The gedwëy ignasia (meaning “shining palm” in the Ancient Language), also called argetlam (meaning “silver hand”), was the mark of a Dragon Rider, shining brightly whenever the Rider used his magic. This was a direct result of the Rider-Dragon Bond.
It appeared as a silver diffused spiral oval marking on a Rider’s palm, and would first appear after a Rider first touched their dragon. It forms with a flash of light and, as Eragon described it, a sensation as though ice cold water that tingled and snapped through the Rider.
The mark does not necessarily have to be on the hand; it is placed on the Rider’s body in whatever place they touched their dragon first, such as on a Rider’s neck or leg. The mark is most commonly on a Rider’s hand because when they first see their dragon, they put their hand out to touch it.
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