Blagdens Riddle

From The Inheritance Encyclopedia

Blagdens riddle is told to Eragon by Blagden in Eldest when he is in Ellesmera. He recites to Eragon:

While two may share two, and one of two is certainly one, one might be two.

Many people have made theories about this being a riddle meaning that he has a twin, along with Murtagh saying that he is the eldest son, not the elder son, which could also point to a twin. Another theory that has ben developed for this riddle is that 'while two may share two' means that Eragon and Murtagh share the same parents, Morzan and Selena, and 'one of two is certainly one', that would be Selena, for we know that she was Eragon's mother 'one might be two' could mean that the father wasn't the same, in which case the identity of Eragon's father reamins a mystery.

A possibility about the identity of Eragon's father is Brom. For after her(Selena) first pregnancy she went away to Morzan's isolated castle. There she may have met Brom. Thus, Eragon was born. Brisingrr 08:56, 26 May 2008 (EDT)

And even though no one knows for sure the identity of Eragon's father, many think it to be Brom. 'How is this possible?", You may ask. "Murtagh told Eragon in the ancient language that they share the same father!" Well, the entire reason Eragon wrote a poem inn the A. L. was so that Oromis could tell him that you can speak something in the A.L. as long as you believe it to be true; so if Murtagh thinks that Morzan is Eragon's father, then he can say it!