His relation to the Varden is also unclear; he states Galbatorix is in fact "evil", but he doesn't know he's "evil". I give Paolini a plus on this, since the idea of him thinking he's evil and laughing evilly and bathing in virgin blood is just too hard to bare. All in all, his relation to the Varden is foggy.
What he wants is to teach Eragon and die. Wish granted. Nasuada continues to be an insufferable moron in her weekly justice one-stand. A construction worker steals and eats a number of chickens because his rations are too little for his big body.
The second thought is as following: Was what she did just? What matters here is how it affects previous presumptions made on her behalf. So far in the cycle, it is given as a self-torturing individual who has no rights in governing a rebellion, ever since her most impressive feat is purely economic in nature, and also ungrateful for the nation that housed the army she set up: Selling lace for a small price gives immense profits, but on the negative ramification that the original caregiver suffers; the merchants and crafting guilds of Surda suffer economically in this bid, and when the king confronts her for this, she retorts in a glorious display of ungratefulness that she will be happy to do so if he gives his share.
Is anyone else seeing the wrong thing in this? Nasuada is the prime cause of his people actually dying; to him, she has the obligation to provide information and for him to make half the decisions, just like stock markets.
Financing a war is a nightmare even to economically stable countries. These aren't faults in the book, but faults in the character; something I'd normally encourage, but only if she wasn't forced into the Trial of Long Knives. Or at least, not true all the…. For our second round of scenery-chewing thesaurusy fun, we move on to the Red Brick.
The raw number of bookisms is actually fairly similar to the…. Hello there! It has been quite a while since I visited this site. I have been very busy and couldn't dedicate myself to this, and i had a LOT to…. Your IP address will be recorded. Log in No account? Create an account. Though she seldom revealed much and often left those who spoke with her even more confused than before. On the whole, she approved of the Varden's motives, but her basis for joining them was still unknown, though said that she liked to be where things were happening.
Angela could speak the Urgal language and at least a small amount of the Ancient Language though because Oromis mentioned that she had spent time in Du Weldenvarden, it is possible she could be fluent. She enjoyed knitting, particularly as she could create items of clothing useful to her specifically for example, the sweater with Dvalar's ward against mad rabbits.
King Halfpaw the Werecat King feared and despised her, though many Werecats didn't seem to share his views. She was known for having quarrels with the sorceress Trianna. She also carried the sword she calls Tinkledeath because of the sound it makes when she taps it , which is a transparent blade made of enchanted diamond.
The blade is capable of storing energy, like all jewels, and is the sharpest blade in all of existence. Angela was described by Oromis as "A woman of short stature with thick, curly brown hair, flashing eyes, and a wit that is as sharp as it is odd. Angela's sword was named "Albitr" pronounced "All-Bite-er".
Angela however liked to call it "Tinkledeath", which she demonstrated by tapping it with her fingernail. It was a diamond sword, considering it could cut through just about anything. Angela let Eragon borrow it for a short amount of time. However, Eragon was uncomfortable with the weapon. Albitr was transparent in color and could easily cut through rock. Although Angela did not appear intimidating or powerful, she had shown to be extremely adept in magic and a surprisingly skilled fighter: she protected herself from Elva's mental abilities something even Eragon was not immune to , stated that the Twins would be driven mad if they even tried to breach her mind and killed Kull and Urgals in hand-to-hand combat.
She also managed to kill a number of soldiers in Dras-Leona by locally altering her perception of time with a clever spell she learned from Tenga.
Angela immediately objected to this, stating said she should have been the one to probe the elves' minds as "It would have been safer", perhaps suggesting she has a way to resist the effects of doing this. She also claimed that she was no match for Galbatorix. Angela is comparable to the Oracle from the Matrix Series. Both of them make predictions regarding the main character Angela makes her prediction regarding Eragon which is very much comparable to the oracle's prediction about Neo.
Also, the origin of both the characters is unknown and left open for speculation. There is also significant evidence to suggest that Angela is meant as an homage to the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who. After Brisingr, Christopher Paolini admits to including at least one Doctor Who reference in-story specifically, the line about the 'Lonely God adrift upon the Sea of Time' and several more appear in connection to Angela.
The main character of Doctor Who is the Doctor, a man whose real name is unknown and who belongs to a quasi-immortal race known as the Time Lords. Solembum mentions to Eragon that he has seen many strange things with Angela, including rooms that are "bigger on the inside" than the outside would suggest, a quality ascribed verbatim to the Doctor's TARDIS or space-time ship.
Angela is also shown to have control over at least her own passage through time, a technique she uses against soldiers in Dras-Leona. Like the Doctor, she is exceedingly eccentric and effervescent and often makes seemingly random statements in a completely matter-of-fact way. I also believe that had she used it for longer periods of time say, to kill every soldier in the city the energy drain could well have killed her.
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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How did Angela kill twenty men at once? Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 6 months ago. Active 6 months ago. Viewed 5k times. Eragon and Arya asked Angela how she killed twenty men at once she said What is time but motion? When you understand the implications of that, you'll understand how and what I did. What does she mean and how does this explain what she did? Improve this question.
Community Bot 1. Robert Lee Robert Lee 1 1 silver badge 8 8 bronze badges. I've completely overhauled your question. I haven't read the book, so feel free to rollback of I've changed your meaning. DaveJohnson you're dupe link goes to this question?
TGnat My bad, must have had the wrong link in my clipboard. This one is a possible dupe: scifi. DaveJohnson I flagged the other question as duplicate. This one is written better thanks to TGnat, and already has an upvoted answer. Can someone edit in the specific scene where she actually casts the spell, to see if it provides insight? We have Angela's explanation of events, but not the events themselves.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. As to WHAT she actually did to the men, the book is unclear. Here is the scene in question: He had only covered a few feet, however, when a flicker of movement appeared next to each man: a soft, shadowy blur, like the motion of a windblown pennant seen at the edge of his vision. Speculation on the "How" part Without further explanation or description, and given Angela's answer as to how she killed them, my personal speculation is that she stabbed each man through the eye with what was essentially a dagger made of super-heated air.
Improve this answer. Omegacron Omegacron I'd be inclined to say that rather than using superheated air which certainly involves heat and motion she stole heat and used it to accelerate her own motion which involves time, as well , so that she was able to move almost faster than perception, stabbing each one in the eye by hand while they were from her point of view stood still. Darael - that's possible as well, and is essentially what Darshit's answer speculates.
If you haven't already, you should give that one an upvote. Inheritance A poniard is a small dagger. Not a joke. She almost says Raxicoricofallapatorius at one point. Adamant Adamant k 31 31 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. According to the theory, Angela lost her dragon and, like Brom, lived on alone. This theory is satisfying enough, and it helps us to understand the matter of her impossible age, her importance in the Varden and among the elves, and her first hand commentary on important events of old.
Likewise, the matter of her friendship with Solembum may be resolved by Angela being a fallen Rider- such a person would get along well with a werecat.
Oromis especially, as an Elder, would certainly recognize a living Rider who had learned on Vroengard before the Fall. There was no recognition between the two when they encountered each other in Teirm, so this theory remains unresolved and unlikely. Are you still with me? There are so many possibilities, it seems endless. This next theory is almost proven fact, as it is widely believed by many fans following the release of Inheritance.
It is theorized that Angela the herbalist is actually an oracle and seer, or otherwise known as the Soothsayer. Now this, this is a theory I can stand by. She commands respect from all of the races, especially the elves, who bow and greet her first, in accordance with their traditions.
And who else but a Soothsayer would know exactly when and where momentous events are in progress? The Soothsayer lived there for centuries, even after the elves had left Ilirea. No one knows where the Soothsayer went after she left the chamber. It was said by Galbatorix that the Soothsayer was neither elf, nor dwarf, nor human, but something else entirely. This could imply that the Soothsayer was a descendant of the Grey Folk, as Christopher Paolini hinted that readers would encounter such a descendant in Inheritance.
And so things come full circle. Last but certainly not least, I studied many theories today, but I saved the most bizarre for the end. Are you ready for this one?
There is a group of fans who believe Angela to be Galbatorix in disguise. No, seriously. The best thing about this theory is that Paolini himself is particularly fond of it, despite it being farfetched and altogether impossible. More importantly, when Galbatorix commits suicide in Inheritance , Angela does not implode, nor keel over, nor do anything akin to dying. There are some possibilities we can accept as truth, and others that are too absurd; unfortunately, Angela was an enigma, and she will remain as such- that is, unless Christopher Paolini releases a fifth book, as he mentioned in passing in which case I would probably die.
Reader, what do you think? If you have any comments or theories of your own, I want to hear them. May the stars watch over you, and may your swords stay sharp! Resources yes, I had to conduct a lot of research, even for a dorky literature review :. Macauley, Mike. Questions, Inheritance.
Building on the Angela Dragon Rider theory, what if she was one of the first human riders, and lost her dragon early in the history, possibly before Oromis and all but the oldest elves.
My memory of the timeline is fuzzy though.
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