Eragon (novel)

Eragon is a boy living in the village of Carvahall. Going on a hunt, he accidentally becomes the owner of a mysterious stone left by the elven Arya captured by the soldiers of the Empire. Eragon does not suspect that this stone is sought by the subjects of King Galbatorix, and only with time will he know that the stone is a dragon egg, since a dragon hatches from it. Eragon becomes from a simple villager a dragon Horseman and finds a mentor in the person of Brom, who takes responsibility for the training of Eragon.

The plot of the first book ends with the battle of the Vardens, Eragon and his friends with the Urgals and Shade at Farthen-Dur - Mountain-city of the Dwarves and the last refuge of the Vardens.

Characters

• Eragon I (†) is the hero who put an end to the war of elves and dragons.
• Eragon II - the main character, who became the Horseman.
• Roran is a cousin of Eragon.
• Garrow (†) - Carvajollian farmer, uncle of Eragon, father of Roran.
• Sloan is a butcher from Carvajall and a traitor. Doesn't like Eragon and Roran
• Katrina is Sloan's daughter and Roran's lover.
• Horst - Carvajollian Blacksmith
• Bromine (†) - Horseman, mentor of Eragon. Dies from a knife thrown by razzzah. Later it turns out that he is the father of Eragon. In the past was a Horseman.
• Merlock is a merchant.
• Angela - fortune teller, witch and herbalist from Thirm.
• Joad is a friend of Brom and an ally of the Wardens.
• Solebum is a werewolf cat. Lives with Angela.
• Murtagh - friend and half-brother of Eragon; The horseman who helped defeat Galbatorix.
• Arya Drettning - the elf, the messenger and daughter of the Queen of the Elves. Appears in the remaining 4 books. In the future, becomes the queen of the elves and the Horsewoman.
• Durza (†) is a shade, an ally of Galbatorix. He wounded Eragon in the back, but Eragon with the help of Arya and Sapphira managed to stab him in the heart, thereby killing the shade.
• Orik is a gnome , the adopted son of Hrothgar and a friend of Eragon. Appears in the other three books. He later became the king of the gnomes.
• The Doubles (†) are wizards from Du Wrangre Gata who betrayed the Vardens.
• Ajihad (†) is the leader of the wardens .
• Hrothgar (†) is the king of the Dwarves.
• Nasuada is the daughter of Ajihad. Appears in the other three books. After the death, Ajihada became the leader of the Vardens.
• Elva is a girl from Farhten Dur who was “blessed” by Eragon.
• Torkenbrand (†) - Slaver in the Beor Mountains. Killed by Murtagh
• Oromis (†) - elf, mentor of Eragon, rider of the golden dragon Glaedra. Appears in the second part of the book, is mentioned about him at the end of the first part, dies in the third. It is he who calls Eragon to come and continue his training, calling himself "Crippled, but holistic." Dies in the third part of the book in a battle with Galbatorix and Murtagh.
• Imiladris (†) is an elf, queen of elves, mother of Arya.

Dragons

• Sapphire II is a blue dragon whose rider is Eragon.
• Shryukn (†) - the black dragon, whose Galbatorix is ​​the false rider.
• Glaedron (†) - the golden dragon, the rider is Oromis. He died in the battle with Thorne and Murtagh over Gillid, but he left his soul to Eragon in Eldunari.
• Sapphire I (†) is the dragon Broma, who was killed during the war.
• Thorne is a red dragon whose rider is Murtagh.
• Firnen is a green dragon whose rider in the fourth book was Arya.

Mentioned characters

• Morzan (†) is the first and last of the Damned. Murtag's father.
• Galbatorix (†) - antagonist , king of the Empire. The first three books are only mentioned, personally appeared only in the fourth book.
• Selena (†) is the mother of Eragon and Murtaga, the sister of Garrow.
• Izmir (†) - Sloan's wife, the mother of Katrina, committed suicide in the mountains of Spine.
• King Palancar (†) - Crazy king of people, expelled to the Palancar Valley.

The novel was accused of borrowing the ideas of other authors and excessive stereotyping , in particular, there were clear parallels with the original trilogy “ Star Wars ”, as well as with the works of John Tolkien , Ursula Le Guin and Anne McCaffrey .

In 2006, the film " Eragon " was released, in the filming of which Edward Spilers , Jeremy Irons , Sienna Gillory , Garrett Hedlund , John Malkovich , Robert Carlisle took part. The film is based on the first book of the 20th Century Fox film company.

• Tetralogy "Legacy"
• Eragon. Return
• Eragon. Brisinger
• Eragon. Heritage

• Official site of the tetralogy "Heritage"
• Eragon Random House
• Eragon on the Rosman website
• Review of Boris Nevsky in "World of Fantasy"