Alas a llama's right about the whole inheriting goodness or evilness thing. Brom was always Eragon's father. The series is titled Inheritance because Murtagh and Eragon have inherited their fathers' positions, Murtagh being Galby's right hand man and Eragon essentially leading the Varden. It's also why Saphira is named after Brom's dragon. It's also the reason Brom was hanging out in a small village instead of doing something useful for all those years. The whole Morzan thing was just to give Eragon something else to angst about at the most inopportune time, and to make the "big reveal" so much more "emotional". Epic fail.
That being said, it's probably the only thing in Brisingr that Paolini planned from the beginning. Which is why the rest of the book has no plot. The rest of Brisingr is about trying to force Orik, Eragon, Narasuda, and Roran to do what they're supposed to. Because, in the previous volumes, they haven't really shown much in the way of leadership skills. But they're supposed to be leaders... So in Brisingr, Paolini's trying to prove to the reader that his characters are Awesome. So Awesome that people will do whatever they say. *headdesk*
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Date: 2010-06-29 02:10 pm (UTC)That being said, it's probably the only thing in Brisingr that Paolini planned from the beginning. Which is why the rest of the book has no plot. The rest of Brisingr is about trying to force Orik, Eragon, Narasuda, and Roran to do what they're supposed to. Because, in the previous volumes, they haven't really shown much in the way of leadership skills. But they're supposed to be leaders... So in Brisingr, Paolini's trying to prove to the reader that his characters are Awesome. So Awesome that people will do whatever they say. *headdesk*