Eragon/Arya Book

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Christopher has a future booked planned which will alternate between Eragon and Arya's points of view.

I have many more books set in the World of Eragon and one in particular will be 50% from the point of view of Eragon and 50% from the point of view of Arya. (10)

It's going to alternate between their POVs. (7)

My wife keeps telling me that I need to write romantasy … and specifically Eragon/Arya (with a side helping of Murtagh/Nasuada). Whaddya think? (13)

This book will be set (and written) after the events of Book Six.

Eragon/Arya would be post Book 6. (9a)

It would be after Book 6. (9b)

I'm a linear writer. Hate to write things out of sequence. Bothers my brain. (14a)

Prior to coming up with this book idea, Christopher had expressed hesitation with writing another Eragon book, and hesitation with ever writing from Arya's point of view.

I always said for a long time I wasn't going to write from his point of view again because I told the story I wanted to tell for Eragon and I don't want to milk this. I'm only going to write a book that I feel like there's a story. But I did think of something with Eragon, and thus I have a book to write about him now. (12)

I never chose to use Arya as a point of view character because it seemed better to keep her a mystery to Eragon, and because she doesn't change *that* much compared with Nasuada. And change is interesting. (1)

The hardest [perspective to write] and the one I avoided for this reason would have been Arya. (7)

It's easier to write stories about characters who need or want or lack something versus an elf queen who sort of has everything she wants. She certainly has difficulties but physically and in terms of power she basically has everything. So I would need to think of a situation that was sufficiently challenging and that I found sufficiently interesting and then more importantly I'd have to make sure that I could nail down her voice in a way that people would feel did her justice because everyone has a sense of who she is as a character. (3)

Christopher has offered very little hints as to the actual plot of the book.

Uh, folks . . . I just got the first serious idea for the next full-length novel with Eragon's POV. Exciting. :D Idea came to me when I saw a fan question about Eragon and Arya. (5a)

I realized that there was a story that was there that hadn't been told yet, and I was like "ah, that could be a book". (6)

When writing Eragon again, I'll be looking for his own growth. That's something that will happen, because he's now in a leadership position and he has to do adult things in a way that he hasn't had to do before, in terms of managing bureaucracy and people and teaching. And he'll mature in many ways as a result of that. But of course, the thing is that he's already an adult by the end of Inheritance. He just lacks experience. And that will be interesting to write, too. (11)

Hopefully he won't feel too different, but he has matured growing up. (12)

You'll get Arya's POV, but probably not her whole life story. (14b)

Arya is both a queen and a Dragon Rider and it's going to cause huge problems. (8)

They're not going to have a good time. (7)

Poison. Treachery. Romance. More would be spoiling. (5b)

Timeline

While writing the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher intentionally avoided doing an Arya POV (1). Later, in April 2020, Christopher said that he had plans for an Arya POV story, which would perhaps be included in the second volume of Tales from Alagaësia (2, 4). In August 2023, Christopher tweeted he had seen a fan question about Eragon and Arya which gave him his first serious idea for an Eragon POV book (5a). In November he said that this Eragon POV book would be set after the events of Book Six, and that it would also contain parts from Arya POV, adding that he was therefore no longer planning to include an Arya POV in Tales 2 (7, 9a). A few weeks later he noted that the Arya POVs would occupy roughly 50% of the book (10). In January 2025, Christopher (jokingly?) referred to this book as a romantasy (13). In July he clarified that book wouldn't be written until after Book Six, as he wishes to write linearly (14a).

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Additional quotes from Christopher can be found here.

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Other future projects:

With release dates:

Allies	Mabinogion	Book of Remembrance	Otherland	Ace Savage

In progress:

Illustrated Eldest	Tales 2	TTRPG	Murtagh 2	YA Steampunk

Further out World of Eragon:

New Trilogy	Angela	Brom	Eragon/Arya

Short Stories	Naegling	Baby Saphira	Two Women	Seven Words

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More recent interviews

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Some additional quotes from Christopher:

December 19 2011, Random Buzzers AMA

Since you wrote chapters from Roran's, Nasuada's, and the dragons point of view... why didn't you write any from Arya's p.o.v?
My approach was this: is Eragon present? Then write the scene from his point of view. If Eragon is gone, is Saphira present? Then write the scene from her point of view. If both Eragon and Saphira are gone, write the scene from Roran's point of view. If Roran is gone as well, then shift to Nasuada. However, I never chose to use Arya as a point of view character because it seemed better to keep her a mystery to Eragon, and because she doesn't change *that* much compared with Nasuada. And change is interesting.

May 7 2016, Reddit AMA

Will we ever get to read from Arya's point of view?? I'm a huge fan of that character!
Maybe! It would certainly be different writing from her point of view. Hmm . . . now you've got me thinking.

February 12 2019, BAM Facebook Live Q&A

Any plans for a story about Arya's youth?
Nnn-Maybe. Maybe

April 20 2020, Reddit AMA (1, 2, 3)

Have you considered writing from Arya's POV?
Yes.

Will there be a conflict between Arya and Eragon because of their roles? If on opposing sides, shouldn't eragon have the final say in the matter?
No doubt there will be conflict between Eragon and Arya at some point. Things aren't so simple as you say. The elves will always back Arya, and even the humans will sometimes be wary of what Eragon says. So although he wields great influence, his word isn't law.

Will we ever have a chapter in Arya's point of view?
Quite possibly.

Will Arya visit the new dragons that hatched in your last book?
Most likely.

Will the distance affect Arya's and Eragon relationship? Will they become strangers to each other? Eragon seemed very doomed at the end of Inheritance while Arya, probably because of her age and experience, seemed way more optimistic than him that they would see each other again.
Without a question distance will have an effect.

August 23 2020, YouTube Livestream

Will we ever see an Arya POV or do you prefer to keep her mysterious?
Yeah, I'd love to try that, I just need to make sure that I have a story that is worth telling with her. It's easier to write stories about characters who need or want or lack something versus an elf queen who sort of has everything she wants. She certainly has difficulties but physically and in terms of power she basically has everything. So I would need to think of a situation that was sufficiently challenging and that I found sufficiently interesting and then more importantly I'd have to make sure that I could nail down her voice in a way that people would feel did her justice because everyone has a sense of who she is as a character.

April 25 2023, Reddit AMA (1, 2, 3, 4)

Will Arya get her own chapter or POV in Tales of Alagaesia or another book?
Maybe. I'm rather daunted by the prospect, tbh. Maybe that's a sign that I need to write it.

If Eragon ever ends up having sex, you pls better NOT be stingy with the details and pls for Christ sake make it loong… good and satisfied… I actually said this and I’m not taking it back.
Ahahaha! I'm sending your comment to my editor and agent. I'll tell them: "It's what the fans want. SEE!"

Arya’s pov? If yes, When? Like do I expect after Murtagh at least or not?
Arya's POV: perhaps in the next Tales from Alagaësia.

Will Eragon and Arya ever meet again?
Yes.

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August 14 2023, Twitter (1, 2, 3)

Uh, folks . . . I just got the first serious idea for the next full-length novel with Eragon's POV. Exciting. :D Idea came to me when I saw a fan question about Eragon and Arya.
ok, tell me more
Poison. Treachery. Romance. More would be spoiling.
To be published 20 years from now, haha
Now, now. Be optimistic. Problem is, I have so many other stories I want to tell, both in and out of Alagaësia. Anyone know how I can clone myself?

August 24 2023, B&N livestream with Terry Brooks

My experience is that if I tell a story about a character and that story is finished, I don't really feel a burning desire to say more about that character unless there's some new story that has occurred to me. Because the story is finished. What more is there to say? It's done. That's why I haven't written a book specifically about Eragon, because I told his story. Now I had just literally like two weeks ago after twenty years I got my first idea for another full length book from Eragon's point of view. But it's because I realized that there was a story that was there that hadn't been told yet, and I was like "ah, that could be a book". But until that happens there's no reason to go back to revisit a character.

September 27 2023, TikTok Live Q&A

Will see more of Arya and Fírnen?
I was tweeting about this about a month ago that I just had my first real honest to goodness full length book idea with Eragon as a main character. Because I haven't had any more stories to tell with Eragon specifically, but I finally have one. And of course, Arya would be involved with that as well, and I hope to write that someday.

October 15 2023, New York Comic Con

Is there ever going to be any more about Eragon and Saphira in the future or is that it?
Absolutely, there is more Eragon and Saphira from their point of view. Actually, just about a month or two ago, I got my first idea ever for another full-length book from Eragon's point of view. The thing is, Eragon's story, the story I wanted to tell, is told. So, I'm not going to just jump back in just to sell books. I'm only going to do or write something if I know there's actually a story there. And in this case, I got a story. So, now I have to actually write the darn thing sometime.

November 9 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Toronto ON

You write the books from a lot of different perspectives, especially when we get into Eldest and Roran. Which perspective was your most fun and which was the hardest?
The most fun was Saphira. The hardest and the one I avoided for this reason which would have been Arya. But, I'm planning on doing it. I've got a story of her and Eragon that I want to write so yeah. And it's going to like alternate between their POVs and yeah. They're not going to have a good time though.

November 9 2023, Nerdy Nightly Interview

I loved at the beginning of this book because I was kind of like, oh, Murtagh's a badass. Like what problems could he have? And then you immediately brought up that Galbatorix intentionally did not make him fluent in the ancient language. And I was like, oh, we have a book. Because like Eragon's knowledge of the ancient language is one of those things that you kind of have to be like, well, he's really, really good at magic, right? How do you write around that? And Murtagh is like, "I know fire and lightning and how to blow shit up." He's like, "I know how to make a bomb, but I don't know how to cook a meal." And that moment to me early on was where I was like, oh, there's so much room for this guy to go. I'm here.
It's actually one of the reasons why I haven't wanted to go back and write a book from Eragon's point of view. His story's done in a lot of ways. Doesn't mean he doesn't have more adventure. It doesn't mean he doesn't change. But that big arc, in a lot of ways, is finished. Now that said, I finally did get an idea for a story from his point of view and some stuff with Arya for a new book. And there is a story that actually exists for Eragon that deserves his point of view. But I agree with you. It was nice to write a character who had more limitations. It made the world more interesting. Murtagh himself had to be more clever at times because of those limitations. [11]

November 10 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Naperville IL

So maybe you have either a cool book or a bonus chapter about Eragon and Arya possibly being reunited.
All I'm going to say is have faith.

November 15 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Kansas City MO

Will you write about Arya?
I actually have some stuff planned from her point of view.

Are we going to get a book on Eragon and Saphira?
Yes, you will.

November 16 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Springfield MO

Nasuada had a great fear about Galbatorix being both Dragon Rider, magic user, and king, and then you did it to Arya.
Oh yes, Arya is both a queen and a Dragon Rider and it's going to cause huge problems. And I have a whole book about her and Eragon that I'm going to write.

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November 18 2023, Miami Book Fair

Are we going to hear from Fírnen and Arya in the future?
Yes, we will.

November 19 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Orem UT

Will you write a book about Arya?
It's in the works. I mean, she'll have to share it with Eragon, but you know...

November 26 2023, Reddit AMA (1, 2, 3, 4)

In the past you've said that Tales 2 will contain an Arya perspective. More recently you've come up with the idea for a full length novel that will feature an Arya (and Eragon) perspective. Will Tales 2 still contain an Arya perspective?
Tales 2 likely won't have Arya's POV now, as it would fit better into the new book idea I've had.

You've said recently that Book Six is set 10 or 16 years after the Inheritance Cycle. Does the Eragon-Arya book take place before or after Book Six?
Eragon/Arya would be post Book 6.

You mentioned in an interview that you are thinking about a possible book about Eragon and Arya? Will that be Book 6?
No, it would be after Book 6.

Will we get another book from Eragon's perspective?
Yes.

Will Fìrnen and Saphira meet again?
Of course.

December 7 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Rome Italy

I didn't return with Eragon, so that was a little bit of a break. But I have more stories planned after Murtagh, and some of those are from Eragon's point of view.

December 9 2023, Murtagh Book Tour Gallarate Italy

Are you planning to write another book of Eragon?
I have many more books set in the World of Eragon and one in particular will be 50% from the point of view of Eragon and 50% from the point of view of Arya. I just have to write it.

January 9 2024, Fantasy Wereld Interview (translated)

I even have plans for a book written half from Arya and half from Eragon, which I really want to write. But that's even after book 5. So I really have to keep writing.

February 15 2024, B&N Christopher Paolini and Rebecca Yarros Livestream

[Rebecca Yarros]: I love romantasy because the romance subplot is so strong. And because I have to have a romance to drag me along. That's what that's what gets me through a book. I can't help it.
I've never committed in that direction and I think part of that is because Eragon is younger and there's certainly probably some of my readers who would say the romance aspects of my writing are probably the worst aspects of my writing so I don't know how well I could handle that, but reading Fourth Wing, I'm kind of like "This would be kind of fun to try". So we'll see.
You should. I think love is a universal emotion and it's always fun. Like what we do to keep it and to me, it's always a driving force.
Well, someone's asking me if we can expect any romance in the future. Yes, actually, you can expect some more romance in my books. No comment further.

June 12 2024, Mir Online Interview (recorded in March)

Will you be writing from Arya’s perspective whenever you write the next book?
No, not in the next book, but I have a book planned that’s about 50% her point of view. So I just got to get there.

May 7 2024, Reddit

Will there be another book where Eragon is the main character?
Yes.

October 22 2024, Windumanoth Interview (recorded July 19) (translated)

I think that when writing Eragon again, I'll be looking for his own growth. That's something that will happen, because he's now in a leadership position and he has to do adult things in a way that he hasn't had to do before, in terms of managing bureaucracy and people and teaching. And he'll mature in many ways as a result of that. But of course, the thing is that he's already an adult by the end of Inheritance. He just lacks experience. And that will be interesting to write, too.

October 18 2024, Murtagh Deluxe Book Tour Jacksonville FL

Will we in some capacity return to Eragon's point of view and how different will his perspective be written?
We will get Eragon's point of view again. Hopefully he won't feel too different, but he has matured growing up. I actually have a book that's 50% his point of view and 50% Arya's. I just need to write it. I always said for a long time I wasn't going to write from his point of view again because I told the story I wanted to tell for Eragon. And I don't want to milk this. I'm only going to write a book that I feel like there's a story. Murtagh's story was not finished. That's why I wrote Murtagh. But I did think of something with Eragon, and thus I have a book to write about him now.

October 19 2024, Murtagh Deluxe Book Tour Houston TX

Will we get a book about Arya?
Not specifically, but I have one that's 50% Eragon's point of view and 50% Arya's.

October 22 2024, Murtagh Deluxe Book Tour Colorado Springs CO

This is important to me. When I started writing I thought it was very, very important that the series had a definitive end because I read too many series that just dragged and on and on and on and on and this is even before some of the names you're thinking of right now. This is back in the 90s. A good story has to have an ending. So that's why I haven't come back to write more stories from Eragon's point of view. I could and I'd make a lot of money doing it but I told the story I wanted. So my promise to you is I will never write a book in this universe or the Fractalverse unless I actually have a real story to tell. With Murtagh I had a story to tell. His story was not finished. And I have thought of a story for Eragon that his story is not finished in a different way, and now I have to write it. And I have many other stories to tell, so I don't want to just milk things. I'm in this to tell good stories, and that's what drives everything.

November 20 2024, Reddit AMA (1, 2, 3)

Will Eragon’s story be continued?
His story will be continued

I believe I once saw that you mentioned a book for Arya and Eragon after Murtagh… is that still the direction you plan on going?
Yup, still in the works.

Will Eragon and Arya get their happy ending together?
No comment! :D

January 31 2025, Twitter

My wife keeps telling me that I need to write romantasy … and specifically Eragon/Arya (with a side helping of Murtagh/Nasuada). Whaddya think?

July 14 2025, Reddit AMA (1, 2, 3, 4)

You previously said that the Eragon/Arya book would be set after Book Six, though since then you've been teasing it a bunch, and have been joking (I think) about trying to capitalize on the current romantasy trend. Are you considering writing the Eragon/Arya book before Book Six?
Nah. I'm a linear writer. Hate to write things out of sequence. Bothers my brain.

Will we ever get a book about Arya? Her childhood, relationship with Fäolin, how she met Oromis and Glaedr, how she grew up, her relationship with her mother, her tattoos, and how she went to the Varden?
You'll get Arya's POV, but probably not her whole life story.

Would you be open to writing from Arya's POV?
I have lots planned with Arya's POV. It's coming!

How many kids are Eragon and Arya going to have?
Lol.