What is BRISINGR?

This is related to my June 30th post about Brisngr, the upcoming third installation of the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. I am quite ecstatic at the thought that it will be available come September 20. Quite familiar, the title somehow itched my brains at what it is, and so eager that I was, looked for it. And, lo, what I found is that Brisngr is actually mentioned in the first book, Eragon. It was first mentioned in the part where Brom and Eragon traveled in search of the Raz'ac who killed his uncle. It is the word used by Brom to summon fire to light the firewoods. It was deemphasized until the next few chapters where Eragon and Brom met a group of Urgals at Yazuaz, where the villagers were killed and piled like a mountain. Brom was then hurt and Eragon couldn't think of something to defend themselves in this life-and-death situation. He was like transformed into someone, given the circumstance, and just mentioned Brisngr and let go of that single arrow, and it's as if there was an energy coming from him that brought about a blue fire, powerful and strong that killed the target and the rest of the enemy. That was, in fact, magic!

In that chapter, Revelation at Yazuac, it states:

He stood tall and straight, all fear gone, He raised his bow smoothly.... The energy inside him burned at an unbearable level. He had to release it, or it would consume him. A word suddenly leapt unbidden to his lips. he shot, yelling, "Brisingr!"

The arrow hissed through the air, glowing with a crackling blue light.... A blue shock wave blasted out of the monster's head, killing the other Urgal instantly. It had reached Eragon before he had time to react, and it passed through him without harm, dissipating against the houses.

Now it comes to mind, what Brisingr really is. In the next chapter, Brom gave a vague or incomplete explanation as to what it is. I bet this will be completely revealed come September 20. Here's crossing my fingers to that. Anyway, Brom explained that "Brsingr is from an acient language that all living things used to speak. However, it was forgotten over time and went unspoken for eons in Algaesia, until the elves brought it back over the sea. They taught it to the other races, who used it for making and doing powerful things. The language has a name foe everything, if you can find it." Further, Brom explained that it is "the basis for all power. The language describes the true nature of things, not the superficial aspects that everyone sees. For example, fire is called brisingr. Not only is that a name for fire, it is the name for fire. If you are strong enough, you can use brisingr to direct fire to do whatever you will."

Those are the things basically explained the upcoming book. it somehow gives me clues as to what the book may be, but then those I have formulated were quite wild guesses. I remember in the second book, the Eldest, it mentioned the appearance of Murtagh, a close relative of Galbotrix, the evil king, and maybe related by blood to Eragon as well. I am not so sure about that, though. However, Murtagh in the end was forced to pledge allegiance to Galbotrix because he was forced to do so with the use of the ancient language. Remember that no one can lie or make and break promises when one pledged it in the ancient language - it will kill. SO for now, I'm only waiting for the third book. I hope it would be quite as interesting as the Eldest or better yet surpass it. So, that's it: I now know what Brisingr means. (conceited laughter here)

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