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Greetings dudes and welcome to my article which is of course about the series of
books by TSR (tm) called the DRAGONLANCE saga.These books are an extremely
interesting read,the characters are really good and the fantasy world of Krynn
(where the saga takes place) is both beautiful and dangerous (a bit like Green
Bertie's sister.......),although I have only read a couple (7) of the books I
am hooked and would recommend them to anyone who is remotely interested in any
kind of fantasy.They cost about 5 Irish pounds or 4.50 in Britain,in Ireland I
find that the shop which has the best selection of these has got to be Easons
in O'Connell Street,which stocks just about every DRAGONLANCE book there is
available (although Virgin Megastore seem to get the newer DRAGONLANCE books
a hell of a lot faster than EASONS for 1p cheaper too!!!!).
It's a bit of a bastard knowing on which book to start as there are so many of
them,so here is THE correct order in which you should get 'em...
---------------------------- Chronicles Trilogy -----------------------------
Book 1."Dragons Of Autumn Twilight"
Book 2."Dragons Of Winter Night"
Book 3."Dragons Of Spring Dawning"
----------------------------- Legends Trilogy -------------------------------
Book 1."Time Of The Twins"
Book 2."War Of The Twins"
Book 3."Test Of The Twins"
------------------------------- Tales Trilogy --------------------------------
Book 1."The Magic Of Krynn"
Book 2."Kender,Gully Dwarves and Gnomes"
Book 3."Love And War"
------------------------------ Heroes Trilogy --------------------------------
Book 1."The Legend Of Huma"
Book 2."Stormblade"
Book 3."Weasel's Luck"
------------------------------ Preludes Trilogy ------------------------------
Book 1."Darkness And Light"
Book 2."Kendermore"
Book 3."Brothers Majere"
------------------------------ Heroes II Trilogy -----------------------------
Book 1."Kaz,The Minotaur"
Book 2."The Gates Of Thorbardin"
Book 3."Galen Beknighted"
------------------------------ Preludes II Trilogy ---------------------------
Book 1."Riverwind,The Plainsman"
Book 2."Flint,The King"
Book 3."Tanis,The Shadow Years"
--------------------------- Elven Nations Trilogy ----------------------------
Book 1."Firstborn"
Book 2."The Kinslayer Wars"
Book 3."The Qualinesti"
---------------------------- The Meetings Sextet ------------------------------
Book 1."Kindred Spirits"
Book 2."Wanderlust"
Book 3."Darkheart"
Book 4."The Code And The Measure" (Out in April 1992)
Book 5."Steel And Stone" (Out in September 1991)
Book 6."The Companions" (Out in January 1993!)
* Coming Soon *
---------------------------- Tales II Trilogy ---------------------------------
Book 1."The Reign Of Istar" (Out in April 1992)
Book 2."The Cataclysm" (Out in July 1992)
Book 3."The War Of The Lance" (Out in November 1992)
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Events which you should note B4 going on.
The Cataclysm
The Cataclysm was a huge disaster hurled on ansalon by the Gods when the King-
Priest of Istar (a sort of Pope whose Church was set in the Rome of Ansalon,
Istar.) began to become a bastard,he lost interest in his people and appointed
ministers to look after the people's need's.People were getting more evil than
ever under the so called `Church' and Quareth (second only to the Kingpriest)
was a kind of pseudo hitler who suggested that the Churches forces exterminate
all Ogres from the face of Ansalon in a huge crusade.Things got very bad when
the Kingpriest decided to question the Gods or Demand that they help him and
come down from the heavens to help him,instead they hurled an Apocalyptic
disaster on Ansalon causing ocean to cover the land and mountains to rip apart,
this drastically re-arranged Ansalon's geographic feature's and killed an
un-countable number of people.Needless to say that after this the survivors
were a bit miffed about a cataclysm so they refused to pray to the Gods and
thought that the Gods had turned their backs on Krynn and left the people to
themselves,thus religion in Ansalon was terminated for a very long time.
The War of the Gates or something like that
As the cataclysm was occuring the mountain dwarves fled into their secure
kindom built into the mountains and waited for the cataclysm to burn out.
Unfortunately their cousins the Hill-Dwarves had no protection from the
Cataclysm and when they arrived through the storms and Earthquakes of the
Cataclysm to the mountain fortress of Thorbardin they found the cold steel
gates closed and locked and not about to be opened,thus the Hill Dwarves
waited outside and suffered the brunt of the death and destruction of the
Cataclysm.
Thats all I can reveal ta you for now!!
Here's a nifty character description of the heroes of the lance.
Tanis,Half-Elven
Tanis is a half elf who's mother was raped by a human soldier travelling through
Qualinost (a large city in the the continent of Ansalon),his mother died when
he was a nipper or knee high to a grasshopper (as Gazzer just said).Tanis was
raised by Solostaran,the Speaker of the Suns in the royal house in Qualinost.
When he was growing up he had fuck all mates and was shunned by his people for
being half-human,he had only one friend,a friend for life called Flint Fireforge
who is a hill-dwarf and master craftsman.Tanis was the leader of the heroes,
during the War of The Lance.
Flint Fireforge
Flint is a hill dwarf,hill dwarves (proper spelling is Dwarfs I know but I take
it that J.R.R. Tolkiens spelling is slightly more correct as he invented the
dwarf that is used in fantasy settings) are lower in social class than their
cousins the Mountain Dwarves.During the incredibly destructive Cataclysm it
was Flints ancestors who were left outside to rot when the Mountain Dwarves
shut the gates of Thorbardin.Flint is a master craftsman and when he was a
little younger before the Cataclysm he made cool metal objects and toys for
people (he actually made a lot of stuff for the Qualinesti elves,and befriended
Tanthalas (Tanis) Half-Elven there.Pretty mean rocker with a throwin' axe as
well.He was one of the companions of the Lance and his personal little traits
include grumbling and quoting his mothers sayings.
Goldmoon
Goldmoon is a sexy barbarian,the daughter of the chieftain of the infamous
Qu' Shu tribe.She was the one who was given the staff of Mishakal by Riverwind
and is responsible for spreading the old religion among the people again.
Gazzer/Eclipse seems obsessed with her character (She's not real Gazz,unlike
Theresa+Cal!!!!)
Sturm BrightBlade
Sturm is a desciplined Knight of Solamnia who lives by a Code of Honour and
self denial,he's definately my favourite character.Sturms father was also
a Knight of Solamnia who disappeared on some quest or something,and which
Sturm spent much time trying to locate.Sturm was a good friend of Tanis and
a valued member of the companions,who suffered a lot because of his bravery
and honour.
Tasslehoff Burrfoot
Tasslehoff is a Kender.Yes,you're right a kender is a small demi-human of
Krynn who are smaller than humans but a bit bigger than dwarves,about the
size of a small kid.They are naturally curious about everything and often
`borrow' other peoples possessions,they cannot experience fear.Tas fucked
up a lot in the war but also saved the world a few dozen times.You could
write several books on this characters but sadly you'll have to find out
the rest yourself!
Tika Waylan
Tika was a bar-maid before the war of the lance,she fell in love with
Caramon and joined the companions as a not too skilled fighter!She
apparently has `huge assets' up top if ya know wot I mean and come to
think of it I'm pretty obsessed with her character......(sorry Theresa!)
Caramon Majere
Caramon is a musclebound steroid abuser who is about twice the size of a normal
person.Unfortunately his brain isn't very `matured' but he's Raistlin's twin
brother and gaurdian.Caramon developed some pretty bad traits in the Legends
Book 1........
Raistlin Majere
Raistlin is the twin brother of Caramon and is as frail as hell, Raistlin
may be a wimp physically but he's a crafty fucker!He practiced magic from
a very young age,having a natural talent for it and soon became the most
powerful force of magic and evil in Krynn.He's a cool character and again
books or even Scrollies could be written about him unfortunately......
Laurana
Qualinesti Elf and Tanis' bird.(Gazzer is obsessed with 'er - HA HA,scroll
text payment!).She's a crap fighter but ended up leading the armies of
Ansalon against the Dark Queen Takhissis because of her mental and emotional
strength.She's also the daughter of The Speaker of the Sun in Qualinost
and Tanis' cousin (incest!).
Now you know what order to buy the books in and what the Characters are
like so BUY the books!
Next issue I'll be concentrating on the Villains of Dragonlance and I'll
take an in depth look at the Meetings Sextet,well whats available anyway.
But for now I gotta Edit,BYE!
Peter.