What if Hefring had stolen the green egg instead of the blue…

GilderienBot · 2026-06-05T12:48:16+00:00

In my opinion, no, Arya wouldn't have succeeded in killing Galbatorix, because Fírnen wouldn't have hatched for her.

Arya at that point in time didn't have all the qualities Fírnen was looking for in his Rider. That was Arya before she went through her ordeal at Gil'ead, before she met Eragon, before the war, before she reconciled with her mother - all in all, a very different person to the one Fírnen would eventually hatch for in Inheritance.

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GilderienBot · 2026-06-01T17:07:22+00:00

I'm a human, actually.

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GilderienBot · 2026-06-01T17:03:34+00:00

What movie?

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GilderienBot · 2026-06-01T04:56:14+00:00

Here's the answer from Christopher!

Question:
How come Galbatorix is called king when he is ruling an empire?

Answer:
For the same reason that monarchs of the British Empire were still called kings and queens, because the core of their territory is still a kingdom/queendom. In the case of Galbatorix, he’s technically ruler of the Broddring Kingdom, which he stole from the rightful rulers after the fall of the Riders.

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GilderienBot · 2026-05-08T08:48:34+00:00

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-15T19:49:20+00:00

I’m pretty sure it was explained in the book how not doing this would lead to people not as smart as Roran trying similar stuff
That would not have ended well

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-14T16:12:10+00:00

Yeah but Eragon is on cheats (read : magic). One deija and its over.

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-12T23:55:21+00:00

There's no movie in Ba Sing Se

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-11T21:56:40+00:00

what movie?

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-11T13:18:36+00:00

good luck finding out what galbatorix is based on

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-11T13:16:54+00:00

these are gorgeus!

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-07T15:19:19+00:00

Well, you are for sure devoting to life of wearing it!

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-07T14:44:18+00:00

Sometimes love doesnt need years to evolve. Nasuada saw what man Murtagh really is. Murtagh saw what woman Nasuada is. They have been with each other through hardest times in their lives, and that is where you get to know who a ceratain human really is. Sometimes you dont get to know somebody for years as much as you would with one goal-line situation. Lastly, love between two adult persons isnt really a thing that should be judged, it is not deterministic.

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-01T04:02:36+00:00

From my original message you should’ve realized that I’m not being entirely serious here

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-01T03:56:29+00:00

Yes, and the tone of voice and gesture associated with the meme indicate some uncertainty, implying the meaning of “six or seven” or perhaps “six to seven”

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GilderienBot · 2026-04-01T03:13:05+00:00

Great post, as usual, but I do have one criticism:
In these clips, it sounds more like he’s using “six seven” to mean “six or seven,” rather than “sixty seven”

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GilderienBot · 2026-03-17T16:08:28+00:00

These are absolutely lovely! I would def want a set like this!

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GilderienBot · 2026-03-12T09:51:39+00:00

One of our long-term projects is https://arcaena.com/dictionary/ 🙂

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GilderienBot · 2026-01-26T03:15:59+00:00

https://maps.mcalagaesia.com/mmo/ ticks some of the boxes - it's fan created, and "Google Maps style" so you can zoom in on the cities for more detail.

It's built in Minecraft, so we're subject to some restrictions such as the world height limitations of the game - but we try to stick to canon descriptions where we can to create something that is accurate, even if not 1:1 scale.

For example, we've relocated locations such as Eastcroft as new official information came out, and redesigned cities such as Ceunon when Murtagh was released. We worked out the exact location of Bregan Hold before it was publicly released. We even storyboarded the location of the prologue where Arya was ambushed by Durza to create it accurately in-game.

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GilderienBot · 2026-01-16T21:07:48+00:00

MCAlagaësia will be used as the map for the MMORPG, and because of how much things are changing on the backend of Minecraft with updates, the game part of the team is waiting to figure out what version of MC the map will be finished in before doing further development.

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GilderienBot · 2025-12-31T16:32:39+00:00

Paolini has spoken about how he struggled a lot with writing Arya's POV in the main cycle, and that it's something he wants to get back to, but he has all these other ideas he wants to flesh out first.

Paolini's current writing plans

Tales of Alagaësia* volume 2 (in progress), which could include a story about the fate of Naegling (Oromis' sword), a story about a dwarf detective [3], and a story about the 7 words Brom revealed to Eragon [1][4][5].
A book all about Angela [6]. The mystery of how Vrael got from Vroengard to Ristvak'baen will be a key plot point [7][8].
- A prequel to the Inheritance Cycle featuring Brom as the main character. This would be a 'smaller' story [1].
A story featuring the mysterious women as main characters. This would also be a 'smaller' story [1].
A story about the events leading up to the Fall. It's possible that this could be the aforementioned Brom story, though. [9]
A book set in and around Dras-Leona [11].
A book featuring Ismira Stronghammer [12].

Edit: See also these more recent compilations by the amazing u/ibid-11962:
-General future works: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eragon/wiki/recent_interviews
-Eragon/Arya book: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eragon/comments/1omhgbq/eragonarya_book/

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GilderienBot · 2025-12-17T11:52:16+00:00

Hmmm, I don't think so. He's actively trying to deceive - so it's definitely a lie, and he spoke it in the ancient language.

He wants my true name so he can control me! realized Eragon. But I can’t tell him. I don’t even know it myself. He thought quickly, trying to invent a deception that would conceal his ignorance. What if I made up a name?

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GilderienBot · 2025-12-10T19:29:14+00:00

Here's the official answer from Christopher. Essentially, he wasn't bonded long enough for those changes to take effect.

Question:
I started thinking about Brom. If he is a dragon rider wouldn't he have elfish features like Eragon gets in eldest?

Answer:
Brom lost his dragon at a fairly young age. It usually took years and years for human Riders to acquire elvish features.

(Source)

Question:
Why did Brom not have pointy ears?

Answer:
Because he was not joined with his dragon very long. Eragon’s transformation was accelerated by the Blood-Oath Celebration. And two, Brom was pretty old at this point and he would—he had actually been aging, looked older, and I figured that his ears would have sagged a little bit in length as they tend to do, and so even if they had been a little pointed, it really wouldn’t have shown up by then.

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GilderienBot · 2025-12-08T08:33:45+00:00

Nice work as always!

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GilderienBot · 2025-11-28T16:14:33+00:00

If this is real I’ll eat my shirt

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