#Tanis Halfelven

[dndhistory]

487. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - Test of the Twins (1986)

The third and final volume of the Dragonlance Legends series, Test of the Twins gives us a conclusion to the Majere saga as twin brothers Caramon and Raistlin Majere move inexorably towards a climatic finale. 

Weirdly enough, for a story that is supposed to focus on the triad of Caramon, Raistlin and Paladin Cleric Crysania, the book spends the majority of its time with Caramon and Tasslehoff Burrfoot, the somewhat annoying kender, and even Tanis Halfelven gets more page-time than Raistlin who's story this ostensibly is. 

It is therefore a bit of a hit and miss book, a bit unfocused; it only really comes into its own when we return to the relationship of the twins or follow Raistlin's devious plans to take over Krynn. Fortunately the book gets better towards the end, with a truly emotional finale that puts an end to the story of the (not so) nefarious Raistlin and sees Caramon ready for a new stage in his own life.This was also Weis and Hickman's (temporary) goodbye to Dragonlance, however the success of the series meant that it wouldn't take long for TSR to get them back on board for new stories, and this would be the story for the foreseeable future, leaving and coming back, sometimes with bigger gaps or some kind of conflict with TSR or WotC, but Weis and Hickman would always be so tightly connected to this world that their voices would always be valuable.  So much so that next month, in 2024, there will be a new Dragonlance book by them, another conclusion to another trilogy. 

[dunkelzahn]

In this house we wipe our boots on Tanis Halfelven.

Dragonlance was written in the 80s by one author with sometimes dubious taste, and one author who was a bone-deep Mormon who thought he was writing meaningful things about religion.

It shows on every level.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Dragonlance: Dragons of Despair Cover Art by Clyde Caldwell

[dcoolettes]

Master post of my au ramblings for Dragonlance. I’d like to thank @why-am-i-like-this-413 @ribbons-ribbons and @cryptic-the-sleepy-gay-ho for enabling me and egging me on.

[fistandantiluss]

i fucked up an entire dragonlance comic i was gonna post before heading to work but the good thing is this is the cutest tanis ive ever drawn in my entire life im so upset the rest of them didnt come out as beautiful as this tanis

also caramon is cute too i guess so have this blurry zoomed in photo

[dalamars-nipple]

I remember now. This is Wrymslayer... it is reacting to the dragon." "This is an abysmal time to remember!

Raistlin and Tanis - Autumn Twilight

Seriously though, Tanis. Raistlin is a walking history book. He has lots of things to remember. You can’t expect him to go “magic, magic, magic - oh by the way, that sword freaks out at dragons - random herb, magic, magic, obscure historical notation, magic, magic, magic - Caramon, my fucking TEA!!!”

[brutalgeekdom]

Dragonlance Companions

[fistandantiluss]

this is my official offering to the minuscule dragonlance fandom on this website

please let me in