<P> The book tells the story of a farm boy named Eragon , who finds a mysterious stone in the mountains . Not knowing the stone 's origin or worth , he attempts to use it as payment to a butcher . A dragon he later names Saphira hatches from the stone , which was really an egg . When the evil King Galbatorix finds out the general location of the egg he sends the Ra'zac to acquire it . By that time Saphira had been growing for a while and takes Eragon to the Spine after Ra'zac appear in their village Carvahall . Eragon and Saphira are forced to flee from their hometown , with a storyteller called Brom , and decide to search for the Varden , a group of rebels who want the downfall of Galbatorix . </P>
what is the name of the dragon in eragon
Saphira