Council of Elders
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The Council of Elders are the governing council in the Varden, and gave council to the many leaders of the Varden. The Council were a corrupt, and greedy society set of getting power and not helping the people of Alagaësia. They were meant as the advisers to the current leader of the Varden, but instead decided to manipulate the current leader to their advantage.
After Ajihad, the previous leader of the Varden, died, the Council decided that they would be a main factor in deciding the new leader. They elected Nasuada, Ajihad's daughter. But they were more corrupt that was thought. They only decided to make Nasuada leader of the Varden for their own benefit. They thought she was weak--weak enough to use as a puppet. They wanted to manipulate her. But she and Eragon made a pact to each other, and she decided to accept their recruitment as the new leader of the Varden.
They were overthrown when she proved to be a a strong, one minded leader. She took their comments, but rarely used them. They tried to manipulate her, but she overruled them.
