Blog Post 9

          Something odd about the book Inheritance is the relationship between the witch Angela and the werecat Solembum. Only in the final book of the series did the author (Christopher Paolini) make the origin of Angela and her companion Solembum of any issue. This happened specifically when the Varden were capturing Dras-Leona and they were deadlocked with the High Priest. When she was about to finish him off, she whispered into his ear who she was and he reacted nothing short of pure terror. This gets both me and other readers really wondering where she came from because to make someone who is that powerful scream and "ship their pants" must be extremely powerful in and of themself. Something else that could have been an honorable mention was twice in the book there were instances in which Solembum or Angela would get hurt, and the other would be the one who would wince in pain. This would make me think that the author is trying to hint that they are connected in some way. Whether or not the author will try to make another book that contains an explanation about their origin within a book about the events after Inheritance remains a mystery. Paolini has thankfully hinted that he will make another book or spin off series that will tie up some of the many loose ends that he left. Him leaving those many loose ends, is not a major problem. The whole series was somewhere around 2500 pages long and no book was shorter than 500 pages, and in the final book, which was 800 pages on its own, he took 75+ pages making the conclusion chapters and still did not get it all.