I mean, why the hell didn't he send a message to ANYONE telling them "By the way, I'm going to investigate something strange, and if I'm not back in a month assume something went horribly wrong."
I know the reason why: because Eragon would have defeated the cult, and there would be no plot. If you want the cult to be genuinely creepy, have them take Thorn hostage, and make Murtagh convince Eragon that there's no emergency. Now Murtagh's not dumb, and the cult is actually menacing and not cartoonist.
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I mean, why the hell didn't he send a message to ANYONE telling them "By the way, I'm going to investigate something strange, and if I'm not back in a month assume something went horribly wrong."
I know the reason why: because Eragon would have defeated the cult, and there would be no plot. If you want the cult to be genuinely creepy, have them take Thorn hostage, and make Murtagh convince Eragon that there's no emergency. Now Murtagh's not dumb, and the cult is actually menacing and not cartoonist.