Inheritance Cycle/Tear Jerker

• Brom's death, particularly his last few words with Eragon.

"I am old, Eragon . . . so old. Though my dragon was killed, my life has been longer than most. You don't know what it is to reach my age, look back, and realize that you don't remember much of it; then to look forward and know that many years still lie ahead of you. . . . After all this time, I still grieve for my Saphira . . . and hate Galbatorix for what he tore from me. Don't let that happen to you. Don't! Guard Saphira with you life, for without her, you'll find that it's hardly worth living."

• Murtagh's anguished cries to Oromis and Glaedr while they fought him and Thorn:

"Curse you for not showing yourself sooner! Curse you! You could have helped us! You could have-!"

• Murtagh being forced by Galbatorix to torture Nasuada.
• Murtagh's life in general.
• Sloan's fate in the last book. Katrina is in Ellesmera and he can hear her, and even see her (Eragon restores his sight) but he cannot talk to her, nor contact her in any way.
• Eragon's fate in the last book, as well. He's not going to see anyone he loves ever again, and he's got the arduous task of rebuilding an organization of Dragon-riders in an unexplored continent totally isolated from civilized life. He's not going to get with Arya and he's not going to see his baby-niece or his brother or any of his people ever again.