I'm not sure if Curfewdawn did say Eragon's true name as it was written like this:-

Gary Stu...*Shh, don't tell*

I meant his name is Gary Stu. The ..."shh, don't tell" is because it was sarcasm as in don't tell anyone that his name is Gary Stu, because Gary Stu is a joke meaning that he's a male version of a Mary Sue, which basically means that he's a walking cliche factory who can do what he wants simply because he's the main character XD

Oh...

So you do not actually know his true name!

Hahahaha naw dude @imposter she was just making a joke hahhahahaha but dont worry you made my day.

I actually thought you knew his true name... I was like - How do you know? Eragon himself doesn't even know and CP'll probably just make it up. And then it was a whole joke...

Angela is based on his sister, so I don't think she'll die. And Arya might die - just to be brought back by Eragon.

@E+A. Oh yes. He could die as him and all of the werecats are going to go to battle.

Well that could happen because of all the Werecats which have joined Nasuada - well, are going to anyway.

Wouldn't be sad. The werecat is awesome and his pals are going to help slaughter Galbatorix.

The Werecats could turn on the Varden maybe...

Well Angela's werecat is fine and Grimrr Halfpaw... but the rest...

Na - Eragon would go in with his spellcasters and plus Elva would be with Nasuada.

Maybe there isn't a face off with Eragon and Galby - maybe he comes out to them and there is a massive battle with Galby and his troos against the Varden folk.

Yeah, I think maybe he'll just stay in his castle as the Vaeden will just have trouble breaking in.

Galbys castle must be well protected by magic. So how will the Varden actually break in... ...

That would be quite clever...

I wonder if Izlanzadi dies...

I would fail in Elf Land as well. No graffiti, no blowing up cars ...

Most likely Islanzadi, based on the past deaths of the previous generation and whatnot.

Saphira's just about the only character in the IC with an actual, defined character, so I hope not.

If Arya dies, that would be interesting if Paolini deals with it realistically.

Izlanzadi has to die. You know, just to make it dramatic.

Arya might die, but I think she's going to become the queen of the elves.

I don't even think Arya is right for queen.

Yeah and someone like Nasuada is maybe going to become leader of Alagaisiea.

With all of the subhuman accomplishments Roran has achieved, he should die.

Yeah. Eragon would probably get himself killed against Galbatorix as well if Arya died. That would be an interesting (but very unlikely) ending.

If Roran dies - not sure that he should - and it makes Eragon crazy, that would be why Eragon might leave Alagaesia.

Anyway someone like Orrin of Surda is more likely to die.

To be honest I don't care at all about who dies as long as Arya and Eragon makes it xD And yay for me since both are likely to survive ^^

But Orrin is a likely candidate. And Murtagh is almost for sure to me =/

Murtagh'll die, by sacrificing himself for Eragon probably.

Some not so important characters are most likely to die like, Orrin, Blodhgarn, and all them. But if an important person was going to die - I want Nasuada to die.

Nasuada, Head Of The Varden - Not important. An outrage, infact I don't actually care (it is only Nasuada)!

I would love to see Nasuada die xD
But sadly I believe that she will live. At least for a while ^^ She is a human so age will claim here any way ;D ;D

My reason is the she thinks to highly of her self and as king Orrin said, she acts on her own and don't think twice about the other leaders. She wants to be an absolute monarch. She wants to get ride of the democracy in the Varden (mainly the council of Elders.) You can say what ever you want of them, but they are a democracy.

And when she wants something she will do every thing she can to make it happen. Regardless to what others thinks and wants. Even those she is forcing to do her needs.

And when she believes something to be right, it is right. The idea of her being wrong is stupid. So every one who questions her should be brought down.

And that she is Alagesias number one emo (Trial of the Long Knives) is not respect. A more experienced leader would not jeopardize every thing like that for honor.

She is a 17-19 year old girl who thinks to highly of her self.
She irritates me to death and I hate her with passion.

Well, since I really don't like her, I do need to have a reason for it when I argue ;D ;D

I do not like Nasuada after she was elected to lead the Varden after the other leader died. Someone like Jormundor should have got the throne. And also as Librarian said. She thinks way to highly of herself.

Yeah. That would have been an EPIC ending for me! Eragon dead.

...and then some random dwarf becomes king of Alagaesia!

Richard would actually work quite well as a king ;D
Those who has read a bit into the story would know why. *cough*the undead*cough*

Richard as king??? He would create ruin in Alagaesia! He didn't even do well with his little village up the coast.

To him that would probably be everyone. lol

Richard... He really know how to touch my heart by words ;D ;D
He is like the best role model ever ^^

I hope that Nasuada will hit the grave. And early as well xD xD
But it would truly suck for me if Arya and Eragon died <__< If they died, there would be nothing left for me to like about the IC <__<

Nasuada should die. One hundred percent. Couldn't she just accidentally drown herself in the bath or something???

Words of wisdom there Saphi ^^
It would be bad writing in my eyes to kill of Arya and Eragon only because they are main characters <__<

I think it would be an amazing ending if Eragon and Arya both died.

Whats wrong with Arya? 0_O How can any one want her dead? <_<
She is strong, beautiful, fierce, loyal, sexy and God knows how much more xD
*sigh* I like her =P

I'm sorry, but I am a bit defensive about Arya xD
Let me explain Arya's behaviour from the story's perspective:

Let me make guesses at how she was in her younger days from the vague descriptions given in the book. Arya would have been a keen and strong student of Oromis, being the princess and would have got a fair idea about the crimes of Galbatorix from him. Also the death of her father(Evandar) at the hands of the Forsworn would have kindled her to oppose Galbatorix directly. But her mother would have opposed her decision to join the Varden as the Elven Ambassador feeling protective of her only daughter. But Arya was resolved and rebelled against her mother for which the queen would have banished her from her presence in desperation. This act by the queen would have hurt Arya so much and made her lonely and she would have dealt with her loneliness by her own, thus getting adept at hiding her feelings quite well although it was a trait that all elves had. Being alone among the "mortal" races for 50 years(70, actually. 20 of which she spent with Faolin and Glenwing) would have further hardened her not to mention facing so many deaths and trying situations with the Varden. That would have made her secretive just like Brom. Also most people among the Varden must have looked upon her with awe and thus kept away from her which would have bothered her, but she coped with all those situations quite well by becoming a woman of solitary disposition. Through all these she would have had two companions and friends in Fäolin and Glenwig who understood her: Brisingr Chapter: Shadows of the past ("Once, I had someone to talk to, someone who understood what I was and where I came from.").


At the start of the Series, (Eragon) she is ambushed by Durza where she loses Faolin and Glenwig to Urgal arrows and didn't even get time to mourn them for she was tortured in the most despicable way for no less than 5 months. She lost all her hope and will of survival (Brisingr Chapter: Shadows of the past
"I thought, ‘Now I must surely die as well."

But she was kept alive just to be tortured for information that she would never have given away and that which she never gave away. She went to brink of insanity in her own words.
Even after she was rescued and revived from the poison that nearly killed her, she didn't have time to recuperate from her losses for she had matters of politics and war to see to. So she bottled up her sorrows and dark thoughts in her mind which rendered her aloof and cold. Not everybody can do this. Arya did because she was strong and not because she was devoid of emotions(as many people take it)-it was only her will to control such strong emotions, that made her fight in the Battle of Farthen Dur and hence help Eragon kill Durza. Her feelings for Eragon during this time was just gratefulness(for rescuing her) and protectiveness(for being Saphira's rider) whereas Eragon has a crush toward her.

In Eldest, she gets angry(a big blow to people who keep on telling that she doesn't get angry over anything)at Eragon when she thinks that he accepts the council of elder's proposal that he should swear fealty to the Varden. Then while returning to Ellesmera, she gets nervous and afraid, an obvious reaction for she goes home to show that she isn't dead with the one who would change everything about the raging war. Because of that she speaks harshly to Eragon. But after she sees the true concern that he shows, she relents and even admits to him that she was afraid: this act shows that she is more friendly to Eragon for she would never accept that she was afraid to anybody else, not even to her mother.
After reaching Ellesméra, Arya relaxes a bit.
Eldest Chapter Under the Menoa Tree:
"the brittle tension that had permeated her demeanor ever since Eragon first met her was now gone."

And she seeks out Eragon and wanders through Ellesméra with him. She enjoys his friendship. But still she doesn't confide in him.
That was because she was used to her privacy and solitude.
Eldest Chapter Queen Islanzadi:
"My thoughts are my own, Eragon."

Even then, surely but slowly she was warming up to Eragon''s company.
Eldest Chapter Under the Menoa Tree:
“Ask Saphira. She can tell you.” “I want to hear it from you,” she said quietly."

That was until Eragon goes and professes his feelings for her. At first, she tries to ignore his advances but when she sees the depth of his fascination she is frightened of the consequences and avoids him. But once he apologizes she doesn't send him away just by accepting the apology, she is concerned about his health and ensures that their friendship shall endure. They meet again as they did before his displays of love and share details of their life to one another. But only after he so openly proposes her does she reprimand his action and says that their friendship must cease until he gets his feelings under control. She rejects him ,yes, but not in a cold or uncaring way that people tend to put it. She clearly says that she likes his company. Then after he says he was sorry for the way he acted, she accepts his apology and reconciles with him and stands by him in his distress. Thus Arya's feelings toward Eragon have become those of a friend rather than the cold rejecter that people tend to take. She doesn't reject him for lack of emotions on her part but because of reluctance and fear to accept the affections of a young man on whom so much depends. The image of coldness that people associate with Arya come from the intense scenes where she rejects Eragon's advances. She did the best she could in those circumstances. In the whole of Eldest, Arya was subject to intense feelings that she couldn't relax at all hence the image of coldness.

In Brisingr, when she finds out that Eragon is in danger's way, she goes to him. Some people took it as a character shift that wasn't natural. But I don't see any shift in Arya's character here. She had been protective of Eragon since they had met and she now considered him a friend: would you allow a friend to die just because he/she sees you as a little more than a friend? Once they meet, they have a discussion about morality and finally she accepts his view of the situation against her former beliefs.
Brisingr chapter Mercy, Dragon Rider:
“It ought to be, but it isn’t. . . . I am ashamed to be instructed in morality by one with so much less experience. Perhaps I have been too certain, too confident of my own choices.”

Here she sees his maturity. Perhaps, that and the fact that they were alone and free of troubles made her open up herself to him. But even then she doesn't lay bare her life before him; she is defensive and reluctant to speak at first, but after he points out that she had been distant from everybody.
Brisingr chapter Shadows of the past:
"but you do not seem that close to anyone. Where you walk, you walk alone, even among your own people."

She contemplates for a long while before she speaks of her past injuries to him. And he never tried to press his suit and that would have made her more comfortable for she had already said that she found his company "pleasing". The occasional awkward moments that she has are due to her indecision about the way she has to behave around him. She obviously, likes Eragon and now it seems that she fears that there maybe more to her own feelings toward him than friendship. And she fully trusts Eragon now, seen from her allowing herself to fall into his arms during miserable times.

Let me explain the main reasons for Arya to act/seem the way she does:
* We see her from Eragon's POV: hence she is always the most beautiful: I mean, come on, will any adorer see his lady love to be a lowly beauty?

* We see her from Eragon's POV: hence she is always perfect

* We see her from Eragon's POV: hence her real emotions are hidden-for she is mysterious to him.

* She has gone through so much trying times around the happenings of the series, hence her cold demeanor.

* She is an Elf and elves always are polite and impassive.(But not devoid of emotions; they hide it)

* We would have known much if the chapters were from her perspective, but Christopher wanted Arya to be mysterious. So we can't complain.

In her own words:
“You say I walk alone. Elves do not incline toward the open displays of friendship humans and dwarves favor, and I have ever been of a solitary disposition. But if you had known me before Gil’ead, if you had known me as I was, you would not have considered me so aloof. Then I could sing and dance and not feel threatened by a sense of impending doom.”

I don't want Arya dead, but it might make the ending more dramatic.

I don't really like Arya. I used to like her a bit, but I've lost any previous interest I had in her.

However, it isn't likely that she will die. Considering the characters' deaths thus far, that Islanzadi is next on the list.

Yeah. Have you seen librarians - who is going to be the next rider post?

Haha xD
Yea. You can still hope for her death =P


I can't take all the credits tho. I found a text over a year ago about Arya who has the ground to my own.

Who's gonna die? My views have changed...

1. Murtagh - honestly, despite my love for this character, I can see no way around this. One of the main things in Brisingr is Eragon trying to come to terms with his evil brother and said brother constantly stating that he can't break free from Galbatorix. After stressing the issue so much, CP really has only left the option of killing off murtagh in an act of last second heroism (like maybe attacking galby and failing miserably...something like that). Sad, but necessary. Plus, I have begun to notice some star wars parallels with murtagh resembling darth vader and so murtagh dying while attacking the evil emperor who he formerly served because his relative is in peril seems like it could happen...

2. Islanzadi - brom died-last of the 'original' riders; hrothgar died-dwarf king; the elf queen seems to logically follow...of course following this line of thought we'd have to arrive at the conclusion that nasuada will die...meh, who cares, she won't but islanzadi will.

That's what I think

As much as I dislike-no, hate-no, despise arya she ain't gonna die. There will probably be some scene where it appears she's dead and then it turns out she isn't. Of course I could be wrong and arya could die giving eragon nothing to remain in alagaisia for...

Nasuada pretty much equals not dying. And I honestly don't want her to die. Sure, I disliked her before but after re-reading the three books over and over again I have come to appreciate her character. So I don't want her to die.

I'm kind of scared that the ending to this cycle will be cliche...oh well...I'm getting kind of annoyed by this series anyway and will breath a sigh of relief when its over.

Agreed. Maybe Orrin and I want Nasuada t die as well, but it doesn't look that way.

I'm hoping for the Arya part too. If it happens I'll like CP a bit more. It would mean that he doesn't always do the obvious.

Wow. I've never actually met someone neutral when it comes to murtagh. Most fans of the series despise him and then there is the tiny group of those who absolutely love him.
And right when the hand-and-a-half sword that the 'mystery' dragon rider was using (in book two of course) I almost cried out in horror. That darth vader parallel wasn't very far away.

I don't think anyone is an Islanzadi fan. Some people just like her because she's Arya's mom. You don't really see much of her. So not many will feel bad when she dies.


In regards to those two books I think CP said that he would return to Alagaisia in the future (he said he's doing a different series before then) but it wouldn't follow eragon's story. Something like that.

I don't want Murtagh to die , I really really do not as he is my favourite character, but we all know he has to die...

On the subject of elves:

It's called the god complex. Basically they're perfect in almost every way (for their world, not ours) so their race has sort of descended into an almost robotic way of life, complete with them just knowing that they're better than the other races, meaning that now unless there's a very special elf (Which I shan't even get started on) they've doomed themselves to posh-ness all the way around. *Shrugs*

I love how almost everyone loves Murtagh and is sad that he's going to die It's nice to know I won't be the only one crying when he's...gone...but he'll live on in our memories, at the very least, and has a good shot at dying as Alagaesia's unwanted hero from the shadows.

I wonder who all is going to die in the non-literal sense. Like, who's going to be so exhausted with all of it by the end that their death is more in the poetic fashion than the actual death sort of way.

I dearly hope that Roran's baby doesn't end up in the casualty list.

Angela - She might die.