Garrow Cadocsson
Biographical information
Age	48 - 60
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Graying (probably) brown
Eye Color	Gray or brown
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Carvahall, Marian
Family	Cadoc (Father) Marian (Wife) Roran (Son) Katrina (Daughter-in-law) Ismira (Granddaughter) Selena (Sister) Morzan (Brother-in-law) Murtagh (Nephew) Eragon (Nephew)
Other
Film Portrayer	Alun Armstrong

Garrow Cadocsson was the father of Roran, the uncle of Eragon and Murtagh, the brother of Selena, the son of Cadoc, and the late Marian's husband.

HistoryEdit

About sixteen years before the events in Eragon, Selena arrived at Carvahall alone and pregnant. She pleaded desperately for Garrow to take care of her upcoming baby and, after giving birth to Eragon, she departed and was never to be seen again. From then on, Garrow raised and took care of Eragon, even after Marian's death. Roran and Eragon got along perfectly, and were as close as brothers.

Role in EragonEdit

After Eragon found Saphira's egg in the Spine, however, strangers came to Carvahall in search of him. At about the same time, Roran left for a job at a mill in Therinsford. The strangers started questioning about Eragon's whereabouts, and after finding nothing at Garrow's farm, the strangers completely demolished it and slaughtered Garrow in the process. This saddened Eragon very much; he couldn't accept that Garrow was gone, because then there was nothing left to believe in. He even felt like he would lose his sanity, but Saphira convinced him to go on with his life and pursue the strangers. Eragon chose to chase the strangers with Brom; by pursuing the strangers, he also, in a way, diverted the attention away from the town (at least for the time being, for the peace did not last). It wasn't until Eldest that it is explained that during Eragon's travels, Roran had received the news of Garrow's death and had been back in Carvahall planning his new life.

AppearanceEdit

Garrow was tall, with a stick-like frame, a lean, narrow face; intense, hungry eyes, and graying hair.

Garrow was a very proud man, and though he knew how to read, he did not teach his son Roran, or his nephew Eragon, because he considered it above farmers to know something that had nothing to do with their station.