Garrett Hedlund credited as playing...
Murtagh
- Eragon: Stand up!
- Murtagh: [laughs] All my life I've dreamed of dragons.
- Eragon: Who are you, and why are you following us?
- Murtagh: I'm Murtagh, and you need me, Dragon Rider.
- Eragon: Thanks, but we're fine without you.
- Murtagh: You seek the Varden? I know the mountains, every valley and stream.
- [points to Arya, who is on the ground]
- Murtagh: She will suffer if you go astray.
- Eragon: [suspicious] Why would you risk your life for us?
- Murtagh: My family was slaughtered by the king's men when I was a boy. I heard rumors, they said a Rider had appeared. If there were ever a time for retribution, this was it.
- Eragon: If you can show me the quickest way to the Varden.
- Murtagh: Then to the Varden it is.
- Murtagh: [walks forward a few steps, then stops and turns to Eragon] You'll learn to trust me, Dragon Rider.
- [Saphira growls]
- Eragon: I'm not the only one you need to convince.
- Eragon: We've come to join you.
- Ajihad: Seize him.
- Eragon: [lunges forward. Saphira roars] NO! He's with me. He saved my life.
- Ajihad: [points to Murtagh accusingly] He is the son of Morzan, the traitor.
- Eragon: [turns to Murtagh] Is it true?
- Murtagh: A son doesn't choose his father.
- [pulls up tunic to reveal large, ropy scar]
- Murtagh: This was the only thing he ever gave me. I hated that man until the day he died.
- Ajihad: Lock him up. If he tries to escape, kill him.