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I think Eragon's true name has changed only once (maybe twice, im stiill undecided) and at different times then you expect.

For sure: Not during Blood-Oath ceremony, but during his stay in Ellesmere. All following quotes are from Eldest:
Pg. 392 'He devoured texts of Geography, biology, anatomy, philospophy, as well as memoirs, biographies, and histories. More important than mere facts was his introduction to alternative ways of thinking. They challenged his beliefs and forced him to reexamine his assumptions about everything from the rights of an individual within society to what caused the sun to move across the sky'
Pg. 435. Arya - "Forgive me. You are not the person I first met in gil'ead"
Pg. 457. Saphira - Ah, Eragon, you have changed much since we left Palancar valley. You would not recognize the untested boy who first set out for vengeance, I think. That Eragon could not have written a lay after the style of the elves. I look forward to seeing who you become in the next fifty or hundred years.
Pg. 555. Eragon - 'I leave here a changed man, he thought, and closed his eyes, clinging to Saphira.'
Pg. 656. You have grown wise, observed Saphira. Wise? He shook his head. No, i've just learned how to think.
^epic text...

The other instant is when Oromis and Glaedr die. I think this is so because they are now the last free rider, moving up to the older generation(kinda).




Anybody agree???

It is likely that his true name would change it also might change in the future like when he kills Galby however I can't see how this changing of his name will affect the plot of the book.

No real point, just a bunch of people think his name has changed a bunch(getting saphira, defeating durza, being released from durza's affliction... etc) were as i think his name has only changed once (staying in ellesmere)... maybe twice.

awwww not a bad thought but his nature itself hasnt changed enough(he did say that it had to be a good bit). just because he has a new perspective doesnt mean his nature has changed.

maybe he will stop loving arya and it will change his true name

I think in that case it is more likely that something big enough to change his true name might also be big enough to change his love of Arya. CP could make it humorous and make it so that same thing made Arya love Eragon even though he would no longer care for her.

then arya would pout through the final battle.

Seriously Eragon is not going to stop loving Arya.

why not? Arya could do something that completely changes his opinion of her like Murtagh did when he killed the slave trader.

Sure it's possible, but why would CP do that? He knows his readers are counting on Eragon and Arya getting together.

You speak for everyone? I'm sure some people would loathe them getting together.

why

Ask them not me I don't know why some people hold certain opinion. I do think it's arrogant for you to assume that everyone else has the same opinion as you.

Sorry AL. I just don't understand why anybody would not want them to get together. If you have any ideas on why they shouldn't get together I'd love to here them. I really am sorry about sounding arrogant.

Sorry AL. I just don't understand why anybody would not want them to get together. If you have any ideas on why they shouldn't get together I'd love to here them. I really am sorry about sounding arrogant.

Nice double posting. My nickname is AC not AL sorry just trying to help you prevent the mistake again in future. Personally I think that Arya is the most obvious choice for Eragon to choose as a mate the only other people you could even consider are Angela (which would be weird), trianna (which would go against Saphira's wishes) or Nasauda (which which would be unbelievably awkward). I said as a mate because elves don't practice marriage. I don't think that this will happen during the last book because:

1.The books already has a lot to fit in.
2. Eragon is still very young and inexperienced and has not been a rider during times of peace yet.
3. Eragon has a huge amount of responsibility already.
4. It may make it seem like the last rider favours the elves not good for the riders politically who are supposed to keep balance equally. (could argue that this wouldn't be so as he is already good friends with the dwarven kings orik and the likely future human rulers).
5. If Arya was the next rider the training could be incredibly awkward.
6. Eragon won't be able to spend much time with Arya because of his and her other duties.

Sorry AC. I must have been thinking ancient language. Eragon can't marry Nasuada, Trianna, or Angela because they are not immortal. He can't mate with another elf because he doesn't know any besides Arya, and its a little late for CP to introduce a new character.

Your falling back on the 'there's no one else for him to have as a mate' and making the assumption that he will have a mate at all. The book never says either of these things.

Sure he might not mate or marry, but it is more likely that he will.

May I point out that Angela is in fact most likely immortal? She hints at the possibility when Nasuada says something like come on Angela, you can't be that old and Angela chastises her for not having the sense even after she's been around Arya for so long.

Also, I don't see the point of this thread. Just saying. If his true name changed at any point during the cycle so far it wouldn't change anything, so why postulate about something so pointless?

I'm not really sure how this got so off topic anyway. I still think Eragon will mate with Arya.

Has anyone thought of the possibility that eragon might marry nasuada?

or an even crazier thought: remember when Oromis said that an elf can change their form? What if eragon changed himself into a dragon and became saphira's mate? they love eachother so much, and eragon technically is older than her. And they are always together. It could happen!! i think it might happen.

well, it was just an idea. It might happen, and true. I did forget about the werecat.

If eragon changes his name, he could possibly change his future too and not have to leave alagaesia, right?

yeah, thats kinda what i was thinking too.

maybe a huge volcano erupts from galbatorix's anger and sinks all of alagaesia. he would be forced to leave, and then everyone would too.

there's mountains, though, maybe there could be at least one. Besides, with magic, you can do anythng.

Not to mention the volcano would have to be huge to cover the entirety of Alagaesia in soot.

well, maybe more than one??

But then how exactly would eragon leave? would he just leave while the land is there, or would he have to wait for a catastrophie?

But Arya did not yet consent to be with him. Think she will change her mind?

true love works in mysterious ways...

that is true too. At least they can be together forever.

yeah, i know that, but still. Who else can eragon marry that's immortal? If he just marries some random immortal woman, he might not love her like he loves arya. He practically falls hed over heels for her and would dop anything. At least they should stay friends. If he ever got a chance to be with a girl like her, he'd take that chance.

yeah. i guess so. And she also said before that she liked one of hte elves she was traveling with. Fao'lin, I think or something like that. She liked him, but was sad when he got killed. I think they had something and eragon reminds her of him and she is partially afraid to get to know him and is afraid to lose him if she gets too close. The age thing is the biggest contributing factor, though. But I think it is still an option to consider.

Do you think that Faolin and Arya could have been spouses? Not married, but maybe they wanted to be? (If elves have weddings...)

well, that's nice. At least there's no commitment. lol

they were madde for eachother. Maybe that's why Faolin died, so eragon could get a go at her. lol, he loves her.

He should have a chance to marry someone who he knows and is immortal just like he is, for any mortal woman would die and he would have to re-marry again and again. That would be horrible.

well, he also felt sorry for her because she was dying. I wouldn't care if i saw a hot guy lying in a cell dying. Course id wanna help. (that's just if that happened...)

After he got to know her, he also liked her for who she was.

He saw that she was hurt and wanted to help because she was almost dying. He didn't even realise how beautiful she was until he actually saw her for real. He noticed, btu he was to concern to really care about it for a moment.

"eragon's true name changing"

All y'all, can you give the "no, i'm right" "no, you're wrong, I'm right" thing a rest? Or I'm going to be more drastic. Seriously, none of this matters.

And by giving it a rest, I mean actually discuss the books instead of each other, and stop going in the "no, I'm right" loops. It frustrates me, it frustrates other people who want to discuss this stuff seriously, and it makes you look rather immature.

Sorry if I sound harsh.. I'm losing my patience.

lol okay. well, if his name does change, it would probably be to something of great importance. It could be the name of the next book to.

What if it is so simple that even galby didn't think of it because it was like one word or something... That would be cool.

It can't be brisingr because he had no reaction to it when people said it before... I think that it might be more of a less common word, one that the elves rarely use... maybe the name of the first dragon, because they never say the name.

That would be a good name, but personally, I think it is longer, but i could be wrong.

maybe it could be all the elements in the ancient language. That would be cool, to have the name brisingr adurna deloi moi (i forgot what air was...)

my bad. I think I said move the earth. Soz. Anyway, you get the point. What if his name is the name of the unknown land?

this is actually a discussion of his true name changing... there are other topics on what his true name actually is.

Maybe its the name of soemone that he loves that it is his true name, but in the ancient language.