Dragonlance
Krynn's epic chronicles
Dragonlance is a fantasy fiction franchise set in the world of Krynn, originating as a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting in the 1980s.
The name refers both to the setting and to the magical weapons used to fight dragons.
The original novel trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman established iconic characters like Raistlin and Tanis: I grew up reading Dragonlance.
Hickman
- ChroniclesTwo Old Testament histories
half-elves
Human-elf crossbreeds
Abyss
Named bottomless void
- fantasy seriesHarry Potter, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Discworld, Earthsea
- Fantasy WorldsNarnia, Middle-earth, Discworld, Oz, Hogwarts
- RPG SettingsRavenloft, Midgard, Old World, Gothic Horror
- TSRD&D, Ravenloft, Boot Hill, Marvel Super Heroes, Buck Rogers
- franchisesfranchise, Star Wars, franchising, franchises, franchisor
- epicsIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, epic poem, Beowulf
fantasy subgenre/tone
Dragonlancegrimdark
Cynical fantasy subgenre
sword-and-sorcery · dark fantasy · low fantasy · The Witcher
fiction genre
Dragonlancehard science fiction
Speculative fiction emphasizing accuracy
cyberpunk · space opera · Star Wars · Neuromancer · Asimov