This is a "game seed" I gave some thought to last night. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble writing the introduction. Rekindled Flame takes place after The Ancient's Gates.
This is my intro so far:
After the return of Mala-Shae, Rynn and Arokh began a new quest: a quest to find pure-hearted people to bond with the Spirit Dragons* who have reentered Drakan. You are newly bonded to your dragons as you set out to re-establish The Order of the Flame.
*They're called Dragons of the Order, Spirit Dragons or "The Elder Breed" but are not related to the Spirit Dragons from Monsters: A Field Guide. I'd probably base them off of the Dragons of Kingship.
I apologize for not having an Eragon intro . . . yet.
Some rule thoughts . . .
Race: Human, although blood talents are allowed (as long as it's not Gryx, Gnome, or Halfling), Dragon (each player will control 1 human character and 1 dragon character).
Professions: This one's a hard call, especially since I've only played the Playstation 2 Drakan game. Rynn, would probably be a Warrior Mage. There are pure warriors and pure spell-users. I was thinking any except the special niche professions from the HARP main book would be okay.
The Bond: The Human's soul and the Dragon's soul are bonded into a single soul. Mechanic-wise: the human and the dragon share XP, level, and damage received. At the moment I'm not sure if I want to do some sort of average of Concussion Hits, base it off the human's, or what. Just remember: if you die, your dragon dies; if your dragon dies, you die.
Communicating with your Dragon: Using Drakan, both Human and Dragon communicate soley by speech. For Eragon, the human may speak or use his mind; the dragon communicates telepathically.
When I saw the Eragon movie (and I'm glad I saw the movie before I started reading the book), the explanation of the Riders reminded me of the Ritual of the Bond from Drakan. The Eragon connection may also appeal to younger gamers.