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Undbitr

Undbitr was the Rider's sword of Brom. Like all Rider swords, it was forged by the elf smith Rhunön. It was colored the same blue hue of his Dragon, Saphira. Undbitr was lost during the Fall of the Dragon Riders.

Etymology[]

Undbitr roughly translates as "Void-biter," "Nothing-biter," or "The bite of nothingness."[1][2] It is also possible that "Void-biter" could be interpreted as "Death-biter" or "The bite of death" from the belief of the elves that those who die pass on to the void.

History[]

The blade Undbitr was one of the last seven swords to be forged by the elf-smith Rhunön before the Rider War (others of these seven included Zar'roc). Made out of a meteoric ore called brightsteel, it took Rhunön twenty-four years to find the last deposit and forge these swords.[3]

Undbitr was most likely a different shade of blue than Eragon's Rider sword Brisingr. This is implied by Rhunön when she first met Eragon's Saphira and inspected her scales close up.[4] She stated that her shade of blue would make a magnificent color for a blade, thus indicating that Undbitr was different.

During the battle of Doru Araeba Brom lost Undbitr and had then asked Rhunön to forge him a new sword. However, as she had already taken her oath not to forge any more weapons, she refused. Brom was so greatly angered that Oromis had to subdue him.

Since Murtagh was now using his father Morzan's sword, Zar'roc, Eragon thought about finding Undbitr and using it after finding out Brom was his actual father. Rhunön stated that, even if Eragon found the sword, it would still take him time to retrieve it before being forced to fight his enemies. It is quite possible that the sword was in the possession of Galbatorix, although it is unknown what happened to it following Galbatorix’s demise. It is possible this will be explored in book 5.

Trivia[]

Translated literally from Old Norse, Undbitr means "Biting Wound" or "Wound Biter."

References[]

  1. "Undbitr = Void/nothingness-Biter" twitter.com January 20, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022
  2. "Undbitr means something like 'Nothing biter' or "the bite of nothingness'" twitter.com June 14, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2022
  3. Brisingr, chapter "The Tree of Life"
  4. Eldest, chapter "Under the Menoa Tree"
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