Heroes of the Lance

The Heroes of the Lance are a group of fictional Heroes who appeared in the Dragonlance series of novels. They were pivotal in the fighting and ending of the War of the Lance. They all had a great effect on Ansalon, and indeed all of Krynn. Some would come to appear in many other wars in the future, and their children would also be very important in the future. This page includes their names and links to their articles.

To learn more, go to List of Dragonlance characters or Dragonlance.

Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 1

Caramon Majere

Main article: Caramon Majere

Caramon is the twin brother of Raistlin Majere, and his polar opposite. He is a giant of a man, extremely strong, and very attractive. He and his brother served as mercenaries for a time, before joining up with the rest of the Companions for the War of the Lance. He later marries Tika. He is jovial, friendly, and sometimes appears slow witted, although it is later revealed that he in fact is intelligent, but he examines every problem from all angles, making him appear stupid sometimes.

Flint Fireforge

Main article: Flint Fireforge

Flint Fireforge is a gruff hill dwarf, he is Tanis's oldest friend. He is the second oldest among the companions, with the exception of Tanis. He often complains, often mentioning he is too old for this, and that he should have stayed home. Though he appears unkind and uncaring, he has a fatherlike affection for all the Companions, and he is especially close to Tas, even though this relationship often seems exactly the opposite.

Goldmoon

Main article: Goldmoon

Goldmoon is a beautiful barbarian from the Que-Shu tribe. She is the Chieftan's Daughter, and was revered as a goddess by her people for this, with the exception of Riverwind, her future husband, who refused to worship her. She was the bearer of the Blue Crystal Staff until Mishakal reclaimed it, afterwards becoming the first cleric of Mishakal, playing a great part in restoring the worship of the True Gods. She has a beautiful singing voice, ironically when she sings she commonly incites riot.

Raistlin Majere

Main article: Raistlin Majere

Raistlin is a frail mage of the Red Robes and twin brother of Caramon. He is often bitter, cynical, and sarcastic, always having a biting comment on his lips. His Test shattered his health, giving him golden skin as a result of a secret pact with a powerful lich, Fistandantilus. He later turns to the Black Robes, embracing evil. He has hourglass pupils that see time as it affects all things. He is distant from the rest of the Companions, and he later reveals that he only fights and travels with the Companions because it serves him.

Riverwind

Main article: Riverwind

Riverwind is the Grandson of the Wanderer. He fell in love with Goldmoon, but refused to pay her homage as a goddess and was sentenced to find an object of power of the True Gods. He was not expected to succeed, but against all odds he did, and was therefore to be stoned to death. At the last second, he and Goldmoon were teleported away by the power of the Blue Crystal Staff. He is distrusting of non-humans, however he comes to treat Tanis as a brother. He is large and a good fighter. He is not very social, rarely speaking.

Sturm Brightblade

Main article: Sturm Brightblade

Sturm Brightblade is, at the beginning of the Chronicles, a squire to the Knights of Solamnia. He bears the sword Brightblade, a two-handed sword that is said never too break unless its owner breaks first. He wears his father's armor, that of a Knight of the Rose, and has a large moustache, a symbol of where his allegiances are. He is honorable to a fault, and his greatest wish is to restore the honor of the Knighthood, which has fallen into disgrace since the Cataclysm. He is later accepted into the Order of the Crown and placed as commander of the Knights of the Crown at the High Clerist's Tower. He sacrifices himself to buy time for Laurana and the other Knights, being killed by Kitiara Uth Matar.

Tanis Half-Elven

Main article: Tanis Half-Elven

Tanis Half-Elven is the leader of the Companions during the [{War of the Lance]]. He is functionally a ranger. He is the son of an elf maiden and a human brigand. He is good friends with all of the companions, though Flint is his oldest friend among the companions. He is torn between his two loves; Laurana and Kitiara Uth Matar. He was born and lived out his early years in Qualinost, but he later moves to Solace, which becomes closer to him than Qualinost ever was. He was often the target of bullies in Qualinesti because of his human heritage. He is one of the two characters to survive the Silvanesti dream (see Dragons of Winter Night), along with Raistlin.

Tasslehoff Burrfoot

Main article: Tasslehoff Burrfoot

Tasslehoff Burrfoots, often called "Tas", is a jolly, merry, kender who often "acquired" objects through various means, such as "falling into his pouches" or "just taking it to be cleaned". He carries a mass of pouches at all times. He talks very much, and most people get annoyed by this. He has found himself in jail, mistakenly, of course, many times. He is a "close, personal friend" of Paladine, or Fizban. Tas's best friend is Flint, even though it seems like the exact opposite. Tas has found himself in situations that require immense bravery several times, and he has always performed fantastically, such as the time he broke the dragon orb to prevent a great war from breaking out.

Appearing in Chronicles, Volume 1, Book 2

Tika Waylan

Main article: Tika Waylan

Laurana Kanan

Main article: Laurana Kanan

Berem/The Everman

Main article: War of the Lance § The Everman