"it's common to be bonded to multiple dragons, i was to be my kings primary mount but this tramp stole it from me, and now i see she is weak, at least i would find solace in her being strong enough to be up for the task but your just a glorified horse" siphania said saphira was sufficiently cowed by this point and i was sufficiently pissed off at siphania's treatment of saphira
"ENOUGH, i do not want to hear another bad thing spoken of saphira, is that clear siphania" i said
"of course my king" she said submitting immediately and clearly reveling in her kings authority
"you did that purposely to piss me off" i said
"yes my king" she said truthfully
"return to the army send, me another envoy, one who isn't judging" i said
"none such exist my king" she said i was starting grow a headache by now, ardania and it's traditions are seriously starting to become very bothersome indeed
"your people, are definitely prideful" nasuada noted
"they are and they aren't especially the dragons, and my council, my council........my council" i said getting a bright idea
"siphania return to the army, and send umaroth" i said as siphania returned to human form and scowled
"yes your majesty" she grumbled as she began to walk away while muttering
"worthless beasts don't deserve the kings blessing" siphania said
"i am sorry for her saphira" i said she was still stunned at the power and might she had witnessed, arya however
"wait she said umaroth" arya said recognizing the name as i knew she would the older man in question appeared kneeling before me
"you have called for me, my king" umaroth said
"you are a lifesaver my friend you will be the liaison between ardania and the varden for obvious reasons" i said
"yes ardanian dragons don't like our kind, they find us lesser beings, weak, still we owe you a huge dept and the fact our unhatched will not hold the same treatment because of you, and the blessings and resurrection we ourselves received, i and my kind are forever grateful and will serve however we can, my king" umaroth said truthfully if the price for the gifts his kind had received was bending the knee to a king who quite honestly deserved their loyalty then they would and have all bent the knee
"umaroth-elda, is it really you" arya asked
"ah arya i have not seen you since you were but a child, it is good to see you again, if i weren't so old myself, i may have asked you to be my rider, but i believe you deserve a dragon more along your age, though you'd have to ask his majesty permission i believe i have a dragon who would match you perfectly who would be willing to be yours" umaroth said smiling kindly
"no, and you know why, umaroth, i am not subjecting arya to our customs, all of the dragons you are recommending are ardanian breed, if you remember if they were of your kind but blessed this would be a different conversation but......" i said
"why" arya asked i sighed
"the dragons of ardania, are taught differently then the dragons here" i said
"they are taught by their own, that riders are masters, and that they, and by extension we are servants" umaroth explained knowing it made me uncomfortable
"what why" saphira asked
"centuries ago, there was a war between dragon kind and ardania" i said
"we had something similar" arya said i nodded
"we were losing rather badly, so the king my ancestor had challenged the king of the dragons to a duel, if my ancestor won, the dragons would cease this conflict and back off, if the dragons won we would submit to them as their slaves" i explained the group nodded
"my father won, badly, the dragon king felt however that, he and his kind wanted to enslave the other races, it would be only fair for his kind to submit to the same so he and his kind did, in fact submit, much to my forefather's shock
my people didn't really wish for this they only wanted coexistence, but the dragons were adamant, since it was them who started the war, and so that is what happened, my father set up very strict laws to stop, the dragons from being taken advantage of but in essence, they willing became slaves to the kingdom, and to this day they see it as an honor, to serve the stronger people" i said
"i-i see" saphira said who was in shock
"honestly i have been using my bond with saphira as an excuse, otherwise, i would be expected to claim a dragon, and that requires a ritual that makes me quite uncomfortable, i do not wish to see a dragon like that ever, and unfortunately i have to, as by law, any claiming must be done in front of the king and his council, the king himself is the only one exempt from this but" i said trailing off
"there are many who lined up to be claimed, by eragon, however he is only expected to have one dragon, so he was hiding behind the fact that saphira and he were bonded, but ardania sees the bond between dragon and rider of alagaesia as barbaric" umaroth said
"barbaric, really, dragons submit themselves as slaves we are the barbaric ones" arya said
"for one reason, dragons of ardania, can choose to be riderless there are many, some who are on my council, and that's the crux of the matter, they still have free choice, dragons here don't have a choice especially those who are 'destined' for riders, they are forced to take a rider or they stay in their egg for all of time" i said in disgust
"that....is a fair point, we are trapped in our eggs until we choose a rider" saphira said
"what about siphania she doesn't have a choice" arya asked
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inheritance cycle: lost inheritance
Fanfictioneragon shadeslayer the dragon rider who saved alaegasia but what if the war took a different course what if during his travels to the elves after the battle farthern dur eragon disappears entirely what happens when eragon learns his mothers deepest...
