[HPforGrownups] Raistlin SPOILER WARNING FOR DRAGONLANCE~

[Denise]

No: HPFGUIDX 1988

http://www.tkb.com/raistlin/why_raistlin.htm
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  You've got the basics, but here's a bit more.

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  (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Winter's Night (?), and Spring's Dawn)
  Raistlin wasn't well liked by the group who worked with him, and mainly tolerated due to his talents (He DID become one of the "AD" level magus in Dragonlance) and due to his brother.  He evidently abandoned his adventuring group, and studied to help himself rather than any cause.  An elder mage (help me with spelling, please!  That's why I didn't correct Caramon, cause I can't be sure that's right!) named Fistadontalis was a spirit only due to something that happened centuries before, and took Raistlin's body to inhabit during what is Dragonlance's version of OWLS--a huge test to determine what the strengths and weaknesses of the mage are, and if they are qualified to proceed.  There is something that happened, and the next time the group encounters him in the books, he is wearing black robes (meaning serving the dark-moon of magic, as opposed to red robes or white robes), and seems to be more powerful.  There are many similarities between Raistlin and Snape, however.  One wonders throughout the whole six books if Raistlin is going to be totally evil, or is going to be redeemed somewhere down the line.  He appears briefly in the newer books written about the next generation, but I am not too clear on those, so I am not going to comment further.  I also am not going into details beyond the first few books, due to not wanting to spoil anyone's enjoyment of rabbits.  That's my favorite scene, btw!

  Dee

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    Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 4:47 PM
    Subject: [HPforGrownups] Raistlin



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    <Okay, I'll bite. What is Raistlin?>

    He's an extremely powerful wizard/sorcerer, who lets his younger brother
    Caimon (a nice, but none too brainy warrior type) 'protect him' (not that he
    needs it) because he's become rather frail from his magic. He is also an
    anti-hero to the extreme. He's a character from Tracy Hickman and Margaret
    Weis's Dragonlance series, and gets mentioned once in the same author team's
    Death Gate Cycle.

    To anyone else who's read those books, I read them only once a few years
    back...do I have my facts straight?

    ~Firebolt


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