Eragon pages 1 to 17

The Shades starts the book sounding like a antagonist. He ambushes three elves along with ogre like creatures. When there cover is blown the elves try to escape but two are killed and one is cornered but sends away her package before she is knocked unconscious. Eragon was in the woods hunting when he found a stone and when he tries to sell it the butcher gets mad at him and tells him to go away. A man named Horst comes up to the fifteen year old and buys the meat for him so he can go home and feed his family..