In this episode I discuss many specifics of the plot, story, narrative elements, themes and characters of Dragonlance.  I mostly focus on the first two Trilogies of Chronicles (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter night, Dragons of Spring Dawning) and Legends (Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the Twins).  

Dragonlance was a story that grew out of D&D sessions at the headquarters of TSR, which was the company that made Dungeons and Dragons.  The epic story surrounding the series is a direct result of the individuals involved in writing it but also the culture within the company had an influence.  The Companions (also known as the Heroes of the Lance) were seeped in DnD lore.  So Tanis Half-Elven, Sturm Brightblade, Raistlin and Caramon Majere, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Flint Fireforge, Goldmoon, Riverwind, Tika Waylan-Majere as well as Lauralanthalasa and Gilthanas Kanan were Dungoens and Dragons characters through and through: Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman breathed life into these characters and brought us an epic that has been a New York Time's best selling series.