Takhisis

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Takhisis
Dragonlance character
Takhisis, Queen of Darkness
Created by	Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
First appearance	Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984)
Character information
Alias	The One God
Race	Deity
Alignment	Evil
Gender	Female
Class
Titles	Dragonqueen Nilat the Corrupter Tamex, the False Metal Mai-Tat She of Many Faces Queen of Many Colors and None The Dark Queen Erestem Tii'Mhut Lady Chaos Mwarg The Dark Warrior Shadow Sorcerer

Takhisis is a fictional character from the Dragonlance universe. She is the main goddess of evil and head of the Dark Pantheon.

[edit] Titles and forms

She is also called: Dragonqueen (among elves); Nilat the Corrupter (among the barbarians of the plains); Tamex, the False Metal (among dwarves); Mai-tat, She of Many Faces (among the people of Ergoth); Queen of Many Colors and None (among the Knights of Solamnia); the Dark Queen, Erestem, Tii'Mhut, Lady Chaos, Mwarg, the One God, the Dark Warrior, and Shadow Sorcerer. Some believe she's also Tiamat, Goddess (or Queen) of evil dragons, in many other Dungeons and Dragons campaign settings, but the two are separate entities.

Takhisis most often takes the form of a five-headed dragon, each head being the colour of one of the evil dragons (red, blue, green, black, and white). She also often uses the form of a beautiful temptress, said to be so lovely that no man could resist her. She also has another form known as the Dark Warrior.

Takhisis is the younger sister to Paladine and Gilean. Sargonnas is Takhisis' consort, and together they have two children, Nuitari and Zeboim.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Ambition

Takhisis is the most ambitious of the Gods, frequently making plans to upset the balance and take over the world for herself. After being driven back by Huma Dragonbane in the Third Dragon War and sealed from the world, she bides her time in the Abyss, always looking for new ways into the world. This brings about the War of the Lance, and subsequently contributed to the Chaos War and the War of Souls.

Takhisis in her human form, that of a beautiful temptress.

Raistlin Majere attempts to destroy Takhisis and assume her role as head god of evil, and succeeds in one timeline, whereupon he destroys the world in vengeful anger. His brother Caramon, with the aid of a time-traveling device, dissuades him from this path, and Raistlin sacrifices himself to prevent Takhisis from leaving the Abyss.

[edit] The War of Souls

After the Chaos War, Takhisis steals the world from the rest of the gods and becomes the "One God" of the world. When the rest of the gods return to Krynn, they realize that Takhisis has gone too far. Although Sargonnas has generally been loyal to her, the actions leading up to her being made mortal lead Sargonnas to declare she has gone too far and support the decision. In order to retain the balance, Paladine sacrifices his godhood and immortality in order for Takhisis to be stripped of her godhood and immortality. She is then killed by the elven king Silvanoshei.

List of Dragonlance deities
Good:	Paladine	Majere	Kiri-Jolith	Mishakal	Habbakuk	Branchala	Solinari
Neutral:	Gilean	Sirrion	Reorx	Chislev	Zivilyn	Shinare	Lunitari
Evil:	Takhisis	Sargonnas	Morgion	Chemosh	Zeboim	Hiddukel	Nuitari
Other:	Chaos	Mina

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Takhisis

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