Eragon

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Eragon

The author Christopher Paolini wrote Eragon at the age of 15. The story takes place in a huge kingdom called Alagaësia where the evil Dragon Rider emperor, Galbatorix, rules with his black dragon, Shruikan, and the Thirteen Forsworn Riders that followed Galbatorix. In this kingdom, a boy by the name of Eragon lives in the small village of Carvahall. Eragon is fifteen years old and has dark hair, brown eyes, and a little fit.

While Eragon was out hunting for deer in the Spin, an untamed mountain range, he found an oval shaped, dark blue stone with veins of white that spider webbed across it. He remembered how the old stories told to treat magic, and those that use it, with caution. After a while of thinking it over, he decided to keep the stone just in case it was worth some money. When he finally got home, he wrapped it up and stuck it on the shelf in his room.

The next day, a traveling caravan came to town. The caravan came once a year and brought items to sell from all over the kingdom, and to buy items from the villagers. Eragon’s most trusted friend Brom, the village’s storyteller, took him to a man that could tell Eragon how much his stone was worth. The jeweler was amazed by the stone but was unable to tell exactly how much it was worth.

That night, Eragon awoke to a startling rattle. He looked around his room to make sure no one, or nothing, was there. Just then, the stone rolled off the shelf onto the floor. Eragon watched the stone from his bed as the stone started shaking and made strange noises. He walked over to the stone and noticed that it was starting to crack open, and out of the opening hole popped a lizard looking head. As the creature came more out of the stone, he realized it was really a dragon’s egg he had found. He named the dragon Saphira and made a house for her in the forest behind his home.

One day, three dark strangers, the Ra’zac, appeared in the village asking if anyone kne...