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The dirt path was like many in Du Weldenvarden–wide enough for a cart and not much else. A giant cat sat in the middle of it, having patiently waited for a day, ignoring the various birds and animals of the forest whose curiosity at the foreign beast overcame caution. It possessed a velvety coat of beaten gold, his mane thick and groomed. Radiant authority shone from it, while claws like curved daggers kneaded the dirt of the trail occasionally. Anyone could feel that the lion possessed great power, enough so that it seemed clear it could overcome the magic the Ellesméra Elves used to keep unwanted travelers from their forest home.
The dense brush on each side of the path prevented ease of travel and the young man would have no choice but to meet the grand beast.
When the youth saw the lion, he stopped, hand on his sword.
“Greetings to you, on this warm, beautiful day,” the lion said.
The young man appeared shocked.
“You speak?”
“As do you, Eragon Bromsson,” the lion said. “Despite your penchant for stating the obvious, of course.”
“How do you know my name?”
“Ah, and your other penchant: asking numerous questions,” the lion rumbled, amused. “I am Aslan, the son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea. I come from far across your western ocean, where your Elves hail. I know a great deal about you. Most everyone does, I suppose.”
“A nice day to you, Aslan, but I have… matters I must attend to.”
Aslan stared hard at Eragon, all aspects of pleasantness gone. Even from the branches of her tree, the dryad could feel the lion’s anger rising. Eragon withstood the gaze, his back straight and demeanor proud.
Neither backed down.
“Brom taught you better manners than these you display.”
“He always said there is a reason why we are born with brains, not rocks,” Eragon said, his voice steady. “I apologize for any transgression you may feel I visited upon you. Now, may I pass? I’m late for further Elven training.”
“Your father also said you were possessed of ‘one part brave, three parts fool.’ I see the three parts right now.”
Eragon frowned. “You know far too much about me.”
“Indeed,” Aslan said. “This path leads to damnation, not training. It is a path toward paganism. I must protect you from it.”
“Move aside.”
“You attempt a fool’s errand,” the lion said. “I have witnessed similar moments in the past. Mankind is ripe with them. Across the sea there have been many who misunderstand me. Jadis. Edmund. Rabadash. Miraz. Eustace. Rilian. All discover the truth. All look upon the brilliance of the eastern star. Wars, once begun, damage the Deep Magic. Empires have fallen; empires have struck back. Return to your home. Let my wisdom guide you. You do not comprehend what you do, or the gravity of the situation.”
“I have no choice,” Eragon said. “I must keep Alagaesia safe!”
“You always have a choice, young man.”
“This is Brisingr,” Eragon said, unsheathing the sword. “Move aside. Now.”
The lion did not look concerned. “I am protecting you only from yourself.”
“Very well then,” Eragon said, charging.
Aslan sat in the path, unmoving.
Brisingr entered the lion’s chest.
The lion did not make a sound. He simply lay over on his side, the faintest hope of a roar in his last few moments. The eyes peered up at the sky, as if seeking something. Then their brightness dimmed.
The eyes closed one final time.
“I am sorry, Aslan,” Eragon said. “Time is of the essence.”
The young man wiped his blade clean, sheathed Brisingr, stepped around the carcass of the dead lion, and continued on his way.
Several bends in the trail later, Eragon came to an abrupt halt.
Aslan sat in the path once again, magnificent and unharmed.
“You are set on destroying yourself, Eragon Bromsson?”
“What kind of devil are you?”
Aslan laughed deeply, but anger infused it.
“I am part of a Deeper Magic,” Aslan said. “I am not a tame lion. I am gentle and loving, but dangerous and powerful when need arises. I protect others when they cannot protect their own souls.” The great lion paused. “I only turn my cheek once, Eragon Bromsson. Once. For you to take my life again would be an evil. It would undo you.”
“I have slain shades, Elves, and dwarves. What makes you different?”
“I am,” Aslan said simply.
Eragon looked confused, but his puzzlement quickly gave way to rash anger. The youth attacked the lion again, this time with magic, everything from the Ancient Language to spells to fairths. It availed him nothing. The great beast could not be defeated by any means that Eragon possessed.
Aslan accepted the abuse for a few seconds–then leapt.
Eragon vanished beneath rippling muscle and sharp claws.
When Aslan sat back quietly, the dryad looked away from the crimson carnage.
Eragon was dead.
“We shall meet again, young Eragon, over the Silver Sea, where the laws of Deep Magic and Deeper Magic shall be yours to learn one day.”
Aslan strolled away and vanished through the massive trees of Du Weldenvarden.
Predicted Winner: Aslan (Because He is God)
(Aslan is a character from C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia; Eragon is a character from Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance cycle.)
I can’t vote. I want them both to lose.
There is no good freaking reason to vote for anybody except Aslan until he fights Cthulhu.
Though I don’t think it’ll change the results any but shouldnt Eragon be fighting with Saphira? They’re kind of a team, I dont think it counts to have them fight seperatly. However I still think Aslan will win. I just think Sophira should be more of a facter
There is a way to beat Aslan, but it’s not by main force.
Aslan is the soul of goodness. He is self-sacrificial, loyal, the essence of love toward those who deserve it. His own life is essentially ready to be offered for the sins of many, yadda yadda.
So the way to beat him, honestly, is to just throw an innocent at him, like Lyra Belacqua or Hermione Granger. Someone who could just look at him endearingly and say “pleeeeeaaase Aslan? I’d rather not die”.
Then, naturally, the noble lion withdraws from that dimension and they win by default.
Sadly, Eragon is not going to do that, because Eragon is a freakin’ moron.
Well, while it is obvious that Aslan would win, I still think Eragon should
Yup, certain characters are way overpowered for this contest. Aslan is one of them. Hands down he wins.
The only way for Aslan to lose is if he decides it is the right thing to do. Obviously, in this battle, he decided otherwise.
Aslan wins this one, no question. He may get the next one too. Round three is where it gets interesting; that one will be Aslan versus either Raistlin or Dumbledore.
I’d pick Raistlin to beat Aslan (he does kill gods for a living, after all), but Dumbledore? How do you even get Aslan and Dumbledore to fight each other in the first place?
What I want to know is, who are the little who voted for Eragon. Not only is Aslan infinitely more powerful, but tCoN are actually good books.
Am i the only one that noticed this? There wouldnt be a fight because all aslan is doing is stopping eragon walking past. But Eragon has saphire and what can she do? oh yeah thats right. FLY!!!!!
But clearly Saphira isn’t with Eragon, or else–like you pointed out–this would be moot.
This match is still on!
Okay, it stands to reason that Aslan will win this. I just think it would be funnier reading about Eragon fighting again in the next round, rather than Aslan winning by default again . . . vote for Eragon people, it keeps things interesting.
I agree that Aslan has no place in these battles. As I mentioned about Gandolf, the Christ-character is well beyond the powers of any other character/god in literature. Putting aside any like-dislike for Christianity, the paradigm set forth by the Bible indicates Christ is all-poweful and not subject to the failings or limitations that any other character/god posses in myth or fantasy. Even Cthulu was banished and can be sent back to his insane abyss (which makes me really want to see Elric vs. Cthulu BTW). The gods Raistlin and Elric fight (to name a few) are more akin to the flawed, self-destructive godlings of Greek mythos (constantly being tricked/defeated by mortals) than the omnicscient/omnipotent/onipresent God that Aslan is an allegory of (despite Lewis’ comments to the contrary).
Again, Aslan has no place here. This is sillier than Gandolf vs. Hiro. But the writing was great;)
I definitely agree that Aslan’s too powerful for these matches, even though I love The Chronicles of Narnia, too. But why do people keep hating on the Inheritance series? It’s remarkably well-written!
aww poor Eragon
I know Aslan would win, whether Eragon had Saphira or not, but seriously guys…
Eragon isn’t that stupid or agressive. Whether he would kill Aslan is debatable, but I think he would try a different approach afterwards (if he really would do it). He wouldn’t try to kill Aslan again when he came back, he would probably start listening to Aslan. Aslan should’ve won simply from his superior intellect and not by killing Eragon. Aslan doesn’t kill readily, like that!
Eragon wouldn’t openly attack aslan,it would pain him to take the life of an innocent.He would only attack if he was attacked first.He would most likely sit and ask many questions about why aslan is blocking his way (as he is patient and has an extreme tendency to pester people for answers until he fully understands).Plus, you forget what makes the dragon riders so powerful,THE DRAGONS!!!!!(a powerful quote of the inheritance cycle).With Saphira he wouldn’t have lost so easily or would have been so quick to judge.
Exactly man haha,unless aslan can tackle a giant fly monster 10 times his size lol.
Narnia has never been my favorite. I don’t know: maybe it’s the none-too-subtle Christian parables or the ever-annoying Lucy. But I’ve always had a soft spot for Aslan, I recognize Lewis as a great master of his genre, and I’ll be damned if a newcomer like Eragon, amazing only in his resemblance to Luke Skywalker, is going to beat that Jesus of a lion.
Not a fair match up Eragon is a powerful rider and should fight with saphira but come on Aslan is a god give him a bye to the third round and give eragon an new opponant
This isn’t possible. Eragon wouldn’t want to fight Aslan in the first place. Eragon always tries to find a verbal solution out of problems. Fighting is the last thing he ever wants to do.
dude wat the hell that eragon charcter is nothing like the one in the book, they just took the stupid fox studios one who is reatarded and weak. in the book eragon would not just charge an opponent.And comon where the hell is saphira they are a bloody team, oh and eragon is half elf so wen some little cat jumps at him i think he would be fast enough to get out of the way
ps: eragon can kill with one word in the mind thats not physical, so would aslan be affected casue its not physical
honestly, the only reason the white witch was able to kill Aslan was that he submitted to it, neither Eragon nor Saphira has that advantage, and they wouldn’t be able to touch him, if that was what he needed to Aslan would tear them both apart, weight magical power and heritage notwithstanding.
So, aside from the point made numerous times above about the whole “why are these guys fighting?” (because the brackets say so, and the brackets are all powerful!), this is a no-brainer. Eragon is a kid who has access to magic and some pretty impressive help. Aslan is a deity, and not a flawed one with weaknesses to exploit. Also, the stories featuring him are still read, 60 years later. I can’t see the Eragon stuff having that kind of staying power.
1. Aslan can die. 2. the only reason he came back to life was because of the deep magic of the stone table (One shot deal). 3. Saphira would eat him, and she’s clearly listed under Eragon’s Special Attack.
Agh! What’s Ed Speelers’ picture doing up there?! Take him down before he conjures images of the complete failure that happened to share the same name as an otherwise great series!
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As per the matchup, however, I can’t say im pleased; you combined the irrationality of early Eragon and matched him with the magical abillity and weaponry of late Brisingr… Not fair at all.
(P.S subtle Star Wars reference there, almost didn’t see it there
I find it hard to believe that Aslan would kill the boy. I feel like he would be more likely to allow himself to be killed so that Eragon can go on to do… something something. Admittedly I’m not familiar with Inheritance but Aslan has a soft spot for young warriors.
I confess that I personally hate Narnia and all things related to it… except Rock candy, because that’s awesome. Just getting that out of the way.
Aslan and C’thulu, as many have mentioned, are about as unfair as you can get in this tournament. However, the way Eragon was depicted in here was terrible. It was nothing like his character at all to kill someone just because they’re in his way, just as it would be unlike him not to react to a big lion jumping on his face. I’m not saying he’d win if his opponent can’t be killed, I’m just saying that this one was done very poorly.
I voted for eragon. Hes much better than a lion. Aslan seems to be some impossible thing to destroy. At least eragon gets hurt. Eragon is more realistic where aslan even counter acts death! It’s silly. At least eragon looses energy when casting spells. Instead of being some indestructible spellcaster who can get anything with the flick of his hands. I dont see why a lion… can survive anything thrown at him >.
Vlad Taltos is going to lose to Dumbledore in his first match (he shouldn’t but Dumbledore is far more popular) but if he didn’t I think he would be able to kill Aslan. Aslan is so damn powerful because he just keeps coming back to life but Vlad is in possession of a weapon capable of destroying his opponents soul, so if he kills him just once the big dumb cat would be down for good.
Eragon should win simply because he can do MAGIC!Aslan is an idiot who let himself be killed!Eragon has killed countless people and has a
freakin DRAGON who can guess what? BREATHE FIRE!
“everything from the Ancient Language to spells to fairths”
Great line.
Ruben, really? Have you read Narnia? Do you understand that Aslan can resurrect himself? It’s true, he has no place in these battles because he actually cannot lose. But if he must be here, you can’t expect *cough*Luke Skywalker in a LOTR world*cough* I mean, Eragon, to beat him.
Aslan/Jesus is going to win, at least because he is a big cat and the movie version of Eragon sucks compared to the book.
WTF, Aslan vs Eragon, you should have David have a rematch against Goilth in 10cm thick armour and Davids only weapon is fingernails.
Aslan doesn’t even need his resurrection/world termination powers here. Summoning an army of fauns, centaurs, and Lucy should suffice to get him through this round. However, I’m betting on Kvothe in the next round.
The resurrection of Aslan was not a 1 shot event, we are really not talking about a lion here, we are talking about an avatar of a being that does not need a body. He works back death itself at that point, which gives him a distinct advantage over Cthulhu. However there should be a reverse competition where only the losers advance. Thus proving that characters with out a deus ex machine can still be effective from a literary standpoint.
this is unfair aslan is god but eragon is still better
I choose Eragon just because I hate Aslan as a character.
While aslan is god, many of the contestants can and have killed gods. So once Aslan faces one of them it is over for him.
Example: Rand vs aslan – Balefire burns aslan out of the pattern, sorry no coming back from that one.
Example: Aslan vs Raistlin – Charm animal – Now Raistlin has a pet which he promptly sends to the astral plane and severs the cord. Aslans soul gets trapped in limbo and devoured by the creatures there.
Haha exactly, she’ll just swallow him whole so that he doesnt die but cant do more than give saphira a mild stomach ache :L
First off the whole concept of someone being a god is all based on belief in said person. If you were to say aslan is god then eragon would thus need to believe so for this to be true. Also HE IS A FREAKIN LION PEOPLE. Eragon would whop him and sapheria will nible his bones. Again there is no proven good. SO GO ERAGON ASLAN IS JUST AN OVERGROWN TABBY.
That is incorrect. Aslan can and will resurrect himself, no matter what. Even with Saphira, Eragon would be crushed. That’s why he’s the 30th seed and Aslan is the 3rd. It is definitely unfair, but just because the match is unfair doesn’t mean you should pretend like your baby Eragon can beat him. I agree with someone’s comment about leaving out all characters who actually can not lose. Like, it’s not possible. Like, if you said he lost, you’re lying, because there is a built-in failsafe/deus ex machina that makes it TRULY IMPOSSIBLE, IN ANY SENSE, for Aslan to be defeated.
This one isn’t that close, so I havn’t felt the need to comment, but just because I can’t stand it any longer…
Aslan: Please, child, do not do this. You stand no chance.
Eragon: RAWR!!!
Aslan (as Eragon pummels innefectually at his flanks): *sigh* Really, this is undignified. I can save your soul! Just relax and–wait, are you having an athsma attack?
Eragon(gasping): I…will….kill….you
Aslan: You don’t look so good. Seriously, sit down.
Eragon: My…mommy….hates….cats….
Aslan: Eragon? You ok? (checks now lifeless corpse) Huh. Well, there you go.
one other problem, friend.
Aslan is God.
It doesn’t matter if Eragon flies away, digs underground, or even snorkles underwater. You can’t trump a god.
And also, by flying over the bridge, the fight never takes place. Nobody wins >.>
See, a better option would have been Aslan and Hermione or any other young girl. Aslan has established a weakness for young girls before they go off and wear make up (as that is, of course, the root of all evil). There wouldn’t need to be any fighting, the girl would just have to go on about how she’s needed to help stop the evil by progressing onto the next round and Aslan would willingly martyr himself.
…of course, he would come back, but I’m sure that would be outside the deadline. Only way to kill a god would be to have him kill himself.
I admit, I’m an Eragon fan and seriously, Eragon would never attack Aslan period. The only way he would, would be if Aslan attacked first or he insulted Saphira. In any case, Aslan would still win (I know I’m contradicting my self to an extent) because he is God and as such, can’t die. But, Aslan would never attack Eragon either, Aslan would simply tell Eragon that if he (Eragon) wanted proof of the existence of God, here is your proof, and tell him (Eragon) he (Aslan) is God. Neither would win or loose; therefore, they would tie because neither would fight the other.
True, so true… Both are super annoying characters, and humanity will be better off without them… Well, sorry, that’s my opinion xD .
In one sense, it is impossible to thwart God’s plans. But this is the overall scale. Think of the dwarfs in the Last Battle. They thwarted Aslan by refusing to believe the heaven that surrounded them, refusing all gifts he gave, and believing only that they were still locked in a noisome shed. The plan wasn’t thwarted, but it moved on without some of the people that had gotten themselves stuck (ie dammed, like water is dammed).
So in that sense it is easy to thwart God.
Baring outside plot complexities, Aslan would be confined to persuasion. Which means Eragon wins as (in the early books anyway) he’s very resistant to good advice.
The freaky part will be when Alsan comes up against characters from antithetical world views. For example, Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series where a character can fully dominate a person and turn them into a mindless slave with a touch. That is messing with mortal agency. Kahlan Amnell’s mere existence would raise an ire that would destroy worlds and galaxies. Which would incidentally (or maybe this is the main point?) thereby release all such slaved people into death (ie, to be welcomed home to be healed by Aslan).
Yeah but Eragon would have won because hes thwarted Aslans plan.
OK so maybe its not a great win. The elves could probably drug aslan or somehting so that he doesnt die but hes always asleep lol. that way aslan wins? (my replies are getting worse i know)
Eragon will simply not win because the movie sucks and most people will have seen the movie instead of reading the books which are awesome.Narnia is ok but eragon is so much better.i dont see why aslan let the white b er witch kill him. what did it prove?and aslan cant resurrect himself just because he wants to.it was the magic of the stone table.eragon has a dragon,can do magic,has opposable thumbs,has a sword which can burst to fire,HAS A DRAGON
First of all, if they were to meet, they would not have fought, but i think we’re beyond that by now.
Eragon has Saphira its plain and simple. There is no way that she can not be here for this. SHE IS EVEN LISTED IN HIS SPECIAL ATTACK.
I could probably write a short book about how Eragon was misrepresented in this fight, from the way he thinks, to the way he fights, and even to his abilities, of which many are forgetten. (wards? ability to use magic at the speed of thought w/o actient language? his speed and strength? SAPHIRA?????)
Also, Aslan is not immortal, and i could also delve into this for a few paragraphs, but i’ll save you the torture. I’ll merely use the example of him being killed by the white witch and coming back due to the proporties of the stone table. Why would he need a stone table if he was God? He’d just come back to life w/ or w/o the stone table if he was God. Plus you can’t really use God in the tourney and just say he win everything “because he’s God”. You might as well stop the thing now and crown him champion becuase God is omnipotent and can not be defeated.
The whole thing is horribly misrepresented and should at least be done over, especially w/o being able to just say that he wins b/c he is God. God shouldn’t even be in the competention because he is God. Really, who can defeat God? Besides that, Aslan should be displayed as the character that he is.
First of all, if they were to meet, they would not have fought, but i think we’re beyond that by now.
Eragon has Saphira its plain and simple. There is no way that she can not be here for this. SHE IS EVEN LISTED IN HIS SPECIAL ATTACK.
I could probably write a short book about how Eragon was misrepresented in this fight, from the way he thinks, to the way he fights, and even to his abilities, of which many are forgetten. (wards? ability to use magic at the speed of thought w/o actient language? his speed and strength? SAPHIRA?????)
Also, Aslan is not immortal, and i could also delve into this for a few paragraphs, but i’ll save you the torture. I’ll merely use the example of him being killed by the white witch and coming back due to the proporties of the stone table. Why would he need a stone table if he was God? He’d just come back to life w/ or w/o the stone table if he was God. Plus you can’t really use God in the tourney and just say he win everything “because he’s God”. You might as well stop the thing now and crown him champion becuase God is omnipotent and can not be defeated.
The whole thing is horribly misrepresented and should at least be done over, especially w/o being able to just say that he wins b/c he is God. God shouldn’t even be in the competention because he is God. Really, who can defeat God? Besides that, Aslan should be displayed as the character that he is.