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About Dragons of Time
Dragons dead, and dragons alive. Every size, type, color, and strange mood. Some good, some bad, and some not very snuggly.
Welcome to an evil wizard’s macabre puppet show. Meet a chain of fools locked in a showdown with a brass dragon. Read the latest edition of “The Flying Dragon.”
These and more fantastic tales come from Richard A. Knaak, Jean Rabe, Paul B. Thompson, and other Dragonlance authors telling new tales of Krynn and of dragons that have shaped the world.
Table of Contents
"Homecoming" by Lizz Weis, "Chain of Fools" by Cam Banks, "Jaws of Defeat" by Paul B. Thompson, "Unforgotten" by Jean Rabe, "I Read It in The Flying Dragon" by Douglas W. Clark, "Aurora's Heart" by Rachel Gobar, "The Dragon's Claw" by Jake Bell, "Bloodrage" by Kevin T. Stein, "The Vow" by Richard A. Knaak, "Song of the Mother" by Lucien Soulban, "The Eight" by Mary H. Herbert, "No Strings Attached" by Miranda Horner and Margaret Weis
Show Notes
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Majetag, Darkember the 4th. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of Dragons of Time edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members and Patreon patrons, and invite you to consider becoming a member or patron, links are in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.
Review
Homecoming by Lizz Weis
Darden, brotherErwyn, fatherCamron, Cam, Alban, townEmberlynn, Em, narrator
This is an interesting story about a family waiting for their son to return home after the War of the Lance. His name is Darden, and his sister Emberlynn has a secret pet she is keeping in the barn. Darden has PTSD from the war and his sister invites him to visit her pet. It turns out to be a black dragon wyrmling! Darden tries to kill it but it is saved by Emberlynn as she runs off into the wilderness. She encounters a giant cave spider’s lair which begins to stalk her. Darden chases after his sister, sure the wyrmling is going to kill her as he witnessed dragons decimate entire towns in the war. When he finally catches up to Emberlynn, she is wrapped up in the spider's web. He begins trying to rescue her, but the spider pins him down and the wyrmling begins to lurk from the distance. It attacks the spider, forcing it to retreat, and frees the two from the webs as Darden finishes the spider off with his sword. He convinces Emberlynn to leave the wyrmling here and they return home with the intention of visiting it. The black dragon wyrmling is intelligent and begins to feed on the humanoid victims of the cave spider. It plans on returning to town when it’s larger to enslave and feed on the silly humans there. This story is great as it presents the wyrmling as an innocent pet, but then showcases its evil intentions that are hidden from its caretaker while it is small and vulnerable. I really like the direction this took, but I wish they would have taken more time to explore the PTSD of Darden, like him freezing in the battle or going crazy momentarily with the Cave Spider.
