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Alagaesia Newsletter: November 22nd, 2006
Kvetha Fricaya. Greetings Friends.
Today is my birthday. Thank you to all who sent me their well-wishes.
And today is also the first day the various Eragon
video
games are available in stores. Vivendi sent me copies of them
a few days ago, and I've been having fun playing the
Xbox
360 version.
I have to admit, having an Eragon game is pretty cool. Over the past
day-and-a-half, I ran straight through the game with one of my friends, playing
in co-op mode. We beat every level and found all the
hidden
dragon eggs, which unlock extra content. One of the things
that impressed me is just how much work the folks at Vivendi and Stormfront
studios put into the game—from the orchestra they hired to record the music to
the in-depth interviews they included. I usually played as Eragon, but I also
spent time as Brom and Murtagh, both of whom have their own unique strengths in
battle.
The
Xbox
360
game has two extra levels. One is set in the ruins of the
dwarf city Orthíad, and it contains a version of the star rose sapphire, Isidar
Mithrim, and the central chamber of Tronjheim. This is one of the gamemakers'
tributes to the book, and it gave me chills when I saw it. The chamber isn't a
mile high, but it's pretty tall nevertheless. Who knows, perhaps the dwarves
constructed a practice version of Tronjheim in Orthíad, their old capital,
before moving to Farthen Dûr. . . .
I checked The Fortunes of Captain Blood, by Rafael Sabatini, out of the library
yesterday. Sabatini also wrote Scaramouche, which was turned into two different
movies of the same name. The first was silent. The second, with sound and color,
contains one of the greatest swordfights in film history. It's right up there
with the duel from The Princess Bride.
Here's the opening line from Scaramouche: "He was born with the gift of
laughter, and a sense that the world was mad."
"Wind howled through the night, . . ."
The high winds that our area is famous for have come back full force. We've had
gusts of sixty-eight miles per hour, and the steady freight train of wind has
blown for the past two weeks. Trees, signs, and tractor-trailers blown over,
power lines down. Snow blankets the mountains. Winter has arrived.
All the best. And may your swords stay
sharp!
Christopher Paolini
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