M U R T A G H * CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Murtagh is a child born into the elite Broddring Kingdom, one of two known children of the Forsworn (Eragon being the other). His father was Morzan, the powerful leader of the Forsworn and the King's most loyal and dangerous Dragon Rider. His mother was a peasant woman, Selena, the unfortunate companion of Morzan. Murtagh explains parts of his past to Eragon in Eragon and Eldest. As the child of the dangerous and twisted Dragon Rider Morzan, Murtagh experienced an unpleasant childhood. He was born to Selena, a common woman who desired to receive Morzan's love, whom Morzan used as a spy against the other Forsworn. For his own safety from the twelve other Forsworn, the estate was protected by magic so that the boy was never seen, except by a few chosen servants. Outside of this, only King Galbatorix knew of the boy's existence. Murtagh was often physically abused by his father. The long scar on his back bears testament to this; at the age of three, Murtagh received the wound when Morzan threw his sword, Zar'roc, at him in a drunken fit of anger. The sword tore into the child's back and nearly killed him, but he was miraculously saved by skilled healers. - From Wiki

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