Line #49 Literature/DragonlanceTheNewAdventures


1	''Dragonlance: The New Adventures'' is a series of YoungAdult fantasy novels set in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe, beginning a year after the events of the ''Dragonlance Chronicles'' trilogy. They follow the adventures of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits consisting of amnesiac girl Nearra, teenage ranger Davyn, Solamnic Knight in training Catriona Goodlund, elf thief Elidor, and kender wizard Sindri Suncatcher.
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3	The books are divided into several smaller series:
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5	[[folder:Spellbinder and Dragon Quartets]]
6	These books take place from 353 AC to 355 AC.
7	* ''Temple of the Dragonslayer'' (July 2004)
8	* ''The Dying Kingdom'' (July 2004)
9	* ''The Dragon Well'' (September 2004)
10	* ''Return of the Sorceress'' (November 2004)
11	* ''Dragon Sword'' (January 2005)
12	* ''Dragon Day'' (March 2005)
13	* ''Dragon Knight'' (May 2005)
14	* ''Dragon Spell'' (July 2005)
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16	After the events of the Spellbinder and Dragon Quartets, the party [[TheFellowshipHasEnded go their separate ways]] and each have their own series:
17	[[folder:Trinistyr Trilogy]]
18	Focuses on Nearra, her sister Jirah, and Davyn as they try to break a curse on an artifact called the Trinistyr.
19	* ''Wizard's Curse'' (September 2005)
20	* ''Wizard's Betrayal'' (January 2006)
21	* ''Wizard's Return'' (May 2006)
22	[[/folder]]
23	[[folder:Elidor Trilogy]]
24	Takes place at the same time as the Trinistyr Trilogy. Elidor is joined by Catriona, Sindri, and several new (and old) companions as he fights an undead king who wants a magic crown fused to Elidor's head.
25	* ''Crown of Thieves'' (November 2005)
26	* ''The Crystal Chalice'' (March 2006)
27	* ''City of Fortune'' (July 2006)
28	[[/folder]]
29	* A guidebook called ''A Practical Guide to Dragons'', written in-universe by Sindri Suncatcher between the Elidor Trilogy and the Suncatcher Trilogy, was published in October 2006. Another titled ''A Practical Guide to Dragon Riding'' was written in-universe after the events of the Suncatcher Trilogy, in 356 AC, and published in August 2008.
30	[[folder:Suncatcher Trilogy]]
31	Takes place after the Trinistyr and Elidor Trilogies, and at the same time as the Goodlund trilogy and Elements Trilogy.
32	* ''The Wayward Wizard'' (September 2006)
33	* ''The Ebony Eye'' (March 2007)
34	* ''The Stolen Sun'' (September 2007)
35	[[/folder]]
36	[[folder:Goodlund Trilogy]]
37	Takes place after the Trinistyr and Elidor Trilogies, and at the same time as the Suncatcher trilogy and Elements Trilogy. Failed knight Catriona Goodlund returns to her homeland to find everything she's ever loved destroyed. Now, she must battle to discover the truth behind the destruction.
38	* ''Warrior's Heart'' (November 2006)
39	* ''Warrior's Blood'' (May 2007)
40	* ''Warrior's Bones'' (November 2007)
41	[[/folder]]
42	[[folder:Elements Trilogy]]
43	Takes place after the Trinistyr and Elidor Trilogies, and at the same time as the Goodlund trilogy and Suncatcher Trilogy. Nearra and her sister, Jirah, head to Palanthas so that Nearra can take her wizard's test and become a full-fledged white-robed mage. But nothing goes smoothly when Nearra's test takes her, Jirah, and new friends across the world as they try to stop a centuries-old evil plot.
44	* ''Pillar of Flame'' (January 2007)
45	* ''Queen of the Sea'' (July 2007)
46	* ''Tempest's Vow'' (April 2008)
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48	[[folder:Dragon Codices]]
49	These standalone books take place after the Suncatcher, Goodlund and Elements trilogies, around 356 and 357 AC. As Sindri travels the world and [[DirectLineToTheAuthor sends notes to Palanthas on the dragon tales he's uncovered]], R.D. Henham and his fellow scribes in the Great Library of Palanthas set about turning Sindri's notes on the dragons and those who encounter them into adventurous hardcover books for the entire world to read.
50	* ''Red Dragon Codex'' (January 2008)
51	* ''Bronze Dragon Codex'' (July 2008)
52	* ''Black Dragon Codex'' (October 2008)
53	* ''Brass Dragon Codex'' (February 2009)
54	* ''Green Dragon Codex'' (June 2009)
55	* ''Silver Dragon Codex'' (September 2009)
56	* ''Gold Dragon Codex'' (January 2010)
57	[[/folder]]
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60	!!Provides examples of the following tropes:
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62	* ActionGirl: Catriona is a Solamnic Knight and the strongest fighter of the group.
63	* AmnesiacHero: Nearra begins the series with no memory except her name.
64	* ArrangedMarriage: Kender have arranged marriages to free up more time for adventuring. Sindri and Koi Fearbreaker are betrothed to each other and know each other's names, though it's unclear if they've ever met.
65	* AsYouKnow: The first book is prone to this, with Elidor explaining the different subraces of elves and Sindri the different schools of wizardry. Justified since Nearra is an AmnesiacHero.
66	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Elidor]].
67	* ABeastInNameAndNature: The characters come to a town terrorized by both bandits and a bear-like monster called "the Beast". It turns out the Beast WasOnceAMan and [[ThisWasHisTrueForm returns to his true form]] ([[spoiler:Senwyr, Davyn's father]]) when killed.
68	* BequeathedPower: The ghost gold dragon Theoran gives Sindri actual magical ability, making him a real wizard rather than a [[FakeWizardry fake one]].
69	* {{BFS}}: Rohawn wields a claymore.
70	* BifurcatedWeapon: The "dragon claws" Set-ai teaches Catriona to use.
71	* BigGood: Raedon, a copper dragon who befriends the group.
72	* BlindSeer: Shemnara, the seer of Potter's Mill, was blinded as a child by the liquid from the Dragon Well, but in exchange gained powers of prophecy.
73	* BoatsIntoBuildings: The city of Tarsis was a major port until the Cataclysm changed the sea levels and [[SaharanShipwreck made it landlocked]]. Some 200-300 years after the Cataclysm, some of the stranded ships have been converted into buildings.
74	* {{Boomstick}}: Koi uses a weapon that she dubs a "boomstick" to create localized earthquakes.
75	* BowAndSwordInAccord: At first, Davyn only uses a bow, but he starts using a sword as well in ''Dragon Knight''.
76	* ColorCodedWizardry:
77	** When he's first introduced, [[spoiler:Maddoc]] is wearing a white robe to make Nearra think he's a good, trustworthy mage. However, it's soon revealed that he's actually a black-robed evil wizard.
78	** Sindri eschews the traditional wizardry color trichotomy, [[TakeAThirdOption taking a fourth option]] and theming his outfit around [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] and sun symbols.[[note]]His power ostensibly comes from the sun (or at least he believes it does), rather than one of the three moons that all other wizards rely on, so it is semi-justified.[[/note]]
79	** Erikoff wears an orange robe and is part of a brotherhood of orange robes, though they're later revealed to be red robes who just wear orange.
80	* ADayInTheLimelight: Most of the Dragon Codices focus on a minor character from one of the previous books.
81	* DelightfulDragon: Raedon the copper dragon is friendly even for a metallic dragon (in Dragonlance, metallic dragons are good while chromatic ones are evil), and helps out the heroes on several occasions. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the worse when the BigBad performs a GrandTheftMe on him and uses his body to destroy a village.]]
82	* DirectLineToTheAuthor: In the spinoff book ''A Practical Guide to Dragons'', Sindri mentions meeting "A young bard by the name of Tim Waggoner" (the Real Life author of the first book in the series, ''Temple of the Dragonslayer'') and telling him about his and his friends' adventures. The Dragon Codices also follow this format, with the introductions claiming the books are based on notes and stories sent by Sindri to the scribes of the Great Library of Palanthas.
83	* DoesntTrustThoseGuys: In ''Bronze Dragon Codex'', the human protagonist Tatelyn hates all dragons, even metallic ones, since a metallic dragon ([[spoiler:Asvoria inside Raedon the copper dragon's body]]) attacked her village. Simle the bronze dragon hates all humans, since some evil ones stole her siblings' eggs to turn into draconians.
84	* EvilSorcerer: The black-robed wizard [[spoiler:Maddoc]] is the ArcVillain for the first four books, until he gets supplanted by Asvoria, who he brought BackFromTheDead. She attempts to become a SorcerousOverlord like she was thousands of years ago.
85	* FakinMacGuffin: The villains of the Trinistyr trilogy try to gather three magical weapons for their plot. Davyn, realizing what they're going to do, secretly has Keene make a perfect sketch of one of them, a bow, and has a powerless replica made. He even buys a charm that will make it ''look'' like the person wielding the bow can use its magic. Thanks to the switch, which he doesn't tell his companions about, they all survive.
86	* FalseSoulmate: In the first 8 books, it seems like [[spoiler:Davyn and Nearra]] were on their way to becoming an OfficialCouple, but in the Trinistyr Trilogy they break up, and [[spoiler:Davyn]] starts a relationship with [[spoiler:Rina]] instead.
87	* FearlessFool: This is one of the kender's [[SpeciesOfHats hats]], and Koi [[MeaningfulName Fearbreaker]] has made it her goal to become the first kender to experience fear, after seeing how many of them have died because they weren't afraid when they should have been.
88	* FighterMageThief: The main group has Davyn and Catriona (fighters), Nearra and Sindri (mages), and Elidor (thief).
89	* ForestRanger: Set-ai, a mountain man who travels with the group and eventually settles in Potter's Mill.
90	* GemTissue: An odd case. The "Warrior's Blood" referred to in the book title is hundreds of rubies that serve the place of blood in a HumongousMecha.
91	* GrandTheftMe: Asvoria takes over [[spoiler:Raedon]]'s body, using it to attack the village and his allies.
92	* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Elidor is a full elf, but half Silvanesti and half [[NobleSavage Kagonesti]], leading to him being TheUnfavorite of his parents compared to his fully Silvanesti half-sister Rina. For her part, Rina has no hostility towards Elidor and sees him as a CoolBigBro.
93	* HeinzHybrid: In one book, the characters come to an isolated mountain town whose inhabitants have a mixture of human, dwarf, elf, gnome, and kender ancestry, to varying degrees. It turns out the town is where the sorceress Asvoria's fortress used to be, and the villagers are all descended from her slaves.
94	* HereditaryCurse: Nearra and Jirah's ancestor, Anselm, was cursed with the Trinistyr that no member of his family would have magical power until one of them broke the curse...which, of course, required magical power. Fortunately, after her possession by Asvoria, Nearra has some limited magic.
95	* HumongousMecha: The Heart, Blood, and Bones in the titles of the Goodlund Trilogy refer to components of a giant robot that the villains try to reactivate. It's shown on the cover of ''Warrior's Bones''.
96	* IAmNotYourFather: [[spoiler:Davyn]] finds out that his father is not [[spoiler:Maddoc]] but [[spoiler:Senwyr]].
97	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: When Vael, Elidor's lover, is poisoned by a lich, she starts CoughingUpBlood frequently.
98	* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: In ''Pillar of Flame'', the MacGuffin they spend the book searching for was in [[spoiler:their new friend Koi]]'s possession all along. The strange events following them (all the fires in Palanthas going out and being unable to be relit) was due to the BigBad casting a spell on the item with a large AreaOfEffect.
99	* LockedIntoStrangeness: Nearra gets a streak of black (the "possessed" hair color) in her normally blond hair after the events of the first book, in which she came dangerously close to having her SuperpoweredEvilSide take over.
100	* MartialArtsStaff: Set-Ai teaches the group how to defend themselves with wooden staffs.
101	* NobleDemon: The sivak [[DraconicHumanoid draconian]] in ''Red Dragon Codex'' struggles to be more than the monster he was created to be.
102	* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Sindri is the greatest kender wizard ever...he's also the only one ever.
103	* OxymoronicBeing: Sindri, the first kender wizard. At least, that's what everyone else seems to think.
104	* PlayingWithFire: Erikoff the orange-robed mage can conjure fire.
105	* ThePowerOfTheSun: Sindri [[MeaningfulName Suncatcher]], the world's first kender wizard, claims his power comes from the sun (it's actually BequeathedPower from a ghost dragon), unlike the [[{{Lunacy}} three moons]] all other wizards draw power from.
106	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:Maddoc]] sealed the spirit of the ancient sorceress Asvoria inside Nearra, though his ultimate goal was for her to take over the body.
107	* ShapeshifterModeLock: In ''Black Dragon Codex'', the titular dragon Septimus is trapped as a human without any of his magic powers for most of the novel.
108	* SiblingRivalry: Between Nearra and Jirah, though it's mostly one-sided since Nearra has amnesia.
109	* SquareRaceRoundClass: Sindri is the first (and so far only) kender wizard in the world. Kender are usually stereotyped as rogues, but before Sindri got his powers nobody even thought it was possible for one to use magic at all.
110	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: In ''Queen of the Sea'', all the passengers and crew on the ship Nearra and co. take are given magic rings blessed by priests of the sea goddess Zeboim, that allow them to breathe underwater (however, they only work once, so they can't go back to the surface until their mission is over).
111	* {{Synchronization}}: In ''Bronze Dragon Codex'', a young bronze dragon who hates humans and a human girl who hates dragons are magically linked so they feel anything the other feels. This is a problem, since the dragon gets nauseous like a human when she tries to fly, and humans are much more frail than dragons.
112	* ThemeNaming: The red-robed mages in ''The Dying Kingdom'' have names designating their rank in the order: Primus, Secundus, Tercius...
113	* ThisWasHisTrueForm: When the Beast is killed, it reverts to its true form, that of [[spoiler:Senwyr, Davyn's father]].
114	* TownWithADarkSecret: Arngrim, the titular Dying Kingdom in the second book, turns out to be [[spoiler:an undead city cursed by Asvoria, with the ruling family draining life force from their subjects to survive, and the knights reduced to AnimatedArmor. The Scarlet Brethren try to break the curse by [[HumanSacrifice sacrificing]] either Catriona or Nearra, but the heroes thwart them]].
115	* WasOnceAMan: The Beast they face in ''The Dragon Well'' turns out to be a [[ForcedTransformation transformed]] [[spoiler:Senwyr, Davyn's father]].
116	* WizardingSchool: Sindri spends some time at one in Palanthas.
117	* AWolfInSheepsClothing: When he's first introduced, [[spoiler:Maddoc]] is wearing a white robe to make Nearra think he's a good, trustworthy mage. However, it's soon revealed that he's actually a black-robed evil wizard.

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