Christopher Paolini Quote
Stronghammer is my name, he said. With a single deft movement, he gathered up the knucklebones, tossed them skyward, and caught three on his hand. Roran Stronghammer, and Eragon Shadeslayer is my cousin. You might have heard mention of him, if not of me.A rustle of unease spread among the line of horsemen, and Roran thought he saw Tharos’s eyes widen for an instant. An impressive claim, that, but how can we be sure of its veracity? Any man might say he is another if it served his purpose.Roran drew his hammer and slammed it down on the table with a muffled Then, ignoring the soldiers, he resumed his game. He uttered a noise of disgust as two of the bones fell from the back of his hand, costing him the round.Ah, said Tharos, and coughed, clearing his throat. You have a most illustrious reputation, Stronghammer, although some argue that it has been exaggerated beyond all reason. Is it true, for example, that you single-handedly felled nigh on three hundred men in the village of Deldarad in Surda?I never learned what the place was called, but if Deldarad it was, then yes, I slew many a soldier there. It was only a hundred ninety-three, however, and I was well guarded by my own men while I fought.Only a hundred ninety-three? Tharos said in a wondering tone. You are too modest, Stronghammer. Such a feat might earn a man a place in many a song and story.Roran shrugged and lifted the horn to his mouth, feigning the action of swallowing, for he could not afford to have his mind clouded by the potent dwarf brew. I fight to win, not to lose.
Stronghammer is my name, he said. With a single deft movement, he gathered up the knucklebones, tossed them skyward, and caught three on his hand. Roran Stronghammer, and Eragon Shadeslayer is my cousin. You might have heard mention of him, if not of me.A rustle of unease spread among the line of horsemen, and Roran thought he saw Tharos’s eyes widen for an instant. An impressive claim, that, but how can we be sure of its veracity? Any man might say he is another if it served his purpose.Roran drew his hammer and slammed it down on the table with a muffled Then, ignoring the soldiers, he resumed his game. He uttered a noise of disgust as two of the bones fell from the back of his hand, costing him the round.Ah, said Tharos, and coughed, clearing his throat. You have a most illustrious reputation, Stronghammer, although some argue that it has been exaggerated beyond all reason. Is it true, for example, that you single-handedly felled nigh on three hundred men in the village of Deldarad in Surda?I never learned what the place was called, but if Deldarad it was, then yes, I slew many a soldier there. It was only a hundred ninety-three, however, and I was well guarded by my own men while I fought.Only a hundred ninety-three? Tharos said in a wondering tone. You are too modest, Stronghammer. Such a feat might earn a man a place in many a song and story.Roran shrugged and lifted the horn to his mouth, feigning the action of swallowing, for he could not afford to have his mind clouded by the potent dwarf brew. I fight to win, not to lose.
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