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Last time Eragon began to grieve over the loss of his uncle. After crying at the foot of his dead uncle’s bed he passes out and wakes up late in the day with a plan for revenge on the strangers that came and killed his uncle, he then communicates his plan with Saphira. At this point in the story, he sneaks out of the house his uncle was being kept in and goes to get supplies for his journey. He steals meat from the town butcher, Sloan, a man that scorned him in the past. He felt no remorse from stealing from him. Then he went and stole leather from the town leatherworker in order to make Saphira a saddle. A man he knew well and promised himself he would pay back for the theft. He then told Saphira to land in the woods so they could leave and chase the strangers. At the spot where Saphira said she would pick him up, he found Brom instead. Brom said that he knew Eragon was a dragon rider and that he would be coming along with them. This angered Eragon who pushed Saphira to pick him up quickly, she replied that she wouldn’t land until they settled their differences. Brom explains that Saphira and he spoke telepathically and that he might as well just be allowed to come along with Eragon. He went on to say that he might as well come along as his years and experience might serve Eragon well and keep them alive out in Alagaesia (the name of the land in which The Inheritance Cycle takes place). After a bit more persuasion Brom and Eragon agreed that Brom could come along with them so they set out on their adventure to find the strangers who murdered Eragon’s uncle and destroyed his home.