- "The infidels are to too close to the Master. We must kill them before—Wait! No! No …!"
- — The Priest's thoughts as he realized his mind had been invaded
This individual was a member of the Priests of Helgrind. After recovering from the shock of seeing Eragon, Arya, Angela and Solembum, the former two having been imprisoned by the priests in the catacombs below Dras-Leona, the High Priest of Helgrind ordered his subordinates at attack the four, shouting that the infidels must be punished for their crimes against the Old Ones, to which the congregation of priests answered with howls and stamps of their feet, Eragon feeling their minds clawing at his, like a pack of wolves tearing at a weakened deer, forcing him to retreat into his mind before joining in mental forces with Arya. Together they stabbed with their minds at one of the priests. The man struggled to evade their grasp, like a fish wriggling through their fingers, but they tightened their grip and refused to let him escape. He was reciting a stilted, oddly worded phrase in an attempt to keep them out of his consciousness; Eragon assumed it was a scrap of scripture from the Book of Tosk. The priest lacked discipline, however, and his concentration soon wavered as he thought, how their enemies were to close to the High Priest, only to realize that his own mental safety was in question. Eragon and Arya seized upon the priest’s weakness and quickly subjugated the man’s thoughts to their will. Once they were certain he could not retaliate against them with mind or body, Arya cast a spell that, from examining the priest’s memories, she knew could slip past his wards. In the third row of pews, a man screamed and burst into flame, green fire pouring from his ears, mouth, and eyes, crackling like the sound of branches snapping in a storm. The flames ignited the clothes of several priests close to him, and the burning men and women began to thrash and run about wildly, further disrupting the attacks against Eragon.