==Overview & History ==

The Dragon Wing is the premier ship belonging to the traders of Teirm in the fantasy book Eldest by Christopher Paolini. It is decribed as a large barge similar to a Viking longboat with three rows of paddles. It once belonged to the Empire under the King of Galbatorix, but it was stolen and given to the traders of Terim by Jeod Longshanks and his friend Roran Garrowsson, who were in charge of the Varden at the time. It was then taken to Surda where it single-handedly destroyed Galbatorix's entire navy and supplied the Varden army with a supply of fresh troopers and trebuchets that were part of the Imperial army's designs. the pages where this happened was in the book [Eldest] by christopher paolini.

Role in Eragon

This ship is mentioned by trader Jeod but does not do anything significant.

Role in Eldest

The Dragon Wing is more substantially mentioned than in the previous book, and is described as a large triple-mast ship, the fastest in Teirm. It is noted as being armed with twelve ballistas. It is stolen by Roran Garrowsson and the refugees of Carvahall, with the help of Joed and his wife, when they stop outside of Teirm. They then sail the ship from Teirm to Surda. Later, they use it to attack Galbatorix's army at the Battle of the Burning Plains in a move to assist the Varden.

This ship is also notable because it was one of the few vessels capable of surviving the currents of the Eye of the Boar, a powerful whirlpool that caught many ships and dragged them to ocean floor.

earlier in eldest, jeod gave htis ship to eragon and his friend orik and arya who using it to travel to the elfin city of ellesmere this ship transporting them tot he land of oromis where a wise teacher named oromis taught eragon the art of the dragon rider and how to fight as glaedr taught saphirrea. this ship was cristned as the premier flagaship of the Varden rebelllion.

speculation

many eragon fans have speculated that maybe the Dragon Wing is similar to role in the function of millenium falcon from starwars. this means that it is the ship used often by the heroes and was once stolen from a villainn [in eragon, this is stolen from the evil traders who serve galbatorix at terim and in star wars this is stlen from a bounty hunter named nam solo.these are one of many (possibly false) claims that eragon is based heavily off of on stars. wars. 02:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

other ships possibly derivative off of the Dragon Wing

Millenium Falcon

USS Dolphin - Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean 1963

Nautilus - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 1870

Red October - The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy 1984

USS Sawfish - On the Beach by Nevil Shute 1957

USOS Seaview - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon 1961

USS Viperfish - Spy Sub

other ships in Film

Nautilus - Captain Nemo's 1860s submarine, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954

Red October - Typhoon-class Soviet sub, The Hunt for Red October 1990

USS Neptune - Nuclear submarine sunk in Gray Lady Down 1978

USS Sawfish - last US submarine in On the Beach 1959 (Sawfish was actually played by HMS Andrew, though its hull number belonged to the missile submarine USS Nathan Hale.)

USS Sea Tiger - WWII sub, Operation Petticoat 1959

USOS Seaview - 400 ft futuristic sub, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961

Soviet submarine Спрут ("Sprut, Octopus") - The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!, 1966

USS Tigerfish - Ice Station Zebra 1968

USS Tiger Shark - The Atomic Submarine 1959

The Yellow Submarine- Song by The Beatles, 1966, and basis of film, 1968

USS Grayfish — Torpedo Run

simlar ships to the dragon wing in Television

seaQuest DSV 4600 - futuristic Deep Submergence Vehicle, seaQuest DSV 1993

USS Sea Tiger - WWII submarine, Operation Petticoat 1977

SSRN Seaview - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1964-1968

Skydiver - Submarine / Interceptor, UFO 1970-1971

Small submarines resembling dragon wing

Flying Sub FS-1 - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Stinger - one-man, high speed sub, in seaQuest DSV

ships like this in Video games

Dragonet 1 & 2 - Ace Combat 2