[13] This is continued in the follow-up series The Dragon Codices, in which Takhisis is the main, if somewhat hidden, antagonist. He met with her in the Tower and convinced her that he would work to change the world. Not long after Raistlin left the Tower of High Sorcery, he and his brother found themselves in financial straits. After another blast of Caramon's magic lightning, the head of Fistandantilus disappears, leaving Raistlin to wonder what just happened. Told to never tell anyone the story of what had happened in the Tower, the two brothers leave, with Raistlin now wearing the Red Robes of Neutrality. Sent back in time with theDevice of Time Journeyingthrough the magic of Par-Salian, who accidentally transported Tasslehoff along with the pairagainst the laws of magic restricting time travel for the Graygem racesthe three appeared in an alley in the Lordcity ofIstar, where Caramon was promptly arrested for attacking a cleric of Paladine. 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Option 1)-the wall of force option you suggested above. On the road south, the group was attacked by bandits, led by a half-ogre calledSteeltoe. Takhisis was responsible for the corruption of the chromatic dragons, and appeared in one form as a dragon with heads the colors of blue, black, white, red, and green. The Companions take the Dragon Orb and leave, but Alhana, new Queen of the Silvanesti, decides to stay to cleanse the country. [25], Raistlin appears as one of the player characters in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance. Tas and his gnome companion arrive and return the time-travel device to Caramon, whose simultaneous use of the device with Raistlin's powerful magic results in a titanic explosion. Sargonnas is Takhisis' consort. The closest equivalent is the fate of the Dark Three, and Bhaal and Bane were already covered. Meanwhile, Tas and Caramon have traveled forward in time and lay witness to the devastation left behind. Dragons of the Hourglass Mage details Raistlin's adventures in Neraka after becoming a wizard of the Black Robe[14] and chronicles the significant maturation of the character between his introduction in Dragons of Spring Dawning and later appearances, addressing many previously-unanswered questions. Injured, he crawled over to Fistandantilus, placed the true bloodstone on his masters chest and cast the spell, draining life force from the old mage and gaining the magical understanding of the elder. On their travels, they encountered the kenderEarwig Lockpickerand theKnight of SolamniaGawain, and chose to aid the knight in breaking the curse ofDeath's Keep. After the war, Raistlin raised the Curse ofRannochon theTower of High Sorcery at Palanthas, and put his plan to challengeTakhisisfor her position in the pantheon of gods into action. Such was his power then that two years later, the historian Astinus, in Time of the Twins, described Raistlin's entry into the Tower as this: Two years ago, he entered the Tower of High Sorcery. As Kitiara's troops battled the Palanthians, she fought her way into the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas and even managed to take Raistlin's apprentice, Dalamar by surprise and stab him. The white wizard Par-Salian sent Caramon, the cleric of Paladine Crysania, and, by accident, the kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot to the same time period in a desperate attempt to stop him. [34], The character was popular enough for Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to base the Dragonlance Legends Trilogy around the character's relationship with his twin. [15] In this lord city of the Dark Queen, Raistlin discovers that Takhisis means to take control of all magic, and must stop her from doing so.[14]. Liam, one of the dark elves, had survived the spell in the basement. However, Par-Salian had one final portion of the Test which Raistlin had not completed yet. Challenging the still-living Fistandantilus, Raistlin wins the duel and steals the archmage's identity, memories, and life force. Disgruntled by the delay at the fortress, the army of hill dwarves set off for Thorbardin while the Plainsmen retreated to their homes during the night, leaving Caramon and his men to be betrayed and ambushed in their own fortress by the Dewar. His ambition, however, was such that he betrayed the Dark Queen, ultimately bringing the War of the Lance to an end and leaving him as the most powerful force on Krynn. "[22] It has been revealed by Margaret Weis that this "last debt" was to magic itself.[23]. As the army marched south, it attracted more followers until, thousands strong, it crossed theNew SeaatCaergoth. After a brief encounter with several goblins, Raistlin and the group escaped Solace and traveled acrossCrystalmir Lake, where he noticed that the constellations of thePaladinethe Platinum Dragon and the Queen of Darkness were missing from the sky. The central focus of this thesis is the struggle of the human characters versus Takhisis. Defeat of the left. Confronting his brother at last, Caramon informed Raistlin of the world which he and Tas saw if Raistlin were to succeedand in a moment of final understanding between brothers, Raistlin presented Caramon with theStaff of Magiusso that he might carry Crysania through the portal and use the staff to seal the door to the Dark Queen. However because of his sacrifice, Raistlin was granted a reprieve by Paladine and sent into a long sleep. Taken by the elves to the capital city ofQualinost, the companions snuck into the fortress of Pax Tharkas through theSla Mori, where they were able to free the slaves from the mines, defeat theDragon HighlordVerminaard, and then fled with the refugees into theKharolis Mountains, pursued by the dragonarmies. It was also at this time that they heard of an army of mercenaries (led by the Mad Baron of Langtree) - information given to them by the white-robed wizard Antimodes, a close friend of Par-Salian. His father, Gilon, was mortally injured in a terrible logging accident and was brought back to Solace just in time to say a few last words to his sons. "[5], Raistlin is best described as the archetypal antihero or tragic hero. Raistlin, Caramon, and the now-awakened Crysania escape the Cataclysm and travel forward in time to Dwarfgate Wars, which are initiated by Raistlin in order to access the portal to the Abyss in Zhaman. Caramon confronts Raistlin with his experience of the future and Raistlin's solitary, meaningless existence. It was when Raistlin first encountered Immolatus that a new ability of Raistlin's cursed eyes was revealed. Regardless, the twins relationship changed dramatically after that, with one twin having watched the other kill him. 135 Saved from certain doom by the timely appearance of Tasslehoff, Caramon and Tas descended into the depths of the fortress to confront Raistlin and Crysania prior to their traveling through the Portal. She can probably call on favours from the Forces of Hell, even if she doesn't rule a layer anymore. After Caramon's death, Fistandantilus comes to claim Raistlin's life, reaching into Raistlin's chest and grabbing his heart. And Astinus is finishing his book. Weight His father was injured during a logging accident, and whilst dying the widowJudithdenounced Raistlin as an evil mage, and the family as lacking of faith, which caused the accident. Raistlin Majere attempts to destroy Takhisis and assume her role as head god of evil. [9], These factors ultimately culminate in Raistlin's turn to evil. However, upon reaching the city, the companions discovered it to be landlocked, and under the tacit control of the dragonarmy. She was the head of the Evil gods, consort to Sargonnas, and mother to Zeboim and Nuitari. The fire flared, billowed, and engulfed Caramon."[11]. The spirit was intent on finding his way into Thorbardin. Weis and Hickman have often commented that Hickman is better at writing noble characters and Weis better at writing darker ones, and Raistlin is Weis' signature. Shortly after their arrival in the city, the companions were split up while surviving an attack on the city by theRed Dragonarmyand a detachment of blue dragons, commanded by theBlue Lady. She is discussed in universe style with sidebars detailing her real-world publishing significance. Takhisis discovered the Foundation Stone. She died three days later. It was there that Raistlin encountered the cult of the false god Belzor, and where he again met the Renegade Wizard, Judith, who was using magic to bamboozle the townspeople into believing in her. It was the old inner pain clawing at him, tearing at him with poisoned talons. Realizing that he is taking the Test and that the elves (in actuality powerful dark-elf mages themselves) will kill him for even speaking with Fistandantilus, the evil lich offers him a bargain: Raistlin's life force in exchange for the power to pass the Test and defeat the elves. Male Takhisis got ganked by a low-level human knight with a +4 weapon. Born to a mother prone to trance-like fits and a woodcutter father, Raistlin inherited his mother's aptitude for magic. War. After the collapse of the Temple of Takhisis, Raistlin traveled to the city of Palanthas where he stepped up to the gates of the Tower of High Sorcery. However, the two are separate entities according to Dragonlance creator, Tracy Hickman[2] and others. In fact, according to the common lore of the world of Krynn (supported by statements made by the god, Paladine, in the closing chapters of Dragons of Spring Dawning), identical twins were considered to be one person split in two. She would periodically return home with small gifts for Caramon, such as a wooden sword, and though she felt great affection for Raistlin as her first battle, she did not relate well to Raistlins intellectual pursuits. While Caramon was in the prime of his life at 25 years old, Raistlin took a cynical delight in his old friends shock at his appearance with golden skin, white hair, and hourglass eyes. Some of characters of the Heroes of the Lance were introduced in a series of short stories published in Dragon magazine; "The test of the twins" in Dragon #83 (March 1984) was the first of these short stories, and features the twins Raistlin and Caramon. With the power of Fistandantilus to aid him, Raistlin managed to defeat the dark elf and successfully passed his Test. As described in the fantasy novel The Soulforge, Raistlin Majere and his twin brother Caramon were born in the town of Solace, Abanasinia, to a woodcutter named Gilon Majere and his wife, Rosamun (who, because she possessed magical abilities but was forced to suppress it by her upbringing, had a habit of slipping into uncontrollable trances). One trip involved a boating accident inCrystalmir Lake, in which poor Flint was dropped in the waters. (298). A wealth of well-detailed spell components hangs from his belt. It burst harmlessly, its effects dissipated, showering him with sparks and globs of flame that struck his hands and astonished face and then vanished in a sizzle, as if they were falling into standing water. The army moved on and the twins stayed with the army for a time before leaving to adventure on their own once more. This series is the sequel to the Dragonlance Chronicles, and focus on Raistlin and Caramon. Raistlin returned again, a year later, during the Chaos War. Lifting her in his arms, Caramon retreated to the Portal and awaited Raistlins inevitable retreat to the world from the onslaught of the Queens minions. Raistlin was only capable of beating Takhisis because he lured her onto the mortal plane where she was weaker than in the Abyss. And all of them are ultimately actants, characters whose raison dtre is to provide the final threat". Takhisis is key to the Dragonlance world creation myth as the primordial source of evil. Defeating Takhisis, and then going on to destroy every other god in existence. "The Soulforged", by German metal band Blind Guardian, is another song inspired by Raistlin's story. Par-Salian, in order to teach Raistlin compassion and patience, curses him with the eyes of the sorceress Raelana, turning his pupils into an hourglass shape that shows him the effect of time on everything: "Youth withers before those eyes, beauty fades, mountains crumble to dust". Takhisis was responsible for the corruption of the Chromatic Dragons, and appeared in one form as a dragon with heads of blue . Raistlin is at the height of his power. He's got four competitors to worry about now, and Black Mage and Elminster could certainly take on Raistlin by themselves. [24] This gamebook allowed the reader to take the role of Raistlin and attempt to pass the Test of High Sorcery. Dragonlance Legends is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, which take place in the Dragonlance setting. For this reason, Raistlin believed he had been given the mind, and Caramon the body. The Swedish band Lake of Tears recorded a song called "Raistlin and the Rose" for its 1997 album Crimson Cosmos. Entering the Portal while the others watched, Caramon traversed the vast distance between he and the battle between Raistlin and Takhisis, and encountered the broken body of Lady Crysania where Raistlin had left her to die. These friendships and the mentorship of Flint Fireforge and Tanis Half-Elven helped fill the gap that the sudden loss of their parents had created. He also becomes even more frail and sickly than before. At the age of six, Raistlin was taken by his father to study magic underMaster Theobald. Dr. Ekman compares Takhisis and other fantasy "dark lords," such as Lord Foul and Sauron, to the biblical Satan. In pain and failing strength, Raistlin overcomes the deeply wounded dark elf and kills Liam with his own blade. Raistlin played a brief role in the return of the gods to Krynn during theWar of Souls, but never returned to Krynn. Raistlin used a strange poison on Shavas, which caused magic to reflect back on the caster and tricked the lich into casting spells. In order to retain the balance, Paladine sacrifices his godhood and immortality in order for Takhisis to be stripped of her godhood and immortality. He was also one of the famedHeroes of the Lance, and was directly responsible for the defeat of theQueen of Darknessand herdragonarmiesduring theWar of the Lance, although his part in that was largely to further his own ends. Crysania's presence was an effort to wake her from a coma brought on by a confrontation with the death knight Lord Soth, something only the Kingpriest of Istar could accomplish. Rather than discipline him, less than one year later, the Conclave decided to summon Raistlin to the Tower of High Sorcery at Wayreth Forest to take the Test. It wasn't until later when Raistlin has manipulated events to put himself in a position of power over the Conclave, that he demanded they make no effort to hunt him or to interfere with him in any way. She has a pact with the 'yanki. A reviewer for Dragon magazine complimented the work Ral Partha did in matching the appearance of their figures to the descriptions of the characters from the novels, and described his figure: "Raistlin is the picture of a mage casting a spell. Here are two actual examples of Tiamat/Takhisis being killed on her home plane: In the Dragonlance Legends trilogy, we have Raistlin travelling to the Abyss (the outer plane where Takhisis is said to reside) and is able to kill her. Raistlin is also Margaret Weis's favorite character. Raistlin assisted Tanis in the slaying of HighlordAriakasby causing the mans magical shield to fall, and committing theCrown of Powerto Taniss possession temporarily. Takhisis most often takes the form of a five-headed dragon; each head is represented by the color of one of the evil dragons (red, blue, green, black, and white). The twins were sixteen. He dons the black robes worn by evil wizards (those who worship Nuitari) and eventually rises to become the most powerful mortal on Krynn (through a deal he made with the ancient archmage Fistandantilus during his test in the Tower of High Sorcery). Declaring himself theMaster of Past and Present, he lifted the curse the Black Robe,Rannoch, had placed on the Tower shortly before the Cataclysm. He then took up residence in the Tower of High Sorcery of Palanthas, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that had foreseen his appearance as the Master of Past and Present. Armed with the knowledge of the true gods on the Disks, the group returned to Solace, where they were captured by the dragonarmies, who had attacked and destroyed the town. When the rest of the gods return to Krynn, they realize that Takhisis has gone too far. She is gone for good (though further events revert this outcome). Karsus just wanted to save Netheril. . was arguably the most powerful mage who ever lived. To that point he had not yet converted to the side of evil. With the power of Fistandantilus to aid him, Raistlin managed to defeat the dark elf and successfully passed his Test. During the five years in which the future Heroes of the Lance go their separate ways, Raistlin takes the Test of High Sorcery at the Tower of Wayreth, where he acquires golden skin and is cursed with hourglass eyes that cause him to see time as it affects all things. Hyde.[13]. As compensation for what he deems a necessary cruelty, Par-Salian gives Raistlin the Staff of Magius, one of the most powerful magical artifacts in existence, as well as a recipe for herbal tea that will help relieve Raistlin's now constant and wracking cough. Amusingly, I was going to add something about this to my last post, and then dropped it. Raistlin defeated the other gods after he himself ascended to godhood. Meeting shortly thereafter with his half-sister, Kitiara, Raistlin then revealed his plans to her. There was something reptilian about the man, something reptilian about his second face. During this same period, Kitiara had traveled to Sanction and met Ariakas: the man who was currently favored by Takhisis. Visited . Flint and Tas recovered the true Hammer of Kharas with Arman Kharas, and when they emerged, were attacked byDray-yanand his forces. The twins returned to Solace to find that a plague has struck the town, killing Sturm's mother. His health, while never robust, was ruined further, leaving him weak and subject to frequent bouts of coughing blood. Takhisis is described for her role in the wars of good vs. Corij 17th, 326 AC In addition to creating theChamber of Seeing, which was a giant pool of water that he could use for scrying, the Chamber also served as theLair of the Live Ones: the home of many pitiful creatures that were Raistlins mistakes as he experimented with trying to create life. Widow Judith was a believer in the snake god Belzor, who had a growing following; it appeared as if Judith was of great help for Rosamun, for their mother showed evidence of much improvement under the widow's carenevertheless, Raistlin was not fond of the woman, and she held him in disdain for his interests in magic. He only follows Tanis Half-Elven, the unofficial leader of the companions, because he feels that doing so will ultimately benefit him (At one point, early in Dragons of Winter Night he tells Laurana: "I do not follow Tanis. Unfortunately, thePortalthat Raistlin was hoping would be in his laboratory in the Tower had not been relocated from the fortress ofZhamanyet, and the group made preparations to travel south overland to thePlains of Dergoth. [3] According to Hickman in the foreword to The Soulforge, "[we] were just settling in to the game when I turned to my good friend Terry Phillips and asked what his character was doing. Now Stalin turned towards Kamenev and Zinoviev, who tripped over themselves by calling for an international revolution, and for the NEP to be banned. The Mad Baron's army was sent toHope's Endto stop a rebellion, where Raistlin used the Staff of Magius to kill thered dragonImmolatuswho was there in human form. (This appearance was originally invented by Dragonlance cover artist Larry Elmore, "because it would look just great"[3]). In particular he states, "Even though not all of the Dark Lords above signify the ultimate source of evil, Lord Foul, the Dark One, and Takhisis certainly do. After Raistlin passed his Test in Brothers Majere, Ansalon was engulfed in the conflict that would be known as the War of the Lance. [12] The Staff grants Raistlin numerous magical powers. The twins continued their quest for signs of the true gods, where Raistlin exposed a series of fraudulent clerics and charlatans, such as theCleric of Larnish. Raistlin snaps: "It wasn't the physical pain that clouded his mind. Human [] Apparently, the column had imprisoned Takhisis and the removal of the gem allowed the goddess a little bit of freedom, which is why she's causing trouble in the present. The Soulforge, which is the true account of Raistlin's Test according to Astinus of Palanthus, finds Raistlin in the Inn Between on the outskirts of the town of Haven. In the other timeline, Raistlin would be convinced by Takhisis in as a destructive way, also killing her but with Raistlin dying in his final fight. Eye Color In one timeline, Raistlin beat Takhisis in a true final fight, though the world would be left as little more then a blasted heath from the fallout. However, his quest was not entirely over, as the archmage delivered to his nephew the key to defeating Chaos in the final battle: the spellbook ofMagius, from which Palin cast a spell to defeat the chaos minions that not even Magius himself was capable of casting. The heroine of Dragons of Summer Flame is a new character, and according to Margaret Weis, "a woman who may or may not be Raistlin's daughter".[24]. Everyone else constantly assumes he's secretly planning something evil, even though he never does anything evil in Autumn Twilight. The group enteredDarken Wood, where they were met by theForestmaster, who sent them toXak Tsarothto recover theDisks of Mishakal. Terry Phillips, who played Raistlin as a player character in the games Tracy Hickman ran as part of developing Dragonlance, authored the Super Endless Quest gamebook The Soulforge. On returning to Solace, Raistlin created a medicine to help Flint, whose joints were now aching so badly that he was bordering on being paralyzed. This is what I see." Club, described Raistlin as "Dragonlance's breakout star", referring to him as "Dragonlance's sarcastic, scene-stealing son of a bitch" and "the eerie, complicated protagonist-bordering-on-antagonist who didn't do much to hide his contempt for people and lust for power". Par-Salian did not want to kill Raist. A short time after, the Companions again went on an adventure that ultimately led them toKarthayto undermine the plot of theNightmaster, theminotaurhigh priest of theChurch of Sargonnas. Caramon picks Raistlin up, intending to bring his brother out of the Tower and away from the Test, which inflames Raistlin's feelings of weakness. [2] To recover knowledge lost during the Cataclysm, Raistlin travelled backwards through time to just before it, during the reign of the Kingpriest. Although Sargonnas has generally been loyal to her, the actions leading up to her being made mortal lead Sargonnas to declare she has gone too far and to support the decision. Caramon Majere (twin), Kitiara Uth Matar (half sister) 1) The other Gods beat Takhisis down or took her most of the way down, and Raistlin just snuck in at the last moment and absconded with her divinity (this argument still requires another explanation for this last step and this explanation usually lessens the significance of Raistlin's character and power as well as reflecting poorly on the . Finding himself magically transported back to the Tower of Wayreth, Raistlin believes his Test is over. He was also frightened by another trait Raistlin possessed: the desire to control others. However, the boat was pursued by the Blue Lady and several blue dragons across theBlood Sea of Istar. These books kicked off the brand-new Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, introduced the dragon-filled world of Krynn, and chronicled the epic War of the Lance in which our heroes had to face the . After a desperate prayer to the three gods of magic, who visited him and made him swear to worship them, the words lit up with such ferocity that the skin was utterly consumed. 5'9 However, in the process of the Test, Raistlin was attacked physically with a knife and had no defense following which he laid in a corridor bleeding to death when suddenly and illusion of Caramon (Raistlin not realizing it for an illusion) appeared to help his frail twin. As Raistlin prepares to cast a final spell that he knows will kill him in his weakened state, Caramon suddenly conjures lightning that strikes the floating head.

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