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Eragon is a high fantasy novel and the first novel in the [[Inheritance Cycle]], published on August 26th, 2003, though first self published in 2002 by the Paolini family.  It was written by [[Christopher Paolini]].  The story follows Eragon, the early stages of him being a Dragon Rider, and his adventures around the fictional land of Alagaesia.

'''Eragon''' is a high fantasy novel and the first novel in the [[Inheritance Cycle]], published on August 26, 2003, though first self published in 2002 by the Paolini family.  It was written by [[Christopher Paolini]].  The story follows Eragon, the early stages of him being a Dragon Rider, and his adventures around the fictional land of Alagaesia.

== History ==

== History ==

Later one night, the egg starts making weird noises, waking Eragon up.  Eventually the egg hatches and a baby dragon comes out.  Eragon wearily touches the dragon, which makes a strange white mark on his palm.  He keeps the dragon secret, hiding it in the forest, feeding it food.  He even goes to the town story teller named Brom, who, when asked, tells Eragon all about dragons and the Dragon Riders.  As the dragon grows up, Eragon learns that he has a telepathic connection to it.  He eventually names it Saphira, when it turns out to be a she.  While the dragon is growing up, his cousin Roran goes to a neighboring village to work there so that he can support his love Katrina, who is the daughter of Sloan.

Later one night, the egg starts making weird noises, waking Eragon up.  Eventually the egg hatches and a baby dragon comes out.  Eragon wearily touches the dragon, which makes a strange white mark on his palm.  He keeps the dragon secret, hiding it in the forest, feeding it food.  He even goes to the town story teller named Brom, who, when asked, tells Eragon all about dragons and the Dragon Riders.  As the dragon grows up, Eragon learns that he has a telepathic connection to it.  He eventually names it Saphira, when it turns out to be a she.  While the dragon is growing up, his cousin Roran goes to a neighboring village to work there so that he can support his love Katrina, who is the daughter of Sloan.

One day, two hooded figures come into the village, wanting the blue egg that Eragon found.  Saphira kidnaps Eragon by flying off with him when she senses danger from the hooded figures.  They land in a clearing, and when they do, Eragon finds that his legs have been stripped of skin by Saphira's scales.  Since it is night, she covers him with her wing, and they go to sleep together.  The next morning, they go back to the house where they fined it destroyed.  Eragon finds Garrow's body, and ties him to a piece of wood, which he tries to drag to the village.  On the way there, Brom finds him as he passes out.  As he is passed out, he has a dream which is a possible reference to the end of [[Inheritance (book) |Inheritance]].

One day, two hooded figures come into the village, wanting the blue egg that Eragon found.  Saphira kidnaps Eragon by flying off with him when she senses danger from the hooded figures.  They land in a clearing, and when they do, Eragon finds that his legs have been stripped of skin by Saphira's scales.  Since it is night, she covers him with her wing, and they go to sleep together.  The next morning, they go back to the house where they fined it destroyed.  Eragon finds Garrow's body, and ties him to a piece of wood, which he tries to drag to the village.  On the way there, Brom finds him as he passes out.  As he is passed out, he has a dream which is a possible reference to the end of [[Inheritance (book)|Inheritance]].

Eragon wakes up, and he is being cured by the village's nurse named Gertrude.  They go to Horst's house where Garrow is being tended to.  Eragon stays, and over the night Garrow dies.  He overhears Horst and his wife talking about letting Eragon stay with them, and with that, Eragon decides to go away after his uncle's killers.

Eragon wakes up, and he is being cured by the village's nurse named Gertrude.  They go to Horst's house where Garrow is being tended to.  Eragon stays, and over the night Garrow dies.  He overhears Horst and his wife talking about letting Eragon stay with them, and with that, Eragon decides to go away after his uncle's killers.

In 2006, an adaptation of the book was made and was directed by Stefan Fangmeier.  There was a lot of scenes and details either deleted and changed, making it a loose adaptation at best.  It was supposed to be the first film in the Inheritance Film Trilogy (before the book series was split into four parts), but no announcemnt has been made about any future adaptations.  It grossed $249,488,115 worldwide, $75,030,163 domestic, compared to a $100 million dollar budget.  It currently has a 16% critical ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 5.1 rating on IMDb. Christopher Paolini stated that he enjoyed the film.

In 2006, an adaptation of the book was made and was directed by Stefan Fangmeier.  There was a lot of scenes and details either deleted and changed, making it a loose adaptation at best.  It was supposed to be the first film in the Inheritance Film Trilogy (before the book series was split into four parts), but no announcemnt has been made about any future adaptations.  It grossed $249,488,115 worldwide, $75,030,163 domestic, compared to a $100 million dollar budget.  It currently has a 16% critical ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 5.1 rating on IMDb. Christopher Paolini stated that he enjoyed the film.

A video game was released on November 17th, 2006, by Vivendi Universal Games, and was based on the movie and the book.  The video game currently has a 2.5 rating on Metacritic.

A video game was released on November 17, 2006, by Vivendi Universal Games, and was based on the movie and the book.  The video game currently has a 2.5 rating on Metacritic.

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