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An officially endorsed guidebook, ''The Inheritance Almanac'', was released in October of 2010.
The novels tell the tale of Eragon, a farmboy who discovers a dragon egg in the mountains and is amazed when it hatches for him. He raises the dragon, Saphira, and becomes bonded with her as a Dragon Rider. Unfortunately, the evil Galbatorix, the ruler of The Empire who betrayed and destroyed the Dragon Riders long ago, finds out, and sends his impenetrably cowled Ra'zac servants to capture Eragon and Saphira. They escape, but the Ra'zac burn down Eragon's home and kill his uncle. Our heroes set out for revenge, joined by the village's old storyteller, Brom, who, as it turns out, is a former Dragon Rider himself. On their quest, Eragon and Saphira meet up with a [[Badass]] [[Anti
The first book was adapted into a film in 2006, but [[Stillborn Franchise|there are currently no plans for any movie sequels]].
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* [[Alien Blood]]: Bluish-green on the Lethrblaka, [[Black Blood|black]] on the Urgals.
* [[Aloof Ally]]: Elva refuses to help the Varden attack Dras-Leona. She does give in when Eragon asks her to storm Uru'Baen.
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: {{spoiler|Murtagh}} is the older, [[Stronger Sibling|stronger]], [[Good Is Dumb|smarter]], [[Ensemble Darkhorse|more popular]] (among fangirls), [[Anti
* [[Altar the Speed]]: {{spoiler|Roran and Katrina}} in Brisingr.
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: The Ra'zac.
* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: By storing energy in gems, they can be turned into power-sources that will up the magical abilities of anyone using them.
* [[Anti
* [[Attack Attack Attack]]: Battle strategy of the Urgals.
* [[Ambadassador]]: Arya
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* [[Creation Myth]]: According to the dwarven calender in the deluxe edition of ''Eldest'', [[Constructed World|the world]] was created 8000 years ago by several [[Physical God|gods]], after they vanquished the [[Our Giants Are Bigger|giants]].
* [[Creepy Child]]: Elva.
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Elva, though in constant pain, figures out very quickly how to use her empathetic abilities to her advantage, eventually becoming a [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Anti
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Elva.
* [[The Determinator]]: Roran. He'll do absolutely anything to accomplish his goals, and woe onto anyone who gets in his way.
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* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Murtagh}} and his [[Our Dragons Are Different|literal dragon]], who are the dragons for his evil ''King'', and ''his'' dragon. Prior to him joining up with Galbatorix, the role of the Dragon was Durza the Shade, and in the backstory before Durza, Morzan the [[Dragon Rider]].
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: {{spoiler|Glaedr.}}
* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]]: Done in the first first book as Eragon observes Arya's overall hotness...after she'd been tortured...and poisoned...and is still very much in danger. Overlaps nicely with [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]. A month in torture, poisoning and living in a dank cell in the basement, without a wash... still hot.
* [[Egg McGuffin]]: The one from which Saphira eventually hatches in the first book.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The dwarven capital, Tronjheim, is a city built like a small mountain inside the crater of a much larger extinct volcano so tall the top is inaccessible, even to dragons, making it only accessible by underground tunnels.
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* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: Ellesméra
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Everyone sucks at battle-planning, doing things no sane person who has at least played a ''[[Total War]]'' game would do, like having archers and siege weapons shoot into a melee, abandoning a perfectly good defensive position to meet a smaller enemy force in the open field, and having heavy infantry charge a great distance.
* [[I Am Who?]]: Eragon's identity is a closely kept secret until ''Brisingr'' wherein it's revealed that he is {{spoiler|the son of Brom.}}
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Neither the heroes nor villains are safe from this.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Eragon.
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* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Elva.
* [[The Load]]: Eragon himself in the first two books, as he always has to either become unconscious or be saved by someone in order to get anything done.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Used ''twice''.
* [[Magi Babble]]: Oromis gets quite in depth about the rules of magic.
* [[Magic
* [[Magic Knight]]: Shades, Elves, and Dragonriders tend to train in both combat and magic.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Elva, being an [[The Empath|empathic]] [[Anti
* [[Mayfly
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Eragon" is "dragon" with one letter changed, but then Paolini retconned this into "era gone by".
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Dwarves. Dragons lean towards this as they get older, growing gradually bigger but losing mobility.
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Murtagh and the Twins}}.
* [[Not So Different]]: The heroes have committed some distasteful actions of their own, such as poisoning Galbatorix's army before a battle. Lampshaded by Elva, who points out to Eragon, "{{spoiler|Galbatorix would approve.}}" when he tries to {{spoiler|forcibly remove her powers after botching the job the first time.}}
* [[The Obi
* [[Offstage Villainy]]: One of the most common complaints about the The Inheritance Cycle is that the reader is never actually shown Evil Overlord Galbatorix doing anything particularly evil to the people of Alagaësia other than raising taxes. Brisingr may count, though, given how its stated that he enslaved the souls of the dragons he killed. Just the fact that he successfully overthrew the Dragon Riders seems to be enough justification for the war waged by the Varden, the elves, and the dwarves in the series.
* [[Old Master]]: Oromis.
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* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: They're called Urgals.
* [[Patchwork Map]]: On the inside covers of the books.
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Eragon's philosophy is this. Possibly [[Lampshaded]] when four different characters, {{spoiler|Murtagh, Sloan, Elva, and a soldier in Feinster}}, [[What the Hell, Hero?|call him out on this.]]
* [[Plot Leveling]]: In Brisingr, Eragon suddenly starts encountering enemies immune to his new story-breaking powers. However, most of them have been encountered by Roran and the [[Redshirt Army|Varden]].
* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]:
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** Surroundings and settings tend to be somewhat excessively described. Noticeably less in Brisingr, and to a lesser degree, in Eldest.
** Happens in-universe when Orik drinks faelnirv – he claims it gives you "the gift of [[Motor Mouth|loquacion]]", but rather than making him talk a lot, it makes him speak this way.
* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: [[Farm Boy|Eragon]] constantly complains about [[The Obi
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Arya, to some extent.
* [[Re Lex]]: The elven language is a [[Re Lex]] of English with vocabulary borrowings from closely related languages.
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** Murtagh/Nasuada
* [[Unspoken Plan]]: As a general rule, none of the heroes' brilliant plans are explained onscreen beforehand.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Sloan's [[Shut Up, Kirk|tirade]] about Eragon features a veritable barrage.
{{quote| '''Sloan:''' . “You’renothing but the yellow-bellied offspring of a canker-ridden bunter. You’re a bastard, you are, and an unlicked cub; a dung-splattered, tallowfaced rock-gnasher; a puking villain and a noxious toad, the runty, mewling spawn of a greasy sow. I wouldn’t give you my last crust if you were starving, or a drop of water if you were burning, or a beggar’s grave if you were dead. You have pus for marrow and fungus for brains, and you’re a scugbacked cheek-biter!”}}
* [[Vanity Publishing]]: started as this, before a larger publisher got their hands on it.
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* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Eragon. Lampshaded by Saphira:
{{quote| '''Saphira:''' "Nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs to me when I'm by myself. But you attract duels, ambushes, immortal enemies, obscure creatures such as the Ra'zac, long-lost family members, and mysterious acts of magic as though they were starving weasels and you were a rabbit that wandered into their den."}}
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: A source of [[Wangst]] for Eragon.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Four examples: Firstly, {{spoiler|Murtagh heavily criticizes Eragon's (and the Varden's) moral stance and allegiance at the end of ''Eldest'', going so far as to say that Galbatorix isn't bad enough to earn what Eragon's doing to the Empire}}. Secondly, Sloan gives Eragon a massive tongue lashing in ''Brisingr'' when he encounters him, complete with lots of [[Unusual Euphemism|fantasy swear words]]. Thirdly, after Eragon {{spoiler|attempts to heal Elva of her [[Blessed With Suck|curse]], he makes a mistake and only succeeds in making it painless, leaving Elva still empowered but no longer shackled down with a desire to help others, turning her into an [[Anti
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: The {{spoiler|ancient language}}.
* [[Words Can Break My Bones]]: The Ancient Language, being the language used for magic, is perfectly capable of killing you. If mishandled, it can also kill its unwary user.
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