Talk:Dragon Rider (Inheritance Cycle)

Wrong information
This says that human dragon riders come to resemble elves. This is wrong. Eragon came to resemble an elf because of magic done on him by the elves, but most do not. Brom does not look like an elf, and neither does murtagh. I would edit it but i just registered and still have no clue how to edit or create an article.

Human riders do take on some of the characteristics of elves. It is stated so in the first book But not to the etent of Eragon's transformation. Paolini hasnt not been consistent with his work. Maybe Brom lost his elvin-qaulities becuase he lost his dragon,who knws? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.73.120.50 (talk) 02:50, 26 November 2008 (UTC)


 * According to the books, it takes several years for this transformation to take place. Also, some riders change faster than others.  Brom only had his dragon for a short while before it was killed, so it is not surprising that he did not resemble an elf.


 *  Spinach Dip  08:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

That is not true. His information was accurate. Human riders DO come to resemble elves, but not entirely as eragon did. It says in the first book, Eragon, that he could hardly recognize himself. His ears did turn slightly pointed before the Blood-Oath ceremony, which is an obvious sign of an elf. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drewdaviper (talk • contribs) 22:50, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

'In Universe' Perspective
The article has a horrible 'in universe' perspective and needs to be cleaned up and properly cited.

I gave a first round of clean up but was overwhelmed.

Also- there is an inconsistency to the capitalization of the race names of Dragon, Elf, Dwarf and Human. I believe that since this article is about Paolini's text, the article should follow the format of the text from his novels. Does his text use capitals or is that completely random too?

Bid'daum
Is everybody sure that this is the name of Eragon's dragon? Because I could have sworn that the Queen said that use of Eragon's dragon's name was forbidden or something and that it was never confirmed.--Soccerguy1039 04:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The dragon whose name was forbidden was the dragon who signed the peace treaty (something like that). Jazz Band Member (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

The original eragon's dragon's name is forbidden to speak. I just read it in brisingr. —Preceding unsigned comment added by John67832 (talk • contribs) 11:40, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

youve got it mixed up. bid daum is the original eragon's dragon, the one who cant be named(they expressed it with various things he did during his life) signed the treaty. the confusion comes from them both being white dragons from the same point of time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.204.217 (talk) 01:06, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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