#inheritance cycle

[erio413]

''Little one''

At the begining, Eragon was just a young boy, not a soldier

[solarissuns]

my favorite part about eragon is that he HATES killing. he is constantly trying to save lives at the detriment of his own self. he has panic attacks about going into battle, not because he’s scared and unskilled, but because he’s so good at killing that he knows there will be too much blood on his hands. he hesitates to heal a baby, not because he doesn’t want to do it, but because he thinks the baby deserves to have cleaner and less bloody hands heal her.

he’s just a teenager raised on a farm in a remote valley suddenly thrust into politics and war when all he wants is to fly with his best friend. he feels like its his duty to save everyone and everything. even enemies who have slain countless comrades have his compassion.

the thought of absorbing the life force of any living creature, dying or not, disgusts him. he has the weight of the entire continent on his shoulders and he still weeps at the loss of an ants life. he speaks to older people about this multiple times and all they ever say is that it’s gruesome but necessary. he’s just a boy with too much empathy in a world overflowing with violence that he feels responsible for.

[meloneguru]

Idc what anyone says about Eragon or the rest of the Inheritance cycle books but Christopher Paolini will always be a legend for the 100 year old immortal elf woman telling the in love 15 year old hero:

"You're a child. No."

[letoscrawls]

The hatching 🐦

finally found the courage to post this because I'm not that happy with the result but!!! I really wanted to give a try to THE scene in the first book. Baby Eragon and Saphira get behind me I'll take several bullets for you

[dia-viller]

Eragon has Saphira, who has really high standards for who Eragon should date

And Murtagh has Thorn, who just wants him to go on a date...with literally anyone

[kanabanana]

Saphira & Eragon's dynamic is so much fun in the books. Saphira is a diva, a woman who knows who she is and what she wants, and usually presents the intrusive thoughts. A real Queen of the Skies and she god damn knows it.

And then there's Eragon. He likes bugs. Also has the insane ability to 1 v 1, solve the craziest of puzzles (usually this ability is on cooldown), and will happily wait four hours for a doctors appointment.

[katamine01]

Thud. Bright as a flaming sun, the dragon hung before Eragon and everyone clustered along the Crags of Tel’naeir, buffeting them with gusts from its mighty wings… It was far larger than Saphira, large enough to be several hundred years old, and proportionally thicker in its neck, limbs, and tail. Upon its back sat the Rider, robes startling white against the brilliance of the scales.

Closeups under the cut! Eragon fanart in 2026 I guess

[applejuucee]

SAPHIRA!!! Queen of the skies!