#nasuada

[irithyllians]

murtagh and nasuada

#the inheritance cycle #eragon #nasuada #murtagh #finally bought the book today but am too excited and jittery to READ it #so I drew them instead #my halenthir precursors #you don’t understand this was highschool me’s DREAM #my art

[dykemcqueen]

nasuada saving her entire people by using magic to make LACE which is very expensive and normally very time-consuming... time-consuming but not ENERGY-consuming....... using magic to cut down that time by 90% and suddenly just GENERATING wealth essentially out of thin air..... the way no man ever thought to do that... she changed me fr.....

#inheritance cycle #eragon #nasuada #obsessed with her forever #route66

[glbtrx]

I just realized that Eragon is always the third wheel

#lmao #i'm sorry for him #eragon #eragon shadeslayer #the inheritance cycle #christopher paolini #murtagh morzansson #roran stronghammer #nasuada #Firnen #saphira bjartskular

[mothdoly]

favorite inheritance cycle characters and how i pictured them when i read the books with 12

#arya has short hair to ME #idk why eragon is blond he just is shush #eragon #murtagh #nasuada #arya #saphira #inheritance cycle #just finished my reread :)

[yombur]

it was not lost on me that nasuada wore murtagh's colors in the last chapter

#murtagh #nasuada #inheritance cycle #murtagh x nasuada #eragon #murtagh: the world of eragon #the sexiness to screentime ratio of this couple is insane

[itmakesssenseincontext]

#murtagh #the inheritance cycle #inheritance cycle #murtagh morzansson #murtagh and nasuada #Nasuada #queen Nasuada #she just wants murtagh to hang out no strings #vs every one else who has to sweqr oaths etc #and i just think that's neat #eragon shadeslayer #eragon

[murtagh-thorn]

Although I do love Nasuada and Eragon and both of them have been through some major shit and trauma (which should’ve made them more understanding imo), idk if I’ll ever get over how they—who grew up loved, encouraged, and protected by their family—telling Murtagh, who has been through decades of physical and emotional trauma from literal birth and who was still actively experiencing those things, to just “stop feeling sorry for yourself/just rebel/just change your True Name (like it’s easy and happens overnight).”

#so many people owe murtagh an apology fr #this is why i struggle to ship murtagh and nasuada #inheritance cycle #murtagh #murtagh morzansson #eragon #the inheritance cycle #christopher paolini #eragon shadeslayer #nasuada

[hurricanes-art]

doodling a fairy tale au concept

dragons have opposable thumbs so they can commit crimes 👍

#eragon #inheritance cycle #murtagh #murtagh morzansson #eragon shadeslayer #arya #nasuada #orrin #murtagh x orrin #my art #murtagh clips his front claws so he can play his instruments #his treasure hoard is musical instruments (and also orrin) #eragon would hoard cool rocks or pinned bugs or books #or all of the above #idk about arya... #alas saphira thorn ect dont exist in this au #its the riders time to be Creatures

[alagaesia-headcanons]

I love that Nasuada's major flaw is the same as one of Galbatorix's greatest flaws, and that it gets worse and more ingrained throughout the series. And it's so compelling because it's incredibly in character for her and there's every reason for the circumstances to perpetuate and exacerbate it, but that doesn't make her flaw any less egregious. The scene where Galbatorix compares the two of them is so fascinating because his intention is very manipulative and malicious, yet the statement itself isn't entirely untrue.

Because Nasuada treats people like tools. She considers a person's utility more important than anything else, including their personhood.

And it's such an engrossing flaw because of course Nasuada treats people like tools! She is proud and powerful and stubborn and noble and utterly committed to achieving what she has set out to do, by whatever means necessary. She will use whatever she has at her disposal to reach her goal, and that includes using the people around her. Of course, this doesn't make Nasuada inherently immoral; she cares deeply about justice and protecting her people. But her views on the individuals around her are impersonal and self serving.

And the goal she's trying to achieve is to win the war. Nasuada would never be pushed out of her ways by the circumstances because they work, the way she treats people accomplishes exactly what she intends. By its nature, the bloody act of war rewards using people like tools. It demands that, even; to a certain extent, it's an ugly necessity in war, but the thing is that Nasuada doesn't see it that way. She never struggles with or grieves over the need to consider people's individuality as secondary to their function. It comes naturally to her, and it lasts through the end of the books, when the war is already over.

Because I think the most flagrant example of this is at the very end, when Birgit intercepts Roran as he's leaving, presumably intending to kill him, and Nasuada says, "He has proved himself a fine and valuable warrior on more than one occasion, and I would be most displeased to lose him." It's such a wonderful, pointed line that perfectly sums up this aspect of her character. Because what a disgusting thing to say. Especially for the queen of all Alagaesia, perfectly positioned and empowered to stop this confrontation and declare it unjust if she cared to. But her words make no attempt at all to defend Roran as a person, only his value to her.

The way she uses others I find most evident in her treatment of Roran, Murtagh, and Elva. The way she tells Eragon that she thinks of giving Katrina a dowry as a "purchase" of Roran's goodwill and loyalty. In Uru'baen, only at great length, she makes the conscious choice to ignore Murtagh's past and only judge who he is in the present, but disregards any care for what that might say about him as a person, solely focused on if he could be useful as an ally. And when Eragon offers to revert Elva's curse, the one that condemned an infant to feel every piece of pain and suffering surrounding her, Nasuada is so fixated on Elva's utility and value to Nasuada's goals that she goes so far as to ask Eragon to fake his effort to cure her. She sees people as tools to such an extent that she can't recognize that relieving an innocent baby of unimaginable, cursed agony should come before her own priorities.

#guys i LOVE her #its SUCH a good character flaw im obsessed with it #eragon #inheritance cycle #nasuada #roran #elva #murtagh #pretending nasuada is entirely good natured is so boring i swear #she is passionate and heartfelt #but she is also Fucked Up sometimes #seriously tho those moments i mentioned always hit me like 'wow babe wtf is wrong with you???' #her nuance *chefs kiss* #she has the range #(also tbh. big reason why i think she and murtagh wouldnt work out together. this would cause A Lot of pain. too much.)

[solarisetlesetoiles]

Based on @aprill-99 's post about the three because it has been living rent free for a week lmao

Bonus: Her Majesty the High Queen does not get paid enough for this shit

#the inheritance cycle #inheritance cycle #solei's art #eragon shadeslayer #roran stronghammer #murtagh morzansson #murtagh thornsrider #nasuada

[fuck-kirk]

Thinking about Murtagh. Thinking about Nasuada. Thinking about Murtagh and Nasuada. Thinking about how Murtagh literally changes his entire being, his true name, because he finally realizes what it’s like to be willing to fight and die to protect another person. What it’s like to love and be loved. Thinking about how Nasuada had to let Murtagh go, both for his own good and hers.

Thinking about how Murtagh and Nasuada both survived a final battle they had no reason to expect to come away from. Thinking about how they are both whole, safe, and free…and yet circumstances demand they must stay apart. Thinking about how Murtagh is immortal, and Nasuada is not. She will grow old while he stays the same. She will live a life without him and someday, she will die. All the while Murtagh must stay away and watch the love of his life wither from old age.

Thinking about all the times Murtagh mentions that Eragon got the better end of the stick. And how, in this, too, Eragon’s situation still comes out on top. Eragon’s love is an elf, and on top of that, a rider. Even if they aren’t right for each other now, maybe someday, a millennia down the line, they will be. And even if not, they will remain friends through the centuries. Murtagh is not afforded even that mercy. He is not able to spend the time he does have with the one person he loves and trusts above all others (besides Thorn). The person he fought so hard for he changed the very core of his being in order to protect. The person he loved so much he broke himself from his own enslavement in order to have even a chance of saving her.

Thinking about how despite it all, he will still lose her in the end to time.

#mott txt #murtagh morzansson #nasuada #thc #eragon #the inheritance cycle #GOD THEY TEAR ME APART #can you tell I’m on the last chapters of inheritance #I also have read the releases Murtagh excerpts and lemme tell you I’m gonna die #there’s a part where murtagh says he trusts no one but thorn and thorn says “’except for her’ #referring to Nasuada. and murtagh says ‘yes. except for her’ #fucking HELL #he has been through so much. she has been through so much #they have been through so much TOGETHER #and they can’t even be together

[lunamond]

Loved the new Murtagh book so much that I had to do some fanart. ❤️

Spoilers for the last chapter of Murtagh!

#murtagh spoilers #inheritance cycle #christopher paolini #murtagh and thorn #murtagh x nasuada #nasuada #fanart

[books-and-draws-eclectic]

74 pages into Murtagh, and the Murtagh's thoughts so far are 50% deep philosophical musings, 50% pining over Nasuada 😭

#murtagh #nasuada #eragon #christopher paolini

[glbtrx]

Nasuada, looking at Murtagh's job application: Under communication skills, you wrote, "cryptic and mysterious." Could you elaborate on that?

Murtagh: No, I can't.

Murtagh: Not since... the incident.

#eragon #the inheritance cycle #christopher paolini #inheritance cycle #murtagh morzansson #incorrect eragon quotes #nasuada #murtagh

[nailsinmywall]

eragon (inheritance cycle) ⚔️

#annual eragon art post #eragon #murtagh #arya drottningu #inheritance cycle #orik #oromis #nasuada #orrin ??? does he have a tag #king orrin? #orrin of surda? #ORRIN #solembum #i believe in gigantic elves #eragon shadeslayer #murtagh morzansson #if orik is supposed to look different i am sorry i dont have my eragon books with me rn and dont remember how exactly he's described😭

[yombur]

scenes from an inheritance fic you'll never read

someone at ilirean court spots and recognizes murtagh. there's a whole scene and he leaves the castle grounds to cool off.

thorn can't easily leave in broad daylight. nasuada waits up with him to talk to murtagh. she and thorn become bros.

murtagh doesn't get back til well into the night. goes to sleep under thorn's wing like he usually does. thorn's annoyed at murtagh and doesn't tell him nasuada fell asleep there hours ago.

#murtagh #nasuada #inheritance cycle #murtagh x nasuada #murtagh: the world of eragon