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DECONSTRUCTING CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI'S ANCIENT LANGUAGE: A CONLANGER'S PERSPECTIVE Introduction: The recent release of the final book in the Inheritance Cycle has stirred up both a bit of nostalgia and curiosity within me, as well as a bit of quiet loathing due to the sort of things I will cover in this essay. As an avid and active conlanger, my interest in Paolini's Ancient Language stretches back all the way to the release of the original book. Though to my 13 year-old self, the conlang was initially an inspiration to work harder on my own conlangs, it wasn't long until I became advanced enough in conlanging and linguistics in general to re