Core Saga Novels | DragonLance Saga

The Dragonlance Saga has been pushed along through the novels from one age to the next. Let’s examine the reading order and core novels which progress and alter the River of Time. Buy the Classic Dragonlance Bundle: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ...
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Transcript
These novels have driven the Dragonlance Saga forward, then back; rinse and repeat.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today I am going to talk about the core novels which drove the Dragonlance Saga forward. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members, 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. While I have what I consider the core novels noted in this video, if you believe I am wrong, or you want to introduce other novels, please leave a comment below!
Discussion
Part of what makes the Dragonlance Saga so wonderful is that it spans a massive era of five distinct ages, mixing game products and novels, all of which drive the story forward into some truly interesting areas. This was naturally informed by the different intellectual property owners wanting to make the most money and showcase their own versions of game products and eras of evolution in the Dragonlance and Dungeons and Dragons sandbox. This ended up creating a mess of inconsistent and contradictory storytelling beats which make a single consistent saga impossible to reconcile. But between TSR Inc. and Wizards of the Coast, they continuously brought back or were forced to allow back the original authors in Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, to steer the ship as it were into new and more consistent eras, even when they themselves are famous for contradicting their own characters and story beats with subsequent stories and novels.

This is all to say that what I am going to present as cannon and the intended reading order is not all inclusive and may not resonate with your experience and perspective. So please take this all as intended and focused on my take on the core Dragonlance Saga novels and timelines. I will not be going into the game products which I have showcased and discussed in previous videos. This also has spoilers for some of the core novels presented, so if you don’t want to know about events and alternate timelines, stop watching now.

When I think of the core Dragonlance Saga, I am reflecting on what was initially presented in Dragons of Autumn Twilight, from the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy. The Third Dragon War, in the Age of Dreams, foreword. Everything before that is a historical build up, and the Third Dragon War influences everything leading up to and through the War of the Lance, which is what the Dragonlance Chronicles and Lost Chronicles is all about. You see, in the Third Dragon War, Huma Feigaard, or Dragonbane, together with the Silver Dragon Heart, also known as Gwyneth, defeated Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness, banishing her to the Abyss. This led to the Age of Might and the Dark Queen plotting to reenter and rule Krynn for a thousand years. When the Kingpriest of Istar challenged the Gods, and all the true clerics were removed from Krynn, the Gods sent a mountain crashing into Istar, destroying the lord city and sundering the continent of Ansalon, moving the saga into the Age of Despair. Takhisis took the Temple and used its keystone to build a new temple in Neraka from which she plotted to conquer and reenter Krynn with her new Dragon Highlords and their Dragonarmies. And this is where we enter with the first novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

The Chronicles tell how the heroes of the Lance stand up to and defeat the Dragonarmies with the Whitestone Council, temporarily ending Takhisis’ efforts. The Lost Chronicles fills in gaps between the events told in the original Chronicles, but again, since there was so much time between the two trilogies, it is important to note that the authors have presented events and character’s a bit inconsistently, so it’s up to the reader on whether they want to read them intermixed or separately. At the end of the War of the Lance, Raistlin Majere, has designs to challenge the Dark Queen and become a god himself...