Seasons in Eragon?
This is being done from memory of the books since I can't be arsed to re-read them (or, in the case of Brickinger, actually read the damn thing)
Are there even any seasons in Alawhatsit?
For that matter, are dragons reptiles and how do they deal with winter?
Are there even any seasons in Alawhatsit?
For that matter, are dragons reptiles and how do they deal with winter?
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2. This is one of those 'despite the fact it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck it isn't a duck'.
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Silly, you can't expect internal consistency in an Eragon book!
Those first couple of scenes are about the only concession to the seasons in the whole book (I've not read the others). After Eragon and Brom go on the run, the issue is never mentioned again - even though they're now on the run.
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He decided to make it the beginning of winter and then forgot about it because clearly people will be more interested in Eragon's uninteresting adventures to notice that it is not winter.
FAIL PAO-PAO, EPIC FAIL.
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I'm pretty sure that Tolkien was very aware of what time it was when all the events were taking place. He mentions some dates and moon phases and stuff, and you can find all those "the fellowship was here on this date" maps. So, he knew what season it was, I just can't remember how much it affected the story (except when the hobbits were concerned near the beginning about starting during winter because it would be cold).
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In fact, isn't most of the following year mapped out in a timeline?
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I remember well because Eragon was an idiot and let a BABY DRAGON fend for itself in the cold snow. *eyeroll* Animal cruelty. That's what Inheritance is about.
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He changed tack.*I’m going to freeze unless you make me a
shelter or hollow so I can stay warm. Even a pile of pine needles and branches would do.*
She seemed relieved that he had stopped interrogating her.*There is no need. I will curl around you and cover you with my wings-the fire inside me will stay the cold.*
So yeah. She's. . .got a little captain in her, or something.
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"Even Saphira took a sip of mead, and finding that she liked it, the dwarves rolled out a whole barrel for her. Delicately lowering her mighty jaws through the cask’s open end, she drained it with three long draughts, then tilted her head toward the ceiling and belched a giant tongue of flame. It took several minutes for Eragon to convince the dwarves that it was safe to approach her again, but once he did, they brought her another barrel-overriding the cook’s protests-and watched with amazement as she emptied it as well."
"As Saphira became increasingly inebriated, her emotions and thoughts washed through Eragon with more and more force. It became difficult for him to rely upon the input of his own senses: her vision began to slip over his own, blurring movement and changing colors. Even the odors he smelled shifted at times, becoming sharper, more pungent."
Yes. Yes she is. ;D
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