Trianna

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Trianna is a character in the Eragon books by Christopher Paolini. She is one of the few magic users that serve the Varden.

Trianna is a sorceress, which (in terms of magic in the Inheritance trilogy) means she is able to manipulate spirits to her bidding and thus create magic. She has a certain magical talisman called a Logra, which is shaped like a snake and which she can apparently bring to life at will; other than that the exact extent of her powers are unknown, though evidently fairly great.

Trianna is introduced early in Eldest, where she first meets Eragon and flirts with him, while at the same time trying to convince him to join Du Vrangr Gata. While Eragon seems attracted to her, Saphira is not at all amused and interrupts them, leading to an argument. Saphira tells him that since whoever Eragon associates with will be inevitably involved in her life, she insists it be someone she trusts, while she apparently does not like Trianna.

After the disappearance of the Twins in Eragon, Trianna goes on to lead the Du Vrangr Gata in Eldest. She was---unwillingly at first---put in charge of Nasuada's plan to use lace to finance the Varden's war efforts. She was also in charge of the other magic-related operations, including tracking down the assassins in Aberon.

Later in the book, Eragon confronts Trianna and the other members of Du Vrangr Gata, when he has been put in charge of the Varden's magic-users; while Trianna is suspicious and does not want to relinquish her power, Eragon uses diplomacy to arrange a kind of sharing of authority between the two.