Seriously, just getting rid of Eragon would have been a huge step in the right direction.
I know! I am writing my fanfiction and there are TONS of characters whose interactions and stories are absolutely amazing and way more interesting than Eragon's.
For example Galbatorix and Shruikan! I really like how their relationship is coming off - in my story. Incredibly, Galbatorix and Shruikan are a better parallel for the Original Eragon and Bid'Daum than Eragon and Saphira! A human and a dragon who were not meant to be together, but they still made it work. Like the Original Eragon, Galbatorix hatched Shruikan without a spell to bond their souls, they developed a friendship and Shruikan chose him as a Rider because he loved him, not because a spell decided for him when he was yet to be born. How cool that could be? The dragon who the elves always called the most tragic slave revealing to be actually the freest of the dragons! (Honestly, fuck it. My Shruikan loves his tiny human).
Or... Oromis and the Ra'zac. Please. "There are a lot of rules for interacting with humans" - [16 years old Ra'zac explaining 800+ years old Rider why 100 years old Arya sucks at dealing with humans].
OR OROMIS AND MORZAN FOR FUCKS SAKE.
What's the point in having immortal characters if you cannot see them meeting people/creatures from their past centuries after? If you don't use them to explain the different sides of a story and come to term with the fact that things were not always like they believed, that even with the best intentions they were not so morally superior than their enemy? If you don't use their immortality at all?
Kyantassera remembers the Burning of Dras-Leona of many generations before. Brom was there. She lived the story from the Empire's side. Oromis was probably told the story by Brom. Make them talk about it and BAM! Grey hystory and a chance to add dept to Brom's character!
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I know! I am writing my fanfiction and there are TONS of characters whose interactions and stories are absolutely amazing and way more interesting than Eragon's.
For example Galbatorix and Shruikan! I really like how their relationship is coming off - in my story. Incredibly, Galbatorix and Shruikan are a better parallel for the Original Eragon and Bid'Daum than Eragon and Saphira! A human and a dragon who were not meant to be together, but they still made it work. Like the Original Eragon, Galbatorix hatched Shruikan without a spell to bond their souls, they developed a friendship and Shruikan chose him as a Rider because he loved him, not because a spell decided for him when he was yet to be born. How cool that could be? The dragon who the elves always called the most tragic slave revealing to be actually the freest of the dragons! (Honestly, fuck it. My Shruikan loves his tiny human).
Or... Oromis and the Ra'zac. Please.
"There are a lot of rules for interacting with humans" - [16 years old Ra'zac explaining 800+ years old Rider why 100 years old Arya sucks at dealing with humans].
OR OROMIS AND MORZAN FOR FUCKS SAKE.
What's the point in having immortal characters if you cannot see them meeting people/creatures from their past centuries after? If you don't use them to explain the different sides of a story and come to term with the fact that things were not always like they believed, that even with the best intentions they were not so morally superior than their enemy? If you don't use their immortality at all?
Kyantassera remembers the Burning of Dras-Leona of many generations before. Brom was there. She lived the story from the Empire's side. Oromis was probably told the story by Brom. Make them talk about it and BAM! Grey hystory and a chance to add dept to Brom's character!