I think that he's got "Amaranth" from Unity, where it's the first name of a doctor. If you don't know that, it does sound rather random, and we've never heard about amaranth in the series, so I don't think this was a great idea of Paolini's.
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Date: 2025-07-16 02:29 pm (UTC)I think that he's got "Amaranth" from Unity, where it's the first name of a doctor. If you don't know that, it does sound rather random, and we've never heard about amaranth in the series, so I don't think this was a great idea of Paolini's.