We’re incredibly delighted to share with you all some fun news: Random House and Christopher Paolini have launched “Inheritance Quest” — a story-driven game through the world of Alagaesia. Inheritance Quest allows players to play as one of five major characters, starting with Angela, and quest through the story in the character’s shoes.
I am also thrilled to announce that I was heavily involved in the game’s development as a creative consultant and co-writer and wrote a majority of the storyline and quest text you’ll see in the game. I can personally vouch that the story flows fun and accurately for Inheritance fans — I kept the heart and life of Inheritance in every page written. I hope you enjoy playing as much as I enjoyed working on this project!
As a last note, we should all thank the incredible team behind the app’s development, Nick Braccia (of Vroengard Academy!), and the entire Random House Children’s Books team. Take a look at this game — you’ll quickly realize how much time, dedication, and fun went into its creation. These guys are incredible at what they do and it shows! Working with them, as always, was a delight.
A word from Christopher:
Hi Everyone,
I’m thrilled to unveil to you today two exciting Inheritance cycle announcements from Comic-Con International in San Diego!
For all of you who are on Facebook, we’ve launched a great new Facebook game called Inheritance Quest. In this game you’ll have the opportunity put yourself in the shoes of many of your favorite Inheritance cycle characters. Each character quest includes ten tasks comprised of a variety of challenging visual puzzles, mini-games, trivia, and choose-your-own-adventure activities. Completion of tasks earns players badges, three in total, and ultimately a trading card for each of the five characters: Angela, Murtagh, Galbatorix, Saphira, and Eragon. This week we’ll be kicking off the Angela quest.
The other piece of news is that Alagaesia.com is getting a whole new look! Now you’ll be able to easily discover my new videos, see photos from all my appearances on the book tour, hear about the latest announcements, and check out Inheritance cycle activities.
I hope you enjoy the Inheritance Quest and the new look of Alagaesia.com. I look forward to hearing your reactions to them. Good luck with your quests, and may your swords stay sharp until we talk again in August!
You can play the game on Facebook by visiting Inheritance Quest on Facebook. You can check out the all-new Alagaesia.com at its old home — Alagaesia.com! Let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments. And trust us… it gets even more fun as new characters are unlocked. Good luck!
What is the name of the king of werecats?
Grimmr halfpaw
What is the Answer for number 3 for Galby?
I looked at the Ancient Language words and couldn’t find a match.
Late night Banter?
I’m horrible with riddles.
Can anyone tell me what the answer to angela’s secret order is?
anyone know the answer to the one about the first rider to kill a shade?
I think Eragon but I am not Sure
whats the 3rd of galbatorix?
what is the answer to saphira’s nr 9?
I’m stuck on this one too! At first I thought it was Morse code, put the spacing of the dots and dashes just doesnt seem to fit into a coherent phrase! Unless I made a mistake, but either way, does anyone know the answer??
it was morse code, it translates to math breaker, which clearly is meant to mean oath breaker.
what’s 6 question’s answer?
(angela’s)
I can’t work out question 8 in the Saphira quest. Can anyon please hep me?
Stone
Stuck on Saphira’s question #2. What’s the name of the village?
Therinsford
whats the answer to saphiras 8th question
0
what’s the small village in 2. Above It All – Palancar Valley
i’m stuck on saphira’s number 3 question
Me too. Does anyone know the answer??
Firefly
the answer to the dwarf letter – “twin traitors”
I’m stuck on Mutaghs 6 question and angelas rigmar code. Can someone help me plz?
Number Three is “Sulphur tuft midnight citadel”
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I beat Murtagh’s but I’m stuck on Angela’s. Can someone tell me the answer to the question that says to name one Varden official? I can’t find it in the book.
I beat Murtagh’s quest, but I’m still stuck on Angela’s. Can anyone tell me how to answer the question that says to name one Varden official? I looked through the book but can’t find it.
Nasuada
Nasuada
Nasuada
Nasuada
Nasuada
Is it binary code?
Can anyone help me with the dwarf letter question?
Twin traitors
thx!
What is the answer to Murtaugh’s last question? The dwarrven letter one that has all the runes?
I can’t figure that one out either
Nope. Not Fire!
Mind. That’s the answer 🙂
Mind. That’s the answer 🙂
thanks
thanks
What is the answer to Saphira’s riddle? fire or something? Air=oxygen; burns, won;t draw blood
mind
What is the answer to the dwarf letter?
Yeah, I cant figure it out either!
whats the answer to murtagh’s last question??
What’s the answer of Murtagh’ 2nd quest???
i dunno either, isnt like “There is a happy home where you can lay your head, but step outside, friend, and you’re likely dead. What is this place?”
treehouse
tree house
tree house
I did get to try the game and it wasn’t quite what I was expecting but still pretty neat.
The one thing that really annoyed me though was that I had to make a facebook account to play it and I have no interest in facebook otherwise, but I really wanted to play the game. I was expecting a little something more of the game though. It was still a neat game but I am not sure if it was worth making a account and going through that whole process and then being in their system.
Would it be possible to get the game out on a more public area where you do not have to join a site to get to it? Somewhere where the rest of us could play it to?
I have read all of the books multiple times and I cannot figure out this Rimgar question. I do not see how that would even help solving this without a key.
Each pose corresponds to a letter. Use the short words to work them out.
ok its semaphore just search for a key
I love you so much
sulphur tuft midnight citadel
Finally got round to finishing the Angela questions and i must say… I am disappoint. Most of the questions were pretty simple to answer provided one had read the books and others just seemed contrived- I for one have never seen anything similar to the Rimgar example and i hated having to resort to finding other people’s answers. As a gamer, i was expecting more, even from something that was a facebook app. Sorry to the people who made it or anyone else who enjoys it, but i really think it could have been a lot better.
what was the answer to the rimmigar question?
fucking shit i love this game!
Epic balls sacks bitch!
Epic balls sacks bitch!
Epic balls sacks bitch!
Epic balls sacks bitch!
what is the answer 2 the first angela quest
Toad or Frog
I can t start playing!! Please someone help me! I just sais Loaing o_O
Darn, I got overly excited, I saw the “Quest” ending and was hoping it was being made by the same people who made “Adventure Quest” because my neighbor owns that game. Was looking for a job and anything Inheritance related would be great.
This is hard. I can’t figure out the rimgar code, I saw one person’s answer, but I want to figure it out for myself… how does one break a code without any clues where to begin?
This is hard. I can’t figure out the rimgar code, I saw one person’s answer, but I want to figure it out for myself… how does one break a code without any clues where to begin?
can you show me where to find his awnser?
how do you break the Rimgar code?
Hey guys, Nick here, the Creative Director on the app. Just want to publicly thank Mike for all his help. He was a terrific consultant on Vroengard Academy back in 2007/2008 and it was great to partner with him in a larger capacity this time around. Totally understand your big expectations around the cryptic launch announcement. But, hopefully, you’ll have some fun and enjoy the app for what it is while you wait for Inheritance. Regardless, it’s always a pleasure to dive into the world of Alagaesia and honor its richness as best we can.
Neep! It’s okay, to say the least. But I’m absolutley stuck at the rimgar part. Whats the answer??
As much as I appreciate the game, I wish Paolini was involved somehow. Like at the end of each character’s part, there should be a clue about them in regards to the next book or something. That would be something to get excited about.
LETDOWN OF THE YEAR.
LETDOWN OF THE YEAR.
LETDOWN OF THE YEAR.
Don’t spam.
Anything Inheritance related is good as far as im concerned (except the Eragon movie of course, that sucked) only issue is i can’t stand Facebook and i’m awful at riddles, can’t even get the first one. Still, good to see Inheritance branching out!
The game wasn’t so good either….. ha
I must say this is just disappointing. I personallyu do not own FapBook and find that it very annoying that first we get announcement that something big is coming and then it turns out to be this…Son Im dissapoint
A Facebook game is cool, sure… But I’d happily shell out my money for a well-made Inheritance video game for consoles. Can you imagine how fun it would be to play through the events of all four books, and maybe even have optional sidequests that could reveal tidbits about the universe of Inheritance that Paolini never had a chance to fit into the books?
Agreed! That would be awesome!
Agreed! That would be awesome!
Not what I expected but still pretty cool 🙂
Hey mike, can you also create a executable game of this which can be downloaded and it dopes not need a facebook account?
guys cant solve the 8 quest…any1 knows the answer??
black hand. remember, it is Selena’s nickname
nasuada got it 🙂
guys whats the answer to 7 quest?
I don’t have a FaceBook account and I am not about to get one, just to play the game.
The new wedsite looks really cool!
Me too. I wish it was accessible to everyone; not just those who have facebook.
🙁 🙁 🙁
What a letdown. ‘Exciting Announcement?’ .. hardly. Thanks for keeping us on our toes only to tell us trivial news.
I am not 12, I don’t play internet games.
I am not a web designer, so why would a new look to the website interest me.
Mike you really have let us regular punters down by calling this a big announcement.
On a positive note, I enjoyed reading your summary of day one of the comic con.
I hope my constructive criticism doesn’t get deleted either.
He said exciting not big. And it is exciting to people who are appreciative of what they have.
The only time I’ve seen Mike say ‘exciting’ announcement, and even post an article telling us to anticipate it, was when CP made the decision to split the series into 4, call the third book Brisingr, and anounce a release date.
That’s why I had some expectations.
This app is not worthy of that, or a post telling us to anticipate. It’s a cheap gimic suitable only for those under the age of 13.
Don’t be so ungrateful. Mike does this website for us, the fans, and he doesn’t have to. It’s his choice. Maybe the announcement for the game wasn’t spectacular for you, but for some other fans it might be. Just be grateful that Mike and everyone else that keeps this website running does what they do, and keep your insulting comments to yourself. Thank you Mike and crew for all that you do. Keep up the good work.
Sure I can speak positive upon positive about Shurtugal.com.
I often praise. Right now I am very thankful for its coverage for the Comic-Con.
I even donated to it 4 years ago.
And I contribute with feedback where, like every other fan, I am very thankful.
But in order to be ‘grateful’, I have to criticise the site constrcutively when I think appropriate. The same goes to any other regular punter on here.
In this case, I think he got this wrong. Some people will disagree, the majority like me won’t.
Sure I am certain he put effort into making that app, but wasn’t his previous post both misleading and unneeded?
I’d saay so, and I will criticise the site for that and tell him I think the app is pointless. In order to be a good viewer/member, I have to criticise on some occassions as well as praise it constanatly like I do.
Yes I agree it was misleading, considering that the game was already up and running before the announcement. I only think that you should have worded your first post differently, so thank you for clarifying in your reply, and yes critisism is good to keep a website running smoothly.
Okay people, please stop discussing game answers, the point of the game is to do it yourself. Also, it kills me because the game won’t work for me. It loads three-fourths of the way and then stops…
It did that to me as well. I pressed F5 and everything worked as it should.
In the immortal words of Lumpy Space Princess: “That was LAME.”
Was hoping for some sort of book announcement…sorry I get snippy when I’m disappointed.
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Where is the answer to number 4 found in the books? I don’t want someone to tell me the answer, but I want to know where to find it.
what is the question?
I cant use th app at all, which sucks!
I cant use th app at all, which sucks!
Is the big news that they were talking about today?
Ok, i know that the wearcat king is King Half-paw, but it isn’t accepting it…. anyone know what it will accept?
Grimrr halfpaw
can you tell me the solution to the rimgar possitions? i couldn’t solve it. :s
Sulphur Tuft Midnight Citadel
can anybody answer this please
can anybody answer this please
can anybody answer this please
can anybody answer this please
in the first msiion (angela) someone does rimgar poses, does anyone knows the answer to that poses?
sorry it is in the third of angela
not me can you tell me?
not me can you tell me?
look further down the page. people figured it out
can you tell me?
Sulphur Tuft Midnight Citadel
I wonder what is happening in August that CP would say “see you in Auguest”
I wonder what is happening in August that CP would say “see you in Auguest”
It is perhaps because that’s when the book comes out.
Except the book comes out in November
nice name
Nice name yourself. You have good taste in books! I love Ender’s Game
It literally hurts me to make such a mistake…
Maybe he’s coming on the podcast!
maybe its the next character u can play as drr
maybe its the next character u can play as drr
maybe its the next character u can play as drr
who was the first rider to slay a shade?
irnstad
anyone know the answer to the riddle to nar garzhvog?
its question 6
I just did it but what is the question? Is it the mushroom one? If it is the answer is
Fricai Andlat
Some of these questions are just copied from Vroengard Academy
if anyone could share the answer to angela’s riddle to nar garzhvog, that would be much appreciated. I’m stumped.
Fricai Andlat
thanks.
what is the answer to the first riddle solembum asks angela?
Frog or Toad
Sulfur Tuft Midnight Citadel is the answer to Angela’s 3rd quest.
If you could help out with the first question, it would be great.
did you mean solebum’s riddle?
Yes!
it’s toad
Yes a frog or toad. Either works. My first guess was penguin XD then I realized frog was much more obvious. Desire to fly is there because it leaps all over but can’t fly.
I thought exactly the same!
Yeah. Help with the first wuestion would be wonderful.
ehhh… i dont have a facebook… i was wondering if it would be launched somewhere else besides facebook??
At first I was disappointed that it was just a Facebook app, but then I played it, and its great!!! The characters and references are true to the books, which is a huge plus, and something I’m sure is due a large portion to you Mike. Thanks!
I’m really not getting the first question of Angela. Ideas?
I’m really not getting the first question of Angela. Ideas?
Everybody is saying it has something to do with semaphore code, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how it has anything to do with a bunch of flag signals. If you scroll down, someone has posted a link to a website with the flags. Not that it helped me much yet…
Yeah, I’m on that website aswell and I can’t figure out how to use it either.
Glad I’m not the only one!
Sadly not knowing how to use isn’t helping on solving the riddle.
Unfortunatly, you are correct.
the answer is Sulphur Tuft Midnight Citadel.
You just have to compare the Rimgar poses with the flag stances. Not all are exactly like each other, but all are close enough to go through and guess.
I was really excited for the announcement to come, but now I don’t. Don’t get me wrong- I really admire the work all you guys put into making the game, but not everyone has a facebook. Is it possible to make the game available on something else less social networky?
I heard that the Angela questions (at least the first one) is in something called semaphore code. Could someone please tell me what that is and how to translate that to get the answer?
If any of you guys are having troubles with the rimgar question, its in semphamore code. The answer is “sulphur tuft midnight citadel”. Does anybody think the citadel might be a reference to Uru’baen?
No it was talking about how angela poisoned the soldiers on the battle of burning planes
How do you turn the semaphore into the answer???????
SPOILERS FOR ANGELAS 3RD QUEST
IF YOU WANT TO SOLVE BY YOURSELF GO TO THIS WEBSITE: http://inter.scoutnet.org/semaphore/semaphore.html
Answer below, do not read if you want to solve by yourself.
Sulphur Tuft Midnight Citadel
How do you turn that (the flags) into an answer for the first riddle?
Okay, this is awesome. The previous Inheritance game was fun, but this one will be 10x better. It’s exciting news, people! They’re finally fixing a problem that was there before Brisingr was. I know it’s not as cool as a new release date, but seriously! This is insane! Now all I need is a Facebook! (Yea, it’s awesome. I would prefer flash, though.)
This incredible new site is also REALLY cool! The first time I saw the old alagaesia.com, I thought ‘Oh, I must have the wrong site. It’s not like someone would actually make the official website this ugly!’ I was crestfallen when I learned that it was, in fact, the official site. But the new one is something that represents the entire cycle. If I was CP, I would be proud to say that this was the big news.
People complaining need to shut up. If you really want to play and don’t have facebook just make one, it takes 2 seconds and I don’t know why you don’t have one anyways. Don’t add anyone and just play the game if you want! Not that hard of a solution.
On another note, I love the game! Excited to have some new Inheritance stuff to keep me busy till the 4th book comes out.
It’s not that people don’t appreciate the game, just the way it was misrepresented. If there hadn’t been an ominous announcement about something from Random House, I think people would be more accepting. I personally would be.
I wish there was a way to play the game without everyone seeing it on my facebook wall…
Go to your privacy settings there is a way to remove its ability to post to your wall.
oh awesome thanks! People know I read Eragon and stuff, but I just don’t want my wall to be littered with “I just completed a quest!”
Go to your privacy settings there is a way to remove its ability to post to your wall.
Go to your privacy settings there is a way to remove its ability to post to your wall.
hahahaha I thought the same thing, but I have two accounts; one is under a fake name and lives in a different state then me, it’s really usefull to post stuff that you dont want your boss or parents to see
Finally! The new look of Alagaesia is really sleek and web 2.0. Happy to say goodbye to the old layout!
Ok can everybody stop being so ungrateful and RUDE? Ok. yes, we already knew about the game, and maybe some of you think its not quite so amazing as what you would like (I don’t know, I haven’t played it yet) but you don’t have to be rude about it. Everybody worked very hard on this game, and you need to give Mike credit, seriosely. He works very hard on this site, and he worked hard on that game, and he didn’t have to do any of it. This is all free guys, they could very easily charge us for this stuff but they aren’t, Mike is just awesome and working hard for all of us fans. Please show some respect. Ok, consider yourself lectured by a mommy 🙂 Thank you Mike and everybody at Shurtugal.com for all you do!!!!
Thank you, mommy. Lol! I completely agree with you.
completely agree. the app may not be the best thing ever, but people worked truly hard on it and it’s free. it’s ok if you don’t like it. but show respect and gratitude, please.
completely agree. the app may not be the best thing ever, but people worked truly hard on it and it’s free. it’s ok if you don’t like it. but show respect and gratitude, please.
Kind of a lame deal. I don’t spend a lot of time on social networking sites. I was personally hoping for an early release date, yeah right. Knew that wouldn’t happen. Spoiler news would have been better.
Kind of a lame deal. I don’t spend a lot of time on social networking sites. I was personally hoping for an early release date, yeah right. Knew that wouldn’t happen. Spoiler news would have been better.
just like pottermore
just like pottermore
This was a bit of a letdown. I’m not on Facebook, so I can’t play. Any chance of actually releasing it as a game (which doesn’t require a Facebook login)?
Me too. Another way to release the game would be a Google Chrome App, iPhone App, or on the website.
Agreed. An iPhone/Android/Chrome app would be sweet 😀
Agreed. An iPhone/Android/Chrome app would be sweet 😀
Me too. Another way to release the game would be a Google Chrome App, iPhone App, or on the website.
Agreeeed. They should have made the game available to peopole on Shurtugal also.
hum, ok I already knew that. but despite what everybody is saying (and I personally do agree..) i’ve got to thank you Random House, Mike and everyone else involved on this project.
It may not be the best news involving The Inheritance Cycle but it is somehow a nice way to keep us in touch with the story till November. The app isn’t SO FREAKIN’ EXCITED.. but it’s, on its way, cool. I’m curious about the tasks involved to Galby.. i mean, we haven’t learned too much about Galby himself, so i believe that it’ll be really interesting (hope we can figure out some extra information about the king haha)
😉
The only reward that would make it work it would be a spoiler at the end
Really? REALLY? This deserved that ominous cliffhanger post? THIS? What a letdown. I mean, really. This is boring, I already knew, and ANYTHING could have been more exciting than A FREAKING FACEBOOK APP!
Cp, randomhouse, and mike worked hard on this. stop being ungrateful
And a lot of people stayed up to the next morning, July 22nd, and I’ve played this, it’s okay, but they have reasons to be ticked off, the article was misleading.
I dont think it was disappointing or misleading. I think that everyone let their imaginations go and convinced them selves that the date was going to be changed
I didn’t think the date was going to be changed, but a lot of people were hoping. And it WAS misleading,’Big news involving the Cycle’ misleading.
This is what it says “We’ve gotten word from our friends at Random House that something exciting will be revealed tomorrow. Stay tuned!”. nothing about big news, just something exciting, and i think it was very thoughtful of them to do all of this stuff for the fans
No offense but WORST ANNOUNCEMENT EVER.
DISAPOINTED ME MR PAOLINI!!!
Everyone got all excited for THIS?! This isn’t an exciting announcement to fans. We wanted something to do with the book itself, not Facebook.
ok cant figure out rimgar one.
please a hint? anyone?
its in semaphore code, Iv completed Angela cant wait until next charachter is available!
thanks i figured out and finished angela’s 10. im kinda hoping the other ones will be longer and harder
What are the answers?
how exactly do you translate it from semaphore?
how exactly do you translate it from semaphore?
how exactly do you translate it from semaphore?
Yeah, how do you translate it from semaphore?
What’s Semaphore?
ok wow. got all excited for nothing
ok wow. got all excited for nothing
YAY, anyways for anyone curious, and wants to have something ruined the answer is
f40G
Its not even loading for me
Its not even loading for me
YAY, anyways for anyone curious, and wants to have something ruined the answer is
f40G