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Dragonlance is a large series of fantasy books, and a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Draconians and kender are creatures unique to this fantasy world. To further differentiate it from other similar fantasy settings, Dragonlance is supposed to have a post-apocalyptic feel, although this emphasis has considerably lessened over the years.

History and influence

This series was published by TSR, Inc. to supplement their Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game products. It is currently published by the company that purchased TSR in 1997, Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast has licensed Sovereign Press to publish further Dragonlance game material.

The world of Dragonlance was the first fictional world to be professionally produced as a role-playing game world, with product tie-ins (novels, role-playing modules, figurines, etc.) prepared and manufactured when it was first released. Before Dragonlance, fictional role-playing worlds evolved from the amateur creations of the games' players (with the most notable example being the Greyhawk
campaign setting), or from previously existing fictional settings (I.C.E's MERP) or settings based in the real world. The success of the Dragonlance series encouraged role-playing game producers to invent and market additional fictional game worlds, such as the Ravenloft
series.

The most important books of the Dragonlance series were written by the authoring team of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Other notable writers within the series include Richard A. Knaak, Douglas Niles, Roger E. Moore, Don Perrin, Jean Rabe, Paul B. Thompson, Tonya C. Cook and Chris Pierson.

For most of Dragonlance's history, the "main storyline" has meant those books that were set in the world's "present" and moved events forward. For example, until Dragons of Summer Flame, almost all novels were set before the Chronicles trilogy, often in ancient history.

Main Storyline

The original Dragonlance story is set over 300 years after the Cataclysm, an event in which the gods appeared to depart Krynn. A war is developing, and a group of friends meet with an exiled barbarian couple carrying a Blue Crystal staff, which is being looked for by the local authorities. These discover the whereabouts of the staff, and the newly formed group of travellers, the Companions, decide to help the exiled barbarian couple. They begin a journey in which they learn about the staff's secret, the real meaning of the departure of the gods, the return of the dragons and the fabled weapons known as dragonlances.

Book List

The main storyline of the Dragonlance series has been written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, with multiple books written by several authors included the aforementioned ones covering different years in between and sometimes during the main events.

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Games - Dragonlance

History and influence

Main Storyline

Book List

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