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• The third dragon egg is not green but brown.

• Saphira's parents roles are reversed: instead of her sire (Iormûngr) being the bonded dragon and her dam (Vervada) being wild, Vervada is the one with the Rider while Iormûngr was wild.

• Vervada entrusted more than one egg to the Riders, though the circumstances where much more pressing than when she bore Saphira.

• Rider dragons can form monogamous partnerships with another who they call a "lifemate"; it's akin to being married. Their fire is also tinged by their scale color.

• There are three breeds of dragons—gem, fire, and wind—which are merely certain sets of characteristics shared by certain groups of dragons. [This is explained by Niaomi & Luminous in chapter one of Destiny.]

• Oromis & Glaedr did not die at the end of Brisingr - they disappeared.

• The gods are real and created the races. In the original version, they are in reality the Olympian gods, and the Grey Folk are the Greeks.

• Werecats can control the element of ice.

• In an interview, Paolini explained that Elva's purple eyes are a "physical manifestation of the magic that flows through her." In Destiny, it is also the marking of a seer.

• The titles that serves as last names for several original characters have been given to them: "Brunkuldr" for Glaedr, "Fyrnsvor" (changed from the previous "Nángoröth") for Murtagh, and "Blödhrïsa" for Thorn.

• WARNING: Spoiler if you have not yet read chapter three - Beloth the Wise is a human instead of an elf, and did not die during the Fall; instead, he became a captive of Galbatorix and made more belts that just the one Eragon wears.

• ^On that note, Eragon's belt has sapphires (which can be seen) instead of diamonds, and is only one color: black. Thought it would go better with the blue dragon and all.

• I shall name the rest of the twelve elven spellcasters; also, I made one male's hair silver, whereas Paolini said only two females had silver hair. But I liked it that way better.

• Alalëa is a more magical and fairy tale like place than Paolini imagined it to be. Plus, it moves and in the original version is the same island as Delos in Greek mythology.

• Nasuada is older than in the original books because in order to make sure the triplets ages were coordinated with Eragon, I made her seven years older than them (meaning that she was not brought to the Varden as a newborn but rather as a young girl).

• According to an interview with Paolini, half-elves (known as the helmingr race in Destiny) do not live forever and are a supposed to be exceedingly rare, either blending into the human race or the elven one. Several of my main characters are known half-elves. who are also immortal.

• Instead of using the suffix -sdaughter, I use the Nordic one -sdóttir.

• The Wandering Tribes tradition of naming their firstborn after the father/mother is my own ingenuity's creation. *If anyone was wondering how it works for Niom and Nasuada, their parents had a son who they accordingly named Naduru (after their mother, Nadira) but he died of natural causes only a few months after his birth.*

• Murtagh was ordered by Galbatorix to kill Hrothgar; he did not do it of his own free will or "just because."

• During the Fall, a group of Elders (including Oromis and Vrael) decided to hide some eggs away in the hopes that one day Galbatorix would be defeated. But one took some and hid them away in a place that was not the Rock of Kuthian...

• The new characters and species were my additions, of course.

• And most importantly: this book is written in place of the fourth book in the Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance. Some things that happen in that book have inspired some things that will occur in Destiny. But for the most part, my fanfic is totally different, with a new ending and surprising romantic twists.