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Alagaësia

Alagaësia is a fictional world and the setting of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle.

The world is shared between humans, elves, dwarves, urgal and dragons. Dragons are on the verge of extinction and elves have retreated to their realm of Du Weldenvarden. Also some other mysterious creatures can be found in the works, such as the Ra’zak.

Most of the world in dominated by Galbatorix, an evil Dragon Rider of great power. He governs most of humans and is allied with the urgal, but is opposed to the secret of the Varden and the other races.

Elves

The elves of Alagaësia as quite similar to the elves of many other works of high fantasy. They are said to be much more powerful than humans, both physically and due to their magic. They appear similar to humans, but with pale skin, pointed ears and thin, but muscular body.

The elves live in the forest realm of Du Weldenvarden and are naturally magical, wielding magic with ease. They often use it to transform their appearance and make life easier. Their lifespan is either very long or they are immortal.

Dwarves

The dwarves of Alagaësia live in Beor Mountains, where they have lived for several millenia. They are short, strong humanoids with long hair. A peculiar detail is that they have seven toes in each foot.

The lifespan of the dwarves is also very long, but they are not immortal. They live in clans, but are governed by a king. The king is chosen by the clan chiefs of each clan.

Dragons

Dragons are immortal beings that have lived in Alagaësia for a very long time, but are now on the verge of extinction. They have thick scales, lay eggs and can fly. They are huge magical creatures, but their magic is different than that of the other races.

45 Responses to “Alagaësia”

  1. 1
    Drgongirl27 Says:

    I think I would rather be an elf, so I could have magic abilities, and good swordmanship abilities aswell,

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    JohnTheGreat Says:

    i think id be a dwarf!
    they got more attitude and style
    lol

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    bookworm Says:

    i agree with Drgongirl27 ( isnt drAgongirl27) id be an elf cause ud be all “fair folk” so you’d be all cute and fast and strong and stuff or a dragon cause you are so highly thought of and everyone wants to be near you and stuff almost any thing but human!! we are so plain and boring and junk>>>>

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    blossom91 Says:

    but its the humans that will change the face of Alageasia,cristopher paolini chose a humanni

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    blossom91 Says:

    through the humans run the blood of the ancient kings ,like Eagon and his cousin

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    blossom91 Says:

    but i’de be a dragon,there just so powerfull

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    valhala93 Says:

    who wouldnt be a dragon!?!

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    LittleWiseOne Says:

    I’d be an elf i absolutely love thier character and such they are so fast and smart,like Legolas from LORD OF THE RINGS

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    bk Says:

    i think id be an urgal, they are as hated as i am, and everyone forgets them, and yet in eldest they help eragon against the kings army… HMM AS IF YOU CAN OVERLOOK THAT!!!

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    Mysterious Says:

    i dont know wat i want to be but if i had the choice i would be an elf for the reasons u all stated

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    Hrothgar Says:

    i would be a dwarf!!!! hahaha!

  12. 12
    Hrothgar Says:

    the king of the dwarfs!!!! hahaha!!!!

  13. 13
    Dragongirl Says:

    Nope…i’d stick with an elf.

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    paolinihater Says:

    this series sucks. he leaves cliffhangers to make people buy the next book. what the heck. i think he is a bad author.

  15. 15
    rosieJ Says:

    i think you are wrong! you propably know nothing about authors! sorry…

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    ali afro Says:

    youve obviously read them then so you cant criticise and the first book wasnt left on a cliffhanger

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    arya101&lyzra Says:

    paolinihater is a dipstick because thats how books are supposed to be! deal with it! We would be elves just like Arwen in the Lord of the Rings! It would be awsome! they are so powerful we would love to be one!

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    Eragon Analyst Says:

    Brace yourselves for a rant. Ready? Good. I’d be a dragon, a wild one, and find a Glaedr-like dragon who’d tutor me in dragon ways, then I’d go around Alagaesia, Surda and everywhere else shown on the series map being a classic European dragon, burning villages and taking fair damsels to my lair in the mountains as bait for knights, who come, and then I kill them and build a collection of gold and armour and stuff. That would be the most TOTALLY AWESOME lifestyle.

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    Eragon Analyst Says:

    but on second choice id be an elf. hee hee :)

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    Eragon Analyst Says:

    but on second choice id be an elf. hee hee :)

  21. 21
    Eragon Analyst Says:

    but on second choice id be an elf. hee hee :)

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    arya Says:

    id totally be an elf waaaaaay powerful and they can transform themself into
    anything they want

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    Paladin34 Says:

    It would be much better if you were some kind of powerful human who arrived to Alagaeshia and started conquering it. I wanna be that powerful person.

  24. 24
    Chiyeko. Says:

    Hahaha, Eragon Analyst. You sound like you’ve read a little too much into the Hobbit? Smaug maybe?

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    bob Says:

    He took too much from The Lord of the Rings!!!!!

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    Brisingr Says:

    Elves ftw. Magic and swordsmanship.

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    Roran/Katrina Says:

    paolinihater is completely wrong. Dude paolin is a great author and most books do leave questions in peoples heads. Anyways i would like to be a dragon.

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    matt Says:

    i would like to be a dragon i gess. i mean nothin can easily fight them off

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    Payton Says:

    i would so be a dragon cause like matt says dragons rock and also thay just plain kick @$$ you know what i mean

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    hudson Says:

    yeah to true

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    Humani girl Says:

    It’s not up there but I’d want to be a Dragon RIDER, may not be an option but it’d be sooo cool!!! Your very own dragon! Not to mention you’d have a special conection with them like no other and magical powers (once mastered).

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    Humani girl Says:

    My second choice, would be a dragon though, just becuase they’re awesome and can fly!

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    Darkthorn Says:

    People complaining that it’s too much like Lord of the Rings probably haven’t even read the books of those. The movies are very commercialised you know. Sure, there are things in common with CP’s writing, but you can’t blame him. Think, if he had make elves more human-ish, people would just rant that they weren’t of proper elvish form.
    And I would like to be a dragon. Flying would be awesome.

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    Rider14 Says:

    I would be an elf 4 the pointed ears lol

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    Alfangor7 Says:

    I would be a Ra’zak because they are so cool! They are stronger and faster than humans and they ride around on there parents!

  36. 36
    shwoozar Says:

    oy dragons, u peopls r missing something!

    fire!!!!

    firefire

    brisingr!!!!
    brisingr
    brisingr

    dragons breath fire,

    i choose dragon, connected to rider

    or rider

    i prefer dragon

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    John Collins Says:

    I’d be a little dwarf, so i could prance around all day and look up the girl
    elves skirts

  38. 38
    James Lawton Says:

    So would I, that would be class!

  39. 39
    Sean Lynch Says:

    Yer just a bunch of perverts………

  40. 40
    John Collins Says:

    Damn right we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    faite Says:

    OMG!!id be a elf, so i can look pretty and be a killer archer and id carry two green rider swords, and id have the last green dragon egg, and be a rider, and fall in lo ll

  42. 42
    faite Says:

    love, and break other guyses hearts, and end up marrying LEGOLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43. 43
    Shabalabadingdong Says:

    I wanna be an elf and then fuck elf girls everday, LOL…jk.

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    me Says:

    I would like to be a elvish horse!!!!!!
    Beat THAT!!!!!!!

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    I Says:

    I would also be a dragon RIDER.And I would have a silver dragon that glistens
    in the sunlight. His name would be Argent-(That means silver)…
    oh, and I’d have a silver sword.

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