Midlight Crisis

Chapter 51 has like a super strong moral code and will definitely judge you if yours is different. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Murtagh's terrible home life, how much horses work out, and the relentlessness of the GD Urgals.

Chapter 50 has a wicked sunburn, because sunscreen doesn't seem to exist in Alagaesia, but the Hadarac desert does. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how much Saphira loves the desert, the hit-first-ask-questions-later female character, and some truly stunning language skills.   Also, listen closely, and you might catch the quiet jingles of our fourth co-host, the enigmatic Totoro.

One human, one elf, one dragon rider, two horses, and a dragon discuss how to cross the desert. There's no punchline, that's just what happens in Chapter 49. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss scale structures, aestivation, and the illustrious Taylor Swift scorpion.    

Chapter 48 breaks out of prison to escape in a hail of arrows! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magic training, pine tree smell, and play fast and loose with dragon math. 

If you've been checking every prison in Alagaësia for Chapter 47, you've found it! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss various teeth, super secret dragon passwords, and onions.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Chapter 46 (sandstone) to Chapter 46 (diamond). Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they say their goodbyes to Brom. Very respectfully, of course.   RIP, Brom. We hardly knew ya.   Additional reading: What's your humour? https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/O4TS/?fbclid=IwAR2nTqY3xbcLSau8dl5JT_DAMtH6mCd_7mg0r6wb2weZtxX8w8a55uxDX1k  

Chapter 45 hasn't seen the movie Dodgeball, have you? Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the flap musculature (scientific term) of birds, dragon sentience, and how terrible sibilance is for podcasting.

Listening to podcasts is its own kind of worshipe, if you think about it. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah in Chapter 44 as they discuss the fact that Brom is the real main character, the general vibe of cathedrals, and science diagrams that look like s#!tposts.

Add some peat to Chapter 43 and it's more of a mire than Dras-Leona, apparently! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the rules of magic fights, Eragon's special eardrums, and a tenebrous nightmare ship.

Pass out into Chapter 42 and join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss poor mentorship in fantasy, the rules of scrying, and elk bugles.   Additional reading:  Yi qi: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/chinese-dinosaur-had-bat-like-wings-and-feathers?fbclid=IwAR0oFXlwV9USDZ0s8HSEG7jGq2hUrSsu5LH6k_taZIsmfz0OfxSx3pr_m-4  

This is how you spell "Chapter Forty-One." Learn it. And join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss close-quarters longbow usage, cat teeth, and how holly can protect you from lightning.

Welcome to Tierm, where you can listen to Chapter 40 through a wall using maaagic! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss Eragon's fortune-telling, what Hungarian and Ancient Greek may have in common with the language of Alagaesia, and whether toads actually exist.  

Explore your poetic yearnings for the ocean and love for lowbrow dad jokes with Chapter 39! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how dragons walk, big walls, and what eels and elves have in common.

Slip into your comfiest yoga clothes and get ready for our arrival in Daret in Chapter 38. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss mind melding magic, the colour blue, and a surprising number of pigeon facts.

Chapter 37 was recorded in the Ancient Language of magic, but don't worry, we translated it for you. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss magical linguistics, the difference between sorcerers, magicians, and dragon riders (oh my), and Eragon's possible astrological sign.   Additional reading: 1) The 21 gram soul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment   2) "Can't Help Myself" at...

Chapter 36 crosses a treacherous plain and comes to an abandoned (or is it!?) town! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how far you can realistically see across a prairie, why you shouldn't but apparently can jump on a dragon's wing, and the impossibility of punching a person off a horse.   Additional links: http://www.hokulea.com/moananuiakea/    

Chapter 35 learns how to fight with a sword, because this is a fantasy novel, y'all! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss speech patterns, dragon energy expenditure, and finally asking the most important question: how DID dinosaurs have sex?

Jingle your bells, don your gay apparel, and get ready for a holly jolly good time as we depart from our regularly-scheduled Eragon content to bring you CHRISTMAS DRAGON LLC, the festive rom-com (with dragons!) you didn't know you were missing! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they pitch their feel-good holiday love story with with miscommunications aplenty, totally scientific dragon magic, and the...

Chapter 34 is lurking in the Unprecedentedshadows, ready to leap out of a hidden bramble on the back of a dragon! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the use of glottal stops in fantasy, the two different types of hemlock, and who is faster: a dragon or a vampire?

Welcome to the hut of Gertrude, the town healer, sit down and enjoy Chapter 33 with a side of poultice or whatever. Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss draconic stamina, shark teeth, and the many potential horrors of chafing.

Freak out and hide in the woods to listen to Chapter 32, because some mysterious strangers are in town! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the implications of hexapods in fantasy literature, napping in the face of certain disaster, and whether dragons have thumbs.

Open up your Dragonology textbook and turn to Chapter 31 for a life history lesson! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they calculate dragon growth rates, discuss delayed embryonic development, and spiral into existential dread.

Pour yourself a cup of tea and get ready for story time with Brom! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss wing loading, how absolutely huge dragons can get, and the intricacies of dealing with animal dung.

Chapter 29 arrives in Carvahall to tell treasonous stories! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss the secret history of Alagaësia, the fantasy patriarchy, and eggs (again, but longer).

Pull out your fantasy maps and join us in an exploration of Chapter 28! Join Sophie, Sam, and Hannah as they discuss how far Eragon lives from town, the teen perspective FROM the teen perspective, and E G G S.