Elva
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| Elva | |
|---|---|
| Physical | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | Unknown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Violet |
| Political | |
| Affiliation | Varden |
| Other | |
| Film Portrayer | N/A |
Elva was a baby girl whose guardian asked Eragon Shadeslayer to bless her. Saphira touched her brow, leaving a silver star upon her forehead. However, Eragon mistakenly cursed her instead of blessing her, by messing up his verb conjugation and using the word for "shield", as opposed to "shielded" by in the ancient language replacing the "-ro" suffix with an "-r". The complete spell Eragon used was, "Atra guliä un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waíse skölir fra rauthr", which translates to "May luck and happiness follow you and may you be a shield from misfortune".
As a consequence, Elva aged to the age of four in a matter of weeks and she spoke in the voice of a grown woman. Eragon's magic made her eyes violet.[1] She was doomed to suffer from the hurts of others to "shield" them. She could foresee when a person was about to be damaged, and tried to do anything in her power to help the person. If she resists, there were "consequences." The "consequences" are possibly her ravenous appetite and her suffering the pain the person has but worse for her.
Elva was assigned to be Nasuada's bodyguard after a failed assassination attempt. Nasuada also had the herbalist-witch Angela watch over Elva for her. Angela also extracts a promise from Eragon that he will do all in his power to take his 'spell' off of Elva.
She also saved Nasuada from an assassination group called the Black Hand, a group of magicians trained by Galbatorix and subsequently forced to join his Empire. Elva was also able to give the exact location of the assasin afterward.
In Brisingr, Eragon tried to remove his curse from her; he failed, but still cast a spell that changed her habit of having to help others with danger/pain, and she could decide of her own free-will if she wanted to ignore it.
[edit] Fan Speculation
Fans speculate that she may become the next Dragon Rider.
Although it is not impossible, she is very far down on the list of possible Riders for Greeni.
Another theory is that her curse was only partially removed because of the star on her forehead. The curse laid the compulsion on her, but the star gave her the ability to foresee and grow rapidly. When Eragon eliminated his part of the curse, the star remained, leaving her with the ability to sense pain and fear, but not the compulsion to act on it.
