The overall setting is Alagaësia. Alagaësia is broken down into smaller areas such as the Spine, Hadarac Desert, Teirm, Carvahall, Helgrind, Farthen Dûr, Surda, and several others. It is a fictional world, but the time is similar to our middle ages. There is no electricity, people live in villages, food is grown or hunted, and travel is mainly on foot or by horse back.
The setting of Eragon, along with the rest of the Inheritance Cycle, is Algaesia. It is a land that is inhabited my humans, elves, dwarves, and urgals. It is a fictional place.
While Eragon does draw certain elements from the Fantasy genre as a whole, the similarities between Eragon and The Wheel of Time are no more prominent than comparisons from any other Fantasy series.
The Eragon books are known as The Inheritance Cycle. The books are high fantasy.
"Eragon" is set in the fictional land of Alagaësia, which is home to various races including humans, elves, dwarves, and dragons. The story primarily takes place in the regions of Palancar Valley and the Varden's base in Farthen Dûr.
Eragon
Ed Speleers played Eragon in the movie.
In Eragon the dragon is called Saphira and her rider is Eragon
Eragon does not have a religion.
Ed Speleers played the character of Eragon in the movie adaptation of the book "Eragon."
Characters: Eragon, Roran (Eragon's cousin), Arya (elf who got the egg to Eragon) Saphira (Eragon's dragon) Brom (storyteller/dragon rider/Eragon's dad), and galbatorix (main antagonist).
Eragon
It was originally published in 2002 by a company owned by Paolini's parents. It was published again in mass numbers by Knopf in 2003.