Raistlin brought the words to a spell to mind - one he had memorized centuries ago - and took out a pinch of bat guano. You can read the entire book when Dragons of Fate becomes available on Aug. Our excerpt picks up from an early meeting between Raistlin and Magius. It provides us, as readers making this journey with them, an opportunity to look inside of Sturm and inside of Raistlin in ways that we haven’t ever been able to before.” grapple with the reality that is, rather than his expectations. “Raistlin has always been so analytical and so distant anyway,” Hickman continued, “ trying to remove himself and observe everything from the outside, that I think we see the same viewpoint in him as he’s trying to grapple with these differences. He’s not the kind of guy who’s going to want to sit down with you and bare his soul. “Even though they’re confronting this real dissonance within them as they’re viewing their heroes, Sturm is reacting to it as Sturm would. “Sturm is still Sturm, and Raistlin is still Raistlin,” Hickman said. Hickman said the he and Weis have tried to remain faithful to their original characters, even when placing them within this new and unusual timeline. And now that they’ve met them, they have to deal with this.” “Raistlin and Sturm in particular have to struggle with this,” Weis said, “because Huma has always been Sturm’s hero and Magius Raistlin’s. And I think that, for us, having an opportunity to view Huma, to view Magius as people, as flawed individuals, and to get past the marble statues with them has been part of the journey of the book itself.” “We have a tendency to carve them in marble and make them perfect icons in our mind. “I think we all have a vision of our heroes,” Hickman said. Suddenly, the adventuring party finds themselves in the company of Magius and Huma Dragonbane, two legendary figures from Krynn’s past. Unfortunately, those actions pull her and members of the iconic Dragonlance Companions physically back in time. In Dragons of Deceit, Destina uses powerful magic to travel back in time with the hope of saving her kingdom in the land of Solamnia. Margaret and I to have a tendency to do very shattering second books, and this one feels like it follows that tradition.” It’s an explosive book with explosive events, and I’m very excited for people to take this part of the journey with us. “It’s not the tame second act by any stretch of the imagination. “The second book is explosive,” Hickman told Polygon in a recent interview. At the same time, it literally turns back the clock on the world of Krynn, placing fan-favorite characters Raistlin Majere and Sturm Brightblade once again at the center of the action. Dragons of Fate, the sequel to 2022’s Dragons of Deceit and the second novel in the Dragonlance Destinies series, continues the story of main character Destina Rosethorn. Authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, co-authors of the Dragonlance Dungeons & Dragons novels, are back with a powerful new book - and an exclusive excerpt for Polygon readers.
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