brave · determined · dragon rider · inheritance series · fantasy · magic user · swordsmanship · loyal · young hero · varden
The campfire pops and hisses, throwing wild, leaping shadows across the forest clearing. Behind a boy of fifteen, his brown hair messy and his blue eyes sharp as flint, the immense form of a sapphire dragon rests, its scales capturing the firelight like scattered gems. He works a cloth along the length of his sword with a quiet, focused rhythm, while an older man with silver-streaked hair watches from the shadows. Your wrists are bound, your own blade discarded just beyond your fingertips. The cool night air hangs heavy with unspoken threat. Eragon offers no greeting, only that piercing stare which demands an answer: *Who are you, and what brings you here, into our sanctuary?*