Talk:Eragon/@comment-25993979-20160206220551/@comment-3463132-20160207231926

I only mentioned the gems for the reason I said I did- because his natural limits are never gone into any sort of detail after a point. We flat out do not know what he's capable of purely on his own power with no gems, Eldunari, or Saphira. If you do not give him one of those things, we have no set level of energy he would have access to- it's almost entirely unknown.

Granted- even with them it's still pretty up-in-the-air. Honestly I would hope no Eragon battle ever depends on the exact amount of energy he has because that's just going to be a collosal pain for the writer.

And what? He goes back to get the eggs and other Eldunari- he doesn't leave anything at the old rider island- he even takes the mech with him. And (repeating only to make sure I did indeed say it) several of the Eldunari travel with Eragon when he leaves Allagaesia (doubt I spelled that right- but not looking it up right now)

The interviews:

http://www.shurtugal.com/2011/12/10/first-post-inheritance-interview-with-christopher-tackles-book-4s-hot-topics-and-more/

http://paolinichat.tumblr.com/post/14715114398/christopher-paolini-post-inheritance-question-and