Mina (Dragonlance)
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| Dragonlance character | |
| Mina | |
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Mina standing near the body of Takhisis.
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| Created by | Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman |
| First appearance | Citadel of Light (July 1998) |
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| Race | Deity |
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| Gender | Female |
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Mina is a fictional character from the Dragonlance universe. She is a neither a God of Light nor a God of Darkness. Mina is first found by a fisherman, washed up on the shores of Schallsea, at age nine. She is taken to Goldmoon at the Citadel of Light, a holy place Goldmoon has built to teach, and is adopted by her. Mina's horse, Foxfire, is blood red and is very loyal to Mina. Silvanoshei, the elven king of Silvanesti, falls in love with her. After spending time with Goldmoon, Mina leaves to find the gods that Goldmoon said had left the world.
[edit] Background
Mina has long, dark red hair, but the One God, who is in fact Takhisis, commands her to shave it off in order to make sure that Mina's focus stayed on Takhisis and not on her looks. Mina is tall and in good shape, and has amber eyes. She speaks Common and Silvanesti Elven.
Mina is successful in finding a god, the "One God" of Krynn. It is later revealed that the god she found was Takhisis. Takhisis has stolen away the world from the other gods, making her the only god on Krynn.
Using Mina as her own dark paladin, Takhisis raises an army at the service of Mina and herself, the One God. Because of Mina's splendor, beauty, and wit, many different races fall to the worship of the One God. The adored elf king Silvanoshei has fallen in love with Mina, and her trusted general is a minotaur named Galdar.
Mina also quickly takes control of the Dark Knights of Neraka, once known as the Dark Knights of Takhisis. With so much support, Takhisis is able to initiate her master plan, the destruction of the Dragon Overlords and the seizing of all power on Krynn. With the help of Raistlin Majere and Tasslehoff Burrfoot, the gods return to the world and punish Takhisis by revoking her godhood, making her mortal. Takhisis is then killed by Silvanoshei, who is killed in turn by Mina.
After Takhisis dies, Mina converts to Chemosh, God of Death. She becomes his High Priestess and lover. After getting captured by some of Nuitari's wizards, she manages to escape. Soon, a meeting with Rhys Mason, a monk of Majere / Zeboim, brings Mina to question her past and defy the will of Chemosh. A rift grows between her and the Lord of Death.
Soon afterwards, Chemosh finds Mina unconscious after having raised the tower of Istar from the middle of the Blood Sea. The gathering of gods that occurs afterwards reveals the fact that she was a lost god. The Mantis god, Majere, claims that Mina was in fact a god of Light, tricked into serving darkness and into believing that she was a mortal by Takhisis.
Though unconscious, Mina overhears the other gods discussing her. Unable to face the truth about herself, she literally reverts to a child-like entity and entreats the monk Rhys Mason to take her "home." Gilean forbids the gods of light and darkness to interfere with this journey of self-discovery, as Mina's joining of either pantheon would upset the balance in the world. Both Chemosh and Sargonnas flout Gilean's decree and attempt to influence Mina to join the gods of darkness. Sargonnas's attempt culminates in a confrontation with Valthonis, once the god Paladine, whom Mina had sworn to kill at the conclusion of the War of Souls. Mina reconciles with Valthonis, who leads her to Godshome. There, Mina refuses to join either the Pantheon of Light or that of Darkness, becoming a force unto herself.
[edit] References
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). Dragons of a Fallen Sun: The War of Souls vol. I. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1807-1.
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2002). Dragons of a Lost Star: The War of Souls vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2706-2.
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2003). Dragons of a Vanished Moon: The War of Souls vol. III. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2950-2.
- Margaret Weis (2005). Amber and Ashes: The Dark Disciple vol. I. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3257-0.
- Margaret Weis (2006). Amber and Iron: The Dark Disciple vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3796-3.
- Margaret Weis (2008). Amber and Blood: The Dark Disciple vol. III. Wizards of the Coast.
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| 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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