"you sound certain of this" nasuada said
"the desire isn't just a small inkling, if it were he could simply ignore it, no his desire to conquer saphira is strong very strong, and again it doesn't help that many of us myself included are pushing him down this path" umaroth said
"and there in lies the problem he is fighting his own desire, with his respect for saphira" arya said in understanding umaroth nodded
"so you want me to submit so his own war with himself ends" saphira said
"yes the moment he claims you is the moment this war ends i guarantee it the moment he claims you is the moment everything changes, yes his love and respect for you wouldn't diminish that i can practically guarantee, but if you were to also push him into the belief that what he is feeling is right, then we will have the king of ardania, and not just the small village boy, his forces are ready and willing, the moment he claims you is the moment he won't have to hold back and hide who he is anymore just to avoid you being disgusted with him" umaroth said
"and you would be closer then ever, then all we would have to deal with would be finding him a queen" umaroth said already preparing for that headache which would come
"queen" nasuada said
"of course his family has been ruling ardania for literally centuries and if he can't find a queen the duty of carrying his child would befall to his exemplar" umaroth said
"examplar" nasuada asked obviously not recognizing the term
"there are three roles a combatant can fill in ardania, a dragon, a master, and what we call an gear those are individuals who can turn into weapons, exemplars are the masters primary dragon in other words, saphira in this specific case, gears also have a primary called a vice"
"wait i would be expected to bear his child if he doesn't find a queen" saphira said in shock
"well, most likely no, normally that is procedure, however it's eragon we speak of, if need be he'd allow his line to die out before ever doing that to you, the problem with that, is that would leave ardania without a ruler which would lead to a civil war, that will be worse then this conflict here i assure you, which is why it is imperative we find someone who can stand beside eragon as his lover and queen" umaroth said
"what are the requirements" nasuada asked
"ah that is a good question, i'm certain you have heard of the honor duels human men of alagaesia have sometimes been apart of to win a woman's hand" umaroth asked
"yes" nasuada said arya nodded it was a lot more common then you'd think
"well, in ardania it's the reverse the women would fight in a colosseum to prove they can stand beside the king, there is not such thing as a house wife both the man and the woman are expected to be able to pull their own weight" umaroth said
"as it should be, what happens when it's a woman who takes the throne" arya asked
"women are not allowed to, and there's a reason for it, two generations after the dragon war, a queen did take power, and she tried to further enslave the dragons, and take away their choice entirely fortunately her brother took power, because of that, the dragons demanded a law be put in place to make the kingdom purely patriarchal, however there are other laws that demand it be the first born so what must happen is if the first born is a girl, the current king would then have to impregnate the daughter to make the offspring as powerful as possible and then hope for a male, neither selena nor eragon;s grandfather wanted this so she was smuggled to alagaesia and you know the rest, well mostly, the entire purpose of doing so was to sire the next king of ardania" umaroth said
"wait a minute, the king would have to have sex, with his daughter if his daughter would be first born" nasuada said in disgust
"that is actually more common in ardania then you'd think, daughters have joined in their fathers harem and vice versa, also something i should mention polygamy is technically allowed however only the queen can sire the kings child or the examplar or the vice, only one of those three, anyone else makes the child in question illegitimate and unable to inherit the throne, though don't worry there are strict laws in place to protect the rights of it's citizens, a father can't force himself on his daughter, a mother can't force herself on her son, the daughter and or son must be of age in other words fifteen years of age and consent" umaroth said the three girls nodded though they found it rather repulsive to do anything like that with their children or allow their lovers to do anything similar, they had to admit that if their children did harbor those kinds of feelings none of them would know what to do about it
"eragon is trying to tweak that particular law to allow his second born to inherit if necessary as the dragons would not allow another queen to take the throne, we submit ourselves to those we choose, otherwise we would literally be slaves, and that is not something we want" umaroth said they nodded
"anyway that is enough about ardanian politics i will need a full in depth explanation about how prepared this army of yours is, i am your liaison and your advisor, unless of course you do not wish for my guidance" umaroth said with a amused look in his eye that got nasuada to rush into her tent to as umaroth turned to saphira
"think on what was said here, find me within three days hence with your decision" umaroth said before he entered the tent himself
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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...
