Par-Salian

Par-Salian was a complicated Wizard who was very much of his time. He was forced to make an incredibly difficult decision about Raistlin Majere which nearly ended the world as they knew it. Let’s learn more about Par-Salian. Buy Towers of High Sorcery: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2940/towers-of-high-sorcery-3-5?affiliate_id=50797 

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Transcript

Cold Open

There was nothing easy about the choices Par-Salian had to make.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Par-Salian. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. I am referencing the Chronicles and Legend trilogies as well as the Dragonlance Adventures, and Tower of High Sorcery sourcebooks for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below!

Discussion

To understand Par-Salian, you need to understand the world he came up in. And perhaps even more importantly, the state of the Orders of High Sorcery he was brought up in. Par-Salian was the longest standing Master of the Conclave, and it’s because he understood the lessons of those who came before him, ever aware of the consequences of the choices he had to make. And let’s be honest, some of the choices were bets that he happened to come out on the right side of. But that’s not to say he was a righteous individual. He wasn’t. He was as flawed as anyone else, even while he had a weight that few to no others could bear, riding on his shoulders.

The Cataclysm had a dramatic effect on all of Krynn to be sure, but it had an equally devastating effect on the Conclave of Wizards. The Kingpriest had made sure they were all outcasts before challenging the gods, so when the land was torn asunder, few wanted anything to do with the Wizards of High Sorcery, and more even inexplicably blamed them for what happened. At the time, the Head of the Conclave was Highmage Astathan of Qualinost. And for hundreds of years, Astathan saw that the Orders were dwindling down to nearly nothing, and those still in practice of the arts were succumbing to disease, mob justice and fear of openly practicing. With few to no new apprentices being introduced to the Orders, he took the responsibility of growing the Orders upon himself.

Astathan began sending the Wizards out to form schools in order to identify and train those with talent. This brought in new blood to the Orders of High Sorcery and fueled the next generations of wizards. It wasn’t too long after this that Astathan became aware of Par-Salian. Par-Salian was raised in a well off household, and when he began manifesting interest in the arts, his father hired a house wizard to train him. He began advancing in his studies at such a rapid pace that Astathan began grooming him to be the next Highmage. This is the legacy of Par-Salian. Early talent groomed for greatness, destined to lead the Orders of High Sorcery in arguably the darkest time in over a millennium, through the next Dragon War.

In his thirties Par-Salian was sent to deal with some renegades with his fellow wizards Ladonna and Tythonnia in Palanthas. It was during this mission that Par-Salian and Ladonna formed a romantic attachment. While both were consummate professionals, and in opposite Orders of High Sorcery, Par-Salian was  in the Order of the White Robes,