Weekend

Posted on October 22nd, 2005 | by Mirzha |

Eldest Cover


Spoiler mode on :p

I finally finished Eldest, 2nd book of Inheritance Trilogy, after almost a week of reading. Wew, it never takes me that long to finish a book. Here’s the Back-Of-The-Book Summary :

Darkness falls… despair abounds… evil reigns…

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to awe-inspiring new places and people, his days filled with fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and nothing is what it seems. Before long, Eragon doesn’t know whom he can trust.

Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle — one that might put Eragon in even graver danger. Will the king’s dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life….

Not a great book, but enjoyable. The story is unexpected. I was surprised about who betrayed Eragon and how the whole Angela’s prophecy turned out. Here’s the shocked facts :

- Eragon & Murtagh are brothers, the son of Morzan!
- Someone in Eragon’s family who betray him is Murtagh. He become a Dragon Rider who serves Galbatorix.
- Ajihad & Hrothgar Killed. Ajihad killed by Urgals, and Hrothgar killed by Murtagh.
- Arya is a princess. She’s Islanzadi’s daughter.

Just one question, if Eragon can absorb energy from life, why he doesn’t absorb energy from Empire’s Soldiers to regain his power to attack Murtagh? I think it’s a good idea, since he can defeat the enemies by absorb their energy to attack themself. What do you think Chris?

  1. 8 Responses to “Weekend”

  2. By Royce Henson III on Jan 10, 2006 | Reply

    If I could, I would like to point out something that you wrote. You asked why Eragon simply did not draw the energy from his surroundings, therefore both killing his enemies and strengthening himself to his full strength. Well, I have the answer. If you please open up your copy of “Eldest” to pg. 629 and try to read along.

    Saphira (speaking to Eragon with her mind):You can draw energy from your surroundings if you have to.

    Eragon (speaking back with his mind):I won’t, not unless I kill another of Galbatorix’s magicians and can take it from the soilders. Otherwise, I’ll just be hurting the rest of the Varden, since there are no plants or animals here I can use to support us.

    So you see, one reason Eragon was unable to do this was because of the opposing armys’ magicians. As Oromis had taught him, magicians were scattered acmong the numbers of an army, each protecting a certain number of soilders. If protected by a magician, certain spells will become of no affect, including the death spells. The second reason this was not available was for the fact that, as Eragon pointed out and as was hinted earlier on, the Burning Plains on which they stood was unable to support any life, so drawing in energy from plants or animals was not an option, as there were neither of each there. Finally, the third reason that Eragon couldn’t draw energy from his surroundings was that, if he did, he would be drawing energy from his comrades, weaking and/or killing them just so that he could gain energy. Hopefully, that much you could see. Well, theres’s the very long answer to your question. If you want to contact me on any other questions you want the answers to (well, certain ones, anyway; if contacted, I will either inform you that this much is unknown or I will send you the answer or answers).
    P.S.: It really would have been wonderful I Eragon still was able to draw the energy from his surroundings; he certainately would have beaten Murtagh to a pulp very easily, eh?

  3. By Royce Henson III on Jan 10, 2006 | Reply

    Sorry! My email adress is roycehenson3@hotmail.com, for the person about the drawing power from your surroundings paper. Hope you have lots of questions?

  4. By LUISA on Feb 4, 2006 | Reply

    I’VE READ ELDEST, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
    BUT I’ VE GOT TO SAY THAT I HOPE ARYA WILL TAKE CARE OF ERAGON’S LOVE.
    P.S.=I HOPE YOU’LL TRY TO UNDERSTAND ME,MY ENGLISH IS MYBE WRONG.I’M ITALIAN.

  5. By Arktanix on Feb 17, 2006 | Reply

    Umm.dude? you didn’t read the part about the magicians did you? There were minor magicians protecting the soldiers so Eragon couldn’t get there energy because there was alot of them. And, he was just to busy to track down all of the magicians, so ya, thats why he couldn’t take their energy from them. DUH! S? onr sverdar sitja hvass!

    -Arktanix

  6. By Aaron on Apr 5, 2006 | Reply

    Dude, ur a crack head, dont u remember a little thing about wards and how he CANT use that method unless he kills a magician first, or were u to stupid to understand that huge part of the battle

  7. By hannah on Apr 23, 2006 | Reply

    I disagree to you saying it was an ok book.
    But I will agree to anyone who thinks the movie will be horrible.
    just a prompt: both arya and eragon are blonde.

  8. By Kristen on Apr 24, 2006 | Reply

    I loved the books!!!I hope the movie turns out at least close to what ive been waiting for!!!!I also hope that in the 3rd book Arya will finnaly love Eragon back as much as he does (that would be a major climax!)
    I kno what he feels like, in a way, & I bet many people do 2!
    I Cant wait 4 the 3rd!!!!& the movie!!!!

  9. By Eragonfan on Apr 25, 2006 | Reply

    Murtagh did’nt betray Eragon he was forced because of an oath in the ancient language.

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