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About Relics and Omens
Old companions and fresh heroes. New and ever more fantastical creatures and monsters. Banished gods and lost magic.
Dragon overlords are taking over the world of Krynn. The Chaos War is ending. The Fifth Age is beginning.
A collection of fantastical short stories exploring the new Fifth Age setting from the best known Dragonlance writers.
Transcript
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Misham, Darkember the 6th. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of Relics and Omens 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
Icefall by Douglas Niles
* Red Wand Tribe, Centaurs of the Plains of Dust
This was a great story about a centaur who was out tracking near the icewall. He discovered polar bear tracks that were headed back toward his tribe, so he followed them when a storm began to rise. He saw the tracks veer away but since they were too close to his home, he decided to continue to pursue and kill this menage. He saw human tracks tracking the bear as well, and the storm kept increasing in intensity. Soon his visibility was slim to none and he finally came across the human who relented and was returning home. He wished the centaur good luck on his hunt and left. Now that the centaur had the bear to himself, he continued on. The weather was getting to even his tough form, and suddenly the bear was there. They fought as two predators in a storm with limited vision. The centaur was wounded but eventually killed the bear. He was debating on skinning it when a massive white form flew overhead. He suddenly realised the source of the storm was the dragon, and he knew that he had to get back to his tribe. He began to turn back and his wounds were too great. He slumped down and thought of his mate, as life faded away in the freezing cold. It was so good to read a story that focuses on the elemental nature of these dragon overlords and the helplessness the mortals of the land are in their presence. The dragon was even named, only inferred and I knew exactly what was happening. The fear in the centaur was palpable as well. Truly great.
Legacy by Nancy Varian Berberick
* Slean Brae, hill dwarf
* Leial,
* Yahn Cooper, little girl, treated by Leial
* Wila Cooper, Yahn’s wife
* Kern, their boy
* Azure, youngest daughter
* Cour, town
* Red Sickness
Holy shit this story got to me. This author is great! It’s about a herbalist named Leial who came from a town where her family all died from a nameless disease. She was able to heal a few people with herbs if she got to them soon enough, but most died.
