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Eragon Character Essay
My character is Eragon, from the book Eragon. My character is very loyal, honest, and over all a good person. He strives to save his family, country, and his dragons very life. He uses magic he learnt form his guardian, Brom, a former dragon rider, whom's dragon died long ago. Eragon fought even when the odds were against him, including the fact that he thinks his dad was an evil mad man. Throughout the book he faces many dangers including emotional, mental and physical problems.

Eragon shows complete loyalty to what he believes, a quality not commonly found in today's world. He goes through many perilous adventures for one ultimate goal to overthrow the mad king and reinstate the dragon riders. He shows this by striving towards victory
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He displays this attribute when he finishes his promise to his father to stop the king and to unite all the races of the world. Years later, he fulfills it by using the power of dragon eggs to defeat the king. He then uses the eggs to hatch dragons in which he reinstates the riders. Eragon is the most trustworthy character in the whole Eragon series.

Eragon shows determination. He goes through many dangerous journeys to distant and far off lands. He fights knights, dragons, and other fellow magic users. With the determination he prevails even when he seems like he'll lose. He never quits and never stops. He just keeps going after his ultimate goal of peace between all the kingdoms.

Eragon strives to help the many not the few. He saves the many peasants living in poverty by slaying the king, thus allowing them to stop hiding form the tyrant and make a living. After his hometown gets attacked he helps them rebuild instead of getting revenge because soon he knew, they would get their revenge. He brings together all the races by making sure every race can become dragon riders. This creates a pact that would last throughout centuries, relaying peace through the land and the

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