Witches, rejoice!

Lucy and Darien are sure this won't come back to haunt us later in Eragon chapter 53, “Bless the Child, Argetlam” and chapter 54, “Mandrake Root and Newt's Tongue."

Talking points include Eragon having a chance to chill, Eragon passing Orik’s vibe check, Orik passing Saphira’s vibe check, Darien short but hard Will Not Eat list, the daily realities of what it means to be a Dragon Rider, using the audio book to cheat at reading the Ancient Language out loud, and Angela just being the best.

Sparks of Inspiration

• Darien gets into spooky season with Hellaween by Moss Lawton.
• Lucy has some spoons back as her day job lightens up.

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Ajihad is one cool dude.

Darien and Lucy get some answers in Eragon chapter 51, “The Glory of Tronjheim,” and chapter 52, “Ajihad.”

NOTE: In this episode, Darien draws incorrect conclusions about the inspiration of that city name Tronjheim. Listeners have since informed us that the name is a reference to a real world city in Norway! How cool!!

Talking points include Darien’s steadfast refusal correctly pronounce the name of the dwarven city, how cool Ajihad is, how very suspicious these creepy nameless twins are, mixing up the plot of the wedding episode of Monk with the plot of the wedding episode of Sherlock, avoiding [blank] as default when writing character descriptions, referencing the map, a brief AU where Arya successfully sent Saphira’s egg to Brom, filling in the details of Brom’s mysterious conversation 500 pages later, and figuring who does or doesn’t like Eragon.

Sparks of Inspiration

• Lucy celebrates starting her own book club!
• Darien shouts out the frightening and fabulous Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass.

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This bald man sucks.

Lucy and Darien have some OPINIONS in Eragon chapter 50, “Hunting for Answers.”

Talking points include a crucial need for italics, being right about disliking this bald guy, the excellent word choice that is “courier,” being right about liking our new dwarf friend, Lucy's impeccable memory of lines from the text, tantalizing lore drop about Darien and Lucy's time in an cosplay K-pop dance group, Eragon and Saphira demonstrating they do trust Murtagh, and Murtagh's Tragic Backstory ™.

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of torture, though does not go into more detail than what was outlined in the chapter being discussed.

Sparks of Inspiration

• Darien considers the words of T.J. Klune and the importance of being the Anti-J.K. Rowling.
• Lucy restarts her writing habit after a thrilling DnD campaign finale.

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