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Brom and Morzan become Dragon Riders under the guidance of Oromis and Glaedr. The rise of Galbatorix to the throne of Alagaësia. The young Arya as a human ambassador. Selena's acquaintance with Morzan and her role as the Black Hand. The birth of Murtagh and Nasuada. Ajihad is freed and seeks the Varden. Hefring steals Saphira's egg from the king. The love between Brom and Selena. The birth of Eragon. Angela and Solembum's prophecy. The story of Durza and the Ra’zac. Eragon meets his other half, Saphira.
I made an attempt to see our familiar heroes with fresh eyes. Lifting the curtain slightly—the one draped over them—I peeked behind it for a moment. And what I glimpsed truly left me breathless. What we knew about them was only the surface. Beneath lies a world of choices, regrets, and untold truths. Come, let’s live through these stories together for a while, reliving the heroes’ distant, glorious days. Let’s experience their moments of joy and sorrow, their anguish or wild passions. Let’s share in their thoughts, emotions, and hopes. Brom, Morzan, Oromis, Galbatorix, Selena, Ajihad, Eragon, Murtagh, Arya, and other heroes will come close to us for a time. -
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Leaving everything (almost everything) behind, can be very freeing.
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- Part 2 of For the King
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Orrin never chose to be king and he never really wanted to be one.
Galbatorix chose to be king and never should have been one.Threats turn to conversations and as it turns out, they have more in common than it might seem.
Certainly enough to break a cage and pull a mind from the dark.Series
- Part 1 of For the King
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won't make a dull promise by Beastrage
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
23 Aug 2025
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There is a world to be shaped after the death of Galbatorix and Shruikan means to shape it, as a used-to-be human reader turned dragon who rules the Empire that's conquered a continent.
It's everyone else's response to that which might get in the way.
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- Part 2 of here is my underbelly- SI Shruikan AU
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Ο Δάσκαλος της Ξιφασκίας by dragonriderofold
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
10 Aug 2025
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Τι θα είχε συμβεί αν ο Μέρταγκ δεν είχε μεγαλώσει στην Ουρου'μπαίην κι αν είχε από νωρίς γνωρίσει τη Ναζουάντα; Αν ο Άτζιχαντ είχε επιζήσει κι αν ο Έραγκον δεν είχε βιαστεί να εκμυστηρευτεί τον έρωτά του στην Άρυα; Αν ο Γκαλμπατόριξ είχε πιο ενεργό ρόλο στην πλοκή της Κληρονομιάς απ' ότι στα βιβλία; Τόσα κι άλλα τόσα μυστήρια θα προσπαθήσω να απαντηθούν σ' αυτή την ιστορία.
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The Fencing Master by dragonriderofold
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
26 Jun 2025
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What would have happened if Murtagh had not grown up in Urû’baen and had met Nasuada early on? If Ajihad had survived and if Eragon had not rushed to confess his love to Arya? If Galbatorix had taken a more active role in the Inheritance Cycle plot than in the books? These and many other mysteries I will try to answer in this story.
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The dragon's claw by ELFX_MALEFICX
Fandoms: Eragon (2006), The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
09 Jun 2025
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"What if Shruikan hadn’t died during the Battle of Urû’Baen?
And what if he wasn't as beyond saving as everyone believes?
Nearly a year has passed since Galbatorix's defeat, and Dwyr’de—a young victim of the tyrant’s cruelties—is trying to heal the wounds left by years of captivity, while also attempting to soothe the fire raging within the soul of the black dragon.
Haunted by ghosts of the past and mysterious returns, the ‘quiet life’ of the young half elf and the old dragon is about to be disrupted once more. -
A Tale of Crows And Dragons by Dinogirl2028
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
07 Jun 2025
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A criminal prodigy rising to power with a thirst for revenge
A Suli spy known as the Wraith
A Grisha Fabrikator living Barrel life as a sharpshooter
A Heartrender who uses magic to survive in the slums
A former Fjerdan Grisha hunter who has narrowly escaped death.
These are the people Eragon hires to win back a fourth Dragon egg, who no one had even realized was there. And in the bustling Kerch city of Ketterdam, trouble is brewing, and danger is around every corner. But sometimes, the monsters that lurk in the dark don’t get chased away for good. And sometimes, not every monster looks like a monster. The people of Alagaësia will learn that soon enough, and they are not prepared for the rising threat from Ketterdam.
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Inheritance Cycle Dragons [Art] by SirBananadragon
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
22 Mar 2025
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What it says on the tin.
Drawings made by me based on the cover art of the books, descriptions and my own interpretation (obviously).
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i will answer to- knife by Beastrage
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
19 Jan 2025
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Deep inside Shruikan, someone...remembers. A book about a boy named Eragon and the dragon he raised.
That someone also remembers that Shruikan is only a weapon, a tool, to the king claiming to be his Rider. A literal and metaphorical Dragon to the Big Evil of the series.He may be Shruikan now, but he's not going down without a fight.
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- Part 10 of wrong body, wrong world
- Part 1 of here is my underbelly- SI Shruikan AU
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It's difficult to fight a war if you're on your own side, instead of fighting for one of the two warring factions.
Galbatorix and Morzan see that a bit differently.
Much to everyone else's frustration.Series
- Part 4 of Dragonwing-effect
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One way or another by Light_Mare for SirBananadragon
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
22 Dec 2024
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Morzan fights Brom in Gil'ead and finds himself victim of a quite strange spell. Galbatorix goes rescue his love.
Credits to Umunschaas for the idea <3
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Let my Heart sleep next to Yours by SirBananadragon for Tonhalszendvics
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
15 Dec 2024
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Morzan doesn't die in Gil'ead. For a while, that doesn't change much, or so it seems. Then it suddenly changes a lot.
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Never leaving by SirBananadragon for Light_Mare
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
11 Nov 2024
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Morzan decides that if the Varden don't make a move, he'll just go to Uru-baen and take care of the mad king himself. Somehow.
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Thirty some years have passed since Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Brightscales left Alagaesia with a cohort of elves, eldunari, dragon eggs, and his brother Murtagh with his dragon Thorn to rebuild the Riders from the ground up.
But when a suspiciously timed assasination attempt of both Queen Arya and Nasuada is foiled thanks to increasingly cryptic visions by Eragon and Murtagh . Their prescence is demanded back the snaking courts of Illiria and Ellesmera. Ugly age old plots rear their heads for the first time, zealous remnants of tyrants past plot the overthrow of the status quo. While the slow moving courts of the Elves picks up the speed of their schemes at a frightening pace. Two brothers for two courts. Slowly and inexorably, Eragon and Murtagh must uncover a plot older than the time of Galbatorixes reign as High King while navigating predatory lords, ancient foes, and a rapidly changing & dangerous political landscape.
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Eragon's New Beginning by thunder20
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
02 Oct 2024
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Having 'defeated' Galbatorix, yet losing himself in the battle, Eragon is willing to give up on life. He has nothing left to live for with the loss of Saphira, his mate Arya, and their unborn child.
The Eldunari have other plans.
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Their return to Alagaesia is inevitable. But they can take a bit of a break first. Before they go and break some bones.
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- Part 3 of Dragonwing-effect
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80 years later, things are looking up for Galbatorix. At least in his political career.
Morzan isn't even sure where up and down is anymore.Even with things changed, fate is stubborn and just wants some stuff to happen.
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- Part 2 of Dragonwing-effect
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I Will Worship You by maleficstardustdragon
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
09 May 2024
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{Morzan is dead. Shruikan eats a Varden sympathizer. Galbatorix hasn't slept in days.}
Another lord knelt before his corpse, whispering a blessing of peace to any and every god on Morzan’s behalf. When Galbatorix knew damn well this man was celebrating his death in private. He only needed to brush his mind over his to confirm the suspicion.
Lord what’s-his-name flinched when with a snap of Galbatorix’s fingers the golden doors slammed shut. “My liege…?” he stood, turning to the king.Galbatorix crossed his legs, glancing between the guest and his great black dragon thoughtfully as he lifted his glass of wine to his lips.
“Shruikan, are you hungry?” Galbatorix answered for him as Shruikan woke, stretching his spine like a cat as he shifted onto his feet, while their visitor made a run uselessly to the doors, “Oh, Shruikan’s always hungry.” He was easier to motivate that way. -
Dragonwing-effect by SirBananadragon
Fandoms: The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
19 Apr 2024
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The council refuses to give Galbatorix a new dragon.
Being a good friend, Morzan decides he has to do it himself then.Series
- Part 1 of Dragonwing-effect