Chronicles of Dragonlance

Alhana with Tanis and Company in tow reach Silvanesti. Their rides refuse to take them into the Elven homeland though. Alhana has regrets. Lots of them. Talk of Dragon Orbs and what they might do. They enter the forests of Silvanesti, and a nightmare. All of the Companions are reunited in a horrific, twisted vision of Silvanesti. And in that Nightmare most of them perish. Raistlin has further dark...

In this month's episode we learn Sturm is a poser, The Companions' party is more permanently split up. The long flight from Tarsis. Raistlin enters a fugue state. Everyone learns about the history of the Dragon Orbs and Krynn. Tanis and half of the Companions are conscripted into the Silvanesti Defense Force. We learn the location of a Dragon Orb. And, finally, Sturm and his half of the Companions...

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 pris...

Tarsis the Beautiful! The Companions finally arrive at this fabled city only to find out it ain't so beautiful. Oh, and those ships that were going to carry the refugees from Pax Tharkas away to someplace else? Not a lot going on with those 'white-winged' beauties either… Despite this apparent set back the Companions head into the city, the reader gets a little history lesson on Tarsis, and the Ca...

Welcome to Dragons of Winter Night, the 2nd book of the Dragonlance Chronicles. We're just starting but this book is already so much darker and somber than the first! And all the characters get surly! In this first episode of our second season we go over the opening prologue and the first two chapters of the book. Shivam reminds us that he dislikes poetry. Jonathon wonders why a dwarf writing an e...

In this special interlude episode Shvam and Jonathon are joined by Dragonlance creators and authors, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman! We learn about how the two found themselves at TSR and how the world of Krynn was created. Some of these stories we believe have never been told before!  This was literally a dream come true for your hosts and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did reco...

Sometimes things are just out of your control. Scheduling issues and family illness prevented a recording this month.  We'll be back in December with Dragons of Winter Night. Very excited to share our thoughts and feelings with you all then!  Until then, please join us on the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1147877956611082 Intro/Outro music: Winter Night by Alexander Nakarada  

We've reached the end of Dragons of Autumn Twilight! And the Companions have nearly reached the end of this tale! The Companions encounter Flamestrike, Tanis holds her off while they move the children out into the courtyard. Ember and Verminaard show up, ruining the escape. Fizban dies. Chaos reigns. Ember meets Flamestrike, Verminaard meets the Companions, neither of them is better off for the en...

While Tanis and the majority of the Companions conspire with the slaves of Pax Tharkas Tas and Fizban explore its secrets. Taz learns, and then forgets, the truth of Dragonlances. Laurana converts one high seeker to the old faith with a parable. Tas and Fizban learn who the traitor is. Tanis wishes he knew, as everyone who could possibly be the traitor is suddenly not where they are supposed to be...

After the harrowing encounter with the giant slug the Companions are forced to take the path through the tombs of Kith Kanan's royal guards. Goldmoon's holy powers ensure they don't have to fight a horde of zombies. Flint and Tasselhoff find secret doors. The Companions find an evil Drow spirit that splits the party. Your hosts have a discussion of whether there are or are not Drow in Dragonlance....

Content Warning - Discussions about sex and the many cultural rules around it.  Tika receives a royal gift, and the Companions leave Qualinost bound for Pax Tharkas. On their way they find an old battle site, amongst the corpses of goblins and humans they find a survivor, Eben, he joins them. Draconians appear, Tika creates a new form of combat in the aftermath of the fight she kisses Caramon. The...

We learn all about the history between Tanis & Laurana, how it lead to Tanis fleeing his home, and going out into the world. The plans of the Qualinesti Elves are revealed and we learn the role the Companions must play to enure the Elves' future. In order for the Elves to escape successfully, the Companions will have to sneak into Pax Tharkas and free the enslaved humans there, drawing the attenti...

In this episode Jonathon and Shivam follow the Companions as Fewmaster Toede leads them towards Pax Tharkas. Tas makes a new friend, Toede's servant, Sestun the gully dwarf. We learn from Fizban that dragonlances and Huma were real. The slave caravan is ambushed by an Elvish party, all the prisoners are freed. We meet Gilthanas' brother and see again the tension that exist between the races of Kry...

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of rape. Discussion begins at the 58 minute mark.  In this episode we return to Solace and see how the invasion of the Dragon Queen's army has destroyed the town and its people. The Companions return to the Inn of the Last Home only to find it occupied by murderers, hobgoblins, and draconians. Tanis receives an icy reception from an old friend, an...

In this episode, Jonathon and Shivam follow the Companions as they escape Xak Tsaroth, witness a miracle, see Raistlin's good side, and finish Book One of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. We discuss the D&D Dragonlance Modules a bit wondering how economical and good they still are. We then try to ease into Book 2 but it doesn't let us, preferring to start with a devastating boom!

The Companions make their plans to sneak into and steal from the Dragon's hoard. Their plans go horribly wrong. With disastrous consequences for the Companions, and the buried city of Xak Tsaroth. The Compansions disasterous retreat with what perhaps is the people of Krynn's only hope in their possession! We think... Shivam and Jonathon have a long conversation about canon,what exactly it is, and...

The Companions find another way down into the ruined city of Xak Tsorath with the help of their new friend Bupu. Oh, really she's only Raistlin's friend. This way is a little more complicated and a lot dirtier. They finally find themselves in the ruined city, somehow folded over on itself tucked into a giant underground cave. A discussion of strategy. Spying on a dragon. Finally, they meet with th...

Shivam is excited to talk a bit about the new Dragonlance book that came out this year, and his role in its writing. In these chapters Goldmoon meets a Goddess. The Companions witness a miracle. They descend into Xak Tsorath to claim the platinum disks for Mishakal . We meet Gully Dwarves and we have a lot to say about them. Rasitlin makes friends with the gully dwarves. The companions find a way...

The party is imprisoned by the Draconians. The weird creatures celebrate their retrieval of the blue crystal staff. Tanis worries over the Companions, Tasselhoff and Flint missing, Raistlinpoisoned. Tasselhoff plans a rescue. Hijinks ensue.  The Companions escape only to encounter true terror, a black dragon. Tragedy awaits one of them. 

Tanis chooses for the group. They will accept the task given to them by the Forestmaster. The Companions wonder at what exactly it is they must hunt down. The Forestmaster whisks them across the continent on pegasuses.  Goldmoon and Riverwind experience serious trauma. Their acceptance of the blue crystal staff continues to have a high cost. The Companions hurry to meet the deadline set by the For...

The Companions journey through Darken Wood. Wherein they find a place more alive than tales would have lead them to believe. Once night falls they meet some of the "less alive" denizens of the Wood.  The Companions are lead to the Master of Darken Wood and are provided much needed context and direction. Oh, and an impossible task...

The Companions learn more about the strange party of black robed 'clerics' they encountered. Goldmoon tries to gain new information about the blue crystal staff. A new race is introduced to Krynn, creating problems for the Companions. The party flees, again.  Sturm remembers and maybe goes a little crazy. The Companions benefit (?) from his mental turmoil. They follow his madness (?) into Darken W...

Things are really picking up in Dragons of Autumn Twilight. The Party is complete, all the Companions have been introduced, and the adventure is underway! The Party escapes from the Inn of the Last Home, flees Solace, and finds its way on the road to Haven with a divine staff that hasn't been seen since the time of the Cataclysm. Along the way we meet a new threat, not just to the Companions but t...

Shivam and Jonathon continue their dive into the first Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight. We are introduced to the Inn of the Last Home and more of the Companions! The twins: Caramon and Raistlin, the knight Sturm, and a pair of Plainspeople who have come to Solace.  And they are all unceremoniously dumped into an adventure!

Jonathon and Shivam dive in to the first Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, covering the Prologue and the first couple of chapters. Listeners are introduced to the world of Krynn, parts of its history and we begin to meet the protagonists of this tale!