Places in the Elf Kingdom (Inheritance)

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[edit] Du Weldenvarden

Du Weldenvarden are the woods located in the north of Alagaësia. They are home to the Elves. Many cities exist in the forest, including the Elven capital, Ellesméra. Enchanted by the singing of the elves, these woods, along with their woodland habitants, grow comparably larger than normal trees in Algaësia. Du Weldenvarden is ruled by the elven queen, Islanzadi.

The elf who saved Eragon at the end of the first book, otherwise known as the Cripple Who is Whole and Togira Ikonoka, is revealed to be no other then an elf named Oromis, the last surviving dragon rider except Eragon and Galbatorix. Eragon is sent north to Du Weldenvarden to train with this elf so he can stand up to Galbatorix. As Eragon enters the forest, he sees harmony between the elves and their woodland paradise: the elves use magic to create their houses from trees, and they refuse to eat meat.

During Eragon's stay, his feelings for Arya Dröttningu grow. He also attends the Agaeti Blodhren, or the Blood-Oath Celebration, an event that celebrates the truce between the elves and the dragons. During this event, the dragons bestow upon him their power, making him extremely powerful, agile, and perceptive. It also finally rids him of the injury from the shade, Durza.

Near the end of Eldest, Eragon leaves Du Weldenvarden to aid the Battle of Burning Plains in the south, between the rebel nation of Surda and the mighty Empire.

[edit] Ellesméra

Main article: Ellesméra

Ellesméra is located within the forest of Du Weldenvarden in the North of Alagaësia. The Elven queen, Islanzadí, resides there. Before Saphira hatched, her egg was ferried between Ellesméra and Tronjheim every year. In Eldest, Eragon travels to Ellesméra with Arya and Orik to complete his training and is taught by Oromis, the oldest Dragon Rider not aligned with King Galbatorix. Treehouses, probably inspired by those of Mercedes Lackey's Tayledras, are common in Ellesmera as they make use of the oversized trees.

[edit] Menoa Tree

The Menoa Tree is present in a clearing in Ellesméra, the Elven city in Du Weldenvarden, a forest in Alagaësia. It is a pine tree, though "thicker than a hundred regular trees combined, a blanket of roots radiate from the tree's massive trunk, covering the ground with bark-sheathed veins that made it seem as if the entire forest flowed out from the tree, as if it were the heart of Du Weldenvarden itself".

The tree forms an integral part of the lives of the Elves in the trilogy. It is where they celebrate the Blood-Oath Celebration, a festival held once in every century to honour the pact of the Elves with the Dragons.The tree itself is intelligent.

[edit] Origin

The Elves have a tale of the Menoa Tree that there was once an Elf named Linnëa who had grown old without enjoying the joys of the flesh, because she instead preferred "to occupy herself with the art of singing to plants, of which she was a master". She was wooed by a young man. However, the man, after some time began to wish for a mate of his own age, which he ultimately found. Linnëa, after discovering the man's unfaithfulness, went mad with grief and stabbed the young man to death. Knowing what she did was evil, she went to the oldest tree in the forest,and "for three days and three nights she sang, and when she finished, she had become one with her beloved plants". Thus the Menoa Tree was formed.

[edit] Prophecy

In the first book of the trilogy, Eragon, a werecat named Solembum prophesizes to Eragon, the protagonist of the tale, "When the time comes and you need a weapon, look under the roots of the Menoa tree." This has led to some speculation of what could happen in the third book of the trilogy; fans speculate variously that a sword to replace Zar'roc or a knowledge by which to defeat one's enemies is to be found beneath the tree.

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     v • d • e Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Trilogy
    Books Eragon | Eldest | Book 3
    Films Eragon
    Games Eragon
    Main Characters Eragon | Brom | Arya | Galbatorix | Murtagh | Roran | Durza | Ajihad | Nasuada | Angela | Saphira | Oromis | more...
    Places Alagaësia | Beor Mountains | Ellesméra | Farthen Dûr | Teirm | Inheritance Trilogy locations | more...
    Events Battle of the Burning Plains | Battle for Carvahall | Battle under Farthen Dûr | Dagshelgr Invocation | The Fall
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