Dragon Rider (Inheritance Cycle)

Dragon Rider (Inheritance Cycle)

In the Inheritance Cycle, Dragon Riders were first assigned to keep the peace between the Elves and the Dragons. Their duty later expanded to keeping peace and order among all the races of Alagaësia. As the deeds of the Dragon Riders' became well known, the Council of the Riders came to control the land. While the Dragon Riders held sway, the land prospered and great cities were built. The Dragon Riders helped establish peace treaties between nations and even quell small skirmishes and conflicts. An ex-Dragon Rider, Brom, described their influence in the following words: "How many men would draw their swords if they knew a great fire-breathing lizard—one with more natural cunning and wisdom than even a king could hope for—would soon be there to stop the violence?".

Although the Dragon Riders first lived in the then Elvish city of Ilirea (later the human capital, Uru'baen), a disagreement with the Elvish Queen, Dellanir, compelled the leader Anurin to move the Riders to the island of Vroengard, from there the Dragon Riders worked as independent peacemakers and influenced all the lands indirectly. This position placed the Riders above any scrutiny, the lack of which contributed to their downfall.