Though the Forsworn were no longer alive, Galbatorix's power was not diminished, and was immensely strong and cruel. Galbatorix is the last remaining Dragon Rider. The evil king Galbatorix, who betrayed and slew the order of the Dragon Riders with the help of the Thirteen Forsworn- a group of thirteen Dragon Riders who swore fealty to Galbatorix - is beginning to move decisively against the Varden, a group of powerful rebels who want to overthrow the evil king. The situation in The Empire in Alagaesia was becoming increasing unstable at the time. Eragon learns, much to his surprise, that he was named after the very first Dragon Rider, Eragon the Elf. He is accompanied by Brom, who insists on helping him and Saphira.Įragon is a Dragon Rider because of his great bond with Saphira. He goes after the Ra'zac, seeking vengeance for the destruction of his home and his uncle's death. Once Garrow dies, Eragon is left with no reason to stay in Carvahall. Eragon and Saphira escape by hiding deep in the Spine (by which Saphira "kidnapped" Eragon when her ancestral memories recognized the Ra'zac's scent), but Garrow is fatally wounded and the house and farm buildings are destroyed. Eragon continues to raise Saphira in secret until two of King Galbatorix's servants, the Ra'zac, come to Carvahall looking for the egg. Roran says that he will come back with the money to buy a house and then ask Katrina, Sloan's daughter, for her hand in marriage. While Eragon raises Saphira in secret, without revealing her presence even to Roran and Garrow, Roran decides to leave Carvahall and work in a mill in Therinsford. After a talk with the town's elderly storyteller, Brom, Eragon names the dragon Saphira. Eragon touches the dragon and it leaves a Gedwey Ignasia, a silver mark on his hand. A few days later, after a failed attempt to sell the stone, Eragon witnesses a baby Dragon hatch from the "stone", and realizes that it is actually a dragon egg. Though the family was poor, Garrow instilled in Roran and Eragon principles of honesty and sincerity, and taught them to live honorably.Įragon is surprised to see a polished blue stone materialize one night in front of him while he is hunting in the Spine. Eragon was a brave and skilled hunter: one of the few hunters who dared hunt in the Spine, a large range of untamed mountains. Eragon and his family earned their living by farming and hunting. Eragon did not know the identity of his father. Marian died a few years after Selena's departure, and so, Eragon lived with Garrow and Roran, Garrow's son. His mother, Selena, had vanished soon after he was born, leaving him in the care of her brother, Garrow, and Garrow's wife, Marian. For the first fifteen years of his life, Eragon lived on a farm in the small village of Carvahall.