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Eragon is a simple farm boy, living in a village in a secluded corner of a country known as Alagaësia. So far, so tame.
One day, while out hunting, he hears an explosion in the woods. When he investigates, he finds a blue stone in the middle of the wreckage. Thinking he might sell it for some food (seeing as how it scared off all the deer—way to go, exploding rock), he takes it home.
When he shows this stone to Sloan, the butcher, he is told to go away. Unable to sell the stone, he takes it home with him. The next morning it hatches and out pops a dragon. Eragon touches the dragons head, he is shocked with a charge of power that allows him to use magic and gives him a mental link with Saphira. With magic, a teacher, and a dragon, Eragon fights for the freedom of his land.
One day, while out hunting, he hears an explosion in the woods. When he investigates, he finds a blue stone in the middle of the wreckage. Thinking he might sell it for some food (seeing as how it scared off all the deer—way to go, exploding rock), he takes it home.
When he shows this stone to Sloan, the butcher, he is told to go away. Unable to sell the stone, he takes it home with him. The next morning it hatches and out pops a dragon. Eragon touches the dragons head, he is shocked with a charge of power that allows him to use magic and gives him a mental link with Saphira. With magic, a teacher, and a dragon, Eragon fights for the freedom of his land.