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== Heroes of the Lance ==

 

=== Caramon Majere ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Dumb Muscle]]

* [[Happily Married]]

* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: In this case brotherly, not romantic, love.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name is meant to sound like "caring man".

 

=== Fizban the Fabulous ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Big Good]]}}

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}: In Pax Tharkas.

* {{spoiler|[[God in Human Form]]}}: {{spoiler|He's actually Paladine, the primary god of good.}}

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]

* [[Magic Misfire]]

* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]}}

* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

 

=== Flint Fireforge ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

** {{spoiler|Not entirely unexpected, between the foreshadowing of the [[It Makes Sense in Context|skeletal warriors letting him die of old age in the dream induced by Cyan Bloodbane]], the complaint of chest pains, and the fact that he's over 200 years old and still trying to keep up with his more youthful companions.}}

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: He hates mountain dwarves because they shut his people, the hill dwarves, out of Thorbardin following the Cataclysm.

 

=== Gilthanas-Kanan ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Good]] }}

 

 

=== Goldmoon ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}

* [[The Messiah]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: Her character arc is more or less completed in the first book, after which she has less importance to the storyline.

* [[Stellar Name]]

 

=== Lauralanthalasa-Kanan (Laurana) ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

* [[Badass Princess]]

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The Betty

* [[Character Development]]

* [[Fallen Princess]]: After running away from home to chase after Tanis.

* [[Four-Star Badass]]

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]

* [[Hidden Depths]]

* [[Magnetic Hero]]: She inspires thousands to join the Whitestone Army.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]}}

* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman]]

 

=== Raistlin Majere ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] {{spoiler|(later [[Neutral Evil]])}} }}

 

 

=== Riverwind the Plainsman ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: The same as Goldmoon above.

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

 

=== Sturm Brightblade ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Hurting Hero]]

* [[Impoverished Patrician]]

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]

* [[The Ladys Favor|The Lady's Favor]]: Alhana Starbreeze's Starjewel.

 

=== Tanthalas Half-Elven (Tanis) ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

 

* [[The Archer]]

* [[Cool Sword]]: Wyrmslayer, a sword which once belonged Kith-Kanan.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: With Kitiara in Flotsam.

* [[Halfbreed]] / [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Thus the name.

* [[The Hero]]

 

=== Tasslehoff Burrfoot ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

* [[Loveable Rogue]]

* [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right]]: Responsible directly or indirectly for most of the negative cosmos-altering events.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]

 

=== Tika Waylan ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

== Servants of the Dark Queen ==

=== The Blue Lady ( {{spoiler|Kitiara Uth Matar}}) ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Evil]] }}

 

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[The Dragon]]

* [[Dragon Rider]]: With her blue dragon mount, Khellendros, aka Skie.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}: In the backstory.

* [[Gender Neutral Writing]]: Employed briefly to help disguise her identity.

* [[The Heavy]]

* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]]: To Tanis, though she's less psycho than "Power-hungry Ex Girlfriend".

 

=== Emperor Duulket Ariakas ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[The Strategist]]: As he emphasizes in his introduction, it was ''his'' strategy that allowed the Dragon Highlords to conquer as much land as they did, before the Dragonlance was remade.

* [[Tin Tyrant]]

 

=== Fewmaster Toede ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Dirty Coward]]

* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]: He can be killed, but will keep coming back no matter what. He gets killed multiple times in the novel ''Lord Toede''.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Toady".

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: He commissioned a thirty-seven-volume biography of his life in which he claimed to be "the love child of Queen Takhisis, after Her Dark Majesty fell head over heels in love with Toede's father, a hobgoblin of enormous good looks and manly prowess, traits that he would pass on to his son," and that he was named after Takhisis's "uncle", "Toede Highgod".

* [[Starter Villain]]

 

=== Fistandandtilus ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Evil]] }}

 

 

=== Lord Ariakan Ariakas ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: He's the son of human warlord Ariakas and the goddess Zeboim.

* [[Noble Demon]]: In complete contrast to his father Ariakan is presented as a much more sympathetic and, yes noble figure. He's still fully dedicated to conquering the world mind you.

 

=== Mina ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

 

=== Verminaard ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[Bad Boss]]

* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: His mace, Nightbringer.

== Other Characters ==

=== Alhana Starbreeze ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Ausric Krell ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[The Brute]]: He is very quick to resort to physical violence to solve any problems.

* [[The Dragon]]: He becomes Chemosh's Dragon after he is freed from Zeboim's control.

 

=== Beldinas Lightbringer, Kingpriest of Istar ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Light Is Not Good]]

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Though as the other tropes listed for him indicate, he's only a hero in the most arguable sense.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]

 

=== Berem Everman, the Green Gemstone Man ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Bupu ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

 

=== Crysania ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Blue Blood]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Deconstructed

* [[Love Martyr]]

 

=== Dalamar the Dark ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Evil]] }}

 

* [[Bastard Understudy]]

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]

* [[Deceptive Disciple]]

 

=== Elistan ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Gilthas Pathfinder, Speaker of the Sun and the Stars ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

 

=== Hederick the Theocrat ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Kerianseray, the Lioness ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Good]] }}

 

 

=== Lord Derek Crownguard ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Lord Gunthar Uth Wistan ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Lord Soth ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] (formerly [[Lawful Good]]) }}

 

* [[Black Knight]]

* [[Enemy to All Living Things]]

* [[Enigmatic Minion]]

* [[Fallen Hero]]: Big time.

* [[The Undead]]

* [[Was Once a Man]]

 

=== Nightshade Pricklypear ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Nay Theist]]: He seems to respect the gods, but chooses not to worship any.

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: He is a Kender Nightstalker (A variant Mystic class that deals with undead), so he is always curious about different sorts of undead and spirits.

* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]: {{spoiler|After his death, Chemosh, the god of Death and Undead (Who likes to trap souls in the Abyss) has no interest in keeping him around and tells him to leave to continue his Soul's Journey once he arrives at Chemosh's domain. Zeboim even shows up to make sure he is dead and that he is leaving Krynn.}}

 

=== Palin Majere ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

* [[Finger-Snap Lighter]]: One of his spells he developed as a Sorcerer has him snap his fingers to cast it.

* [[In the Blood]]: While he is Raistlin's nephew, not his son, he shows an interest in magic and a somewhat similar personality to Raistlin when he is young. Initially his father Caramon feared that he would end up like Raistlin and tries to discourage him studying magic, but he eventually let him after Dalamar has a talk with him (Caramon).

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

 

=== Porthios-Kanan ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Rhys Mason ===

'''Class:''' Monk }}

 

 

=== Steel Brightblade ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

 

=== Usha Majere ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Branchala, the Song of Life ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Good]] }}

 

 

=== Habbakuk, the Fisher King ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

=== Kiri-Jolith, the Sword of Justice ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Majere, the Mantis of the Rose ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Mishakal, the Healing Hand ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Good]] }}

 

 

=== Paladine, the Platinum Dragon ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Solinari, the Mighty Hand ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Good]] }}

 

 

=== Chislev, the Beast ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]

 

=== Gilean, the Book {{spoiler|aka Astinus the Scribe of Palanthas}} ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Lunitari, the Veiled Maiden ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Reorx, the Forge ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Shinare, Winged Victory ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Sirrion, the Flowing Flame ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Zivilyn, the World Tree ===

'''Alignment:''' [[True Neutral]] }}

 

 

=== Chemosh, the Lord of Bones ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Evil]] }}

 

* [[A Glass of Chianti]]

* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]: His domain in the Abyss is called "Death's Manse" and is filled with all sorts of undead creatures.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Majere, who preaches faith in High God's plans for cosmic order. In contrast, Chemosh preaches that existence is chaotic and meaningless.

* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: He encourages his followers to preach that there is no afterlife, and that the only way to survive death is to become an undead creature.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: He was holding it for a while during the Dark Disciple Trilogy when {{spoiler|he was grieving over the "death" of Mina when he sees her "spirit", but he does not even bother to check and see if the "spirit" is real or not. It takes his [[The Brute|brute]] Death Knight subordinate to point out to him that since he is the God of Death, he should be able to tell if Mina's spirit is real or not, once he realizes that Mina's spirit is just an illusion made by two Wizards, he is not amused. Even so in the end he ends up becoming stubborn and pushing her away. Nuitari even lampshades this.}}

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: His aspect in the Dark Disciple trilogy.

* [[Sloth]]

* [[The Grim Reaper]]

* [[The Undead]]: What he has dominion over.

 

=== Hiddukel, the Prince of Lies ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Evil]] }}

 

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: One of his aspects is basically the fantasy version of one.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: He is a coward at heart.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Shinare.

* [[Greed]]

* [[Satan]]: He is not the head evil deity, but his motif of corrupting mortals through [[Faustian Pacts]] and he can manifest as the stereotypical appearance of Satan (red guy with horns and a tail) as one of his Aspects.

 

=== Morgion, the Black Wind ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Neutral Evil]] }}

 

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Goats.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Mishakal.

* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: His Bronze Tower.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Envy is his domain.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: He is by far the least social evil deity. He mostly keeps to himself and is said to suffer from a madness only deities can have.

 

=== Nuitari, the Devouring Dark ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

 

=== Sargonnas, the Red Condor ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

 

=== Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Lawful Evil]] }}

 

* [[Evil Matriarch]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Paladine.

* [[God of Evil]]

* [[Lust]]

* [[The Vamp]]: In her aspect as the Temptress.

 

=== Zeboim, the Sea Witch ===

'''Alignment:''' [[Chaotic Evil]] }}

 

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Had a thing for Ariakas.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Habbakuk and Chislev, the other nature-gods.

* [[Mama Bear]]: She might be evil but she loves her son, as Ariakan's betrayer Ausric Krell had the misfortune to discover.

 

** [[Bigger Bad]]

* [[Chaotic Evil]]: obviously

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: Three guesses what side he's on, the first two don't count.

 

=== High God ===

 

* [[Background Magic Field]]: Mystics draw their magic from the power of all life(and can even use it to make unlife in the form of undead if they are trained in Necromancy).

* [[Functional Magic]]: Of the Force Magic variety(It is drawn from all living things and their own soul).

* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Mystics in the SAGA system made up spells on the fly. So, like Sorcerers, they could be very creative with what spheres of Mysticism they knew.

* [[Master of Illusion]]: Spectramancers can go this route.

* [[Not That Kind of Mage]]: A Sorcerer is not to be mistaken for a Wizard.

* [[Razor Wind]]: Aeromancers

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Electromancers

* [[Black Cloak]]: The Black Robes

* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: The Black Robes like to specialize in the schools of Necromancy and Enchantment, which deal with [[The Undead]] and mind-control respectively.

* [[Color-Coded Wizardry]]: There are White, Red, and Black Robes. White represents Good, Red represents Neutral, and Black represents Evil.

* [[Fictionary]]: The language of magic is based off of Indonesian's grammatical structure. However, most of the actual words are just gibberish.

=== Civilized Humans ===

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: They are often prejudiced toward non-humans.

* [[Humans Are Flawed]]

* [[Humans Are White]]: Averted; most of the northern ethnic groups have dark skin. Most of the main characters of the novels ''are'' white, though.

* [[Elves Versus Dwarves]]

* [[Evil Counterpart Race]]: The dark dwarves.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]

* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Hill and mountain dwarves play this trope straight. Dark dwarves, on the other hand, take the dwarven stereotypes and twist them to evil.

* [[Enslaved Elves]]: The green dragon Cyan Bloodbane tries to enslave the Silvanesti, but the Companions drive him off. But then the Silvanesti and Qualinesti basically enslave their own kin, the Kagonesti.

* [[Evil Counterpart Race]]: The Mahkwahb are the evil counterparts to the Dargonesti sea elves.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]

* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: All of the elf races are reclusive to some degree, but the Silvanesti are the worst.

* [[Noble Savage]]: The Kagonesti.

* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Though good-aligned on paper, most elves act more neutral due to their snobbish outlook toward other races. Qualinesti and Silvanesti share the "high elf" archetype (exaggerated with the Silvanesti) while Kagonesti are "wood elves"; "dark elves" do not exist as a race (no drow on Krynn), but instead as a social status (evil outcasts).

* [[Proud Scholar Race Guy]]: The Silvanesti.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Dargonesti and Dimernesti can shapeshift into dolphins and sea otters, respectively.

** [[Elite Mook]]: Hobgoblins.

** [[Giant Mook]]: Bugbears.

 

=== Gnomes ===

* [[Only Sane Man]]: "Mad gnomes" are sane gnomes born to normal gnomish parents. Their inventions actually ''work'', which makes them objects of scorn and pity.

* [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder]]: The tinker gnomes practically define the "weird gnome" trait in modern fantasy.

 

=== Gully Dwarves ===

* [[Greed]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]

 

=== Blue Dragons ===

 

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