Dragons of Winter Night: Book 3, Chapters 7 & 8
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Podcast Summary - After the events of the Whitestone Council, Laurana and friends try to decide what their next steps are. Laurana would prefer not to lead but her commitment to her friends overcomes any desires she has to find Tanis. We learn her testimony has cleared Sturm and he will become instituted as a full knight. Laurana will travel to Palanthas to relay this information directly to him and advanced Lord Gunther's plans. Fizban provides some final guidance to Tas. Elistan meets his maker? On the other side of the world Tanis and Caramon steal some enemy uniforms in order to secure...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 3, Chapters 5 & 6
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Shivam provides all the info one could ever want on gnomes and their place, not only in Krynn and D&D, but in the fantasy genre. Fizban and Tasslehoff experience the wonders of Mt. Nevermind, with special attention being given to innermountain transportation. The reader is introduced to Gnosh, the gnome in charge of investigating the dragon orb, and a bit about Gnomish culture. Fizban uses the orb and delivers ominous news. The Council of Whitestone, where the good people of Krynn have gathered to organize their defense against the threat of Takhisis, immediately breaks down into...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 3, Chapters 3 & 4
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Raistlin wrestles with the Dragon Orb and perhaps wins out. Caramon wrestles with his feelings for Tika and she definitely loses out. We learn that the twins both lost out when Raistlin took the Test of High Sorcery. Lord Gunther of Solamnia is visited by Fizban and Tas. We learn a great deal about Gnomes their relationship with the Knights of Solamnia. Most important for this story though is that we learn knights have handed the dragon orb over to the the gnomes for study?! Content warning - drug use, addiction, sexual references You can find us at: Jonathon -...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 3, Chapters 1 & 2
Chronicles of Dragonlance
We are reunited with Tanis, Raistlin and the rest of the Companions who we last saw leaving Silvanesti. We meet up with them in Port Balifor tired and road weary. Raistlin’s sleight-of-hand and magic ensures they eat and lodge for free. It also becomes the means by which the Companions raise enough funds to travel safely to Flotsam and book passage on a ship to Sancrist. We are also reunited with Sturm, who has not been as lucky as Tanis and Company. Instead, he is put on trial by accusations from Derek, and while he escapes with his life and a chance to save it, he is stripped of his...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 2, Chapters 9 & 10
Chronicles of Dragonlance
As the rest of the party slumbers under Silvara’s spell, Tas sneaks his way into Dragon Castle and rediscovers that good dragons exist, and that the evil dragons were defeated with their help and the dragonlances. In the midst of these (re)discoveries Fizban miraculously appears! The frazzled wizard and the kender reunite, Tas fills Fizban in on what has transpired since his apparent death. The two return to Huma’s tomb, Fizban awakes the party and everyone learns what Silvara has been attempting to do all this time. Hope and despair abound. The secret of the dragonlances may finally be...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 2, Chapters 7 & 8
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Silvara, under increasing suspicion, leads Laurana’s group deeper into the mountains of Southern Ergoth. Their goal? The secret vale of Foghaven, known only to Silvara’s people. The party arrives there under the light of Luminari to this fog laden valley. To reach their destination the party must cross a strange, massive bridge over boiling hot springs. When they finally do, Silvara leads them to Huma’s tomb resting under the shadow of a giant dragon carved into a mountain!? Just as some of the party come to startling realizations they fall prey to a spell… Content warning - swears in...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 2, Chapters 5 & 6
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Shivam was at this year’s GenCon for Dragonlance's 40th birthday! He talks about what happened at the convention and what is coming for Dragonlance fans. Then we get back to Dragons of Winter Nights. Silvara leads Laurana’s group up the river until they can travel by water no longer. Gilthanas and Silvara learn something about each other under the moonlight. The reader also learns some things about Silvara. They all learn the Kagonesti will not offer any support to them. The Wild Elves believe it was Laurana and company who brought the draconians to their island. They flee by foot into the...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 2, Chapters 3 & 4
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Laurana and Gilthanas are reunited with their family. It goes poorly, especially for Laurana. The rest of the party are prisoners in everything but name. The Elves decide they will be keeping the Dragon Orb. Laurana decides staying with her family is not an option. So, with the help of Silvara and Theros (the blacksmith from Solace who we are reintroduced to here) Laurana and company immediately flee into the wilderness with the Dragon Orb. On the way we learn an old folktale about Huma, and Laurana becomes ever more suspicious of Silvara, and the Kagonesti in general. Content warning -...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 2, Chapters 1 & 2
Chronicles of Dragonlance
We connect back up with Laurana’s group as they return from their successful outing to Icewall. Aboard a ship bound for Sancrist with a Dragon Orb in their possession. Their trip is interrupted by a dragon. We learn a lot about white dragons, much of it uncomplimentary. Lucky for the Companions, white dragons are bad at their job! So, while it ends in a shipwreck almost no one is hurt. Stranded on Southern Ergoth, Laurana and company are quickly picked up by Elves. Which should be good news, but all is not well in the Elvish world. In fact, it appears things are very bad! Three races of...
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Dragons of Winter Night: Book 1, Chapters 11 & 12
Chronicles of Dragonlance
Tanis and friends wake up from their nightmare only to find that the awful dream has an all too real effect on Silvanesti and its king, Lorac. The once beautiful Elven home now resembles the nightmare with twisted, bleeding trees and animals, the Tower of the Stars looks more like a melted candle than anything else. King Lorac reveals how all this came to be and dies. Alhana vows that she, and her people, will heal this forest as penance for their pride. Half a continent away Laurana and the rest of the Companions wake up from their shared dream, shudder, and wonder what all it could mean....
info_outline Tanis and his half of the Companions experience the hatred of the people of Tarsis, lose Tas, and meet the leadership of the city, which isn’t much better than the mob. Their own judgment is interrupted when another elf is presented, the princess of the Silvanesti elves, Alhana Starbreeze. Raistlin and Laurana get to know each other and the reader learns about the Family Majere.
On the way to prison Tanis and friends meet actual Solamnic Knights, learn Sturm isn’t one, and find Tas. We learn a little bit more about Alhana and the Silvanesti Elves. They’ve fared about as well as everyone else has it seems. We would learn more about Dragon Orbs too, if it wasn’t for those pesky dragons who decide now is the best time to invade, really just destroy Tarsis.
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Intro/Outro music: Winter Night by Alexander Nakarada