History Literature / TheLegendOfHuma

It also has a rock song that's remarkably accurate [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Most of the wizards in Takhisis' corner of the ring are ''renegades'' such as Galan Dracos who have rejected the Orders of High Sorcery. The Black Robes begin assisting the forces of darkness, but this is just to set up their BigDamnVillains moment. This goes along with Raistlin's claim that most of the Black Robes had realized that Takhisis' darkness would bring their own destruction and assisted in the creation of the Dragon Orbs.

* AirJousting

* BackFromTheBrink: Even more so than the War of the Lance, and that's saying something.

* BloodKnight / BoisterousBruiser: Kaz embodied both tropes to a T. He ''loves'' to fight, although he does it with honour.

* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: Galan Dracos]]

* {{Determinator}} Huma.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Kaz the Minotaur is a sterling example.

''The Legend of Huma'', written by Creator/RichardKnaak and published in 1988, was the first Literature/{{Dragonlance}} novel which did not involve any of the original companions. It was the first installment of the 'Heroes' trilogy, single standalone books focusing on famous individual heroes from the history of Krynn. It tells the story of Huma, the man who won the Third Dragon War and saved the world with the aid of Paladine and the other gods of light, the first and greatest wielder of the titular Dragonlance.

* TheChosenOne: Played with in that Huma he wasn't the first to undergo the tests to become Paladine's champion, but he was the first who ''truly'' cared about the people of Krynn enough to win them.

** When Bennett assembles a company of knights to wield the Dragonlances, he includes three handicapped knights in their number because they're just ''that'' {{Badass}}.

''The Legend of Huma'', written by Creator/RichardKnaak and published in 1988, was the first {{Dragonlance}} novel which did not involve any of the original companions. It was the first installment of the 'Heroes' trilogy, single standalone books focusing on famous individual heroes from the history of Krynn. It tells the story of Huma, the man who won the Third Dragon War and saved the world with the aid of Paladine and the other gods of light, the first and greatest wielder of the titular Dragonlance.

* EscortMission: Huma and Kaz, riding dragons in the air, must escort Magius' caravan carrying the Dragonlances through the woods leading to Vingaard Keep. [[spoiler: They save the lances, but Magius is taken prisoner.]]

It also has a rock anthem that's remarkably accurate [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Huma's age is never given, but he apparently his blond hair turning grey long before it should be.

Now has a Graphic Novel published in 2006 by Brian Augustyn and Sean Jordan. Sadly, it only covers the events of the novel up to the arrival at Magius' tower. The second 'Heroes' trilogy featured a loose follow-up called 'Kaz the Minotaur', focusing on the adventures of Huma's friend Kaz after the end of the war.

* BadassNormal: For a guy who has no magic and no overt divine powers until he gets the Dragonlance, Huma can throw it down with the best of them. When he gets attacked by five enemy soldiers while he's already weak and wounded, he attacks with only his sword until after they're all dead.

* CanisMajor: Direwolves, enormous undead wolves with their skin flayed off that can talk like humans. [[{{NightmareFuel}} Sweet dreams]]

The great charger suddenly leaped into the air, and massive wings sprouted from its sides. Its head elongated, and its neck twisted and grew, but it lost none of its majesty or beauty. From a platinum-clad steed it became a platinum dragon, and together knight and companion drove the darkness before them with the aid of the lance- the the Dragonlance. It shone with a life, a purpose of its own, and the darkness fell before it. Born of the world and the heavens, it was the true power, the true good.''

* ContinuitySnarl: Rather infamously, there's no mention of the White Stag that the central aspect of the legend of Huma's life that was recited in ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight.'' The novel also has a span of only a few days between the time Huma became Paladine's champion and his death, which would make it impossible for any of Krynn's apochryphal legends about Huma to be true (such as his meeting with the Forestmaster). It's difficult to reconcile the timetable with the fact that the Solamnic nights in ''The Kagonesti'' that were met during the Third Dragon War were familiar with Huma's fame and had been fighting a much longer campaign with him.

It's notable that this book is quite possibly the only source of information you can use to read the history of the Third Dragon War. Even the Dragonlance Lexicon Wiki barely mentions it.

It also has a rock anthem that's remarkably accurate [[ {{here}} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Sword of Tears. An elegant sword with an emerald worked into it, it constantly whispers promises of power, happiness and wealth to its user, while slowly corrupting their soul to evil. According to Paladine, it was what corrupted the ogres into a race of cruel tyrants and will be used on the "last day" by the final champion of darkness to lead the charge against the forces of the light when the final apocalyptic battle for Krynn is fought. (It should be noted that this is the only work that has so far mentioned this "Armageddon" doomsday that will end Krynn's history)

It also has a rock anthem that's remarkably accurate [[{{here}} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]]

It also has a rock anthem that's remarkably accurate [[{{here}} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]

It also has a rock anthem that's remarkably accurate [{here}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]

It also has a rock anthem that's actually accurate to what happens in the novel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tDAwaSs0Q]

* BreathWeapon: According to [[spoiler: Gwyneth]], all dragons "except for the cowardly White" can breathe fire, but it takes a huge toll on dragons that aren't Red or Gold to do so.

* CaptainOblivious: You'd think that Huma would have picked up on Gwyneth's secret a little bit earlier, given what appears immediately after her StealthHiBye routine.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Most of the wizards in Takhisis'corner of the ring are ''renegades'' such as Galan Dracos who have rejected the Orders of High Sorcery. The Black Robes begin assisting the forces of darkness, but this is just to set up their BigDamnVillains moment. This goes along with Raistlin's claim that most of the Black Robes had realized that Takhisis' darkness would bring their own destruction and assisted in the creation of the Dragon Orbs.

** Galan Dracos' ultimate plan is to become one of these by hoping that Takhisis will make him a demigod once he unleashes her on Krynn. [[spoiler:Ironically, Huma in his humility succeeds where he fails in pride, being transformed into a golden avatar of Paladine for a brief instant so that he can stab Takhisis' avatar.]]

''The Legend of Huma'' was the first {{Dragonlance}} novel, published in 1988, which did not involve any of the original companions. It tells the story Huma, the man who won of the Third Dragon War and saved the world through the aid of Paladine and the other gods of light.

By the time ''Legend'' starts, things are not going well for the Knights of Solamnia or their allies. Takhisis' hordes have overrun most of the world, Solamnia's last strongholds are under siege and there are rumors that the Dark Queen is about to manifest herself in the flesh. It's up to Huma, his friends Kaz the minotaur (who has defected from the Dragonarmies), the mysterious magic-user and childhood friend of Huma Magius and Huma's mysterious lover Gwyneth to save Krynn from total destruction.

Now has a Graphic Novel published in 2006 by Brian Augustyn and Sean Jordan. Sadly, it only covers the events of the novel up to the arrival at Magius' tower.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Sword of Tears. An elegant sword with an emerald worked into it, it constantly whispers promises of power, happiness and wealth to its user, while slowly corrupting their soul to evil. According to Paladine, it was what corrupted the ogres into a race of cruel tyrants and will be used on the "last day" by the final champion of darkness to lead the charge against the forces of the light when the final apocalyptic battle for Krynn is fought. (It should be noted that this is the only work that has so far mentioned this "Armadgeddon" doomsday that will end Krynn's history)

* CanisMajor: Direwolves, enormous wolves with their skin flayed off that can talk like humans. [[{{NightmareFuel}} Sweet dreams]]

* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: Gaelan Dracos]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Gaelan Dracos tortures Magius to death.]]
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: When Gaelan Dracos is defeated by Huma, he realizes that Takhisis is going to torture him in the Abyss forever due to him only summoning her avatar at partial strength. He incinerates himself with green flames, which Takhisis tells Huma destroyed not only his body but also his soul so that he could escape AFateWorseThanDeath and also erases most memories of him.]]
* {{Determinator}} Huma
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Fizban]] (though not by name), [[spoiler:Heart as Gwyneth's unnamed sister]] and a young [[spoiler:Cyan Bloodbane]], who serves as Gaelan Dracos' steed.
* EscortMision: Huma and Kaz, riding dragons in the air, must escort Magius' caravan carrying the Dragonlances through the woods leading to Vingaard Keep. [[spoiler: They save the lances, but Magius is taken prisoner.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Most of the wizards in Takhisis'corner of the ring are ''regegades'' such as Gaelen Dracos who have rejected the Orders of High Sorcery. The Black Robes begin assisting the forces of darkness, but this is just to set up their BigDamnVillains moment. This goes along with Raistlin's claim that most of the Black Robes had realized that Takhisis' darkness would bring their own destruction and assisted in the creation of the Dragon Orbs.
* EvilVersusEvil: Krynus, Takhisis' chief warlord and Gaelan Dracos, her most powerful sorcerer, have a strong rivalry. [[spoiler: Most of the black robes turn on the rest of Takhisis' forces to save themselves and the world.]]

* TheFaceless: Morgion, as his Aspect appear to Huma, is an invisible face in darkness with sinister red eyes beneath a bronze crown. According to ''Dragons of Summer Flame,'' he has skin peeling off a pale face like a plague victim.
* FromBadToWorse: The book starts with Takhisis' armies of ogres, minotaurs, goblins and evil humans overrunning most of Solamnia. [[spoiler: Then they open up portals to the Abyss where the LegionsOfHell pour out. Huma manages to kill most of those by slicing the Dragonlances through the magically-generated dark clouds covering the land and letting in the sunlight, which is deadly to them. Gaelan Dracos then uses the power Takhisis has given him to summon thousands of Chromatic Dragons from every corner of Krynn. Finally, he summons the Dark Queen herself to the mortal world.]]

** By the time ''Legend'' starts, most of the world has fallen to Takhisis' armies and the regions that haven't have been devastated by the omnipresent cult of Morgion's plagues. Hylo and northern Ergoth fall during the course of the novel and Solamnia is on its last legs, having already lost major territories such as Eldor, Huma's birthplace, nearly a generation ago. Even most of Ansalon's forests have been burned by Takhisis' scorched-earth tactics. If Huma hadn't found the Dragonlance, the war wouldn't have lasted longer, it would have been ''over''.

* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler: Krynus, who's been given magical enchantments by Dracos to the point of being barely human. He can regenerate from nearly any injury, including decapitation.]]

** [[spoiler: Wyrmfather, the first dragon. He's described as long, grey and worm-like, as well as being the largest dragon in Krynn's history.]] It's unclear how he fits into the history the original five chromatic dragons that inhabited primeval Krynn in "Aurora's Eggs" but he may have served as the ëarly "prototype upon which Takhisis later improved upon, given his radically different anatomy.

** Gaelan Draco's ultimate plan is to become one of these by hoping that Takhisis will make him a demigod once he unleashes her on Krynn. [[spoiler:Ironically, Huma in his humility succeeds where he fails in pride, being transformed into a golden avatar of Paladine for a brief instant so that he can stab Takhisis' avatar.]]

* RetGone: Wonder why there's no mention of [[spoiler: Gaelan Dracos]] in the Canticle of the Dragon or any other legend about Huma? [[spoiler: Because he wipes himself out of existence, annihilating his soul and erasing almost all memories of him.]]

* SandWorm: [[spoiler: Wyrmfather]] definitely has this vibe going.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: 2 out of the 3 of Huma's trials to become Paladin'e champion involve this.

* ShroudedInMyth: Huma, who becomes the subject of many legends, some true and some exaggerated, even while he's alive that bring him a great deal of embarassment because he feels like he's not worthy of them.

* AGodAmI: Gaelan Draco's ultimate plan, hoping that Takhisis will make him a demigod once he unleashes her on Krynn. [[spoiler:Ironically, Huma in his humility succeeds where he fails in pride, being transformed into a golden avatar of Paladine for a brief instant so that he can stab Takhisis' avatar.]]

* BigBadassWolf: Direwolves, enormous wolves with their skin flayed off that can talk like humans. [[{{NightmareFuel}} Sweet dreams]]

* TheChosenOne: Subverted in that Huma he wasn't the first to undergo the tests to become Paladine's champion, but he was the first who ''truly'' cared about the people of Krynn enough to win them.

* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Wyrmfather, who was only defeated and imprisoned after Kiri-Jolith (yes, ''that'' Kiri-Jolith) fought him in a battle that lasted an entire year.]]

* VoodooShark: Huma realizes right away that Gwyneth, ostensibly a healer in the knights' camp, isn't entirely human. The problem is that he thinks she's part-elven due to her having slightly almond-shaped eyes. Right idea, [[spoiler: wrong species because she's actually a silver dragon.]]