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'''Dragons''' are an intelligent race that inhabit [[Alagaësia]], a fictional [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy world]] created by [[Christopher Paolini]]. They are a key part of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', in which dragons are a nearly extinct and magical race.

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== Overview ==

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Dragons have lived in [[Alagaësia]] since ancient times with the [[Alagaësia#Dwarves|Dwarves]]. The skin of a Dragon is nearly impenetrable, though the thin membrane of the wings can be easily pierced. Their scales glitter like gems, although each Dragon only has one scale color. They also have the same eye color as their scales, and their teeth and neck spikes are bone white. The Dragons breath flame the color of their scales, and some can impressively hold the flame for over an hour. The older the dragon grows, the longer they can hold the flame. They never stop growing until their death.

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[[Image:Eragon_Saphira_Poster.jpg|250px|thumb|300px|Saphira, the dragon protagonist of the series, as shown in the [[Eragon (film)|film version]] of ''Eragon''.]]

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Since the Dragons are bound to Alagaësia, they possess magical properties. Strange things seem to happen around Dragons - people live longer, the earth changes, and things of that nature, yet no one knows how it happens. It is possible these things happen because the Dragon's magic, which permeates every inch of their body. They cannot willingly use their magic, except for their fire. However, when using magic, their strength is unparalleled.

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county = [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]] |

mayor = Rick Gray |

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city pop = 56,348|

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'''Lancaster, Pennsylvania''', ''the Red Rose City'', is a city in south-central Pennsylvania and is the [[county seat]] of [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]]. It is ranked as the 98th largest [[metropolitan statistical area]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Lancaster's MSA ranking | work=Proximity One | url= http://www.proximityone.com/msa03us.htm | accessdate=May 9 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

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Locals quickly recognize visitors to Lancaster by the way they pronounce ''Lancaster.'' Natives typically pronounce it as ''LANK-a-stir'', rather than ''LAN-CAS-ter'' (with the first two syllables more or less equally stressed), as is the common pronunciation for other [[Lancaster]]s in the US.

== History ==

Before the formation of the Dragon Riders, a young elf hunted and killed a dragon like it was a common animal. The Dragons banded together and furiously attacked the Elves, leading into war.

*Land was part of the [[1681]] Penn's Woods Charter of [[William Penn]]

*The city was formed [[1818]].

*Named after [[Lancaster, England]] by native John Wright. Its symbol, the red [[rose]], is from the house of Lancaster. The [[Lancaster County Prison]] was built in the [[1850]]s to resemble Lancaster Castle in [[Lancashire]], [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/museums/lancaster/castle.asp].

*The oldest church in the city is the Trinity Lutheran Church founded in [[1729]].

*From [[1799]]-[[1812]], Lancaster served as the state capital, until it was permanently moved to [[Harrisburg]].

*The [[Fulton Opera House]], finished in October [[1852]], is the oldest theater to give continuous performances in the United States.

*[[Milton S. Hershey]] started the [[Lancaster Caramel Company]] in the city.

*[[F.W. Woolworth Company |Woolworth]] opened their second store here on June 21, 1879. The company is now known as [[Foot Locker, Inc.|Foot Locker]].

[[Image:PennSquare.JPG|none|thumb|400px|right|Penn Square, in Lancaster City, with the Historic Watt & Shand building]]

==Geography==

Lancaster is located at 40°2'23" North, 76°18'16" West (40.039860, -76.304366){{GR|1}}, and is 368 feet above sea level.

The city is located about 34 miles southeast of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], 70 miles west of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], 55 miles north-northeast of [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and 87 miles north of [[Washington D.C.]].

The nearest towns and boroughs are [[Millersville, Pennsylvania]] (4.0 miles), [[Willow Street, Pennsylvania]] (4.8 miles), [[East Petersburg, Pennsylvania]] (5.3 miles), [[Lititz, Pennsylvania]] (7.9 miles), [[Landisville, Pennsylvania]] (8.6 miles), [[Mountville, Pennsylvania]] (8.8 miles), [[Rothsville, Pennsylvania]] (8.9 miles), and [[Leola, Pennsylvania]] (8.9 miles).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 19.2 [[square kilometer|km²]] (7.4 [[square mile|mi²]]). 19.2 km² (7.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.14% is water.

==Demographics==

The city has a higher percentage of non-whites than the rest of the county. It is a popular home for many [[Puerto Rican]]s and other [[Latino]]s. In 2000, 24.34% of Lancaster residents were of Puerto Rican ancestry. This was the highest percentage Puerto Rican of any place in Pennsylvania. There is a concentration of [[Amish]] farms east of the city and in that area [[horse and buggy|horse-drawn buggies]] are commonly seen.

As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 56,348 people, 20,933 households, and 12,162 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,940.0/km² (7,616.5/mi²). There were 23,024 housing units at an average density of 1,201.3/km² (3,112.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 61.55% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 14.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.44% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.46% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 17.44% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.94% from two or more races. 30.76% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 20,933 households out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 13.9% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,770, and the median income for a family was $34,623. Males had a median income of $27,833 versus $21,862 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,955. 21.2% of the population and 17.9% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. 29.2% of those under the age of 18 and 12.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

== Economy ==

Lancaster suffers from high unemployment, especially in the southeastern quadrant.<ref>{{cite web | title=Workforce Profile for Lancaster City | work=Jobs 4 Lancaster | url= http://www.jobs4lancaster.com/documents/AWorkforceProfileofLancasterCity.doc | accessdate=May 9 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>This area, which includes census tracts 8, 9, 15, and 16, had unemployment rates of 10.9%, 10.1%, 3.5%, and 9.0% , respectively, in 1999, when the rest of the county was 4.9%. The Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board sees a persistent problem in underemployment: "People are working but surviving just on the edge of poverty." However, employment has increased 18% by adding 34,900 jobs between the years 1999 and 2002.

Lancaster City has been in the store of recreating itself recently with an explosion of specialty shops, boutiques, bars, clubs, and reinvestment in downtown institutions and locations making it a more desirable place to live. There are plans to build a $140 million dollar Marriott Hotel and convention center downtown, financed primarily by taxes on businesses outside Lancaster City.

Five years into the war, an Elf called [[Eragon I|Eragon]] found a white Dragon egg and raised the hatchling within, naming him Bid'Daum ; it was they who stopped the war, allowing peace to follow. In order to prevent another war, the Dragons connected their souls with the Elves, changing both races. Dragons gained the use of language and other trappings of civilization, as well as becoming less fierce. Since Humans came afterwards, the Human Riders were never affected by the Dragons as greatly as the Elves were.

There are also plans to convert an area of unused polluted industrial grounds, which were once occupied by Armstrong World Industries, into playing fields for [[Franklin & Marshall College]]. This action is expected to take up most of the former industrial site. The northeastern corner will be development with funds from Lancaster General Hospital. The Hospital plans to create a mixed-use development which will add several city blocks to Lancaster’s grid.

== As mounts for Dragon Riders ==

==Public Transportation==

The few Humans and Elves who ride Dragons like the Elf [[Eragon I]] are aptly called [[Dragon Riders]]. Dragons give their Riders "shining palms," a silver mark, or the "[[gedwey ignasia]]" as a result of the first physical contact between rider and dragon. Dragons communicate telepathically with their Riders, and house incredible magic that can combine with that of the Rider. Dragons are immortal and can also allow their Riders to be nearly immortal; old age will seldom kill them, although wounds or poison can. Over time the link between the dragon and rider will change the rider's appearance.

The [[Red Rose Transit Authority]] (RRTA) provides bus transit to Lancaster City as well as surrounding areas in Lancaster County. RRTA is headquartered in downtown Lancaster.

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== Notable residents ==

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*[[Charles Demuth]] &ndash; painter.

image= [[Image:eldest2japan.jpg|200px]]<br><small>Glaedr as painted by [[John Jude Palencar]] on the cover of the second Japanese volume of ''Eldest''||

*[[Dan Kreider]], professional football player, [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].

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*[[John Parrish]], professional baseball player, [[Baltimore Orioles]].

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*[[Major General]] [[John F. Reynolds]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]] commander.

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*[[Thaddeus Stevens]] - [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] firebrand, contemporary of [[James Buchanan]].

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*[[Major]] [[Richard Winters|Richard D. Winters]] &ndash; [[United States Army]] [[United States Army Rangers|Ranger]] and [[World War II]] veteran who was portrayed in [[Stephen Ambrose|Stephen Ambrose's]] [[1992]] book and the [[HBO]] miniseries ''[[Band of Brothers]]''.

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*[[Tom Herr]], a former professional baseball player and current manager.

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==Sports==

'''Glaedr''' (Pronounced Glay-Dur) is a male golden [[Dragon (Inheritance)|dragon]] in [[Christopher Paolini]]'s ''[[Inheritance (trilogy)|Inheritance Trilogy]]''. He first appears in ''[[Eldest]]'', the second book of the trilogy. His [[Dragon Riders|Rider]] is [[Oromis]], who also is called ''Osthato Chetowä''—"The Mourning Sage" and ''Togira Ikonoka'' - "The Cripple Who Is Whole."

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|[[Lancaster Barnstormers]]

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|[[Atlantic League of Professional Baseball]]''';''' South Division

|[[Clipper Magazine Stadium]]

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Glaedr is the oldest dragon in the trilogy, senior even to Galbatorix's black dragon [[Shruikan]]. He is three times larger than Saphira, the [[Eragon|main character's]] dragon. Like his Rider, Glaedr is disabled——his left foreleg is nothing but a white stump in place. Glaedr and Oromis live in Du Weldenvarden, a forest in the north of [[Alagaesia]], the world in which the trilogy takes place. The two hid during [[The Fall (Inheritance)|The Fall]] when the dragon riders and dragons were being killed by a rebellious rider named [[Galbatorix]], for if Glaedr and Oromis had died before one of the remaining dragon eggs had hatched, then there would be no one left to pass on the secrets to the new Rider.

The city of Lancaster has only one professional sports team, the Lancaster Barnstormers. After 44 years without baseball, the Barnstormers arrived to fill the void.

Oromis and Glaedr tutored the young riders [[Morzan]] and [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]].

==Inventions==

* The first battery-powered [[Watch|watch]], the Hamilton Electric 500, was released in [[1957]] by the Hamilton Watch Company.

==Role==

==Colleges and universities==

In ''[[Eldest]]'', Glaedr becomes [[Saphira]]'s teacher and the object of her affections. Oromis trains Saphira's Rider, [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]]. [[Saphira]] thinks that Glaedr will be her mate, but he rejects her. In this, Glaedr and Saphira have a fight which Saphira starts by scratching Glaedr in the right forleg. Glaedr respondes by biting Saphira in the thigh. Glaedr believes that the young female is meant for one of the unhatched dragon eggs. Later, on [[Eragon]]'s advice, Saphira apologizes to Glaedr.

*Consolidated School of Business

*Empire Beauty School

*[[Franklin & Marshall College]]

*Lancaster General Hospital - Lancaster Institute for Health Education

*Lancaster School of Cosmetology

*[[Lancaster Theological Seminary]]

*[[Pennsylvania Academy of Music]]

*[[Pennsylvania College of Art and Design]]

*Spanish American Civic Association

*[[Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology]]

== Role in the Inheritance Trilogy ==

== Media ==

In the events of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', there are Dragons on each side of the war - [[Galbatorix]] houses one green unhatched Dragon egg and his own Dragon, [[Shruikan]]; under Galbatorix's control is [[Murtagh]] and his dragon [[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]]. Fighting against Galbatorix for the [[Varden]] is [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]] and his dragon [[Saphira]], the last female dragon. Another Dragon is [[Glaedr]], who is the Dragon of [[Oromis]], the oldest remaining Rider, who is an Elf.

*[[Lancaster Newspapers|La Voz Hispana]], the city's Spanish-language edition

*[[Lancaster Intelligencer Journal]], the city's morning edition

*[[Lancaster New Era]], the city's afternoon edition

So far, the only dragon colors known are green (new dragon-unknown rider), blue ([[Saphira]] - [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]], [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]]), red ([[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]] - [[Murtagh]]) and, we can assume [[Morzan]] since riders swords are the same color as their dragon), gold ([[Glaedr]] - [[Oromis]]), black ([[Shruikan]] - [[Galbatorix]]), white ([[Bid'Daum]] - Eragon the elf), brown (Mentioned by the elf Rhunon and[[ Brom]] tells [[Eragon]] that [[Miremel]] was brown), and purple (Mentioned by CP in an interview).

== Sites of interest ==

* [[Clipper Magazine Stadium]], home of the [[Lancaster Barnstormers]] baseball team

* [[Demuth Museum]]

* [[Fulton Opera House]]

* [[Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum]]

* [[North Museum of Natural History and Science]]

Here is a chart of the known dragons and their riders.

== Local Businesses ==

Dragons Rider Color

* [[Herley Industries]]

* [[Lancaster Brewing Company]]

#Unknown / Unknown / Green

==References==

#Thorn /Murtagh /Red

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#Saphira (2) / Eragon (2) / Blue

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#Saphira (1) / Brom / Blue

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#Shrukian / Galbatorix /Black

#Glaedr / Oromis /Gold

#Bid'daum /Eragon (1) / White

#Unknown but probaly also named Thorn / Morzan / Red

#lormungr / Unknown / Unknown

#vervada / none / Unknown

The (1) indicates the First Eragon or Saphira- the original rider and Brom's dragon and the (2) indicates the main character Eragon in the first and second book.

Here is a list of all the other known dragons mentioned by Brom in book 1 (Eragon):

==External links==

* [http://www.cityoflancasterpa.com/ City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania]

* [http://www.lancasterbarnstormers.com/ Lancaster Barnstormers]

#Jura

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#Fundor (Who fought the giant sea snake)

#Galzra

#Briam

#Ohen the Strong

#Gretiem

#Beroan

#Roslarb

#Vanilor (male)

#Eridor (male)

#Ingothold (male)

#Miremel (female, brown dragon)

#Opheila (female)

#Lenora (female)

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Saphira's parents were Iormunger and Vervada. Iormunger was a rider's dragon but Vervada was a wild female dragon who only gave 1 egg to the riders.

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