touch it at the same time

Ok so here are all the possibilites of the new rider

Roran- Personally i think it would be amazing if Roran became a rider, as i think he would become a better fighter than Eragon is because Roran was doing pretty well against the Ra’zac(spelling?). But if roran became the next rider he would have to outlive Katrina and their child which he would NOT want to do at all. it would be kind of cruel to make Roran the rider because of this reason. But if something were to happen to Katrina and the child Roran would be perfect for it and have plenty of motivation to kill Galbatorix(Spelling again?)

Arya-ok Arya is just too powerful already. and it would be completely the obvious choice to make and wouldnt be exciting at all. Allthough she does have green magic, which is a sign it could be her, i really hope it isnt her. just wouldnt be very exciting in my opinion.

Orik- I think Orik would be the perfect choice, except for the fact that Dwarves arent in the bond to become riders. If it wasnt for that fact than i think it would be extremely possible for Orik to be the next rider. But ATM the chances of Orik becoming the rider is pretty low.

Angela- I havent read the books in about a year, but i cant really think of any reason why Angela couldnt be the next rider. Personally i hope she isnt, but if any of you can think of a reason that was in the book why she cant, let me know.

Katrina- ok im saying her because somenody commented and said it could be Katrina……???????????? no way. she has no reason to be a rider and CP said that there have been hints that pointed to the next rider and there have been none at all for her. also it would be pretty lame to make her the rider as Roran probable wouldnt let her fight anyway :).

Islanzadi- ok i heard a while ago that someone thought she could be the rider. again i think it would be a bad choice for CP to make. cant think of any reason why she cant right now but i think it would be pretty stupid to make the the rider.

Brom-………WTF Brom is dead people. bringing brom back to life to be the next rider would be stupid and idiotic. just bringing him back to life would be stupid. also even if he was brought back…HES ALREADY A RIDER!!! he had a dragon and i really doubt that he would get another one even if he had the option. the only way that the green dragon would hatch for him is if he did what Galbotorix did with Shruikin(SP?)

Nasuada- personally i think this would be bad. she is the leader of the Varden and has too much responsibility as it is without becoming a rider.

Elva-……..no…….just no……

Selena-Im not sure if she is dead or not, because i dont remember any point in the book of her dying, but according to some of the things ive read she is in fact dead. if she wasnt than it would be POSSIBLE for her, but there is no hints towards her being it in any of the 3 books.

King Evandor- Since his body was never found, it is possible that the king of the elves is still alive and could be the rider, but extremely unlikely

Vanir- Vanir would actually be a good choice. i cant think of any reasons for him not to be, although i think he isnt a big enough character to be chosen as the rider

The Original Eragon- ok no chance of him becoming the next rider. i put this here because in an interview with CP he was asked if Eragon and his dragon are still alive and CP replied with “No Comment” so its possible that he is still alive, although not likely

I cant think of any other characters, but if anyone can think of any other possibilites or wants to comment on what i said, feel free to share your insight

I think the next rider will be one of the children of the elf in Ellesmera, Lord Fiolr, who had the green Rider’s sword. The egg is green, the sword, which is a Rider’s sword and is already forged, is also green. Can you think of a more perfect and unsuspected fit? It would certainly throw a new curve ball into the plot and kind of makes sense since Fiolr said he would not part with the sword unless to one of his own kin.

i think Nasuada will be the next rider

ok so i have three theroys about who the new rider will be
1.arya who i think would have to much power
2 orik but i dont think the dwarves would like that
3. roran who would be perfect
any thoughts

also not to shoot down anyones idea of angela being the rider i just reread brisingr and the battle on the burning plains angela was just coming back from putting poison into the empires stuff and when she climbed the defending stuff and when she was down she was winded i dont think a good rider would get winded that easily just a thought i might be misremembering that but i think she was breathing heavy from climbing the stuff. thoughts?

but on the other hand, i’m sure, there would be a happy ending with roran in the last book. if he changes to a immortal by becoming a rider, and katrina remains a human, that won’t be possible.

Theory I’ve had for a while about the new rider is that when Eragon was first introduced to Oromis and Gladr he heard a big like thump sound and it seemed like he was the only one who heard it or atleast reacted to it so my theory is that when Roran was hearing the same sound on the Jiet River when Eragon charged the ship was that a indicator that Riders can only hear that sound in the presence of other riders just a thought or would the thump sound im thinking of be the wings flapping. Just an idea i had on possible reason for Roran to be the next rider instead of the more likely Arya. Thoughts?

i think Arya is going to die….

has it occured that perhaps (im guessing it has) eragon number 1’s soul is preserved in the vos broms 7 words open the vault and the two eragons become 1 for the time of taking on galbatorix, essentially he would become a shade but a good one because he is not forcing the spirit to do his bidding?

he clearly states he is interested in becoming a shade in the third book and oromis shuns him off, but it could be perhaps because they only ever knew a bad shade and not a good one.

i was thinking that maybe sapphira and murtagh’s dragon are going to end up together b/c murtagh will more than likely become strong enough to change his true name therefore turning good and be able to go against galbatorix again:) what does everyone else think???

Here’s a little victory poem.

P.S. It’s a little rough considering it took about a minute to write, but I can’t help being bored.

The war is over
Galbatorix is dead
Young Eragon used Brisingr
And cut off his head

Saphira killed Shruiken
With a swipe of her paw
And with a humungous roar
He fell down dead

Murtagh turned good
And helped spill Galby’s blood
They stuck his head on a stake
And threw his body in a lake

Arya became the rider
Of the dragon from the green egg
She fell in love with Eragon
And their dragons made an egg

The riders returned
Peace came again
And Eragon and Arya left Alagaesia
Never to return again

In one of the books eragon visits the place where the dragons used to live and he steps on a piece of green egg shell. I think that that a character went after eragon but found the egg instead but hasnt told anyone that they are a dragon rider becasue of the thing that brom was worrying about in book 1.. that they would be forced to help one side with no other options. Just my theory.

Alright, I consider myself an Inheritance genious (I appologize for my apparent lack of modesty), but I cannot recall when in the cycle it says that the third dragon is in fact green. Obviously there will be a green dragon (the cover of Book 4), but will it, for sure, one-hundred percent, be the final egg in Galbotorix’s cache? Somebody help me out. . .

Ahh… This is selfish of me, I want Brom to come back to life. Maybe Eragon could use the Belt of Beloth (Once he stocked it with energy) to sustain Brom’s life force to keep him alive untill the end of the book (only temporarily) and use his wisdom to kill Galby. I think a good way to start his thinking around this would be Murtag and Thorn to overwhelm Saphira and they both get captured by Galby, but before they could incapacitate them, Saphira uses transporting magic on Eragon and sends him to Brom’s diamond tomb where (in his distraught state) uses the name of the ancient language to bring him back to life and then the thing with the belt. But alas, I know I am just working myself up. Does anyone think that MAYBE it could happen? ;D Ah, Maybe Galby could be the one to bring Brom back to life…. Who knows?

How come im not hearing about the belt of beloth, broms ring, or Oromis’s sword which had a pommel with enough energy “to move a mountain”. Thats a LOT of energy. Also after Oromis taught Eragon how to use “other” energy like plants and trees and what not. Why not use something like the Menoa tree or as many trees in Ellesmera as it takes to kill Galby? Maybe that is the “cost”, half the country dying to kill galbatorix. Small price imo.

in my opinion i think the vault of souls is a treasury of eldunari and will give eragon enough power defeat GALBATORIX with the seven words brom whispered beforre his death

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Based on Eragon’s dream and Angela’s prophecy it’s obvious he lives to leave Alagaesia. As for the dream I think it’s Eragon and Arya on the ship and their dragons seen in the sky. The guy left on the beach may be Murtagh or Roran though I’m thinking Murtagh is more likely.

I don’t think she will either but… Nasuada

i don’t really think the rider will be arya..ok i’m just gonna list people in all three books:Angela,oh God i’m already stuck(i am not saying it’s her,i am genuinely stuck)i know Arya was but i’m not sure about her…

Sorry, but the green dragon has Glaedr’s eyes. Look at the book covers. He has Saphira’s body and posture and the eyes and bent scales of Glaedr.

if the green dragon doesnt have a rider i think roran will ride it because katrina said shed leave him when the baby was born because she didnt want him raised in the war.so he will want to end the war as soon as possible

It is not always the strongest who wins (as said by Old Kai)

What if the green dragon does not have a rider?

a few people wanted to know the colour of Bid’Daum, the first eragon’s dragon. im pretty sure he was white, because when Eragon was in the dwarf temple in tarnag, he was looking at the enamel fires paintings, and the one with the first eragon holding the egg was there. unless the dwarves hava a terrible sense of colour, they said the egg was white.

This is my best ( and only) theory what if the VOS was in the mountains that are in the middle of the hardarac desert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a theorie on who the rider may be in book2 on pg.635 it talking about roran says (he stiffened with alarm as a vast and alien being touched his mind) only people who can use magic will know when some one touches their mind but in book 3 roran couldnt use the spell eragon taught him to try to use magic so matbe he can use magic but must be linked with greenie first

I know this is off topic but is there any good dragon games online?

if eragon had 2 dragons they would lose the war against the king 1 rider cant ride 2 dragons even if arya were to ride greenie if she werent linked she would not have the increased strength or the ability to know exactly what they dragon is thinking

Have i ever said how much i adore this series and website and alagaesia.com? because i do… i LOVE it…. its all i have until book 4 comes out…. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

So I know there’s been quite a few people speculating about the two Eragons merging and being two halves of a whole and stuff, but what about the Saphiras? There’s two of them, and they belonged to father (Brom) and son (Eragon II). Almost seems like reincarnation. Anyways, a tentative theory I have is that the ring Brom gave to Eragon has the Eldunari of Saphira I in it. I mean, we don’t exactly know how young Saphira I was killed, and we’ve never learned if she had spit out her Eldunari or not. If she was young, then maybe her Eldunari was small–say around the size of a gemstone. A ring would be an awesome disguise, and Brom would never have to be separated from his dragon’s mind.
Think about it. Eragon looked into the ring and was astounded by how much power it held. CP said Eldunari collect amazing amounts of energy. That’s one point in this theory’s favor. And why could Brom still wield magic even after his dragon was dead? Dragons were the magic conductors. Riders were magic-less without them. But (!) if Brom still had Saphira I in her Eldunari, he would still have a connection to magic. That’s how he could still use it.
So…maybe once Eragon figures it out, Saphira II will consume Saphira I’s Eldunari. Maybe this will only be possible since they are also kind of like “two halves of a whole.” Also, since dragon and rider’s minds are connected, I think a rider’s mind is also preserved in an Eldunari, so when Saphira II consumes the Eldunari, Eragon will have a link to Brom, who was super savvy in all things powerful and secret. Ca-ching!
As for the words Brom tells to Eragon, I think they are the words of power, but in connection to this theory, they could also maybe unlock some spell Brom put on the Eldunari to keep others (like Galby) from recognizing it as a dragon soul. Makes sense right? I mean, Brom was trying to steal a dragon egg (Saphira II). He couldn’t have Galby sensing an Eldunari when he (Brom) was trying to go undercover. The words could awaken Saphira I.
*on a side note, why hasn’t Eragon at least tried to say the words yet or look them up?!*

she did that for the vardens good. she had to send eragon so as to give the varden a good standing and authority with the dwarves, or at least thats my opinion.

Here are a couple of questions and theories I have for the final book.

1. How does a normal human learn magic? It appears that there are not very many powerful human mages (if you could call them this) such as Eregon. If you look at Dr Vrangr Gata (or however you spell it) most are not “mages” as I would call them. They are sorcerers and the like such as Trianna. She uses spirits to donate most of the energy during her major spells. Other than these though, she cannot do very much magic. The same goes for other human magic users, most end up dead because the spell consumes them or as shades because the sources of power they use take them over. Most humans we see that are adept and powerful at magic are or were riders. This would lead me to believe that normal humans do not ever make good mages. Even Brom, after his dragon was killed, did no major magic. Riders seem to rely wholly on their dragons for power to fuel their spells. It says that Brom never did powerful, complex magic, but out thought his opponents with simple spells and a great knowledge of the ancient language.

2. This brings me to my next point-Angela and Tenga. Angela is more adept at magic than I think we are led to believe. She obviously has a great knowledge of the ancient language and is able to cast spells, such as the one she uses for Eregon’s fortune telling. I believe she is a descendant of the Grey People and will play a huge part in the next book by instructing Eregon on the more delicate points of the ancient language that possibly elves themselves do not know about. Tenga is an even more interesting case. We learned that he was Angela’s teacher, or possibly even more (father). He would also be a descendant of the Grey People. Since the Grey People were the ones that tied magic to the ancient language, this could explain why they have longer life spans than normal. Because other inherently magical races (elves, dragons, riders) seem to have longer life spans. I think the source of this is the magic itself. However, when Eregon visits Tenga’s home in Brisingr, he sees several scrolls that peak my interest. The book calls them Compendiums, which are extensive lists of true names for items in the ancient language. Oromis tells Eregon that they are extremely rare and valuable. He has 6 of them. This makes me think he is either extremely old (were talking millennia here) or he inherited them from his Grey People forefathers. I believe what he tells Eregon is that he is looking for the true name of the ancient language. See my earlier post for elaboration on the consequences of this. I think he will find it and that that will be how Eregon will beat Galbatorix. Also, the words that Brom told Eregon may be the name of the ancient language and we just don’t know it yet.

3. The Rock of Kuthian could refer to an Eldunari, or something else, a place or item, associated with a dragon of the forsworn. That is why when Eregon tells people about it they say that it strikes a familiar chord but they cannot place it, due to the banishing of names the dragons enacted against dragons of the Forsworn.

4. Lastly, I read someone’s theory on here that said that in the vault of souls Eregon could find the first Eregon or his dragon, Bid’duam. They also theorized that the first Eregon and the current one are two halves of the same being or something like that, and that they will merge and be powerful enough to stop Galbotorix. While I don’t entirely buy into this theory, I found some evidence to possibly support it. Blagden’s “prophecy” to Eregon before he leaves Ellesmera. Something about one of two being one, and two being one. Something like that.

Anyway, I know I’m longwinded but thats the Inheritance musings of my brain at 4 o’clock in the morning. Let me know what you think.

ok, i have been reading for several pages now and everyone keeps bringing up tenga and his part in Inheritance. when i read it the second time it seemed really obvious to me that he and galbatorix are both searching for the true name of the ancient language. i dont know what tengas motive is but galbys is pretty obvious to me. if he learns it he could control everyone that uses or is connected to the ancient language. this means most of the elves, some dwarves, some humans, eragon, saphira, arya, even any other extremely magical races such as possibly werecats. or any undiscovered dragons or things like that. i dont think this will come to pass but i think that is definitely what he has been working on holed up in urubaen for all of these years. i seem to remember that somewhere it said that during the first part of his reign he venture out but then became a recluse. i think either tenga will discover it first, or eragon learns it from the vault of souls and then they will gain power over galbotorix or galby with learn it and it will somehow backfire on him. just my thoughts and wanted to see what other people think.

does anybody actually read this awful sh*t?

just wondering cuz I stopped when the 3rd book took 300 years for a full-time author to write and was harder to get through than the 2nd one. seriously? get a taste in literature you scum.