#murtagh

[thexgrayxlady]

If you swapped Murtagh and Eragon's resources, the series would either be over in a quarter of the time because of how proactive Murtagh is and how effective he already is with comparatively little or it would take twice as long because the moment everything starts coming up Murtagh, he starts asking questions, pulling on threads, and refusing to cooperate with the sus rocks.

[dia-viller]

Murtagh and Arya are actually so similar

1. A burden of being born in noble family. Neither asked for their legacy, yet both spent their lives burdened by it

2. Both have been captured and tortured for months

3. They hide their feelings, but when they trust someone truly (Eragon) they open their heart like no one else

[kanabanana]

Modern AU: Instead of getting peeled open like a can of tuna, Eragon instead breaks his back in a freak accident. Fall gone wrong or incompatibility with a speeding vehicle maybe. So, he spends months kind of rotting away in a hospital with only his friends for company.

Saphira visits almost every day with her usual sassy, upbeat attitude to bring some sun in the room. Thorn is usually with her, sometimes sneaking in a sweet treat for morale.

Roran calls as often as possible, but he's too far away to visit regularly and having a kiddo makes it all the worse.

Murtagh is there every day, bright and early, before work. Then he comes back after until visitation hours end. He knows all too well the frustration and pain of a back injury, and would do anything to lessen that for his little brother.

[starliight-whump]

What's your current WIP about? Does it have actual words in a document yet, and if so, how many?

I want to try writing some fanfic, I have been turning some ideas about Murtagh from the inheritance cycle series around in my head since I first read the book from his POV. I haven't started actively writing yet, but I do have a document with notes from the four original books, and I have started taking notes about Murtagh's book as well. That document has 3696 words. And I have a document where I've put down ideas for the different scenes I want to write. That document is 646 words! I gotta finish reading Murtagh cause it contains a lot of useful info and it will probably help get a better feel for him as a character.

[thexgrayxlady]

Murtagh somewhat accidentally winding up as a leader in a mages rebellion would be very funny.

[thexgrayxlady]

Snippet Sunday

Casimir took the rag wrapped parcels with a wink and a reminder for the beautiful young lady to stay safe.

"Save yer flattery. Y'had real coin for once," the old woman said, waving him off.

He led him down the alley to a quiet dock. At the other end, a small barge finished unloading, lanterns flickering as the men worked. Casimir sat against a piling, one of his legs dangling over the edge. After a moment's hesitation, Murtagh joined him.

"What's in this?" he asked, taking the proffered food, but eyeing it with what he felt was healthy skepticism.

Casimir shrugged and swallowed. "Think it's eel. Sometimes it's good lake trout or sausages, sometimes pigeon or rat or something, but the rags are always washed and she's given me what's left at the end of the night for helping her pack up often enough that I didn't starve, so you don't ask."

Murtagh slowly unwrapped the scrap of sack cloth to reveal a soft steamed bun. The smell of warm bread should have been appetizing, but his insides were still tied in knots after what happened in the tavern.

Casimir had to have figured out who he was after that. Yet he still treated him with the same kindness and friendship as before. If he knew, it hadn't changed anything. That nearly made him more nervous.

Slowly and gently, in an attempt to do so unnoticed, he felt Thorn retreat from his mind. He reached back and grabbed at the dragon's mind.

"What do you think you're..."

"You no longer need me, so I'm letting you enjoy an evening with a handsome young man in privacy!" the dragon said.

"That's not what's...get your mind out of the..." It took a very concerted effort on his part not to turn the same shade as his partner.

"Let me go you prude..." The dragon mentally slapped at him to get him to let go.

"There's no reason to..." He held tighter and picked at the steamed bun, trying to look outwardly normal.

"The whole time in the tavern, he was staring at you dance! Gods! If I let you, you'd have me hold your hand whilst you..."

"Mind a light?" Casimir's voice broke his focus just enough for the dragon to slip away. He held out a hastily rolled cigarette. For a moment too long to be truly proper, Murtagh stared transfixed at the constellation of freckles on his wrist.

[dia-viller]

He was so real for this. Especially after everything that Galbatorix did to Thorn

Murtagh would have done anything for someone he loves. He would have killed Galbatorix again just to make him pay for Thorn's pain. And Murtagh knows that these thoughts don't make him a good person, that Eragon is better than him because he wanted Galbatorix to understand the pain

But it is who Murtagh is. He loves with his whole heart, and when someone hurts those he loves, he chooses violence. Because for all his life, anyone he has ever loved were killed/tortured, so he chooses to strike first, to eliminate the potential danger

(This is why he fiercely protected Eragon in the first book, because Eragon was his only friend

Also when he wanted to go back to Dras Leona and kill Galbatorix by himself, because he had no one and Tornac was killed – a suicidal mission

And it’s why he was furious enough to try to kill Eragon when Eragon risked Murtagh's plan to save Nasuada. In that moment, Nasuada's survival was his only priority)