Chapter 18

The next chapter called “Making Amends” is next. In this chapter Eragon goes to cure Elva. Elva is a very young girl who Eragon blessed when she was first born. However he had messed up the wording and it gave her the power to see others weakness and the desire to help. Eragon had gone to try and remove the blessing. There were to options, he could either try to remove the spell altogether or he could create a spell to counter the blessing. He chose the second one because it was much easier and much less dangerous. After he had cast the new spell Elva said that it had not worked, even though the desire to help was gone she could still feel the pain. As Eragon began to try and put together a new spell Elva stopped him. She told him she could block out the pain now that the desire was gone and she went on about how she could use this for her own personal gain. Eragon and Saphira both decided it would be unwise to keep her in this state and he was about to say the spell when Elva stopped him again. She outwitted him with words because she could see what hurt him. She then left the tent and that is how the chapter ends.