Glaedr

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Glaedr is a male golden dragon in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy. He first appears in Eldest, the second book of the trilogy. His Rider is Oromis, who also is called Osthato Chetowä—"The Mourning Sage" and Togira Ikonoka - "The Cripple Who Is Whole." Glaedr is the oldest dragon in the trilogy. He is three times larger than a younger dragon Saphira, the main character's dragon. Like his Rider, Glaedr is disabled——his left foreleg is nothing but a white stump in place, rumored to have been severed by the witch Angela. Glaedr and Oromis live in Du Weldenvarden, a forest in the north of Alagaesia, the world in which the trilogy takes place. The two hid during The Fall when the dragon riders and dragons were being killed by a rebellious rider named Galbatorix, for if Glaedr and Oromis had died before one of the remaining dragon egg's had hatched, then there would be no one left to pass on the secrets to the new Rider.

Glaedr is the oldest dragon in the trilogy, senior even to the king's black dragon Shruikan. Oromis and Glaedr, like most senior Riders did, tutored younger riders, Morzan and Brom.

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Glaedr as painted by John Jude Palencar on the cover of the second Japanese volume of Eldest

In Eldest, Glaedr becomes Saphira's teacher and the object of her affections. Oromis trains Saphira's Rider, Eragon. Saphira thinks that Glaedr will be her mate, but he rejects her. Glaedr understands that the young female is meant for one of the unhatched dragon eggs. Later, on Eragon's advice, Saphira apologizes to Glaedr.