Eragon: Chapter Seven: A Name of Power

[pangolin20]

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Kerlois: A good day, and welcome back to Eragon.

I would like to add a point for No-Wave Feminism for the previous chapter, where Brom immediately assumes that the trader is a man. Yes, we have not exactly seen female traders, but we have not been told there are none of them either.

No-Wave Feminism: 31

S No-Wave Feminism: 37

And also this:

Shine Bright Like a Diamond: 5

S Shine Bright Like a Diamond: 5

And, as MasterGhandalf pointed out, “in town” could actually work in this context, so…

PPP: -1

S Continuity Fluidity: -1

And now I will leave the floor to Fumurti. *leaves*

*a Komodo dragon comes in, who’s busily tasting the air. Her scales are orange, with light-blue streaks.*

Fumurti: Good day, everyone! I’m one of the folks who will be doing Eragon, and you’ll see me in Eldest, too. I hope I can do this well, as it’s my first time ever, so… we’ll see.

Chapter Seven/Eight: A Name of Power

Hmm… I’ll have to come back to this at the end of the chapter, but suffice to say that I’m not seeing the point of this title.

We open on Eragon and Roran walking home. And right away, there’s a missing comma.

PPP: 145

S PPP: 195

Yes, I will be hard on these, since the Knopf edition had an extra editing pass, and some errors were cleared up.

Anyway, Roran says that “a stranger from Therinsford” was at Horst’s earlier that day. Eragon asks what “his” name was. Quite sexist of you to assume that it must have been a man, Eragon.

No-Wave Feminism: 32

S No-Wave Feminism: 38

He walks around a “patch of ice” and goes on at a “brisk pace”. His “cheeks and eyes burn[] from the cold.” (And what about his nose?) The self-published edition adds some more description. There’s a “cloud layer” filling the valley with “diffused light, making it seem that the sun had stopped in the sky.” The snow dampens all sound.

I have to say that the “sun has stopped in the sky” is a bit too dramatic for my taste. It also seems… off to me. It’s just too stilted for my tastes. Something like “creating the impression that the sun had stopped in the sky” would work better.

S PPP: 196

Roran identifies the man as “Dempton”, and says he came here “to have Horst forge him some sockets”. We get some description of Roran ploughing through a snow drift, which “clear[s] the way for Eragon”, so he’s walking in front of him.

Eragon asks if Therinsford doesn’t have it’s own smith. Roran says yes, but he “isn’t skilled enough.” The self-published edition capitalises the “but” here.

S PPP: 197

It also notes that he “stop[s] speaking”, which seems quite obvious to me.

S PPP: 198 (redundancy)

He glances at Eragon, and shrugs.

PPP: 146 (missing comma)

S PPP: 199

He explains that Dempton needs the sockets for “his mill.” He’s expanding it and offered Roran a job. If he accepts, he’ll leave with Dempton when the latter picks up the sockets. And this is so Roran can be shooed out of the plot for a while. Because after he leaves for Dempton, we won’t actually meet him again until chapter 4 of Eldest, which is more than a year later in-universe. It’s not a bad decision, per se, but I do think the timeskip hurts his plot.

Now we get some exposition on millers.

Get to the Point Already: 8

S Get to the Point Already: 13

We’re told they’re working all year, and in winter “they [grind] whatever people [bring] them”, but during the harvest they’re buying grain and selling it as flour. We’re told it’s “hard, dangerous work”, because the workers often lose “fingers or hands” to the millstones. Not that this is in any way relevant, because Roran will never actually work in the mill. It seems like it’s setting up a possible threat to Roran, but it just… doesn’t deliver.

PPP: 147

S PPP: 200

Eragon asks if Roran will tell Garrow. He says yes, and “[a] grimly amused smile play[s] across [his] face.”

Eragon asks what for, and he says that Roran “know[s] what he thinks about us going away.” He says that it “will only cause trouble” if Roran says anything, so he would best “forget about it so [they] can eat tonight’s dinner in peace.” Ah, great. More abuse. Not that this will ever be called out.

Look Away: 258

S Look Away: 265

Roran says he can’t, as he taking the job. Eragon stops. The self-published edition notes that he is “[p]uzzled and a little upset” as he asks why. They look at each other, and their breath makes clouds in the air. Eragon says that “money is hard to come by”, but they’ve always managed to survive, and Roran doesn’t have to leave.

And the references to money still don’t make much sense.

Connection Has Failed: 32

S Connection Has Failed: 38

Roran says (“calmly”, as the self-published edition says) that indeed he doesn’t, but the money is for himself. Note that he hasn’t answered Eragon’s question. He tries to go on walking, but Eragon “refuse[s] to budge.”

Okay, I have to explain what’s going on here. From the wording, I feel like Eragon is supposed to be unreasonable here, especially since the self-published edition notes that Roran stays calm. Only Roran is clearly being an ass here. Eragon is not unreasonable for wanting to know why he’s leaving! Okay, I’ll introduce yet another count, for yet another issue: Sparkly Damsel.

Sometimes, Paolini tries to have the “good” characters have flaws or to make them suffer. The only problem is that, often, it makes them seem unfairly maligned, or has them walk around with injuries they could have easily fixed. For points… I’d say one for here, and two for Eragon not being allowed a say when Brom yelled at him.

Sparkly Damsel: 3

S Sparkly Damsel: 3

Eragon “demand[s]” to know what Roran needs it for. Roran “straighten[s] [his] shoulders” and says that he wants to marry. Well, good on him, I guess. Not that this plot will come back until Eldest, but whatever.

Now… the next scene has been rewritten a lot, so I’ll do the self-published one first.

At Roran’s announcement, “[b]ewilderment and astonishment overwhelm[] Eragon.”

Paoclichés: 8

S Paoclichés: 12

He says that he remembered Roran and Katrina visiting when the traders were there, “but marriage?”. He says that he’s ferried “ardent messages” between them, but he’s never thought they’d get married. Yes, the previous sentence already told us that.

S PPP: 201

We get some italicised thoughts. He wonders about Roran having children, and then protests that he’s only “two years older” than him. He says that “[t]here isn’t some magical process that suddenly turned him into an adult!” He asks again how Roran can have a family, and how could he be a father?

S Get to the Point Already: 14 (does this add anything?)

S PPP: 202 (we have three sentences with the same content)

Good to see that Roran getting married merits a full-blown freakout, but Saphira hatching barely got any reaction. Really shows where his priorities are at.

He asks “weakly” if it’s Katrina, “just to confirm”. Roran nods. Eragon asks if he’s asked her. Roran says “not yet”, but he will in spring.

Eragon asks “why wait?”, which is a quite sensible question. After all, Sloan might, I don’t know, try to marry her to someone else, like happens in Eldest.

S Ill Logic: 102

Roran stomps his feet to warm them and says “with an embarrassed air” that the ground needs to thaw first. And why is he embarrassed, exactly? I don’t get it.

S Connection Has Failed: 39

Eragon is confused, and “let[s] his arms hang limply by his side.” He can only say the word “explain”.

So Roran does. He says that if she agrees to marry him, a home needs to be built “between then and the ceremony.” And whether it’s a new house or an addition to Garrow’s, they’ll still have “to sink beams into the ground.” And they can’t do that during winter. Well, then just wait with building the house until after winter. Come to think of it, if this plan would go through, he would be gone from Carvahall for quite some time without telling Katrina why, because he wants to “surprise” her. How very caring of Roran.

S Look Away: 270

S No-Wave Feminism: 43

Oh, and also, I think Eragon knows the bit about building a house very well already.

S PPP: 203 (as-you-know dialogue)

Eragon asks after the money, and Roran says he wants to “surprise her with it.” At the very least, they’ll “need to buy furniture”. What, can’t the town’s carpenter, Fisk, make it for you? Because if you need to “buy” it, you’re probably getting it from the traders. And why get it from them when there’s an actual carpenter?

S Ill Logic: 103

And yes, the answer is probably “because Paolini hadn’t thought of him yet”. Well, then he shouldn’t have put him in later. Simple as that.

He says that he thought it “would be a good idea to prepare.” And not a good idea to tell Katrina, apparently! No, I’m still not over that.

Eragon protests that “there’s too much work on the farm for [Roran] to leave now[.]” Like what? You finished the harvest weeks ago; what is keeping you so busy??

S Ill Logic: 108

He tells Roran to “[w]ait until spring” when they’ve “readied everything for the planting.” With a missing quotation mark.

S PPP: 204

But Eragon, then you’d be even more busy!

S Ill Logic: 109

I don’t mind him having an illogical reasoning, but not one that requires him to ignore basic facts about the operation of the farm that he’s spent his entire life on!

S PPP: 205 (OOC characterisation)

Roran says no, “laughing slightly” at Eragon’s foolishness. He can’t wait that long, he says. And, as he exposits, he’ll be needed the most in spring. The ground needs to be “furrowed and planted”, after all. I’m quite sure that should be “furrowed and sown”.

S PPP: 206

The crops need to be “weeded”, and there’s all the other chores. There’s “always work to be done”. He says that this time (early December) is the best for him to go, as all they’re really doing is “wait for the seasons to change”. He says that Eragon and Garrow can make do without him, and if all goes well, he’ll soon be back to work, “with a wife.” Yes, I am quite certain Eragon already knows this.

S PPP: 207 (as-you-know dialogue)

And, because this entire exchange could have been cut down:

S Get to the Point Already: 19

Now for the Knopf edition.

There is the same awful description of emotions.

Paoclichés: 9

This edition deletes most of the paragraph, though, leaving only the line about seeing them kiss. It also de-italicises “marriage”, which certainly helps. It also merges the next paragraph into this one.

So Eragon asks if he’s asked her, and he answers that he will in spring. This edition adds “when I can raise a house”, which neatly condenses the next paragraphs. Still, there’s this:

Ill Logic: 89

Look Away: 263

No-Wave Feminism: 37

In fact, this edition outright deletes the next few paragraphs, and skips right to Eragon protesting that Roran can’t leave. This is also condensed, with Eragon’s second line deleting the “spring” part.

Ill Logic: 95

PPP: 148

Roran again explains what Eragon already knows, with some changes. This edition deletes the “I can’t wait that long” line, and the line about “work always needing to be done”. It also uses “furrowed and sown” instead. So I was right about that! Still, it doesn’t remove the as-you-know dialogue.

PPP: 149

Anyway, Eragon “reluctantly concede[s]” that Roran’s making sense. He shakes his head, “but whether with amazement or anger, he [knows] not.” Good to see that Eragon doesn’t even know his own emotions! And I’d hope that he’s not angry at Roran for leaving! Yes, it could make sense that he hates that Roran’s leaving him alone with Garrow, and he’d be far from unjustified in that, but, as I will soon get into, I do not think that that is it.

The part about Eragon not knowing if it’s amazement or anger is also quite strange. Yes, he might genuinely be bad at identifying his emotions, but this is not exactly consistent, and this very chapter we saw him being able to identify them.

Continuity Fluidity: 75

S Continuity Fluidity: 96

Also, “he knew not” is waaaay too archaic for the rest of the book.

Forgot the Narrator: 12

S Forgot the Narrator: 14

He says that he can only wish Roran “the best of luck”, and he warns Roran that Garrow might take it “with ill humor.” Roran just says “we’ll see”. Urgh. More ignored abuse…

Well, they keep walking, “the silence a barrier between them”. “Eragon’s heart [is] disturbed”, and the self-published edition notes that he’s grumbling to himself. He says it “[will] take time” before he can look upon this “with favor.” When they arrive at home, Roran doesn’t immediately tell Garrow about this, though Eragon’s certain he will. The Knopf edition removes the “immediately”, which is quite confusing, as next chapter, he does tell Garrow, and that’s on the same day as this one.

Continuity Fluidity: 76

There’s a timeskip here, which is marked by a… horizontal line? In the self-published edition, at least. The Knopf edition just has a space.

Eragon goes to see Saphira for the first time since she’s talked to him. So he just didn’t come to her in the morning. Yes, I get that he’s scared, but he shouldn’t have done that! And he never apologises to her for running away as soon as she spoke to him. That won’t have made her feel bad at all!

Hell-Bound Partners: 70

S Hell-Bound Partners: 70

Look Away: 268

S Look Away: 275

What Dragons?: 206

S What Dragons?: 206

The self-published edition notes that he approaches “[w]ith trepidation” and “apprehensively”. That is a little redundant.

S PPP: 208

The Knopf edition deletes the first phrase. Why is he so scared, anyway? The only thing I can think of, other than “it is a new development”, is that he is afraid of what Saphira might say to him. And I can’t help but think that he’s afraid she might call out his mistreatment.

Hell-Bound Partners: 75

S Hell-Bound Partners: 75

Anyway, he is “aware now that it [is] an equal.” Well, at least he knows that she’s always been an equal.

Saphira says his name, and Eragon snaps “Is that all you can say?” Wow, Eragon. I get that you’re angry about Roran leaving, but don’t take it out on Saphira! And nope, no apologies for this.

Hell-Bound Partners: 76

S Hell-Bound Partners: 76

Look Away: 269

S Look Away: 276

And what are you even getting angry over? That Saphira has the audacity to only know one word? Then you should have taught her better! Also, to me, it seems that she’s greeting you. Are you really angry at that? I hate him!

Anyway, Saphira answers “yes” to that, in what I hope is her most sarcastic voice. Eragon finds this “unexpected”, as his eyes “widen[]” at it, and he sits down “roughly”. On what, I don’t know. He thinks this: Now it has a sense of humor. What next? Well, maybe next she’ll call you out on your treatment of her, as well she might! Just. The sheer contempt that’s dripping off his words: “Now it has a sense of humor.” Shouldn’t you be happy that’s she’s developing like this??

Hell-Bound Partners: 81

S Hell-Bound Partners: 81

Instead he looks almost angry that she dares to have humor. That’s only strengthened when he “impulsively” snaps a dead branch. Yep, definitely angry.

Look Away: 270

S Look Away: 277

The self-published edition adds that he “look[s] around darkly”, and both tell us that “Roran’s announcement ha[s] put him in a foul mood.” Would have been nice to be told earlier! Also, does anyone else get “wife-beater” vibes from this, especially from him “looking around darkly”? Great thing to associate with your protag.

Look Away: 271

S Look Away: 278

Now, Saphira sends out a “questioning thought”, so he tells her what’s happened. While he talks, his voice becomes louder and louder “until he [is] yelling pointlessly into the air.” He rants “until his emotions [are] spent”, and then punches the ground. Wow, very much emotion. Can we know what he’s ranting, by the way? Okay, then not.

What is he even angry at? My best guess is that it is Roran getting married, because that’s what he spent a significant bit of the chapter freaking out over earlier. And that… does not exactly feel great to me, as I get the feeling he’s jealous that Roran is into Katrina instead of him. I’ve also seen other reviewers note “jealous boyfriend” vibes here, so I guess that I am justified in noting this. That’s quite icky, though, since they’re cousins, and they consider themselves brothers, so lovely incest subtext there, Paolini!

Look Away: 281

S Look Away: 288

Yes, I’m quite certain he didn’t mean it this way, but someone should have caught this! And it won’t be the only case of this, either.

Eragon says “helplessly” that he just doesn’t want Roran to go. I think you’ve got your thoughts mixed up there, because I only heard you about his marriage before now. Saphira “watche[s] impassively, listening and learning.” And what is she learning, then? Or is this just a phrase that Paolini’s using without any regard for the context? Eragon mumbles “a few choice curses” and rubs his eyes. And then, emotion time is over. Just like that.

Paoclichés: 10

S Paoclichés: 13

PPP: 150 (there should be some kind of transition here)

S PPP: 209

He looks “thoughtfully” at Saphira, and says that she needs a name. He says that he heard “some interesting ones” that day, and maybe she’ll like one.

S PPP: 210 (comma splice)

He “mentally [runs]” through the list that Brom’s given him until he finds two names “that [strike] him as heroic, noble, and pleasing to the ear.” Sure they’ll be ~heroic~ and ~noble~. The self-published edition notes that it’s a “pleasant task” and that he “welcome[s] the diversion.”

Anyway, he offers her “Vanilor [and] his successor, Eridor”. He says that both were “great dragons.” And what great names they have! Vanilor is literally “Valinor” with two letters swapped!

A Better Commando Name: 9

Also, while we’re not told who they are here, the wiki says they were both leaders of the wild dragons. Not sure what that position would entail, but I guess they’d be the ambassador to the Riders or something.

I’ll also say, for convenience’s sake, that Eridor was the leader when the Fall of the Riders occurred. I mean, I would expect this list to have more names from recent times anyway.

Manual Patch Job: 44

S Manual Patch Job: 45

Oh, and Eridor was apparently green, which tracks with the colours I’d expect a wild dragon to have: green, brown, or black.

Saphira says “no” to these names, “sound[ing] amused with his efforts.” She says “Eragon” again.

Eragon rubs his chin, and says that that’s his name, and she can’t have it. Oh, and what about your name, Eragon? Why can you “have” Eragon I’s name, then? Isn’t the problem that it’d be very confusing, rather than names being some kind of inalienable property?

Ill Logic: 96

S Ill Logic: 110

He says that if she doesn’t like those, there’s others, so he continues through the list. Saphira rejects “everything he propose[s]”, though. Hey, Eragon, how about you try to figure out what kind of name she likes? Mind-linked partners, indeed.

Ill Logic: 97

S Ill Logic: 111

Also, the Knopf edition phrases this as “every one he proposed”, which isn’t exactly clearer, I must say.

PPP: 151

Saphira “seem[s] to be laughing” at something he doesn’t understand. Well, maybe it’s the fact that you’ve been consistently picking names without any idea of what she wants? But I guess you can’t fathom that she might be laughing at you. After all, what kind of laughable thing could you possibly be doing?

Ill Logic: 98

S Ill Logic: 112

In typical Eragon style, he literally ignores her and keeps on suggesting names, “sure that eventually [she] would find one [she] like[s].” What a caring partner.

Hell-Bound Partners: 86

S Hell-Bound Partners: 86

The Knopf edition deletes this last clause, by the way.

Eragon now suggests “Ingothold”, who killed some kind of creature. Because of course his qualification is being good at killing stuff.

Murdered by the Convocation: 6

S Murdered by the Convocation: 7

Then, he has a revelation: That’s the problem! I’ve been choosing male names. You are a she!

Noooo, really? What a utter twist! It’s only one of the most well-known facts about this book! But seriously, this is one of the more nonsensical things to do a twist about, because it’s, well, one of the things that people who’d read the book would probably already know.

PPP: 156

S PPP: 215

Also, this twist relies on the audience assuming that Saphira is male, which is what Eragon also does. And for someone like me, who does not immediately assume that the gender of people I don’t know, it doesn’t connect, either.

Connection Has Failed: 37

S Connection Has Failed: 43

And, to be clear, I really don’t like that this “plot twist” uses a sexist assumption as its basis. Very feminist, indeed.

No-Wave Feminism: 47

S No-Wave Feminism: 53

Saphira confirms this, and folds her wings “smugly.” I feel you, Saphira. Come to think of it, how did she know that all of these names were male? Does she know about these dragons…? Ah, this might be something that comes up later: the dragons’ “ancestral memories”. A very much underused concept, IMO, but it does explain why this has happened.

Manual Patch Job: 45

S Manual Patch Job: 46

Now Eragon “[knows] what to look for” (never mind that it’s still extremely broad), so he comes up with “half-a-dozen names” (the Knopf edition removes the hyphens). So you apparently had tons of male names, but only some six female names. This is beyond parody, really.

No-Wave Feminism: 48

S No-Wave Feminism: 54

The self-published edition notes that “some of them” “obviously” won’t work, but others are “worth considering”. And how does this process go? That might be worth seeing. Anyway, Eragon “toy[s] with Miremel”, but decides it doesn’t fit: “after all it was the name of a brown dragon.”

I think I know what’s going on here. Above, I listed green, brown, and black as colours that wild dragons could be expected to have. Now, there won’t be any nasty comments about green or black dragons, but all the more about brown dragons. I think that, somewhere during the Riders’ reign, brown became seen as a prototypical colour for wild dragons, and, as a result, brown dragons, wild or not, were discriminated against. That is the best explanation for this distaste, that we will see several times more.

RVMP: 42

S RVMP: 43

Yes, true, Eragon considered naming her after Vanilor or Eridor, who were also wild dragons, but they would probably be some of the most high-regarded ones, as they’d be dealing with the Riders on a regular basis. So this is just Eragon going “wild dragon, ewwwww”.

Oh, and the self-published edition misses a comma.

S PPP: 216

That edition goes on to say that “Opheila and Tanara [are] also discarded.” I presume by Eragon, but the wording is very vague. Turning to the names, Tanara is fine. Opheila, though… I can only think that it’s a typo for “Ophelia” that no one caught, because I can’t see this variant anywhere at all.

A Better Commando Name: 10

He almost picks “Lenora”, but again “the spirit of the name” doesn’t match Saphira. I don’t particularly see why Lenora wouldn’t fit, but whatever.

The Knopf edition condenses this, cutting out the latter bit, and just saying “Opheila and Lenora” were discarded.

Eragon “[is] about to give up” after this. Does it not occur to you that could think up a fitting name yourself, Eragon?

Ill Logic: 99

S Ill Logic: 113

Anyway, he remembers the name that Brom dramatically whispered. He likes it, but he wonders if Saphira will. He asks, which is its own paragraph. Given that the next paragraph begins with him asking if she’s Saphira, this is quite redundant.

PPP: 157

S PPP: 217

At this, she looks at him with “intelligent eyes” (because of course her intelligence is so important), and he can feel her “satisfaction” “deep within his mind.”

She says yes, “something click[s]” in his head, and “her voice echoe[s], as if from a great distance.” No, I have no idea what’s happening here.

Connection Has Failed: 38

S Connection Has Failed: 44

Missing Puzzle Pieces: 166

S Missing Puzzle Pieces: 167

He grins in response, and Saphira starts humming. Okay, nice to see that her name has finally been found, though how does she know that this is her name? Ancestral memories? Would be nice to know how those work.

Missing Puzzle Pieces: 171

S Missing Puzzle Pieces: 172

I do have to say that the ending is sweet, though I’d wish we’d have seen more of the naming scene.

Anyway, the chapter ends here. It’s very clearly a Cliffhanger Chop, designed to end on Saphira getting her name. I’d say that this and the next chapter would have better been merged. That would give a chapter of 2038 words in the self-published edition, and one of 1666 in the Knopf edition, which would be quite more reasonable.

Cliffhanger Chop: 2

S Cliffhanger Chop: 3

Qua word tally: this chapter has 1186 words in the self-published edition, 266 more, or a difference of 22,42%.

On to the questions at the end of the chapter:

What has happened in this chapter?: Roran announced that he wants to marry Katrina and go to Therinsford, and Eragon has properly named Saphira. That’s it.

What have we learned in this chapter?: That Roran wants to marry Katrina, that Saphira has some kind of memory outside of her own, that she is female, that she’s called Saphira, and the names of several dragons. Come to think of it, we won’t learn anything about most of them, either.

Missing Puzzle Pieces: 196 (for Lenora, Opheila, Miremel, Tanara, and Ingothold)

S Missing Puzzle Pieces: 197

How does this affect the characters?: Eragon is very angry that Roran would dare marry Katrina. Oh, and he treats Saphira with marginally more respect after last chapter. And both Saphira and Eragon are satisfied with her being named.

I think this is a good time to come back on the chapter title: A Name of Power. It obviously refers to the name “Saphira”, but I don’t see what makes it “a name of power”, as it doesn’t hold any more actual power than any name.

Well, that’s that. Next chapter features Kerlois, as we will rush through another month. See you again in chapter twelve!

		K	S
A Better Commando Name		10	10
All the Isms		7	7
Bullyay		29	30
	Murdered by the Convocation	6	7
	Perfection is Pure	3	3
Connection Has Failed		38	44
Hell-Bound Partners		86	86
Ill Logic		99	113
Just Drink the Poison		0	0
Look Away		281	288
Manual Patch Job		45	46
No Touchy		3	3
No-Wave Feminism		48	54
Petty Ain’t the Word For You		57	66
RVMP		42	43
Some Father You Are		25	26
Some Teacher You Are		0	0
Sparkly Damsel		3	3
The Perfect Sparkly Ways of Elfdom		140	140
This is Fine		48	53
Use ‘Em As You Will		26	26
What Dragons?		206	206
Backpedal Lip Service		8	7
Dead Herrings		60	80
Drop It Like It’s Hot		2	2
Forgot the Narrator		12	14
Get to the Point Already		8	19
Just Gonna Stand There		2	5
Missing Puzzle Pieces		196	197
Paoclichés		10	13
PPP		156	217
	Continuity Fluidity	76	95
Reaction, Please		46	46
Shine Bright Like a Diamond		4	4
Thanks for Explaining		3	12
Write It, And Keep It		167	167
Cliffhanger Chop		2	3
Mid-Scene Break		0	0
Other Ending		4	4
Protagonist Unconsciousness		2	2

Comments

[kalinara]

I think I liked the actual naming part, it's a shame it didn't have more focus in the chapter.

[pangolin20]

Fumurti: I quite agree. It was apparently ripped from Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, not that I'd have known that. Still, actually showing how Eragon would go through the naming would have been a significant improvement.