Talk:Cataclysm (Dragonlance)

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[edit] Divided

Divided into sections to make navigation easier. And I am thinking about quoting the First Son Revando last will and the explanations of the 13 warnings below in the same section. There should also be a cross reference with the Second Cataclysm as well. I like the consequences part, but it may be easier to read if it becomes a list instead of a paragraph. ReyBrujo 03:47, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] a mountain, or a meteor/comet?

In the article (and I believe, in the books as well), it refers to a "fiery mountain" striking Istar. Should that be described literally (including the link to the Mountain article), or should that be interpreted to mean a a meteor or comet (the way that I have always understood it)?

I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the article, but I have always thought that the pre-Cataclysm warnings were reminiscent of the Biblical plagues of Egypt. --Kyoko 22:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Every book talks about a fiery mountain. However, in a side note Tracy Hickman stated "That Istar was destroyed by a meteor strike because of the folly of the Kingpriest and his followers was part of the background history from before Chronicles was written." I am guessing it was a meteor with the shape of a mountain, but to make it "unique", they only mention it was a mountain. -- ReyBrujo 00:38, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Describing it as a mountain would be in line with the Dragonlance universe, because the people would have been familiar with the ideas of the sun, moon, and stars, but not so familiar with the idea of something falling from the heavens. --Kyoko 23:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Wait, you say that Tracy Hickman has indeed verified that it was a meteor? Where is this? Annotated Chronicles? DoomsDay349 00:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for the unsigned, I typed 5 ~ instead of four. Yes, it is in the Annotated Legends, page 428. -- ReyBrujo 00:38, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Wonderful! Now we can use meteor instead of fiery mountain. That's nice because fiery mountain is in-universe, now we can say meteor and make it more out-universe. DoomsDay349 00:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)