Inheritance

Content Warning: Both the source text and this guide contain descriptions of enslavement, emotional abuse, graphic violence, torture, mutilation, and bodily injury.

Eragon, Saphira, and the Varden army are engaged in a battle to take the city of Belatona, which is controlled by a lord who is loyal to Galbatorix. Eragon and Saphira are fighting on the front lines alongside Arya, Roran, and the Elf spellcasters who protect them. The enemy is retreating, but in a desperate gesture, one of their soldiers brings out a strangely enchanted lance-like weapon from inside the keep. He throws it toward Saphira and hits her in the chest before Eragon can stop him. 

The Elves heal Saphira while their leader Blödhgarm joins Arya and Eragon in examining the weapon. The lance is a Dauthdaert, an ancient Elven weapon designed to kill dragons and repel magical enchantments. As they speak, the keep starts to crumble, and a wall falls into the courtyard. Eragon barely has enough time to catch a glimpse of Roran before the falling stone buries his cousin.