Archetypes
- The Hero: Eragon Shadeslayer, the last known dragon rider
- The Villian: The Empire and the Shade Druze
- The Mentor: Brom, a story teller with a mysterious past from Eragons home village
- Damsel in Distress: Arya, a captured elf Eragon saved from the empire
- Companion: Saphira, Eragon's dragon and equal
- Side Kick: Murtagh, always there for Eragon and is dependable