Note 4

Travel after that to another nearby village
-they are on alert, but still give up supplies for money
-set off to port of Teirm, as they discover that they can trace the Ra'zac by shipments of a special oil that is expensive and very useful for assassination.
-on way there, Eragon tries to fly Saphira for first time, enjoyed it very much
-by time they reach port city, Eragon is toned: skilled in magic and swordsmanship, can even beat Brom from time to time
-Saphira hides elsewhere to avoid being seen, Brom goes in and finds an old friend
-plans are laid out to see what they can do to find the shipment records of the oil.

New character: Johad, friend of Brom. Wealthy merchant, but lately an unknown force is destroying all merchant ships. Has history with Brom, but so far they have only talked about it in a secretive manner, using vague terms that could be anything.

Note 3

-Brom joins Eragon on journey to kill Ra'zac
-Eragon doesn't trust him completely, he knows so much but not willing to tell, possible servant of evil emperor, but Saphira trusts him
-Saddle made for Saphira
-Brom starts sparing with Eragon, teaching him sword skills. Brom beats Eragon easily.
-Brom hands over Zar'roc (Dragon Rider's sword, name unknown)
-Traveling, comes to village, buys horses, cross plains
-Reach Yazuac at other side of plains, find it destroyed and pillage by a large band of Urgals (rarely gather in numbers bigger than a score - 20ish)
-Either backguards or deserters (Urgal) attack them, Brom gets a slash on the arm while fighting off 3, Eragon lures them away, but runs to dead end
-Saphira too far off to help, she was told to stay away in case villagers saw her
-Unintentionally casts magic, killing all 3, but Eragon faints afterwards
-After leaving village, Brom explains that all Dragon Riders can use magic, but only with training, as using too much at one time will kill anyone. Starts basic magic training, taught words of the ancient language (only true pure language that all living things understand)
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Note 2

-Roran, Eragon's cousin decides to go out of town to work, Eragon doesn't want him to go
Past: Eragon's mother came back to village in fine clothes and pregnant, gives birth and begs Garrow, her brother to raise him(Eragon) and leaves village.
-Saphira grows bigger, and their relationship develops. She can now speak to him in Eragon's language, and often spend time together talking.
-Strangers appear, asking about the egg. Sloan, the village butcher rats out on Eragon, (bad relationship in the past) and Eragon runs, but as soon as Saphira hears of the stranger's physical description, hurls Eragon on her back and flies far away, calling them murderers and enemies
-When they come back, Eragon finds the farm destroyed, and his Uncle dieing under the rubble.
-Furious, he vows to kill the Ra'zac (the strangers) and sets off on a journey to hunt them down
-Brom the storyteller joins them, as he is a storyteller and this is a story that he could not miss.
he also has extensive knowledge of dragons and other things.

New protagonist: Brom - storyteller? has great knowledge of dragons
New antagonists: the Ra'zac demons in human form, has great strength and agility, but can not use magic

Note 1

-Eragon, Saphira(dragon) protagonist
-Antagonist, unknown at this point, possibly Shades and evil king
-setting rural/medieval, farming, blacksmiths, traveling merchants
fall/winter time in a little town in the mountains
-mystical, common folk there is magic (don't have it themselves), Dragon Riders existed

starts off with prologue, elves attacked by a Shade and Urgals who are after item that elf has
elves die, but item is magically transported away before they could get it

-switches to Eragon, who is hunting and finds the item, a big blue sapphire colored stone, returns home and intends to sell to traveling merchants
-they don't know what it is however, and can't get price, as well since it appears magical they don't want it
-same night, dragon hatches from stone, and a "link" is forged between Eragon and the dragon
-raises dragon in private, as the king hunted down all dragons that were not loyal to him to prevent being overthrown
-goes to story teller Brom to find out more about dragons, and picks up the name Saphira, which Eragon gives to the dragon.