Brisingr
Characters in Brisingr
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Eragon
A young Dragon Rider from Carvahall, bound by oaths he made before he understood what keeping them would cost.
Also in Eragon, Eldest, Inheritance, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
Saphira
Eragon's dragon and the other half of his mind; her judgement is frequently the steadier of the two.
Also in Eragon, Eldest, Inheritance
Roran
Eragon's cousin, fighting for the Varden as an ordinary soldier and discovering what he is worth without a dragon behind him.
Also in Eldest, Inheritance
Antagonists
King Galbatorix
The tyrant on the Broddring throne, whose power has no obvious limit and no obvious source.
Also in Eragon, Eldest, Inheritance
Murtagh
A Rider bound in service to Galbatorix against his will, and the enemy Eragon least wants to meet.
Also in Murtagh
Supporting characters
Nasuada
Leader of the Varden, holding a rebellion together on scarce supplies and scarcer allies.
Also in Eldest, Inheritance
Arya
An elf and the Varden's envoy to her people, fighting alongside Eragon in the closing siege.
Also in Eldest
Oromis
The elder Rider who trained Eragon in Ellesmera, now drawn out of hiding into the war itself.
Also in Eldest
Glaedr
Oromis's golden dragon, the last free dragon of the old order besides Saphira.
Also in Eldest
Orik
A dwarf of Durgrimst Ingeitum and Eragon's foster-brother, standing for the contested dwarf kingship.
Also in Eldest