Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini.
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18 Facts About Eragon
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Eragon'sparents saw the final manuscript and in 2001 decided to self-publish Eragon; Paolini spent a year traveling around the United States promoting the novel.
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Eragon was the third-best-selling children's hardback book of 2003, and the second-best-selling paperback of 2005.
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Ancient language used by the elves in Eragon is based "almost entirely" on Old Norse, German, Anglo Saxon, and Russian myth.
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Landscape in Eragon is based on the "wild territory" of Paolini's home state, Montana.
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Eragon is a fifteen-year-old boy who has lived with his uncle Garrow and cousin Roran on a farm near the village of Carvahall, left there by his mother Selena after his birth.
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Eragon's fortune is told by the witch Angela, and her companion, the werecat Solembum, gives Eragon mysterious advice.
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Near Gil'ead, Eragon is captured and imprisoned in a jail that holds a female elf he had had recurring dreams about.
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Eragon is told by Ajihad that Murtagh failed to kill Durza, as the only way to kill a Shade is with a stab through the heart.
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Eragon meets Ajihad's daughter, Nasuada, and Ajihad's right-hand man, Jormundur.
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Eragon received generally mixed reviews and was criticized for its derivative nature.
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Eragon was the third best-selling children's hardback book of 2003, and the second best-selling children's paperback of 2005.
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Eragon grossed approximately $75 million in the United States and $173.
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Eragon was in release for seventeen weeks in the United States, opening on December 15,2006 and closing on April 9,2007.
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On July 25,2022, Variety reported that a live action television series adaptation of Eragon was in early development for Disney+, with Paolini serving as a co-writer on the series, and with Bert Salke executive producing.
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Video game adaptation of Eragon based primarily on the film, released in North America on November 14,2006.
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Protagonist Eragon sits on Saphira's back during these sections, and can be made to fire magic arrows.
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