Eragon found her huddled up in a cave on the Stone of Broken Eggs after the fight, upset because she thought Glaedr didn't find her comely enough, though Eragon proved that this was not true. After he refused to mate with her, she attacked him, injuring both of them and becoming depressed. While in Ellesmera, Saphira submitted to Glaedr, Oromis' dragon and her and Eragon's fellow mentor. Saphira was quite vain, thinking herself the most beautiful and magnificent creature in the world. She also felt she was bending her pride slightly by calling Oromis and Glaedr "Master". Saphira was very proud and it has been mentioned that she had never bowed to anyone except Queen Islanzadí and several dwarves ( the latter of which occurred when she was drunk). Though Saphira was a young dragon, she was very wise and often comforted and guided Eragon, as well as sometimes others, when they were upset or needed advice. Eragon and Saphira later found out that her name was also the name of Brom's own dragon. It was the only one that Saphira liked, given that Eragon presented her with mostly male names and those of other female dragons did not suit her. She was named Saphira after Eragon went to Brom for names of past dragons when he decided to find a name for her. Despite her young age she is one of the strongest dragons ever seen. Her body stature was very aerodynamic and built for flying, and in Eldest, her and Eragon's mentor, Oromis said that he had never seen a dragon so skilled at flying and so naturally suited to the sky. Her head was roughly triangular and she also possessed four cheek spines, slightly curved horns and forehead spines between her horns. Her tongue was barbed like a rasp, allowing her to strip meat from bone, and she once threatened to lick Eragon with it should he ever put her through enough worry. She had two serrated fangs that jutted out of her upper jaw onto her bottom lip slightly, and like all dragons, she had white, sharp, knife-like, meat-shearing teeth. The talons and spikes on her neck, back, as well as her tail were bone-white and all were very sharp. She was possessed of enhanced vision, for she was able to see blues more clearly and vibrantly than reds and greens, an ability she showed Eragon when she allowed him to see the world through her eyes. She was also known as Flametongue to the Urgals. The radiating blue tones of her scales resulted the nickname given to her by the elves, Saphira Brightscales, or as she was known in the Ancient Language, as Saphira Bjartskular. Saphira's scales and eyes were the color of sapphires, often described in the book as an intense blue that refracted the light. She is the daughter of a Rider's dragon named Iormungr and a wild female dragon named Vervada and is a descendent of Belgabad, the largest dragon of his time. She is the last female dragon in Alagaësia outside of the Eldunari kept by Galbatorix. Saphira is Eragon's dragon from the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.