[devilsgrin]

pawn of prophecy in particular. especially before the quest begins with Mister Wolf and Garion discussing things...
the most obvious point is where mister wolf (at this stage he's not belgarath to readers yet - or to garion) is telling Garion about what is possible and what is impossible... he says something along the lines of "and in nine years you've discovered all things that are possible and impossible?" Brom says almost the exact thing to eragon - substituting 15 for 9.