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[edit] All Saints War
It's the all saints war not the all dragons war. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jamhaw (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Time Line Wrong
If the companions went on their seperate quests in 346 AC, they shouldn't have returned until 351 AC because it was a five year quest. This would mean the War of the Lance started in 351 AC and ended in 352 AC, if you're using the original Chronicles as canon, which I hope you are. I'm not going to edit the page just yet. I'll let you do it if you in fact find that your current time line is incorrect. However, it might in fact be correct because I don't think they slap a precise date on when the war actually began. They went on their quests in search of evil and rumor of armies massing to the north. The books make it look as though the war didn't officially "begin" until right around the time the companions had their reunion at the Inn of the Last Home...which would have been 351 AC.
Great job on the timeline by the way. --Soulforge19
- No, the war did not start on 351. On 351 Verminaard invaded Abanasinia, where the Heroes were staying, however the war had already started with the invasion of Port Balifor and Flotsam, which is far from where they were (and thus the assumption the book does that the war was beginning is fine, as they were not supposed to know other areas had already been invaded, like Icewall). -- ReyBrujo 18:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
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- You're right, I'm sorry.--Soulforge19 07:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, thanks for discussing before changing :-) -- ReyBrujo 13:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
- You're right, I'm sorry.--Soulforge19 07:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Secundus Cataclius
Just a comment, the Second Cataclysm term in the timeline should be relagated to being as such: 421 AC (38 SC). WotC, as per the DLCS, has retconned the Timeline away from SC and back to AC. Thoughts?--Kranar drogin 02:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I would say it makes sense, since a SC implies a second cataclysm, which usually needs to be explained. I think we can add a note stating about the change, if there is a verifiable source around explaining what and hopefully why. -- ReyBrujo 02:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- As far as an explaination as to why they did the change, that I can't find. What I can find is that all sourcebooks starting from Dragonlance Campaign Setting (DLCS), the dates have been changed to the AC format. Take a look at the Age of Mortals Timeline on page 208 of the DLCS. That is one example. Then all the SP books dealing with AoM has them including the book Age of Mortals, Key of Destiny, etc. I don't think I need to name all the new gaming novels. I think the Bertrem's Guides were the last of the novel line to deal solely with the SC dating system, with the newer ones now having pretty much only AC dates, with SC as a sidenote.--Kranar drogin 22:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, we can transform everything to AC dates, keeping the SC dates from the second cataclysm until the war of souls in parenthesis, and explaining that books afterwards went back to the original notation. What do you think about that? -- ReyBrujo 01:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, even after the War of Souls I would continue to do it, because some DL scholars may use it in their stories and stuff in the future, not knowing that things have been changed. Also, I have heard that the Legion of Steel still uses SC, but I don't have anything confirmed on that end. Other than that, that sounds like a plan.--Kranar drogin 02:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Wasn't the Legion of Steel the one that "created" the SC nomination? I don't like the idea of having two numbers for every entry, whenever the third cataclysm occurs, things would become messy. -- ReyBrujo 02:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, even after the War of Souls I would continue to do it, because some DL scholars may use it in their stories and stuff in the future, not knowing that things have been changed. Also, I have heard that the Legion of Steel still uses SC, but I don't have anything confirmed on that end. Other than that, that sounds like a plan.--Kranar drogin 02:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, we can transform everything to AC dates, keeping the SC dates from the second cataclysm until the war of souls in parenthesis, and explaining that books afterwards went back to the original notation. What do you think about that? -- ReyBrujo 01:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- As far as an explaination as to why they did the change, that I can't find. What I can find is that all sourcebooks starting from Dragonlance Campaign Setting (DLCS), the dates have been changed to the AC format. Take a look at the Age of Mortals Timeline on page 208 of the DLCS. That is one example. Then all the SP books dealing with AoM has them including the book Age of Mortals, Key of Destiny, etc. I don't think I need to name all the new gaming novels. I think the Bertrem's Guides were the last of the novel line to deal solely with the SC dating system, with the newer ones now having pretty much only AC dates, with SC as a sidenote.--Kranar drogin 22:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lord Soth
Why is there nothing in here about Lord Soth? He is a major character in this saga and needs to be in here. Magnus 18:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dragonlance Novel Timeline
PLEASE HELP Let me start by saying that I am a great fan of Dragonlance Novels and collect them as much as possible. However, I am increasingly frustrated about not knowing the order in which to read them in the Krynn Storyline. Please!!! Can anyone guide me to a list of Dragonlance Books in storyline or Krynn historical order. THANKS!
HUTCH jhutchinson3@gmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.154.81.126 (talk • contribs) .
- We could create an article about that, but it is hard to do that without incurring in original research. I remember there was an old page where the order was established, will see if I can find it. -- ReyBrujo 19:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- At http://www.dlnexus.com/products/chronological.aspx the novels are ordered in chronological order. However, the short stories are skipped. Also, note that reading them in chronological order does not ensure you to have a good experience; in example the Kingpriest trilogy has small tips that you would only understand if you read the Legends trilogy first. -- ReyBrujo 19:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
