The Fate of Saphira

The Fate of Saphira

  • She finds a mate among the wild dragons

    Votes: 2 18.2%

  • She is captured by Galbatorix and is forced to mate with Thorn or Shruikan

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • She mates with Glaedr

    Votes: 1 9.1%

  • She mates with Greeni

    Votes: 6 54.5%

  • She has no mate

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • She dies saving Eragon

    Votes: 4 36.4%

  • She dies and Eragon revives her

    Votes: 1 9.1%

  • She comes perilously close to dying and Eragon saves her

    Votes: 2 18.2%

  • Nothing bad happens to her, but nothing good either

    Votes: 1 9.1%
  • Total voters
    11
Skul

Skul

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It’s a huge question concerning the future of Alagaësia about the fate of Saphira. Let’s look at the facts, first of all:
Eragon’s fate is to leave Alagaësia forever. But why?
Saphira is concerned about finding a mate, and so far Glaedr is the only dragon on the Varden’s side. Are there any more?
Nothing bad has happened to Saphira in Eragon or Eldest. Is something bad going to happen in Brisingr and Book 4?
I’ll present all sides of the questions in the above poll, concerning some major questions and theories from http://www.inheritanceforums.com.

1. She finds a mate among the wild dragons
2. She is captured by Galbatorix and forced to mate with Thorn or Shruikan
3. She mates with Glaedr
4. She mates with Greeni
5. She has no mate
6. She dies saving Eragon
7. She dies and Eragon revives her
8. She comes perilously close to dying and Eragon saves her
9. Nothing bad happens to her, but nothing good either

Bonus: The End of Book IV
 
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It all depends, but I've always thought that Greeni and Saphira would mate or she would be forced to mate with one of the other dragons. Though, I'd rather not have the later happen.
 
She finds a mate among the wild dragons

This is the least likely candidate of the mating options. The argument for this is that the situation begins to look bleak for the Varden, and Eragon and Saphira starts searching for wild dragons, possibly one that is willing to mate with her. However, they are in the middle of a war, and cannot afford to be lolly gagging. Plus, Galbatorix killed all the wild dragons, and none have been seen in over a hundred years. And you’ll remember that dragons cannot hide easily.
So it’s possible but not probable that Saphira will mate with a wild dragon.
 
She is captured by Galbatorix and forced to mate with Thorn or Shruikan

This seems to be the best-plotted—and most likely—theory of them all, though hardly the most popular. Saphira is capture by Galbatorix. There is no way she can resist being forced to mate with Thorn or Shruikan—particularly Shruikan. It’s obvious that Murtagh will only become a good guy again if Galbatorix is killed, so until that happens, he and Thorn are stuck fighting the Varden. And Shruikan is Galbatorix’s dragon, so why should he even consider becoming a good guy?
So the most likely theory of all is that Saphira will be forced to mate with Shruikan or—more likely, due to age difference—Thorn.
 
She mates with Glaedr

Surprisingly, this is one of the more popular theories. After Eragon and Saphira help Roran rescue Katrina from Helgrind, they are bound by the ancient language to go and continue their training from Oromis and Glaedr. The argument for this theory is that when Glaedr finds out how Murtagh hatched a dragon and has turned evil, he’ll have a change of heart and agree to mate with Saphira.
However, he’s already refused Saphira once, and that time it came to near disaster. (Part of this is because Saphira asked at the very mountain where the ancient dragons chose mates and laid eggs, and I’ve pinpointed—with Christopher Paolini’s help—the exact location to be the mating cave where Saphira asked Glaedr the first time.) Some people say that she’ll ask in a more appropriate place next time. But come on, people. Saphira is just over a year old, and I placed Glaedr at just over five hundred years old. Need I say anymore?
So it’s highly unlikely that Saphira will mate with Glaedr.
 
She mates with Greeni

This seems to be the second-most-likely theory of all. Since Christopher Paolini hasn’t given the name of the dragon in Brisingr and/or Book IV, we at http://www.wikia.com/ have nicknamed him Greeni.
Varden get egg. Egg hatches. Dragon matures. Mates with Saphira. Sounds simple, is simple. The only way Saphira cannot mate with this dragon is if she’s captured and forced to mate with Thorn or Shruikan. (See topic above.)
Greeni has the same chance as Thorn and Shruikan. So it’s highly probable that Saphira will mate with Greeni.
 
She has no mate

A strange twenty percent of the Inheritance Forums members agree that Saphira will not have a mate. The only way for that to happen is if Glaedr dies, Greeni hatches for a member of the Empire, and Saphira doesn’t get captured. But one of the most obvious things in the trilogy is that Saphira will end up with a mate one way or another.
So it’s virtually impossible for Saphira to be mateless. Sorry, IF members.
 
Saphira and Greeni will mate. Saphira will have a couple of children. One of Saphira's children will mate with Murtagh's dragon. This will solve the problem of dragons bemoing extinct.
 
She dies saving Eragon

Now we get to the second set of theories I want to discuss: the death of Saphira. I know what you’re thinking: “Saphira can’t die! Eragon won’t, so she can’t either! We love her! Kill the guy who wrote this!”
Hear me out on this one. Refer to Eragon. Brom’s Saphira died saving him from Morzan. Without the arts to heal her, and with her refusing for him to even try, she died.
That’s probably a premonition of what’ll happen to our Saphira. If Galbatorix captures her, she’ll be bound by the ancient language. When Eragon comes to rescue her, she’ll save him from a deadly blow, thus ending her oath and giving Eragon just enough time to stab Galbatorix dead. However, the penalty would be her own death.
A poll on IF shows 95% of the voting members saying Saphira won’t die. 4% more say she’ll die and Eragon will revive her. Only 1% says she’ll die and won’t live on.
At this moment, it looks painfully likely that Saphira will die saving Eragon.
 
She dies and Eragon revives her

It’s strange how many people believe this theory. Refer back to the above story plot, and then to Eragon. Brom’s last words were seven words in the ancient language, and what they mean. People seem to think these words were words to revive a dead person.
This after Brom had just told Eragon it was impossible to revive a dead person. And if he told Eragon, why didn’t Eragon use them to bring Brom back from the dead? And why didn’t Brom use them to bring his Saphira back from the dead?
Answer: it wasn’t a spell for healing.
So it’s impossible for Saphira to die and be brought back to life.
 
She comes perilously close to dying and Eragon saves her

This theory is only slightly more likely than the above theory. The said seven words could very well be used to heal grievous wounds, but why didn’t Eragon use them to heal Brom as he was dying? More likely, the words are of destruction, possibly to destroy the Ra’zac and Lethrblaka.
Need I say anymore?
So it looks like that spell isn’t one of healing. Meaning it’s highly improbable that Saphira will come close to dying and won’t.
 
Nothing bad happens to her, but nothing good either

This seems to be the story of the cycle. Saphira hatches for Eragon. Since then, all the things have happened to Eragon and everybody else, but not her. It’s as if she’s just a member of the audience and not really involved herself.
If this is the case for Books III and IV, then I’ll want my money back.
Considering Christopher Paolini’s climax in Eldest, I might just delete this topic altogether.
 
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