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Enjoy this reading of the poem Water from Dust Crysania's Song by Michael Williams. This poem first appeared in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home, released in 1987.

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Water from Dust

Crysania's Song

Water from dust, and dust rising out of the waterContinents forming, abstract as color or lightTo the vanished eye, to the touch of Paladine's daughterWho knows with a touch that the robe is white,Out of that water a country is rising, impossibleWhen first imagined in prayer,And the sun and the seas and the stars invisibleAs gods in a code of air.

Dust from the water, and water arising from dust,And the robe containing all colors assumed into white,Into memory, into countries assumed in the trustOf ever returning color and light,Out of that dust arises a wellspring of tearsTo nourish the work of our handsIn forever approaching country of yearning and years,In due and imminent lands.

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This is a travesty of an unboxing and mail time video made right. The Death of Sturm print I ordered from Larry Elmore's website came crushed. The print has creases going across the entire matte print. I reached out to Larry Elmore and they sent me a brand new print. This is the best possible resolution and I truly appreciate it!

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They are possibly the most divisive element of Dragonlance. You either love 'em or hatem, let’s get to know a bit more about kender!

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Transcript

They were originally created as the equivalent of a halfling in Dragonlance but in comparison they are so much more...

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about kender. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I have referenced sourcebooks from every edition including the original modules for this information.

Discussion

In DL1 Dragons of Despair, Kender are introduced for the first time in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. They are originally described as looking like wizened 14-year-olds and unlike halflings, they wear shoes. These folk have two special abilities (in addition to the usual halfling abilities): 1. Taunt. Any creature a Kender taunts may end up wildly attacking immediately and at a disadvantage. Kender are masters at enraging others by verbal abuse. 2. Fearlessness. Kender are immune to fear, magical or non-magical. They are, however, curious about everything: a tendency that often gets them into trouble.

In DL5 Dragons of Mystery, we are introduced to the idea of the kender’s Wanderlust. It is described as thus: At some time in their lives, all kender suddenly get the uncontrollable urge to travel and “make the great map of every land”. No kender going through Wanderlust has ever completed the full map of his or her wanderings. Most kender have a great collection of maps—some useful, most obsolete. It is also in this sourcebook that we are first introduced to the Greystone of Gargath, and the detailed history of Krynn. You see, though not all races agree with the details of who came first and who was created from whom, it was because of the Greystonee that kender exists at all, and in some versions of the story, dwarves as well. You see, when gnomes were assaulting Gargath’s keep to recover the Greystone on behalf of the god Reorx, as the story goes: Under the power of the gem, the gnomes changed. Those who lusted after wealth became the dwarves. Those who were curious became the first kender. There is a splinter group of scholars that disagree with this, asserting that kender sprang from elves instead.

It isn’t until the Dragonlance Adventures sourcebook that we get the full picture of this truly one-of-a-kind race. All Kender are small enough to resemble muscled human children, rarely growing taller than four feet in height. They seem to be fond of a variety of braids or ponytails. They have pointed ears, and wear their emotions on their faces! They have vulgar sensibilities when it comes to taunting, with their appearance turning slightly devilish for the time. They are referred to as wizened as they accumulate a fine network of lines about their faces as they near forty years of age. This makes them appear curious to all but other kender, who find the lines attractive. When excited, kender can speak rather quickly, not as quickly as gnomes mind you, and they tend to ramble in their stories, making it difficult for others to follow their tales....

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Enjoy this reading of the poem The Lark, the Raven, and the Owl by Michael Williams. This poem first appeared in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home, released in 1987.

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The Lark, the Raven, and the Owl

The light in the eastern skiesIs still and always morning,It alters the renewing airInto belief and yearning.

And larks rise up like angels,Like angels larks ascendFrom sunlit grass as bright as gemsInto the cradling wind.

The plain light in the eastContrives out of the darkThe machinery of day,The diminished song of the lark.

But ravens ride the nightAnd the darkness west,The wingbeat of their heartsLarge in a buried nest.Through night the seasons ride into the dark,The years surrender in the changing lights,The breath turns vacant on the dusk or dawnBetween the abstract days and nights.For there is always corpselight in the fieldsAnd corposants above the slaughterhouse,And at deep noon the shadowy vallenwoodsAre bright at the topmost boughs.

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They were created for traveling through space-time, but I suppose the wizards were not familiar with the idea of a two way door. Let’s learn all about the Portals to the Abyss!

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Transcript

Imagine being a God that can’t actually enter the world you’re actively influencing. Until one day...

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about the Portals to the Abyss. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am pulling this information from the Legends trilogy in addition to the Towers of High Sorcery sourcebook, and the Dragonlance Wikipedia.

Discussion

The Portals of the Abyss, otherwise known as the Portals of Travel, the portals of Suffering or the Portal of the One God, was originally intended to be doorways between the five Towers of High Sorcery and other strongholds of Magic. Some unknown time in the earliest days of the orders, the conclave planned on their creation, and to allow them to remain open, permanently. If a Wizard didn't have to waste their own magic with a teleportation spell, it would serve all in the Orders a great deal of studying and time. Their construction and imbuement took decades, though the archmages focus was unrelenting.

Their focus was narrow, allowing travel between the towers, but the reach of the portals ended up breaking through space-time, into the other planes of existence. The White Robe archmage, Ombril Tucuri had overseen the construction of the portals, and was to be the first to activate and enter them. He activated the Portal at Istar, planning on traveling to the Lore-Spire in Palanthas instantly. However, when the portal opened and he stepped through, he gazed out at the red barren wastes of The Abyss instead! You see, when in construction, Takhisis noticed the probing into the Abyss, and rearranged the passages of netherspace so that all portals opened into her realm. Once Ombril opened the portal, and gazed into the Abyss, he immediately noticed the Dark Queen and closed the portal instantly, sealing himself inside.

The conclave were beside themselves due to their disastrous failure, and made plans to destroy every portal to protect Krynn from the Dark Queen. They traveled to the tower in Istar, but Takhisis’ power had taken hold and protected the portals, so they removed it to a location unknown and lost in time. The Daltigoth Portal was believed to be destroyed during the Lost Battles with the Istar Empire in 19 Prae Cataclius. The Losarcum Portal was believed to have been destroyed, but in 346 Alt Cataclius Tasslehoff Burfoot and his uncle Trapspringer Furrfoot entered a portal in The Ruins. The Wayreth Portal was present until 356 Alt Cataclius, but its current whereabouts is unknown. The Palanthas Portal was removed to Zhaman. 

In their failure to destroy all of the portals, they took another approach. They imposed a restriction on the portals. A restriction so severe, it would ensure they could never be used again! Together, the archmages of the Conclave focused their magic to alter Ombril’s creations,

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Enjoy this reading of the poem Wedding Song A reprise by Michael Williams. This poem first appeared in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home, released in 1987.

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Wedding Song A reprise

But you and I, through burning plains,through darkness of the earth,affirm the world, its people,the heavens that gave them birth,the breath that passes between us,this new home where we stand,and all those things made larger bythe vows between woman and man.

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Join me for my custom celtic Solamnic shield unboxing. Inspired by the Knights of Solamnia and my own Celtic heritage, I designed my own version of a Solamnic shield bearing a customized seal of the Solamnic Knights. The Crown, Kingfisher, Sword and Rose are directly connected to the order. It is engraved on metal and will be the backdrop for any live videos moving forward.

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They are the most prideful and zealous of all elfs, the Silvanesti have a long and isolationist history, ripe with veins of treachery and war. Let's learn more about the history of the Silvanesti Elves!

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Transcript

They are the favored of E’li and yet they have known little more than torment in the later ages of Krynn, not entirely undeserved I might add.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Silvanesti Elves. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. I am referencing the Races of Ansalon sourcebook for this information. If I misspeak or leave something out, please let me know in the comments below.

Discussion

In The Foundation, in the Age of Dreams the gods populated Krynn with three races. Gilean created humans, Takhisis created Ogres and Paladine created Elves. It didn’t take long for the races to claim territory and form tribal communities. When the Ogres enslaved Humans in order to build their empire, the elves watched from the safety of their forests. The elves watched as the Orge nation split from within, as their slaves revolted and as the Ogres degenerated into monstrous visions of what they had once been. There is something poetic about the Ogres descent that is echoed in the elves' own descent, for as the ogre’s forms became twisted, the elves' home would follow.

In the Time of Light, in the Age of Dreams, Silvanos Goldeneye believed his race was superior to Ogres and Humans, and as he and his people watched their civilizations fall. He convened the first High Elven council, Sinthal-Elish, where they decided to scavenge the Ogres ruined cities and built their own civilization in the forest of Silvanesti, where they believe all life began. Silvanos became the first Speaker of the Stars and married a woman named Quinari. Not every elf was content to serve Silvanos, and a group led by Kagonos rejected Silvanos’ mandate to be a servant caste in Silvanesti. He turned his back on Silvanos and his new kingdom, and disappeared into the forests.

The elves quickly learned that the forests they claimed were already occupied by none other than the first creations, Dragons! Thus began the First Dragon War. Thousands of elves died in the battles and when they were on the verge of becoming extinct, the gods of magic, Lunitari, Solinari and Nuitari granted them the knowledge to create Dragonstones, rune bearing crystals that could trap a dragon’s soul. The elves used the stones with relish and ultimately defeated the dragons, casting their trapped souls into the abyss of Nemith-Otham, thus ensuring their survival. The elves then hid the stones underneath the Khalkist Mountains knowing they would be safe and forgotten.

There they lay, safe and forgotten, until the Dwarves began excavating their new mountain kingdom of Thorin. They decided to destroy the stones in the Lords of Doom, but were ambushed by Ogres on the way, and the Dragonstones were lost and the dragons released! The dragons unleashed hell on the elves. They commanded armies of Bakali and Ogres in the Second Dragon War and laid siege to Silvanesti. A trio of sorcerers called forth magic and with it demanded that Krynn itself swallow the Dragons.

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Join me as I review The Second Generation, live! Share your thoughts on the continuation of the best selling Dragonlance Saga. I share the basics of the stories, insights on the characters and narrative, and simply have fun with the saga I love.

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Time Stamps:

* 2:21 Kitiara's Son * 6:41 The Legacy * 11:38 "Wanna Bet?" * 17:41 Raistlin's Daughter * 25:18 The Sacrifice

Transcript

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. It is Palast, Paleswelt 30th, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review The Second Generation. I will be spoiling the story, so if you don’t want to know it, stop watching now! I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.

Kitiara’s Son is about Steel Uth Matar Brightblade and his identity as a Knight of Takhisis, a new organization Ariakan Ariakas has formed after witnessing the fall of the Queen of Darkness’ forces at the end of the War of the Lance. With the Knights of Takhisis he is attempting to change the ‘Evil destroys itself’ paradigm. Steel’s foster mother Sara Dunstan, doesn’t want him to join the order, and reaches out to Caramon Majere to tell him about Steel being the son of his half sister Kitiara Uth Matar and his friend Strum Brightblade. Sara told the tale of how Kitiara and Strum traveled north together when the companions split for 5 years to search for the gods, and she grew to dislike Sturm, resolving to corrupt him in the only true way she can, through her body. It took time but she seduced him one night and mocked him, leaving him afterward. She came upon Sara Dunstan’s property, pregnant, looking for a cure. She was too far along for an abortion so she stayed to have the child, befriending Sara and sharing it’s origins with her, then left the child with her as she continued to seek fame in battle. Sara convinces Caramon to take Steel to the High Clerist Tower to see his father’s body in the Tomb of Paladine and Caramon travels to collect Tanis Half-Elven for support. Also to see if the child is really his, as no one believes her story about Kitiara and Sturm. They travel to Storm Keep via Sara’s blue dragon. She is a trainer there to watch after her adopted son. They drug Steel and take him to his fathers tomb. Sturm Brightblade appears as a vision, granting the sword Brightblade and the Nightjewel to Steel. Steel, Caramon and Tanis fight their way out of the tower and Steel leaves them to join the Knights. Takhisis says she wants Steel to keep the knight jewel saying she will have his soul in time.

The Legacy centers around Palin Majere, Caramon and Tika’s youngest son.

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Enjoy this reading of the poem Goldmoon's Song by Michael Williams. This poem first appeared in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home, released in 1987.

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Goldmoon's Song

The grasslands are endless,And summer sings on,And Goldmoon the princessLoves a poor man's son.

Her father the chieftainMakes long roads between them:The grasslands are endless, and summer sings on.

The grasslands are waving,The sky's rim is gray,The chieftain sends RiverwindEase and away,

To search for strong magicAt the lip of the morning,The grasslands are waving, the sky's rim is gray.

O Riverwind, where have you gone?O Riverwind, autumn comes on.I sit by the riverAnd look to the sunrise,Bue the sun rises over the mountains alone.

The grasslands are fading,The summer wind dies,He comes back, the darknessOf stones in his eyes.

He carries a blue staffAs bright as a glacier:The grasslands are fading, the summer wind dies.

The grasslands are fragile,As yellow as flame,The chieftain makes mockeryOf Riverwind's claim.

He orders the peopleTo stone the young warrior:The grasslands are fragile, as yellow as flame.

The grassland has faded,And autumn is here.The girl joins her lover,The stones whistle near,The staff flares in blue lightAnd both of them vanish:The grasslands are faded, and autumn is here.