Chapter1: Recollection
The Varden had lost most of its soldiers, there was also a new rider in the enemy forces, that new rider was Eragon's brother. Eragon was still so shocked about this that he could not bring himself to say (or even think) the other riders name; in fact he had started calling him 'The Other Rider'. The fact that Murthagh had helped the Varden before he became a rider was very disturbing to the soldiers; this made their morale drop drastically for they thought anyone could be a traitor just like him. Their trust in Eragon had also decreased because they had learned that he was the son of Morzan and many of them hated him for it but it was better than before because Nasuda kept giving speeches expressing that Eragon had never known his father but hated him because of his actions also that Brom, Nasuda and the elves knew of his bloodline and they trusted him she also recounted the incredible things Eragon had done for the Varden, Dwarves and the Elves.
This had reduced the tension between him and the Varden considerably now he was getting much less hate mail than before.
'Eragon Son of Morzan
When I was in Uru-Baen working as a spy for the Varden the empire suspected me and they captured me and my son. They interrogated me nicely at first to tell them the location of the Varden but when I kept denying anything to with the Varden. They called Morzan. When your Dammed father came the first thing he did was torture me for five days and nights without food he kept on torturing me but I was strong and they weren't able to get any information from me. So they turned to my son and they forced me to watch as Morzan personally whipped and beat my son to death. I never saw him after that. Late that night the Varden broke in and rescued me, when I told them about my son they searched the prison where I was being kept and found my son's corpse. I saw your father enjoy torture my son and if you have any decency you would kill yourself'
It was letters like these that really touched Eragon and he had never felt angry at the senders but the thing that he hated most was that he could not reply to them because there was no identification on the letters.
There was also good news: The elves had mobilized and were attacking the north of the empire stealing much of Galbatorix's supplies, and ships and giving it to the Varden, dwarves, and surda; killing small groups of his soilders and assassinating powerful government officials but the elves refused engage in direct combat because, even though they are stronger they were still small in number.
The dwarves had gone back to Farthen-Dur to elect their new leader. Then according to plan they would prepare for battle and start funding the Varden with supplies for war like weapons, armor, and food.
The Varden was going to attack Galbatorix directly after 8 or 9 months, after a few weeks regular skirmishes and raids would begin, right now everyone was too tired to fight.
"Hey Eragon" Arya said entering the tent and sitting at the foot of the bed "How are you?"
End of Chapter
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There you go it's bigger as I promised! Still not big enough? Just wait ill get even bigger please R&R. I need to hear your comments regarding this story so I can improve it thank you.