The Whitestone forces were formed out of desperation in the wake of the Dragonarmies sweeping across Ansalon. Let’s take a closer look at what makes up the Whitestone Forces. Buy War of the Lance: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3164/War-of-the-Lance-35?affiliate_id=50797

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Transcript

Cold Open

The Whitestone forces are rife with mistrust, fear and bigotry. Without Gunthar and Laurana, I don’t think they ever would have fought together.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about The Whitestone Forces. 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 link. I am referencing the War of the Lance sourcebook primarily for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below.

Discussion

When I think of the Whitestone Forces I think of Tasslehoff destroying the Dragon Orb in order to quell the riotous dissent between the supposedly good people of Krynn. The war which had a firm grip on Ansalon had met paltry resistance primarily because these good people of Krynn were full of bigotry and counterproductive pride. Even amongst their own houses the free peoples of Krynn were anything but unified. The Knights of Solamnia were wracked by political infighting. The elves and dwarves were more focused on fighting on their own home fronts than supporting others. But this isn’t to say nothing good came out of it. First of all, Theros Ironfeld provided the forces with the Dragonlances. Secondly, after the Battle of the High Clerist’s tower, Sturm Brightblade’s sacrifice provided the knighthood with an aspirational ideal, and if it weren’t for Gunthar Uth Wistan seeing the potential greatness in Lauralanthalasa Kanan, the daughter of the Qualinesti Speaker of the Sun, the forces would arguably not have been able to rally behind another leaders banner.  

You really can boil down the leadership of the Whitestone Forces to Lord Gunthar Uth Wistan, Grand Master of the Knights of Solamnia, and Laurana, the Golden General. Beneath them in the chain of command you have the army's commanders. The Solamnic Knights refer to their commanders as the Warrior Lord, usually a Knight of the Rose. The elven armies have two commanders, the Speaker of the Sun being the ultimate commander, but he leaves many daily decisions to the Lord House Warrior. The dwarven armies have the High King of the Kayolin, and the Kender commander is Kronin Thistleknott. Beneath the army commanders are the brigade commanders. The Solamnic armies feature three brigades, one of each of their orders, called Lord Knights. The elven armies also feature three brigades, one for House Warrior, one for House Rider and one for House Archer. The dwarven armies are divided into five brigades, but they only have four brigade commanders leading them, as the gully dwarves have no real leaders. Beneath the brigade commanders are the company commanders. The Gully Dwarves are missing these as well, however this is more than made up for by the Kender forces, as they have three times the company commanders of any other army, just to keep the kender in line! Under the company commanders are the sergeants, who command squads of ten to fifteen soldiers. Again, the Kender are the exception as their sergeants are assigned to no more than three to five soldiers each! Not surprisingly, the Gully dwarves have no sergeants either.