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Join me as I review The Annotated Legends: War of the Twins, live! Share your thoughts on the continuation of the best selling trilogy and this new annotated edition. I share the insights I gleaned, how the annotations presented a new perspective and why I still love this novel.

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Transcript

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. It is Kirinor, Palesweltthe 4th, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review The Annotated Legends: War of the Twins. 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.

Book One picks up with Raistlin, Caramon, and Crysania in the Tower of Palanthas. Caramon is blind from crysanias spell, Crysania doesn't know where they are and Raistlin is too exhausted, literally passed, from casting the time traveling spell. They moved forward in time a hundred years and the Tower of Palanthas is still held under the curse, as the Master of past and present hasn’t returned yet as foretold. The guardians begin to creep in dangerously closer to them and Crysanias medallion of faith is slowly losing effect due to her lack of faith. 

Caramon has given up on killing Raistlin, though Crysania still doesn't trust him, and they are both in imminent danger. Raistlin stirs for a moment telling the guardians he is Raistlins and the master and the guardians don't believe him. After conversing with themselves the guardians delve into Raistlin's mind to discover who he is. This is where we get the whole story of Raistlin vs. Fistandantilus. He choses Raistlin as his new host from his apprentices because he's the most clever, and doesn’t yet recognize who he is. Fistandantilus begins to tell him about the bloodstone and Raistlin holds out until he has revealed the spell to use it, then Raistlin attacks. They battle to exhaustion and in the end, a black robe wins and absorbs the others' memories. Who is the victor? Not even the authors know at this point. The guardians realize who he is and cease attacking him before he passes out from exhaustion again.

The guardians start draining the life out of Caramon and Crysania tries desperately to wake him. Banishing them temporarily. Finally the spell wears off Caramon and they work to revive Raistlin. Caramon does not trust his brother at all, and Crysania is defending Raistlin's abuse to her. Ultimately Caramon leaves to get food and water, Raistlin casts sleep on Crysania and travels to the upper lever of the tower to study the Portal he believes is there. It is not, and he loses his mind. When he is woken he sends Crysania to Astinus in the great library for answers and Astinus demands what Fistandantilus said he would give him. Initially confused, Raistlin crafts the Globe of Present Time Passing and he helps Raistlin recall where the portal is. In Zhaman. Raistlin believes he has changed time, but Astinus reveals the River of Time analogy that Tracy guides Dragonlance’s time with. A pebble does not change the course of a river if thrown in, so Raistlin is doomed to follow Fistandantilus’ footsteps, which is revealed later with a nightmare Raistlin has.