well mainly eragon won't be able to stand saphira. lol

I think Eragon will marry Arya, he and Nasuada just don't like they are meant to be in a relationship. I don't think she even has royal blood or is a princess. Arya meets all of the criteria of Angela's prophecy, and the love angle between them seems a bit complicated, and I have no doubt that CP will exploit it.

bladesinger will probably meet the propehcy too. and angela never said it would end well with the princess, so he may not end up with arya

Good point.... All she said was that he would marry one of noble birth. Guess that rules out Elva.

Will he love anyone else?

well depends on the span of the briefing in the epilogue

i agree, he and arya are the closest to equals as you can get in the series, and after book 4 they will be closer

elves don't marry so Arya is out and Nasuada has a responsibility to the Varden she can't get married

exactly why i said that eragon will be a lonely old bachelor/hermit with a half-crazed, half-drunk (on mead dragon)

i don't reckon eragon will get with nasuda because she kind of views him as just a friend.

and frankly, nasuada's a bit strange. i don't like her too much

i don't like what she said about magic users in eldest.

yeah, and sometimes her demeanor is just...strange

exactly this is also why i'm not sure she would be the best possible leader.

yeah, some random person will probably be the next leader of alagaesia

do i sence a hint of sarcasum???

nope, no sarcasm. i personally don't really care who leads alagaesia after galby's dead, cuz the story will be done

supose so but what if galby dies half way through and the rest is all tying up loose ends such as this topic.

well then the book would really be boring and cp has been going along with hero vs villain book and in all of those the villain dies at the end, not the middle

then he needs a 5th book to kill galby in to give him more space to tie loose ends

nah, that's what the epilogue's for

this is going to be a bloody massive epilogue mate if you wrote you seem to say all the loose ends will be tied up in.

well not if you cut out a lot of "loose ends"

that just leaving loads of questions and c.ps a geek so he would not do that to us

well there may not be as many loose ends as you think

yeah i think theres more stuff i haven't thought of

but it might be tied off before the epilogue comes

definately, or maybe the eragon leaving one happens in the epilogue.

or maybe c.p has enough loose ends for a book 5 (i hope so i don't want it to end)

i know right it's like the Hp books you don't want it to end

i do. its been so damn long already, i'll probably die before its finished. literally

yeah, well cp better end it with book 4 or i'll be disappointed

like i've said b4 sj, he wouldn't care unless he read your life story, he may not even care then.

if he's the type of person i think he is, he wouldn't care if the world was ending...i'm just saying he should end it with 4

he should not make another book. if he did, i would go to his house and make him type faster if he did, he seems to have this problem with typing quickly and well.

yeah, cuz he's just trying to find a pathetic way to put eragon and arya together

sj you seem to think that everything that CO does with eragon and arya is pathetic, they will probably end up together by "a love that will outlast empires" as angela said.

But, if it lasts too long, are we going to get to read the last one? We might not be interested anymore in Eragon. But in my opinion, it is nearly impossible to stop liking the Eragon cycle after you read the first one.

I really don't think Eragon will end up with either of them, at least i hope he doesn't

I feel like you all are taking this a bit far and getting hot headed, This topic has been open for years now so please calm down so it don't get locked.

I see this from both sides but you all need to open your minds more. Eragon Could or Couldn't get married. He Could Or Couldn't marry Arya. Anyone have any new ideas?

but i think he will definately get together with her, with nasuada it would be extremely wierd, and she would eventually die, he wouldnt for thousands of years.

yeah, it would be really weird if eragon and nasuada get married, and if eragon and arya wont get married, so i also hope that eragon at least gets together with arya.

oh yeah, thats what i meant

ok then

I do!!!

Nasuada and Eragon don't fit!

I agree with fireclaw. Nasuada and Eragon? No way! Eragon will end up with Arya and no one can change my mind about that! He won't marry her though because elves don't practice marriage.

me either although the elves do "mate" which more or less is marriage, except you can "break up" as humans call it whenever you want without a huge fuss.

Well, Angela(the herbalist/witch) did say he would fall in LOVE with royalty. Not marry. Arya and Eragon are fond of eachother but in the second book, Eragon's master(not saying his name), says its a forbbiden love. It will disract Eragon from training and he will be defeated by Galbatorix. After Galbatorix is dead its a possibility, exept Arya's almost 100 years older than him. Eragon is like a baby to her.

Arya dosen't treat Eragon like a baby at least not by the time of the third book.
No way will Eragon go with Nasuada they don't fit togther there is no intrest from either of them.

I think itll be arya but eragon will have to win her heart and win her loyalty because remember the werecat also said that he and her would leave alagaiesia forever.So therefore hell have to convince her and thatll make it all the harder.

angela said that it would be an epic romance not a marrige
also who said he will get married?

gee thanks that really contributes................ Anyhow if it isnt arya its probally no one.

Hey! what did that poor book ever do to you?!?!

so. with out these forums we would have no evidence. well only certain people would because they found it out but it would not be obvious.

Arya all the way. She is a princess and even though Nasuada is a leader she is not a Queen she is just a leader.

Every one with a working brain and a IQ higher than 10 alredy knows that Eragon will end up with Arya. But! They will not marry. Remeber that elves don't belive in marrige and that Arya is an elf and eragon is an helf elf.

Why it will be Arya:

* An epic romance is in your future, extraordinary, as the moon indicates - for that is the magical symbol - strong enough to outlast empires. I cannot say if this passion will end happily, but your love is of noble birth and heritage. She is powerful, wise, and beautiful beyond compare.

1. Arya is of noble birth. Nasuada is not.

2. Eragon has alredy said that Arya is the most beautiful woman he ever has seen. And that rules out nasuada from being beautiful beyond compare in the Angelas prophecy while puting Arya there.

3. In Eragons fairth of Arya he stated her as an almost exact copy of Angelas prophecy. [Forshadoing]

4. Arya is the only person Saphira has accepted into their family. It is Saphira, Eragon and Arya. And funny enough CP also said in an interview that book IV will continue Saphira, Eragon and Aryas adventures.

5. CP has ever since Eldest been puting Arya and Eragon on an even footing. Do I really need to speel out why?

6. Ever since Brisngr they have become closer than ever. There are a couple of gestures from Arya pointing out that she has feeling for Eragon above friendship.

7. It was a love who should outlast the Empire. He need to love that person during the war. And the only woman he loves is Arya.

8. Eragon has said that he NEVER will take a mortal woman. Nasuada is mortal. And no! Nasuada will not become the next rider for many reasons.

9. Eragon has stated that Arya is the only one the can understand him expect Saphira. He feels that they have a special conection and they do understand each others better than any one.

10. But most important of all is that Eragon loves Arya and no one else. He has said that he dosn't want to have a nother woman. His love for her has only developed and they have only grown closer.

No one who ca think logicaly can possibly think that NxE will happen.
This is how stupid NxE is:

Eragon will sudenly stop loved Arya after that CP has spent two books on developing their relationship, made them closer than ever, is puting them on an eveing footing, shown that Arya has feeling above friendship and that they have a special conection only so eragon from no where would fall in love with Nasuada based on noting in the middle of book IV even tho Nasuada is mortal and Eragon clearly said that he NEVER would take a mortal woman.

I can, but as I have said before I don't insult people. I do tend to insult ideas/dreams/hopes who is based on nothing tho.
And I have never said that I know what will happen for sure.
But unlike you I at least stay with the facts. You argue aginst AxE becuase you don't like it. And thats it.
I argue for AxE because I like it and have facts to back it up with.
I always goes for the logic chooice.
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I strongly sugest that you read Brisngr agian.
because it seems that you might have missed a huge part of the book.
There have been many gestures from Aryas side that shows that she has feelings for him above friendship. And there also is a reason why CP has made them closer than ever and are puting them on an even footing.
Eragon loves Arya and they are only growing closer. As Eragon him self said/thought they share a special conection. They know eachothers better than any one. Expect Saphira of course.


She had rejected him two times in Eldest when he was an imature jerk. Why shoulden't she reject him when he only lusted for her?
And where in hell did you get the "constanly rejects" from when they only have grown closer? they are closer than ever before. This is waht i don't like about you. You say thing you want based on what you like with no fact to back it up. They facts even go aginst you. Learn to se the difference between fact and your personal hopes.


No it wouldn't. If you have missed that fact to, Eragon and Arya makes an exelent team together. CP has even said that the fourth book will continue Saphira, Eragon AND ARYAS adventures. And Saphira has accepted her into thier family. Both Arya and Eragon knows their duties.
Them being together would be so much better. Both on the battlefield and in their personal time. It also gives them a better future to figh for. Their future.


Since you have a problem with me being a jerk with dreams based on nothing, I will nicly ask what this is based on? Because Arya is alredy very close and are only growing closer as well as they share a special conection.


Eragon leavs with an elven woman as we saw in his dream, with two dragons in the skie.
Oh... great thinking. This is all the fact I ever get from anti AxE fans.
It can happen/we don't know/what if/but if that happens/it might not happen and such things. I get it. Anything can happend. Eragon might even end up with a gay dwarf named Roger. But here is the thing. There are three books out and serval interviews from CP. In there you can find something called fact. I sugest you do that.

But here is som quotes for you

Arya looked at him. Eragon met her gaze, and something lurched within him. He flushed without knowing why, feeling a sudden connection with her, a sense that she understood him better than anyone other than Saphira. His reaction confused him, for no one had affected him in that manner before.

Throughout the rest of the day, all Eragon had to do was think back on that moment to make himself smile and set his insides churning with a mixture of odd sensations he could not identify.
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"An ache formed in his chest as he listened to the gentle rise and fall of Arya's breathing. It tormented him to be so close and yet be unable to approach her."
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"Well, be that as it may, these are reasons you give me, Eragon, and the heart rarely listens to reason. Do you fancy her or not?"
If he fancied her any more, Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself.
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"With a sigh of impatience, she tapped her bodice. "A dress is somewhat breezier than a pair of leggings, Eragon."
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You should tend to that before we set forth." She gave him no time to respond but grasped his paralyzed fingers and said, "Waise heill." An involuntary groan escaped him as his fingers popped back into their sockes, and his abraded tendons and crushed cartilage regained the fullness of their proper shapes, and as the flaps of skin hanging from his knuckles again covered the raw flesh below.
"Thank you," he said. It surprised him that she had taken the initiative when he was perfectly capable of healing his own wounds. Arya seemed embarrassed. Looking away, out over the plains, she said, "I am glad you were by my side today, Eragon."
"And you by mine."
She favored him with a quick, uncertain smile. They lingered on the hillock for another minute, neither of them eager to resume their journey.
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She gave him a wan smile. "And then you came, Eragon. You and Saphira. After hope had deserted me and I was about to be taken to Galbatorix in Uru'baen, a Rider appeared to rescue me. A Rider and dragon!"
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"Reaching out, Eragon placed his right hand over her left. "The stories about the heroes of old never mention that this is the price you pay when you grapple with the monsters of the dark and the monsters of the mind. Keep thinking about the gardens of Tialdari Hall, and I'm sure you will be fine." Arya permitted the contact between them to endure for almost a minute, a time not of heat or passion for Eragon, but rather of quiet companionship.
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He cherished her trust more than anything besides his bond with Saphira and he would sooner march into battle than endanger it."
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"Satisfied with what he had wrought, he handed the lily to Arya. "It's not a white rose but..." He smiled and shrugged. "You should not have," she said. "But I am glad you did." She caressed the underside of the blossom and lifted it to smell. The lines on her face eased. For several minutes, she admired the lily."
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"She spoke to Arya with the same tone of affection that, until then, she had reserved for Eragon, as if she now considered Arua part of their small family and worthy of the same regard and intimacy as they shared."
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"Walking over to Saphira, Arya placed a hand on Eragon's left leg and looked up at him with her slanted green eyes. "Accept this from me, Shur'tugal," she said. And he felt a surge of energy flow into him.
"Eka elrun ono," he murmured to her.
Also in the ancient language, she said, "Be careful, Eragon. I would not want to see you broken by Murtagh. I..." It seemed as if she were going to say more, but she hesitated, then removed her hand from his leg and retreated to stand by Blödhgarm."
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"You should not abandon your guards so lightly," Arya murmured in Eragon's left ear. She wrapped her sword arm around his waist and held him tightly as Saphira wheeled above the courtyard."
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"Better?" he asked as the spell finished its work.
"Better," Arya whispered, and favored him with a weak smile."
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"Arya staggered as if she had been hit. "Ah," she said. She gripped the back of the chair so hard, her knuckles turned white. Tears filled her slanted eyes, then spilled over onto her cheeks and coursed down her face. "Eragon." She reached out and grasped his shoulder, and almost by accident, he found himself holding her in his arms."

That is one of the reasons yes.


But you have been saying that they won't end up together.
And I have still not seen anything that can back it up =/


Thats it you ignorant bastard!! I know how it feels to truly love some one and I know the pain to lose her! We where together for two years!
I know how powefeul emotions can be. I do!


I know it just as well as you do if not better. The elves happens to be my favourite race in the IC. But luckley Eragon is more elf than human ^^


And your point being? Eragons dream and Angelas prphercy sugest more.
But the most important thing is Eragons feeling to Arya. He loves her.


Well, then I guess we agree on this part


if you only are talking about the two times when eragon was an imature jerk and lusted for her then yes. But ever since the end of Eldest he has moevd forward with her due to the fact that he has matured.


How would it complicate things? It dosn't matter if they where together or not, Eragon wouldstill sacrefise him self to help her. Every thing he would do for her when they are together he ould have done even when they werent. And if you have missed it Eragon has stoped being an imature guy.
He and Arya are alredy spending quality tome together without him doing something stupid. He wants to but he dosn't. Them being together would take their teamwork to the next step. And they can spend the free time doing what they want. Both of them can realax and let their feeling fly free when they get together. It also gives them a better future to figh for.


There is many difrent situations in a relationship. The point is that you go through them together.


And I agree. He is the one with the rider training


hahahaha
Honastly know... Where did you get the information that Arya would do that? And interview from CP or a gut feeling?
Arya is the person who has devoted her self fro the greater good of her people. Arya would go through the training and Eragon is mature enough to do it right. He even have Saphira and Glader in this matter. And as Eragon him self has said, he would NEVER do anything to jepordise her trust.
This quote speaks for it self:
He cherished her trust more than anything besides his bond with Saphira and he would sooner march into battle than endanger it


Eragon was short. But he was changed to an half elf remmber?
He didn't just get the speed and strenght, but also the shape of one.
And the two dragons in the skie does tends to sugest two dragon riders. No?


If you acctually read the book agian you will notice that it was a MAN crying on the beach. This kind of ruling out Arya being the one there since she is a WOMAN


*sigh*
You don't know much about the books or has it just been a while since you read them?
It was one male and one female. This rules out Eragon going with either Murtagh or Roran. No?

So? Just because you've been in a relationship doesn't mean you know anything and doesn't mean it was "true love." If it was than you would find any way to move to where she is or she would have done anything to stay there but that isn't the case. There is something that separated you two and it was for a reason. I've been in a 2 year relationship and I loved him a lot. I thought it was true love but it wasn't because we are no longer together. Also, how old did you say you were 19 0r something? That's not even an adult. I'm not saying that you haven't been through a lot but really. That's still basically a child.



Not really. He is still just a child and he is still immature and will not be really mature for a long while. And pretty much every time he has made a move on her it has been lustful and if it didn't work out for Romeo and Juliet it shouldn't work out with these two.



And that is exactly why it is a problem. Arya doesn't want him sacrificing himself for her and he shouldn't. What if he happened to die trying to protect her? Than there would literally be no one to oppose Galbatorix and than Arya would get to live knowing she has caused yet another death.



They don't exactly have time to go through relationship problems in the middle of a war.



Again he is still just a child and is not that mature. If he felt a surge of strong emotion there would not be anything to stop him from hitting on her as we have seen before. Saphira has tried to stop him and it never worked. Let's see. When he made the fairth of her she broke it and walked away. During the elven celebration she walked away. Another time when he did it she just walked away and avoided him for days. So enough said.



He's still short compared to elves.

I give up. I understand that you won't use any fact at all to back up what you think, so it would be best to ignore you so we don't start to hate eacothers.

On topic.

Actions, feelings, interviews and choices speaks more than a dream.

This can't be ignored
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Arya looked at him. Eragon met her gaze, and something lurched within him. He flushed without knowing why, feeling a sudden connection with her, a sense that she understood him better than anyone other than Saphira. His reaction confused him, for no one had affected him in that manner before.

Throughout the rest of the day, all Eragon had to do was think back on that moment to make himself smile and set his insides churning with a mixture of odd sensations he could not identify.
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"An ache formed in his chest as he listened to the gentle rise and fall of Arya's breathing. It tormented him to be so close and yet be unable to approach her."
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"Well, be that as it may, these are reasons you give me, Eragon, and the heart rarely listens to reason. Do you fancy her or not?"
If he fancied her any more, Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself.
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You should tend to that before we set forth." She gave him no time to respond but grasped his paralyzed fingers and said, "Waise heill." An involuntary groan escaped him as his fingers popped back into their sockes, and his abraded tendons and crushed cartilage regained the fullness of their proper shapes, and as the flaps of skin hanging from his knuckles again covered the raw flesh below.
"Thank you," he said. It surprised him that she had taken the initiative when he was perfectly capable of healing his own wounds. Arya seemed embarrassed. Looking away, out over the plains, she said, "I am glad you were by my side today, Eragon."
"And you by mine."
She favored him with a quick, uncertain smile. They lingered on the hillock for another minute, neither of them eager to resume their journey.
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She gave him a wan smile. "And then you came, Eragon. You and Saphira. After hope had deserted me and I was about to be taken to Galbatorix in Uru'baen, a Rider appeared to rescue me. A Rider and dragon!"
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"Reaching out, Eragon placed his right hand over her left. "The stories about the heroes of old never mention that this is the price you pay when you grapple with the monsters of the dark and the monsters of the mind. Keep thinking about the gardens of Tialdari Hall, and I'm sure you will be fine." Arya permitted the contact between them to endure for almost a minute, a time not of heat or passion for Eragon, but rather of quiet companionship.
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He cherished her trust more than anything besides his bond with Saphira and he would sooner march into battle than endanger it."
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"Satisfied with what he had wrought, he handed the lily to Arya. "It's not a white rose but..." He smiled and shrugged. "You should not have," she said. "But I am glad you did." She caressed the underside of the blossom and lifted it to smell. The lines on her face eased. For several minutes, she admired the lily."
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"She spoke to Arya with the same tone of affection that, until then, she had reserved for Eragon, as if she now considered Arua part of their small family and worthy of the same regard and intimacy as they shared."
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"Walking over to Saphira, Arya placed a hand on Eragon's left leg and looked up at him with her slanted green eyes. "Accept this from me, Shur'tugal," she said. And he felt a surge of energy flow into him.
"Eka elrun ono," he murmured to her.
Also in the ancient language, she said, "Be careful, Eragon. I would not want to see you broken by Murtagh. I..." It seemed as if she were going to say more, but she hesitated, then removed her hand from his leg and retreated to stand by Blödhgarm."
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"You should not abandon your guards so lightly," Arya murmured in Eragon's left ear. She wrapped her sword arm around his waist and held him tightly as Saphira wheeled above the courtyard."
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"Better?" he asked as the spell finished its work.
"Better," Arya whispered, and favored him with a weak smile."
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"Arya staggered as if she had been hit. "Ah," she said. She gripped the back of the chair so hard, her knuckles turned white. Tears filled her slanted eyes, then spilled over onto her cheeks and coursed down her face. "Eragon." She reached out and grasped his shoulder, and almost by accident, he found himself holding her in his arms."
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CP: And one of the nice things about their (Roran and Katrina's) relationship is when the series begins and when we first start seeing scenes from Roran's point of view in Eldest, he's already courted Katrina, he's already won Katrina and we don't need to see them going through that. They already have a relationship. Of course when he rescues her then in this book (Brisingr), it's just sort of a confirmation of what they both already knew. So I get to show a kind of different relationship with them then exists between say, Eragon and Arya, who are just sort of dancing around each other.
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"However it is done, we must ensure (Eragon's) safe return....."
Arya knelt and, to Nasuada’s surprise, began to unlace and retie the upright sections of her boots. Holding one of the cords between her teeth, Arya said, "Saphira, where exactly was Eragon when you last touched his mind?"
In the entrance to Helgrind.
"And have you any idea what path he intended to follow?"
He did not yet know himself.
Springing to her feet, Arya said, "Then I shall have to look everywhere I can."
Like a deer, she bounded forward and ran across the clearing, vanishing among the tents beyond as she sped northward as fast and light as the wind itself.
"Arya, no!" shouted Nasuada, but the elf was already gone.

Ignore this then. This is CP confirming the AxE relationship.

CP: And one of the nice things about their (Roran and Katrina's) relationship is when the series begins and when we first start seeing scenes from Roran's point of view in Eldest, he's already courted Katrina, he's already won Katrina and we don't need to see them going through that. They already have a relationship. Of course when he rescues her then in this book (Brisingr), it's just sort of a confirmation of what they both already knew. So I get to show a kind of different relationship with them then exists between say, Eragon and Arya, who are just sort of dancing around each other.