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The truth is, he's just ''so good'' that us regular folk can't understand the sheer magnitude of his genius. The reason his stuff seems so trite and [[PurpleProse purple prose-y]] when we read it is that his vision is so vast, our tiny minds can only pick up on little bits and pieces of it at a time, and, of course, individually they won't seem very good. Such is the width of the man's vision. In fact, only three people can grasp the godliness of words that is ''The Inheritance Cycle'': Paolini himself, and [[SeltzerAndFriedberg two gods of cinematography whose greatness is equally lost on us laymen.]]

* Also, I think we're overestimating the hatedom of Eragon a little. Yeah, it's not a great series, but I'm pretty confident that majority of the people who dislike the series have more the "'''[[PhineasAndFerb I have an intense, burning]] [[SoOkayItsAverage indifference!]]'''" sort of attitude to the series than an actual hatred.

Supporting this are the dragons' "cousins" living in the Beor mountains, which use PsychicPowers to paralyse their prey with fear. Oh, and that [[FurryFandom furry]] elf who does not seem to realise that his body is exuding pheremones.

[[WMG: Literature/InheritanceCycle is the story of a DungeonsAndDragons campaign where the players are {{Munchkin}}s]]

** Guys, guys... They are both ripping off TheManWhoSavesTheWorld

* Don't forget [[UweBoll zee only genius in zee entire fucking business]]!
** Oddly, Uwe Boll's films ARE awful. It's just he's the world's greatest critic when he can be objective on a subject.

...is the magic flower from {{Tangled}}.

[[WMG: Eragon is just that- a soldier fighting for a cause.]]
Besides FanWank, there is ''no indication'' that the old dragon riders were anything but peacekeepers. As such, there is ''every canon indication'' that Galbatorix is an evil bastard, and he has performed ''no'' actions to make it seem otherwise. As such, the Varden are ''actually freedom fighters,'' who are willing to do what is necessary in order to ensure that Galbatorix is deposed- and guess what, Paolini was showing what needed to be done in order for freedom to be gained. He is actually ''subverting'' WhatMeasureIsAMook. The only difference between Luke Skywalker cutting down Stormtroopers and Eragon killing Imperial soldiers is that Paolini makes it clear that the Imperial soldiers had wives and children and that they ''do not want to die.'' Eragon realizes this, but continues on, because he believes in his cause- that's what all the angsting is for. The main reason why everybody is taking the AlternateCharacterInterpretation that Eragon is evil and Galbatorix is good is because a. Paolini, admittedly, could have done a much better job in informing us that ''Galbatorix is evil,'' and b. He didn't spend enough time, apparently, ''hammering into everybody's heads'' that Eragon would rather ''not'' kill. I mean, what's a couple nightmares and almost entire chapters devoted to the subject worth?

* Witness the long, lingering passages in ''Eldest'' and ''Brisingr'' where Eragon, Paolini's CanonSue AuthorAvatar, admires Oromis's lithe body & hairless groin, and compares scars while nude with his musclebound cousin Roran. But of course Eragon doesn't act on his obvious homosexual tendencies, and throws himself at Arya instead... who is always a little standoffish, because she knows that somehow they're really not suited for each other. Meanwhile, Eragon has dedicated his life to overthrowing and destroying the main BigBad of the story, the evil King '''G'''a'''LB'''a'''T'''orix...

** how is it fan wank when your the author?

[[WMG: The Inheritance Cycle takes place in the Warhammer40000 'verse]]
A planet-load of potential psykers, ''chaos-immune'' psykers, no less, that can shoot death beams, feed an entire platoon off ambient energy, with the right spells could be immortal, and can augment their own, and their comrades' bodies, for super speed, strength, and perception, and they have a whole array of useful spells, like ''goddamn invisibility'', at their disposal. The inquisition will have a '''major''' hard-on with this one.
[[WMG: To the East of Alagaesia is...]]
[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. This popped into my head after an image of Murtagh and the imperial soldiers curbstomping the shit out of a varden/Narnian alliance.

[[WMG: There is no Galbatorix.]]
We had previously assumed that the main villain's absence for three (presumably) of the four books in the series was due to the author's utter incompetence as a writer or, in fact, to his utter incompetence as an imaginer-of-things. This is not so. Since we've already discovered that he is either a misunderstood über-genius, a real-life troll or a whipping boy for Quality Writers, we can safely assume that there will turn out to be no Galbatorix at all, being just a figurehead for people's subservience, a la [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]].
* That, or there '''was''' a Galbatorix, but he was killed during the final battle for the throne, which his troops ended up winning, and since then his supporters have kept up the facade that he is still alive and ruling.
* No, Galbatorix could not come because he has to stay in Mordor, so to speak, so the Hero can Get strong enough to defeat him, so he [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption has to stay in his]] [[OrcusOnHisThrone Fortress]] until Eragon is ready to kill him. This might involve finding the rock of Kuthian.

* Will it happen before or after the world finishes turning into [[Creator/JorgeLuisBorges Tlön]]?

[[WMG: The new name of the series is a hint to the ending.]]

[[spoiler: In order to defeat Galbatorix, Eragon will stoop to his level and and force the Eldunari of Dragons he obtain (from the Vault of Souls or some other odd place). He will defeat Galbatorix, and then either he or Nasuada will become king/queen. They will abuse their power, and the cycle will continue. Eragon will not die, however. It was [[AllMythsaretrue fortold by Angela ]] in the first book that Eragon would leave and never return, and obviously he will leave... you know the rest. ]]
** Partly {{Jossed}}. [[spoiler: Galbatorix is defeated, Nasuada becomes queen, and Eragon does leave. He also takes the Eldunari with him, just so they won't be abused.]]


[[WMG: The fourth book will actually be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.]]

All the plot threads will be wrapped up for real this time in a totally epic manner. Paolini, in an attempt to make it DarkerAndEdgier, will [[BreakTheCutie put the heroes through all sorts of crap]] that was totally foreshadowed in the first three books. Everyone will get what's coming to them, including the elves. The {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s will suffer massively because of TheWorfEffect, and realize that they really had it good that whole time and had nothing to complain about, inducing a HeelFaceTurn. [[ConspiracyTheory The plot thickens]] and the idealized Riders are revealed to be [[CrapsackWorld corrupt old bastards who turned Alagaesia into a military junta/oligarchy]]. This devastating revelation, along with [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Arya's death]], forces Eragon into HeroicBSOD. At the final battle, the Varden and the dwarves are [[HopeSpot wiped out]], leaving Murtagh to emerge as the true hero. In order to snap Eragon out of his BSOD, Saphira [[TookALevelInBadass develops a personality]]. Eragon realizes what a {{Jerkass}} he was and spends the rest of his days humbly wandering the world atoning for his sins. Alagaesia becomes a commune-based, libertarian utopia where taxes are just an old bedtime story to scare children.
* I assume you're working off the "CP is a secret literary genius" theory?
** CP ''unintentionally'' making a CMOA would be funny.
* This troper clung naïvely to this theory for a while, trying to ignore her respect for the series unraveling as she read ''Brisingr.'' No luck.

[[WMG: The dragons are the ManBehindTheMan and are mindcontrolling Galby through the Eldunari.]]
The ancestral dragons contained in the Eldunari were disgusted with their descendants for subjugating themselves to the lesser species, 'cuz dragons are supposed to be majestic beasts and all, not glorified packhorses. They resented the Riders' dominance over them, so they engineered a {{plan}} to overthrow the riders. They gained control of Galbatorix and the 13 Forsworn, as their collective consciousness proved too powerful for the 14 human riders to resist. This way, they slaughtered the rest of the domesticated dragons since they had become more packhorse than dragon anyway. And it wasn't really killing off their entire species and driving the dragons into extinction, because the wild dragons [[HesJustHiding are just hiding]].

[[WMG: Angela is the real Big Bad.]]

C'mon, how else would she know stuff that she shouldn't and just happen to show up at the right place at the right time? And she's not being mysterious for the sake of being mysterious, she's obviously hiding something important. Plus she's shown that she's capable of doing evil in the Battle of the Burning Plains where she rather [[KickTheDog dishonorably poisoned the Empire's soldiers]]. They were screaming in agony, people! If she's such a great herbalist, she could have picked something that caused instant death, which would have saved both parties a lot of stress.
* So the entire series is a way for CP to get back at his sister?
* About the whole "instant death" thing, if people died as soon as they touched some of the food then the soldiers would have immediately concluded that they shouldn't eat aforementioned food. Other than that the theory holds some water, Angela has been shown to have secrets that would "get everyone excited over a trifle of a spell, then King Oren would want to behead me and I would have to take out half your spellcasters in my escape." Also, I assume that the spell she has been using to extend her lifespan had some psychological effects. (These may include becoming completely insane and trying to kill our half-elf heartthrob.

* I like to give my DND or other roleplaying characters my hair and eye color. Am I a DaydreamBeliever?
** Not unless you've publicly stated that you have visions about majestic flying dragons.
*** Is'nt every author a DaydreamBeliever by your deffintion?

[[WMG: Dragons make themselves seem more impressive with PsychicPowers]]
This developed as a defence mechanism for hatchlings, and is why Eragon could not even bring himself to ''consider'' killing the newly-hatched Saphira. Elves and Riders inherit [[{{Glamour}} a slightly weaker version of this ability]] - this is why you CantArgueWithElves. Ironically, their mental link to a dragon also makes Riders ''more'' susceptible to this - this is why Eragon keeps going on about [[AuthorAppeal how wondrous and beautiful dragons are]], and may have contributed to his infatuation with Arya.
Supporting this are the dragons' "cousins" living in the Beor mountains, which use PsychicPowers to paralyse their prey with fear. Oh, and that [[FurryFandom furry]] elf who does not seem to realise that his body is exuding pheremones.
* Though you gotta admit, anyone seeing a RealLife dragon would probably either think they're pretty awesome too, if they don't run away screaming. I mean, ''dragons'' man.

[[WMG: The Elves used to be human]]
A human who is linked to a dragon is shown to become more and more elven as time passes, apparently just as a side effect. The entire elven race made a link between themselves and the dragons, and gained their strength and magic as a result.By this reasoning, the elves are really just a bunch of transformed humans.
* To add to this, the [[CantArgueWithElves elves]] are to the Literature/InheritanceCycle what the Orcs are to ''LordOfTheRings'', but without the mistake of not having been made supernaturally pretty. The Urgals are just a barbarian species that got hit with a lot of slander and mind control in the past few generations.

[[WMG: Durza became a shade after accidentally tapping into Morzan's soul]]
It could be plausible. Ish. Maybe. Sort of.

[[WMG: The Literature/InheritanceCycle is a LighterAndSofter retelling of {{Drakengard}}.]]
It just goes to show that even a lighter and softer Caim is a sociopath.
* Alternatively, Eragon is Inuart and Murtagh is Caim... which explains why Eragon is so whiny and why Murtagh defected: he was getting sick and tired of having to lug around Inuart. Also, Arya is Arioch minus the propensity for baby-eating (notice the similarity of the names?) and Elva is a budding Manah, being a CreepyChild and all. '''''[[TheDarkId Drakengard!]]'''''

[[WMG: Alagasia in the Southern Hemisphere of Middle Earth]]

Think about it. As well as all the obvious about elves, dwaves etc. there's the geography. We know from Tolkein that Arda was orignally symetrical until Morgoth ruined it, we know also that even the extended maps of Middle-Earth only show the West coastline to the Equator. From the Silmarillion we are told that the Ered Luin were originally an unbroken range. Unlike Beleriland and Eriador further north Alagasia was never afflicted by Morgoth and so wasn't attacked, hence the coastal mountains remain intact (they follow the line of the Misty Mountains), and the Beor Mountains retain the orignal height of all of Middle-Earth's mountains. In order to preserve climatic descriptions, we just assume that the translation of North and South from the elvish got mixed up and that the South is actually the North, hence closer to the equator.
** Following that train of thought, the elves of Alagasia are followers of Fëanor, the ultimate jerkass of elves who really did believe they were superior. This is also why they don't worship gods: because Fëanor had told the Valar to piss off.
*** Fëanor? Nah! You see, while Fëanor was arrogant, he had reason to be. He really ''was'' that awesome. He made the Silmarills after all! The elves of Alagasia just think they're so great because...because...they just think they are that awesome. They're probably just some of the Avari, who after all, refused to come because they only saw the Valar fighting Morgoth and were afraid. They wandered and explored a bit, came to Alagasia and all the old stories became just that, stories.
** Morgoth? Did you just say MORGOTH? There was a goddamn god (dwarven) named Morgothal in Eragon!!

** This troper definitely agrees!

[[WMG: A startling revelation about the nature of Alagaesia]]
Looking at the map one day, it finally dawned on me. Rivers twist, turn, and double back on themselves, implying that water in this universe is unaffected by gravity. There are radically different biomes that could never exist side-by-side in our world not only neighboring one another, but having a pencil-thin divide between them (generic plains next to desert next to mountains next to forest). The BigBad sends out more troops than the country could logically support, all of whom are cruelly slaughtered without a second thought by the heroes...

Yes, Alagaesia is, in fact, [[spoiler: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the Mushroom Kingdom.]]]] Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

* And here I thought it was [[spoiler: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Hyrule]]]]. Go figure.

[[WMG: Galbatorix turned himself into a shade]]
Think about it! Why would they mention a dragon rider/shade being the most terrifyingly evil and most powerful thing ever if it isn't going to be used. This would explain how galbatorix was able to defeat the riders and why he really went mad.

[[WMG: Galbatorix is trying to get ultimate power using the true name of the old language ]]
It is obvious that this is what he his trying to do! Eragon asked about this in the first book it is an obvious Chekhov's Gun and it has been stated that Galbatorix was soon going to be unstoppable. There was also that hermit that said that he was looking for the answer to THE question, and that means that it is important

* The [[spoiler: last Ra'zac]] also mentions Galbatorix being close to finding the name of something, presumably the true name of the Ancient Language.
* Duh. I mean, its more likely than guessing Eragon's Name, since that would be a story breaker. Galbatorix will find the Name of the Ancient Language, Eragon will no longer be able to use magic, and will use the Power of the Dragon Magic (which does not need the Ancient Language) to overpower Galbatorix. See my Entry on the Rock of Kuthian below.
* As intriguing as this theory is, it's probably not true, simply based on the fact that this troper doubts that Paolini understands the concept of a Chekhov's Gun.
* [[spoiler: Confirmed in book 4 where Galbatorix reveals this is his plan.]]

[[WMG: Tenga is seeking a way to convert regular energy into magic]]
When Eragon asked Oromis "Since it's possible to absorb energy from life, is it also possible to absorb it from light or fire or from any of the other forms of energy?", Oromis replied, "Ah, Eragon, if it were, we could destroy Galbatorix in an instant. ... Reason says that it can be done, but no one has managed to devise a spell that allows it." That's an obvious [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] setup. Tenga says "I search for the answer! A key to an unopened door, the secret of the trees and the plants. Fire, heat, lightning, light..." Trees and plants can convert sunlight, in a roundabout way, to magic. Fire and so on are all forms of energy. And just think [[RuleOfCool how cool]] a fight between a Directed-Nuke-using Dragon Shade and Eragon (with Eldunari and Sapphira) would be. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome EPIC!]]

** [[SarcasmMode So hes also a recoving alcohalic because ''A''ry''A'', and has bad body oder because ''B''r''O''m, shall igo on?]]

* Oh, please! This shouldn't count as a WMG, it's just very badly hidden foreshadowing!

** ''So'' seconding Rider Elva.
* I disagree. If it isn't Arya, I will be ''extremely'' surprised. There's a long list of secondary possibilities, but Roran isn't on it, primarily because Katrina gave us a speech at some point which was all about how Roran was truly a greater warrior than Eragon and the elves because he faced the enemy with no advantage, just cold steel and courage, or something to that effect. Anyway, it would sort of undermine that message if the character who is a hero because he ''doesn't'' use magic got the spiffy Dragon Rider powers.
* I vote Angela, actually. CP said that Angela was in for several [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Crowning Moments of Awesome]], and in-universe nothing is more awesome than becoming a Dragon Rider

[[WMG: Paolini is setting up a ScrewYouElves of ''massive'' proportions from the dwarves.]]

[[WMG: THE ScrewYouElves of ''massive'' proportions from the dwarves thing is an allegory]]

[[WMG: Urgals are a race of [[ALoadOfBull minotaurs]].]]
They're hairy to the point of fur, long-horned, and less evil and more complex than previously presented.

[[WMG: Arya is a RomanticFalseLead, and Elva is Eragon's final love interest.]]
Think about it. She matures at an incredible rate both physically and mentally, is magic, and is still young enough that she will probably view Eragon as a role model, intentionally or not. The botched blessing in book 1 formed a bit more of a bond than they thought. When Elva looks 16 in a couple of years, and Eragon hasn't aged a bit, that's when it will happen. Hey, makes as much sense as Bella's daughter/Jacob... Also, Eragon/Arya is so obvious that subverting it would be worth it.
* [[spoiler: Right on Arya, wrong on Elva.]]

[[WMG: The Fourth Book]]
* It's going to open with the Varden and the Elves marching on Uru'baen and Galbatorix massacring the vast majority of their forces, which will be an effort by Paolini to further subvert the cliches involved the Inheritance cycle as well as give a reasonable amount of time for Eragon to find the other egg, hatch it, and train the new Rider(probably Arya).
** {{Jossed}}.

[[WMG: Roran will become the next king.]]
* He has already been shown to be someone people will follow. And, as Saphira mentions in the third book, everyone from Carvahall is a descendant of King Palancar (who happened to be insane). This would explain Roran's berserker tendencies in battle.
** {{Jossed}}. [[spoiler: He was in the running when Eragon declined, but it went to Nasuada.]]

[[WMG: Inheritance is just playing with various loved tales, such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride, Doctor Who, and the song Starlight, by Muse]]
* Star Wars and Lord of the Rings shouldn't need explaining, but as for the Princess Bride, when Eragon is [[spoiler: imprisoned in Gilead]] he asks [[spoiler: Durza]] "Who are you?" to which he replies: "No one of consequence." Westley and Inigo Montoya share an identical exchange. Doctor Who has very easy to find ones, if you look hard enough. The last [[spoiler: Ra'zac]] tells Eragon that Galbatorix "has more heartsss than you do" (yes, it did have that many s's) TimeLord 's have two hearts. The Lonely God poem, "Adrift upon the sea of time, the lonely god wanders from shore to distant shore, upholding the laws of the stars above." And later: "The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors." Not to mention Eragon's main source of power and transportation is old, new, stolen (borrowed), and blue. As for Starlight, As Eragon is about to depart for [[spoiler: Du Weldenvarden]], Nasuada informs him that "our hopes and expectations" rest on your safe return. Did anyone mention black holes and revelations???
** Galbatorix is a time Lord? YANA indeed. Oh, the Doctor will be so happy to hear this--until, of course, he reads the books.
** And then there are the runes on Angela's hat, see below.

[[WMG: Angela is VERY old]]
In Inheritance, we hear about the Hall of the Soothsayer. [[spoiler: While Nasuada is being tortured to bring into service, Galbatorix mentions that it was built to house a soothsayer, or 'fortune teller', because of the fact it released a gas that allowed a person to see into the future. In this, the soothsayer dreamed of what happened and what will happen.]] Now, it also told this soothsayer and her attendants left. This doesn't sound important until you come along a little later in the book, where it's mentioned that a hermit devised a spell that allowed [[spoiler: Eragon to carry the Eldunari]]. It's also mentioned this occurred hundreds of years ago. Tenga is a hermit, specifically a very smart and very powerful one. He is shown to be adept at using magic. Angela mentioned that she was his apprentice for an unfortunate number of years, and knows more about basically everything that occurs than even most of the elves. Her sword, Tinkledeath, is thought to be diamond by Eragon. She knows of a way to use energy to strike at a near-instant timing.

This connects further on in the first Eragon book, where she may have actually known who Eragon is and what he is. To dispell doubt, she used the knucklebones. (This also gives further credence to her age, the elves and dragons fought long ago. This would be the only time they would do this, because they have such a respect for dragons later on it's not funny). Also, as we saw, Tenga began asking questions that old dragons would. While they had nothing to do with most present things, he was asking about things that are almost impossible to answer and potentially answering them.

To further illustrate her power, her prediction from the first book is true. All this makes me believe that Angela, is in fact, [[spoiler: The Soothsayer]].

* [[spoiler: Additionally, Angela could be a rider that somehow survived, with Tenga as her shapeshifted dragon, and Tinkledeath is her rider sword.]]

[[WMG: ''Series/DoctorWho'' and the Literature/InheritanceCycle share a universe]]
Why? Well, there's Arya mentioning "the Lonely God." There's also Solembum talking about the strange thing's he's seen in Alagaesia, most interestingly "rooms biggerontheinside than they are on the outside." The TARDIS, perhaps? Or just a bit of TimeLord technology? And then there's this little gem near the end of Inheritance:
--> Eragon (about the runes on Angela's hat): What does it say?
--> Angela: Raxacori-
{{Shoutout}}? Or a hint at her past misadventures with the Doctor?

[[WMG: Angela is someone/thing from Doctor Who.]]
Leading theories include:
* She's a (new) Time Lord
** Consider this: over the course of the series she displays an incredible foreknowledge of just about everything. How'd she find out about everything? Easy, time travel, though she can't be open about it, so she wraps it in mysticism. Solembum is her companion. She has an incredible knowledge of chemistry, more than any other character (scientific proficiency is par for the course for time lords) and is constantly referred to as "The Herbalist". What the author doesn't mention is that "The Herbalist" is her time Lord name (see The Doctor, The Master, etc.)

* She is a former/future companion of the Doctor
** Possibly the ever popular Immortal!Time-Lord-via-Bad-Wolf!Rose
** Or River Song.

* She's the Rani, fob-watched into a Grey One/human hybrid with more morals.

[[WMG: Related to the ones above: Angela is actually Christophers sister Angela]]
By the way, does someone know if her last name is Paolini, too? Would be logical, but you never know.
Well, at some point in the future, Angela will become a companion of the The Doctor. Some incident, probably with the TARDIS, will make her immortal (it happend before). The Doctor visited the old Alagaësia, became a legend there and left Angela for some reason. They met again at least once, when Solembum was already travelling with her. She has either seen or been to a future Alagaësia, maybe she even met a future Eragon, or, alternatively or additionally, she actually was [[spoiler: The Soothsayer]], maybe only having been able to become this because she was already changed by the TARDIS.

[[WMG: Christopher Paolini is a troper]]
Explains why the last two books were so much improved - he read the criticisms and took them to heart. That's probably why Eragon gets called out by different characters for the ''exact same'' things that detractors do.

Well, he DOES have the X, and maybe it isn't the dragon making him immortal.

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Think about it. As well as all the obvious about elves, dwaves etc. there's the geography. We know from Tolkein that Arda was orignally symetrical until Morgoth ruined it, we know also that even the extended maps of Middle Earth only show the West coastline to the Equator. From the Silmarillion we are told that the Ered Luin were originally an unbroken range. Unlike Beleriland and Eriador further north Alagasia was never afflicted by Morgoth and so wasn't attacked, hence the coastal mountains remain intact (they follow the line of the Misty Mountains), and the Beor Mountains retain the orignal height of all of Middle Earth's mountains. In order to preserve climatic descriptions, we just assume that the translation of North and South from the elvish got mixed up and that the South is actually the North, hence closer to the equator.
** Following that train of thought, the elves of Alagasia are followers of Feanor, the ultimate jerkass of elves who really did believe they were superior. This is also why they don't worship gods: because Feanor had told the Valar to piss off.
*** Feanor? Nah! You see, while Feanor was arrogant, he had reason to be. He really ''was'' that awesome. He made the silmarills after all! The elves of Alagasia just think they're so great because...because...they just think they are that awesome. They're probably just some of the Avari, who after all, refused to come because they only saw the Valar frighting Morgoth and were afraid. They wandered and explored a bit, came to Alagasia and all the old stories became just that, stories.

* To add to this, the [[CantArgueWithElves elves]] are to the InheritanceCycle what the Orcs are to ''LordOfTheRings'', but without the mistake of not having been made supernaturally pretty. The Urgals are just a barbarian species that got hit with a lot of slander and mind control in the past few generations.

[[WMG: TheInheritanceCycle is the story of a DungeonsAndDragons campaign where the players are {{Munchkin}}s]]

[[WMG: Alternatively: the InheritanceCycle is the story of Creator/ChristopherPaolini's Dungeon and Dragons campaign.]]

[[WMG: The InheritanceCycle is a LighterAndSofter retelling of {{Drakengard}}.]]

[[WMG: ''Series/DoctorWho'' and the InheritanceCycle share a universe]]

[[The new book will be about the first Dwarf or Urgal Rider]]

When Eragon asked Oromis "Since it's possible to absorb energy from life, is it also possible to absorb it from light or fire or from any of the other forms of energy?", Oromis replied, "Ah, Eragon, if it were, we could destroy Galbatorix in an instant. ... Reason says that it can be done, but no one has managed to devise a spell that allows it." That's an obvious [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] setup. Tenga says "I search for the answer! A key to an unopened door, the secret of the trees and the plants. Fire, heat, lightning, light..." Trees and plants can convert sunlight, in a roundabout way, to magic. Fire and so on are all forms of energy. And just think [[RuleOfCool how cool]] a fight between a Directed-Nuke-using Dragon Shade and Eragon (with Eldunari and Sapphira). [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome EPIC!]]

Oromis said that "Logic says it can be done, however, no one has yet devised a spell to do it."; that's an obvious [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] setup. Tenga claims to be looking for "the answer! The key to an unopened door. The secret of the trees and the plants. Fire, light, lightning, heat." Trees and plants can convert sunlight, in a roundabout way, to magic. Fire and so on are all forms of energy. And just think [[RuleOfCool how cool]] a fight between a Directed-Nuke-using Dragon Shade and Eragon (with Eldunari and Sapphira). [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome EPIC!]]

* To add to this, the [[CantArgueWithElves elves]] are to the InheritanceTrilogy what the Orcs are to ''LordOfTheRings'', but without the mistake of not having been made supernaturally pretty. The Urgals are just a barbarian species that got hit with a lot of slander and mind control in the past few generations.

Eldunari seem like a big enough deal that there should have been a refernece to it earlier on. That he came up with a weapon to stick beneath that tree was just because he remembered the prophecy he'd written and slapped something together for it really fast.

* No, the dwarves are ''definitely'' in on it! They're the ones who kept Eragon in their city and fed him all that phony information about him being The Chosen One (or whatever insipid variation of the term Chris Paolini used) and the structure of Alagaësian government.

We had previously assumed that the main villain's absence for three (presumably) of the four books in the series was due to the author's utter incompetence as a writer or, in fact, to his utter incompetence as an imaginer-of-things. This is not so. Since we've already discovered that he is either a misunderstood über-genius, a real-life troll or a whipping boy for Quality Writers, we can safely assume that there will turn out to be no Galbatorix at all, being just a figurehead for people's subservience, a la [[NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]].

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** Guys, guys... They are both ripping off {{The Man Who Saves The World}}

* No, the dwarves are ''definitely'' in on it! They're the ones who kept Eragon in their city and fed him all that phony information about him being The Chosen One (or whatever insipid variation of the term Chris Paolini used) and the structure of Alagaësian government.

* Except Twilight's nothing short of disturbing and boring dreck while Inheritance, at least, has decent prose and is entertaining.

We had previously assumed that the main villain's absence for three (presumably) of the four books in the series was due to the author's utter incompetence as a writer or, in fact, to his utter incompetence as an imaginer-of-things. This is not so. Since we've already discovered that he is either a misunderstood über-genius, a real-life troll or a whipping boy for Quality Writers, we can safely assume that there will turn out to be no Galbatorix at all, being just a figurehead for people's subservience, a la [[NineteenEightyFour Big Brother]].

* Will it happen before or after the world finishes turning into [[{{Jorge Luis Borges}} Tlön]]?

[[WMG: The fourth book will actually be a {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}.]]

All the plot threads will be wrapped up for real this time in a totally epic manner. Paolini, in an attempt to make it {{Darker and Edgier}}, will [[BreakTheCutie put the heroes through all sorts of crap]] that was totally foreshadowed in the first three books. Everyone will get what's coming to them, including the elves. The {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s will suffer massively because of {{The Worf Effect}}, and realize that they really had it good that whole time and had nothing to complain about, inducing a {{Heel Face Turn}}. [[ConspiracyTheory The plot thickens]] and the idealized Riders are revealed to be [[CrapsackWorld corrupt old bastards who turned Alagaesia into a military junta/oligarchy]]. This devastating revelation, along with [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Arya's death]], forces Eragon into {{Heroic BSOD}}. At the final battle, the Varden and the dwarves are [[HopeSpot wiped out]], leaving Murtagh to emerge as the true hero. In order to snap Eragon out of his BSOD, Saphira [[TookALevelInBadass develops a personality]]. Eragon realizes what a {{Jerkass}} he was and spends the rest of his days humbly wandering the world atoning for his sins. Alagaesia becomes a commune-based, libertarian utopia where taxes are just an old bedtime story to scare children.
* I assume you're working off the "CP is a secret literary genius" theory?

[[WMG: The dragons are the {{Man Behind the Man}} and are mindcontrolling Galby through the Eldunari.]]
The ancestral dragons contained in the Eldunari were disgusted with their descendants for subjugating themselves to the lesser species, 'cuz dragons are supposed to be majestic beasts and all, not glorified packhorses. They resented the Riders' dominance over them, so they engineered a {{plan}} to overthrow the riders. They gained control of Galbatorix and the 13 Forsworn, as their collective consciousness proved too powerful for the 14 human riders to resist. This way, they slaughtered the rest of the domesticated dragons since they had become more packhorse than dragon anyway. And it wasn't really killing off their entire species and driving the dragons into extinction, because the wild dragons [[HesJustHiding are just hiding]].

* About the whole "instant death" thing, if people died as soon as they touched some of the food then the soldiers would have immediately concluded that they shouldn't eat aforementioned food. Other than that the theory holds some water, Angela has been shown to have secrets that would "get everyone excited over a trifle of a spell, then King Oren would want to behead me and I would have to take out half your spellcasters in my escape." Also, I assume that the spell she has been using to extend her lifespan had some psychological effects. (These may include becoming completely insane and trying to kill our half-elf heartthrob.

*** Feanor? Nah! You see, while Feanor was arrogant, he had reason to be. He really ''was'' that awesome. He made the silmarills after all! The elves of Alagasia just think they're so great because...because...they just think they are that awesome. They're probably just some of the Avari, who after all, refused to come because they only saw the Valar frighting Morgoth and were afraid. They wandered and explored a bit, came to Alagasia and all the old stories became just that, stories.

Looking at the map one day, it finally dawned on me. Rivers twist, turn, and double back on themselves, implying that water in this universe is unaffected by gravity. There are radically different biomes that could never exist side-by-side in our world not only neighboring one another, but having a pencil-thin divide between them (generic plains next to desert next to mountains next to forest). The {{big bad}} sends out more troops than the country could logically support, all of whom are cruelly slaughtered without a second thought by the heroes...

* [[spoiler: Confirmed in book 4 where Galbatorix reveals this is his plan.]]

* The vault of Souls is a huge store of Eldunari, which galbatorix has never found, which Eragon will use to vanquish Galbatorix. See my Reply to The "True Name of Ancient Language" guess.

She'll use her skills as TheEmpath to become the greatest democratically elected leader who ever lived, by knowing how to appeal to the greatest number of people and [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse what strings to pull]] for everything else.

** ''So'' seconding Rider Elva.
* I disagree. If it isn't Arya, I will be ''extremely'' surprised. There's a long list of secondary possibilities, but Roran isn't on it, primarily because Katrina gave us a speech at some point which was all about how Roran was truly a greater warrior than Eragon and the elves because he faced the enemy with no advantage, just cold steel and courage, or something to that effect. Anyway, it would sort of undermine that message if the character who is a hero because he ''doesn't'' use magic got the spiffy Dragon Rider powers.

Just an idea I'm throwing out there. I expect she'd make a fabulous evil overlord, and every little helps...

Not really much of a WMG, but it's pretty probable. The fifth book, if it comes out, will feature either Shruiken or an older Saphira, like this kind of matching cover thing usually does. I say "or older Saphira" because we've already had a black book. Dude, Brisingr really should have been yellow.

In Inheritance, we hear about the Hall of the Soothsayer. [[spoiler: While Nasuada is being tortured to bring into service, Galbatorix mentions that it was built to house a soothsayer, or 'fortune teller', because of the fact it released a gas that allowed a person to see into the future. In this, the soothsayer dreamed of what happened and what will happen.]] Now, it also told this soothsayer and her attendants left. This doesn't sound important until you come along a little later in the book, where it's mentioned that a hermit devised a spell that allowed [[spoiler: Eragon to carry the Eldunari]]. It's also mentioned this occurred hundreds of years ago. Tenga is a hermit, specifically a very smart and very powerful one. He is shown to be adept at using magic. Angela mentioned that she was his apprentice for an unfortunate number of years, and knows more about basically everything that occurs than even most of the elves. Her sword, Tinkledeath, is thought to be diamond by Eragon. She knows of a way to use energy to strike at a near-instant timing.

This connects further on in the first Eragon book, where she may have actually known who Eragon is and what he is. To dispell doubt, she used the knucklebones. (This also gives further credence to her age, the elves and dragons fought long ago. This would be the only time they would do this, because they have such a respect for dragons later on it's not funny). Also, as we saw, Tenga began asking questions that old dragons would. While they had nothing to do with most present things, he was asking about things that are almost impossible to answer and potentially answering them.

[[WMG:Eragon [[spoiler: will return]]]]

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Yes, Alagaesia is, in fact, [[spoiler: [[SuperMarioBros the Mushroom Kingdom.]]]] Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

* And here I thought it was [[spoiler: [[TheLegendOfZelda Hyrule]]]]. Go figure.