Well, this is my first Fan Fiction story, I know that this chapter is a little dry, but trust it's going to get better!
Eragon looked up for perhaps the third time that hour to see the war council going over reports of the battle of Fienester and Gil'ead. Eragon heard snip-bits of conversation and as best as he could tell, the amount of causalities that the Varden took compared to the Empires soldiers were minimal. "Saphire," Eragon called out with his mind to see if she was back from hunting, but he didn't get a response. Eragon was almost to deep in his own thoughts trying to contact Saphire to notice a mind brush up against his. He immediately started to shield his mind when Arya's voice called out to him, " Why are you not paying attention to the meeting, as we are going to plan on what we are going to do next, and we could use your insight?"
Eragon sent the mental equivalent of a nod to her in his head, as he closed off his mind to her to focus on the meeting.
Nasuada said as Eragon looked up and to her,"As you have all been informed, Eragon's masters were killed in the battle of Gil'ead by the Red Rider. We know how he was able to do this by Galbatorix gathering the Dragon's hearts of heart. What we need to figure out know is what to do next as winter is fast approaching. There are many options that we could do that would prove to be risky in any circumstance. One of them, is to push on with our attack until we must stop because of the weather. The other is to stay here until the winter passes over and then continue our march to the black city."
She looked to everybody on the war council until King Orrin spoke up, and said," Well I say that we stay here for the winter as our troops deserve a break, and so do we."
There were several people shaking there heads in disapproval, but for the most part the council were showing there approval.
Queen Islanzadi who was sitting in a chair in the scrying mirror stood up, and everybody quieted as she said, "I agree with the plan that King Orrin's proposed, both the Varden and Empire's armies would not be able to move in the winter. So I say the Varden stay at Fienester until the coldest part of winter passes, and wait until the coldest part of winter passes to move out from the city to attack Belatona than the Dark City itself." She than sat back down in her chair and motioned for Nasuada to continue.
Nasuada looked to Eragon and said, " Eragon, what do you think we should do?"
Eragon stood up from his chair and said after taking a few moments to collect his thoughts, " The momentary break from the fighting would indeed boost morale, and we could better train the soldiers of the Varden. It also would be nigh impossible to travel with thousands of soldiers and luggage carts through feet of snow."
He then sat down as Nasuada stood for a decision from each of the kings, queens, and leaders. King Orik, Orrin and Garzhvog of the urgal all called for the plan to pass and so did Nasuada and Queen Islanzadi. After the decision was decided Nasuada said, " This war council has been adjourned, we will tell the whole Varden tomorrow in the morning." With that Eragon stood up and walked out of the tent pushing the flaps aside as he left.