Talk:Eragon/@comment-25993979-20160206220551/@comment-3463132-20160207140901

And sending Eragon in without his gems of power would likewise be a shot in his foot. His natural limits are almost never mentioned in book 2, and by the time 3 and 4 roll around the concept is dropped entirely because of his gems and Eldunari. If you take those away there's almost no telling how powerful he is or how much energy he has. He's already possibly gimped in that he won't necissarily have Saphira with him.

"Before he had a chance to return them"

What? Return them to who? The owners' physical bodies are dead and they're hardly going to go back to the nuked island are they?

The entire point of them was to hide out and wait for the coast to be clear, then for the Eldunari to do exactly what I said and stick with Eragon to give him power and advice. Eragon has become the Luke Skywalker of his world. His job is now learning Rider stuff and teaching new riders that come his way. This involves using the Eldunari.

I'll link you the interview if you like, Christopher Paolini makes it very clear Eragon still has and will use the Eldunari, among other things. For example- he's hardcore about everything Eragon can do being standard for Elves. That bit was brought up multiple times.