I don't think they are just because Murtagh and Thorn let Eragon and Saphira go free and he just took Eragons weapon...I only think that they attacked Eragon and Saphira because of Gablys orders to capture them.

THEY ARE EVIL POWERCRAZY EVIL MANIACS THAT ARE EVIL

no they are not. Galbitorix knows Murtagh and thorn's true names and can control them. They don't want to do it but they have to. rememeber at the end of book two when he was able to walk away because he tried to capture eragon. He wasn't disobeying Galby's orders nore was he obeying them.

I also agree with him /\ because Murtagh and Thorn aren't evil...they just didn't save Eragon's and Saphira's life...he saved almost all of the Varden.

Murtagh isn't evil, hes being controled.

Maybe.... They could turn good in the last minute...

That is so true. Murtagh /could/ be a Boromir like character, where he does foolish and "bad" things, but isn't bad at heart. ...

I just hope Murtagh won't meet the same fate as Boromir...

I realy hope that Murtagh is good because he's my favorite charector(sp?)
but right now I think he's neutral

i hope murtagh turns good. it would be so sad if he stayed bad or died.

Yes, it would be. But let's be pessimistic and expect the worst <.<; since it probably will happen.

hes evil because hes being controlled by dark magic but he really wants to help the varden

no they are not evil they swore themselves to Galbatorix.
you can't blame them. you would like to live too.

No I don't think they are evil, maybe misunderstood. They just try to find easy ways out that's all.

Everyone thinks they themselves are right and everyone who opposes them is wrong.

i say no. murtaghs not evil, neither is thorn. theyre being controlled. it said so in eldest.


i would vote no but its not letting me vote.

i got no clue about thorn but murtagh is probably not evil. it didnt say much aboout thorns feelings in eldest except baring its fangs in glee or something like that

It's probably silence from being around Shuikan.

i think theyre not evil coz which evil guy gets captured by his own side, evil??

yea, i mean it just wouldnt make sense if they were evil. and murtagh himself says that hes not evil. so this thread is pointless.

yea, but theres got 2 be a reason galby is evil b/c we all call him evil.

if he is trying to bring back the riders, why did he kill them in the first place?(yes i agree with you)

In the 2nd battle murtagh said that the old riders were fat and lazy and galby wants to create an
army of realy powerful riders or something.

ha, his very own army to rule alagaesia, yea, i get his idea.

Murtagh and his dragon aren't evil. They are just slightly confused and they are being controled. I honestly don't blame Murtagh for not breaking the promises he made to Galbatorix in the ancient language.

I don't think that murtagh or thorn are evil. Murtagh is being controled by Galbatorix. Thorn thinks that the varden, eragon and saphira are evil and that the empire are good.

i dnt think they r intentionally evil i think if they had a choice they would both be on eragon's side but thn agen considerin wot murtagh sed to eragon jus b4 he left i dnt no............ mayb if murtagh gets free from galby he will side wiv eragon cos he likes nusada but thts a big if....... he could die in the nxt book tho, mayb....................

I think they could be evil because if Galby knows their true names then they are completely dominated by galby so yes. they are evil

actually there is. i think that he is good b/c he spared eragon(thank goodness) and who gets captured by there own side? maybe they are evil but i bet if murtagh had a choice it would be the varden and eragons side.

They aren't evil. Galbatorix (who I would like to say a few things about that I can't post) has them under oath buy the AL. So they have to do what he says. He doesn't want to kill Eragon & Saphira. That is why he took a loop hole in his oath and spared Eragon & Saphira.

i think they would rather be good, but because of the fact that galby made them swear loyalty to him, they are forced to be "evil".

I believe that Thorn and Murtagh are evil, I think that Galbotorix is making them look evil. They have no free will. No choice of what they want to do so how can you be blamed for something u didnt choose.

Morality only exists where free will exists (if one is a determinist, than you cannot have any moral views of relevance, because there are no moral choices.) Murtagh and Thorn aren't evil, end of story.