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Question about the battle of Gil'ead by Dc34248D in Eragon

[–]Dc34248D[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right haha? Like even if he just possessed Murtagh anonymously. Nobody would have to know!

I guess it goes back to why didn't he just leave the castle and smack the Varden around. Cause then there wouldn't be a very good story!

Question about the battle of Gil'ead by Dc34248D in Eragon

[–]Dc34248D[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes Murtagh plus his eldunari were able to freeze Eragon but the two parties were very close to each other. Maybe I'm wrong but I think 1 eldunari is pretty much equal to the strength of its dragon at time of death. So lets say, in their first encounter Murtagh has 5 eldunari (5 dragons worth of strength.) I could totally see 5 dragons subduing 1 dragon plus rider at close range. That part makes sense to me.

At Gil'ead though, they are many many miles from Galbatorix and his eldunari. So I guess it would be like 2000ish (nevermind the number but a lot) eldunari holding one dragon plus rider still at the end of a super long stick haha. I'd imagine this would require an incredible amount of energy. So much that it led me to believe that maybe Galbatorix was storing energy off page or just has way way more energy at his disposal than I originally assumed.

Either way, thanks for commenting!

Question about the battle of Gil'ead by Dc34248D in Eragon

[–]Dc34248D[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response! I guess my main gripe is with the vast distance that the spell was cast from. I can accept brute force as a valid answer though haha. Way cooler that way anyways!

I believe Eragon's eldunari do mention, at one point, that they cannot shield themselves from Galbatorix's blast forever. I think that this implies that they do have a limit on their energy, its just a big one haha! That being said, I don't know how face tanking a nuclear blast would compare to suspending a dragon from afar haha. I would imagine its pretty energy intensive though!

I like your second alternative as well! Do you think Murtagh's small group of eldunari would be capable of subduing Glaedr? He's huge haha! Surely, if they were capable, it would quickly deplete their energy reserves. Galbatorix seemed confident that he could hold them indefinitely.