Kitiara Uth Matar is a fictional character appearing in the Dragonlance campaign setting created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman . She is the daughter of a disgraced Solamnic Knight named Gregor Uth Matar and his first wife, Rosamun. She is also the half-sister of both Raistlin and Caramon Majere .
49-680: The novel Darkness and Light details "the travels of Kitiara and Sturm before the meeting at the Inn of the Last Home at the beginning of Dragonlance Chronicles. Sturm sets off to find news of his father; Kit comes along for the adventure. Along the way, they stumble upon a flying vessel piloted by 12 gnomes who offer them a ride to Solamnia, but the group ends up on Lunitari during a war. Eventually escaping to Krynn, Sturm and Kitiara admit their attraction for each other." The novel Dark Heart by author Tina Daniell reveals new aspects of Kitiara, whose development
98-731: A murder mystery that involves a member of his own family. Flint the King was the first collaborative writing effort for authors Mary Kirchoff and Doug Niles, with Niles stating: "It doesn't mean that you do only half the work [...] Each of us did more than write half a book, but I think we came up with a better story because of it." According to Kirchoff, "we assumed that our strengths and weaknesses would offset each other. Doug does great battles and magic, and my strengths tend to be characters and dialogue, and that's worked out very nicely." According to Kirchoff, "The first time I tried to make Flint talk, he just sat there with his lips moving. I paced around
147-399: A peer by a mighty dragon. Laurana, however, gets the more significant arc, after starting out as a lovelorn girl with a romantic view of the world. As she is thrust into war-torn Ansalon, however, Laurana proves herself a competent fighter and military leader in her own right, one who watches friends die, who sees herself shunned by her family, but who marches on tirelessly to protect Krynn from
196-579: A promise to give Laurana's soul to Lord Soth. Kitiara then had the captured Laurana put on display for the evil goddess Takhisis in the audience chamber of the Temple of Neraka. Tanis managed to turn the tables on Kitiara though when he murdered Emperor Ariakas with help from Raistlin, and seized the Crown of Power. Tanis was about to trade the Crown of Power for his and Laurana's freedom when Laurana broke free on her own. Laurana immediately attacked Kitiara, stealing
245-731: A sudden attack on the High Clerist's Tower and instead instructed her to carry out his own scheme to destroy the Knights of Solamnia by tricking one of the leading knights, Knight of the Rose Derek Crownguard, into seeking out a dragon orb. During this meeting with the Emperor, Kitiara also learned that her former companions had killed the Dragon Highlord Verminaard. A disguised Kitiara succeeded in convincing Lord Crownguard to pursue
294-419: Is Tiamat in fourth edition. This is confirmed again in the 5th edition Dungeon Master's Guide . Takhisis most often takes the form of a five-headed dragon ; each head is represented by the color of one of the evil dragons (red, blue, green, black, and white). She also often uses the form of a beautiful temptress, said to be so lovely that no man can resist her. Additionally, she has another form known as
343-616: Is also the subject of in the Dragon Gods and Evil dragons sections of the Practical Guide to Dragons . She is discussed in universe style with sidebars detailing her real-world publishing significance. This is continued in the follow-up series The Dragon Codices , in which Takhisis is the main, if somewhat hidden, antagonist. In the Io9 series revisiting older Dungeons & Dragons novels, Rob Bricken commented that "The primary adventure of
392-552: Is crucial to how creation myths are presented. In the neo-pagan press, a series of books published by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart , looks at Takhisis in the Dragonlance world and compares her to the Babylonian and Dungeons & Dragons version of Tiamat . The book is written as a school book for young wizards and witches of the neo-pagan sort. Takhisis is described for her role in the wars of good vs. evil. This ultimate source of
441-554: Is given the task of discovering proof of the existence of his gods and return with irrefutable evidence. Flint The King was written by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles . It is the second volume in the Preludes II series, and the fifth volume in the overall Preludes series. The main character is Flint Fireforge , hill dwarf and future War of the Lance hero. In the novel, he returns to his old hometown, Hillhome, where he uncovers
490-446: Is led to Dargaard Keep where she will face Lord Soth instead. Kitiara is beautiful, a skilled warrior and, above all else, she is cold and calculating. Power-hungry, she has never been truly able to call someone a friend. In many ways, she and Raistlin are much alike. Neither would hesitate to betray an ally if presented with a guarantee at supreme power. She once fell in love with a half elf named Tanis Half-Elven , and later seduced
539-520: Is the best they could come up with. Oh, also, Kitiara tells all the combined forces of good they have three weeks to unequivocally surrender and let the literal embodiment of evil rule over Krynn or Laurana will be killed. Admittedly, Laurana was extremely good at her job, but why would they choose eternal darkness and subjugation over a single person?" Although deceased, Kitiara made a "surprise appearance" in Death Knights of Krynn . The 2002 winner of
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#1732876587737588-449: Is the first volume in the Preludes series. This novel details the travels of Kitiara and Sturm before the beginning of Dragonlance Chronicles, as they seek to find news of Sturm's father, and eventually admit their attraction for each other. Kendermore , written by Mary Kirchoff , is the second novel in the Preludes series. In this novel, Tasslehoff Burrfoot is charged with violating
637-458: Is the third volume in the original Preludes series. This novel explores the love/hate relationship between the brothers Caramon and Raistlin as developed in the Chronicles and Legends trilogies. Raistlin is unable to forgive Caramon for allowing his ailing mother to die, or forgive himself for his inability to save her with his magic. Raistlin agrees to pursue their mother's last wish, but he
686-602: Is to provide the final threat". This theme of good versus evil, and humans versus gods, is expanded in Dragonlance, a Shared World of Fantasy Fiction and Role-Playing Games . The central focus of this thesis is the struggle of the human characters versus Takhisis. This struggle is compared with the human, or at least mortal, heroes of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings and C. S. Lewis ' The Chronicles of Narnia . Tiamat, in her Dragonlance/Krynn incarnation
735-466: Is unaware that they are pawns in a power struggle between the gods. John C. Bunnell reviewed Brothers Majere for Dragon magazine, calling it "narrowly the best of the Dragonlance Preludes", and noted that part of the success of the Dragonlance line "has been a product of its carefully stylized atmosphere; Stein captures the mood more accurately than have some recent writers." Riverwind
784-572: The American Library Association's Alex Award author Mel Odom reviewed the film and noted that it includes a cliffhanger in which Kitiara is shown "in the middle of evil doings". Darkness and Light (novel) Preludes is a series of novels comprising two trilogies set in the Dragonlance world of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game . Darkness and Light , written by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya R. Carter ,
833-599: The Blood Sea. In the north Kitiara was finally allowed to attack the High Clerist's Tower, the defence of which was now commanded by Sturm Brightblade and Laurana. In the course of battle, Kitiara killed Sturm, but he managed to delay her long enough to allow Laurana to successfully use a dragon orb to lure two of Kitiara's dragons into a trap. The dragon orb also caused the draconians in Kitiara's army to go berserk which lead to her army being routed. Kitiara then confronted Laurana on
882-526: The Dark Warrior. Sargonnas is Takhisis' consort. Together they have two children: Nuitari and Zeboim. Within the Dragonlance universe, Takhisis is the most ambitious of the gods, frequently making plans to upset the balance and take over the world for herself. In Dragons of the Hourglass Mage , for example, Takhisis attempts to take control of all magic. After being driven back by Huma Dragonbane in
931-730: The Golden General now her prisoner, Kitiara then traveled to Kalaman and threatened to execute Laurana in three weeks time unless the Whitestone Forces surrendered and Berem the Everman was turned over to her. Later on, in the climax of the War, Tanis met with Kitiara in Neraka and offered to willing serve the Highlord if she would release Laurana. Kitiara agreed to consider his offer, but she had already made
980-575: The Highlord's sword and knocking Kitiara to the ground. Tanis tried to stop Laurana which caused her to shove him off the platform, leading to Tanis dropping the crown. The various Dragonarmy factions began fighting over the crown and Tanis and Laurana were able to escape. Kitiara soon tracked down Tanis and Laurana after their escape and Kitiara then again gave Tanis the chance to become her lover forever. He refused in favor of Laurana. Kitiara then allowed them to escape from her and Lord Soth. Lord Soth mocked her for this, but Kitiara claimed that by letting
1029-538: The Knights of Solamnia), the Dark Queen, Erestem, Tii'Mhut, Lady Chaos, Mwarg, the One God, the Dark Warrior, and Shadow Sorcerer. Jeff Grubb believes that she is Tiamat , Goddess (or Queen) of evil dragons in many other Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings . However, the two are separate entities according to Dragonlance creator, Tracy Hickman and others. The 4th Edition Draconomicon books confirm that Takhisis
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#17328765877371078-591: The Maelstrom. Meanwhile, the Good Dragons had entered the war and Laurana had been appointed Commander of the Knights of Solamnia. Laurana then led her forces, known as the Whitestone Army, into battle with Kitiara's army and again Kitiara's force was defeated with Kitiara's deputy Bakaris being captured. The Whitestone Army then liberated the key city of Kalaman. The Emperor Ariakas, then went to execute Kitiara for
1127-627: The Palanthians, she fought her way into the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas and even managed to take Raistlin's apprentice, Dalamar by surprise and stab him. However, Kitiara failed to finish Dalamar off and he then mortally wounded her with his magic. It was then that Kitiara realized she had been betrayed by Lord Soth, who had become obsessed with her and planned to bind her soul to him for eternity. Kitiara pleaded with Tanis Half-Elven (who had arrived in
1176-504: The Plainsman was written by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya R. Carter . It is the first volume in the Preludes II series, and the fourth volume in the overall Preludes series. This novel relates the courting quest of Riverwind for the hand Goldmoon. Riverwind, who had fallen out of favor with Goldmoon's father, chief of the Que-Shu tribe, because of Riverwind's belief in the old gods. Riverwind
1225-748: The Third Dragon War and sealed from the world, she bides her time in the Abyss , always looking for new ways into the world. This brings about the War of the Lance , where the dark goddess is ultimately thwarted by the Heroes of the Lance , and subsequently contributes to the Chaos War and the War of Souls . Raistlin Majere attempts to destroy Takhisis and assume her role as head god of evil. He succeeds in one timeline, but destroys
1274-436: The actions leading up to her being made mortal lead Sargonnas to declare she has gone too far and to support the decision. In order to retain the balance, Paladine sacrifices his godhood and immortality in order for Takhisis to be stripped of her godhood and immortality. She is then killed by the elven king Silvanoshei . Takhisis is key to the Dragonlance world creation myth as the primordial source of evil. This central role
1323-444: The battle. Without their undead allies, the remaining Dragonarmy forces were defeated by the Palanthians, though the city was devastated in the fighting. Kitiara died, but her soul vanished before the death knight could bind it. Both Lord Soth and the dragon Skie tried to find her soul, but they both failed. Lauren Davis of io9 commented on the "wonderful female characters" in the series, singling out what she considered two of
1372-407: The city of Tarsis. After covertly watching Laurana, Kitiara decided the elfmaid was too beautiful a rival to let live and decided to kill her. Kitiara then attacked Laurana from behind, intending to drag the elfmaid off into an alley, interrogate her about Tanis, and then murder her. Kitiara expected to easily defeat the pampered princess and was shocked when Laurana fiercely resisted her attack. It
1421-647: The defeats she had suffered. However, the death knight - Lord Soth stayed Ariakas's hand and Kitiara then managed to convince the Emperor she had a plan to capture Laurana, now known as the Golden General, and defeat the Whitestone Army, by using Laurana's love for Tanis Half-Elven to lure her into a trap. Kitiara sent a false message to Laurana, skillfully manipulating her rival by telling the elfmaid that Tanis had been mortally wounded and wanted to see her before he died, which Kitiara would only allow in exchange for Laurana returning Bakaris to her. Just as Kitiara expected, Laurana fell for this trick. The elfmaid, who already
1470-406: The dragon orb. She then learned that not only had Tanis, Sturm, and her brothers killed Verminaard, but Tanis was now traveling with his former girlfriend, the elven princess Laurana . This filled Kitiara with a jealous rage, especially after she heard how incredibly beautiful Laurana was, and the now obsessed Kitiara began to relentlessly stalk the elfmaid. Kitiara finally caught up to Laurana in
1519-625: The forces of Takhisis. As seductive as Kitiara is, as a young girl I was inspired watching the growth of Laurana." In the Io9 series revisiting older Dungeons & Dragons novels, Rob Bricken commented that "my least favorite moment in Spring Dawning —and maybe in the entire trilogy—is when Kitiara sends a message to Laurana, who has been kicking the draconian asses of Takhisis' forces all across Krynn [...] Laurana offers no proof that she has Tanis, and Tas and Flint explain repeatedly that they know Kitiara and she's definitely lying—but ignoring
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1568-457: The house and drank another cup of coffee, but I just couldn't make words come out of his mouth." Her editor suggested she assign some famous personality the role of Flint, and she ended up choosing Wilfred Brimley and Yosemite Sam. Tanis: The Shadow Years was written by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel . It is the third volume in the Preludes II series, and the sixth volume in the overall Preludes series. In this novel, Tanis journeys into
1617-538: The kender laws of prearranged marriage, and forced to return to Kendermore due to the imprisonment of his Uncle Trapspringer. In the book, it is said that Flint Fireforge is a mountain dwarf . However, Flint is a hill dwarf who hates the mountain dwarves. Denzil is described as a half-orc, while orcs do not exist in the Dragonlance continuity. The novel mentions the remains of a werewolf. Lycanthropes do not exist on Krynn. Brothers Majere , written by Kevin Stein ,
1666-586: The knight Sturm Brightblade , with whom she secretly had a child, Steel Brightblade . During the War of the Lance , Kitiara became a Dragon Highlord, with Skie as her personal dragon. She led the Blue Dragonarmy in the invasion of Solamnia. Her forces conquered most of eastern Solamnia and were prepared to attack the High Clerist's Tower, when Kitiara was recalled to meet with the Dragon Emperor Ariakas. Emperor Ariakas rejected Kitiara's plan for
1715-596: The memory of an old mage as his dying request, to search for the lost love of the old man and give her a chance to live on. Takhisis Takhisis is a fictional character from the Dragonlance universe. She is depicted as the main goddess of evil in the setting and head of the Dark Pantheon. Within the Dragonlance universe, Takhisis was a sister of Gilean and Paladine, the goddess of control and evil, consort to Sargonnas, and mother to Zeboim and Nuitari. Takhisis
1764-472: The novel is Tanis and his comrades' attempt to bring Berem—aka the Green Gem Man—to the Temple of Takhisis at Neraka so he can do something that will help seal the goddess away again. Takhisis is well-aware of Berem and sends her draconian armies and dragons to find him, because if she gets her claws on him, she'll be free and unbeatable. [...] Apparently, the column had imprisoned Takhisis and the removal of
1813-572: The soul of the deceased Kitiara, to make her spend eternity together with him. In the novel Dragons of the Highlord Skies , the second release in the Lost Chronicles, Emperor Ariakis persuades Kitiara to agree to trick the Solamnic knight Derek Crownguard into questing for a recently discovered dragon orb, so that he may become enthralled by it and then compelled to serve Ariakis. However, Kitiara
1862-408: The strongest: "Kitiara Uth Matar and the princess Laurana, are rivals for the heart of Tanis Half-Elven, but their status as romantic rivals isn't what makes them compelling characters. I'll admit that reading the books as a pre-teen, I admired Kitiara, who was sexy and manipulative (and attracted some of the most powerful male characters in the books), but also respected as a military leader and seen as
1911-610: The theme of evil is discussed again in a presentation by Dr. Stefan Ekman of Lund University in Sweden . Dr. Ekman compares Takhisis and other fantasy "dark lords," such as Lord Foul and Sauron , to the biblical Satan . In particular he states, "Even though not all of the Dark Lords above signify the ultimate source of evil, Lord Foul, the Dark One, and Takhisis certainly do. And all of them are ultimately actants, characters whose raison d’être
1960-477: The tower shortly after her fight with Dalamar) to protect her from Lord Soth. Tanis nearly did so despite the fact that he had no way to defeat the powerful death knight. However, both Dalamar and Lord Soth reminded Tanis of all he would be throwing away, and after thinking about his wife, Laurana, and the life he hoped to have with her, Tanis stood down and allowed Lord Soth to take the dying Kitiara. Having achieved what he wanted Soth then withdrew his forces from
2009-408: The tower walls. Kitiara disarmed Laurana but did not otherwise try to physically harm her. Instead Kitiara paid her respects to the fallen Sturm and taunted her rival by telling Laurana that Tanis was with her. Kitiara then returned to Flotsam only to find that Tanis had left her. Riding Skie, she pursued the half-elf's ship into the Blood Sea but failed to capture Tanis before his ship went down in
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2058-543: The two escape she had insured she would always live in Tanis's heart which would forever poison his relationship with Laurana. After the War of the Lance, Kitiara led her Dragonarmies against the city of Palanthas in a campaign known as the Blue Lady's War . She was hoping to stop her half-brother Raistlin in his quest to defeat Takhisis as she believed the goddess would greatly reward her for this service. As Kitiara's troops battled
2107-444: The war, the pivotal role she plays in it, the troops that need her in command, and the people she's supposed to protect, Laurana goes anyway, like she's the moon-eyed girl from Autumn Twilight . She's captured instantly, of course. Again, it's like Weis and Hickman knew they wanted Laurana at the Temple of Takhisis for the final act but were given 10 minutes to brainstorm on a narratively satisfying way they could make it happen, and this
2156-531: The world of Krynn in the ensuing magical battle. His brother Caramon , with the aid of a time-travelling device , dissuades him from this path; and Raistlin sacrifices himself to prevent Takhisis from leaving the Abyss. After the Chaos War , Takhisis steals the world from the rest of the gods and becomes the "One God" of the world. When the rest of the gods return to Krynn , they realize that Takhisis has gone too far. Although Sargonnas has generally been loyal to her,
2205-459: Was convinced that Tanis was with Kitiara, believed the message and felt (based on her prior encounter with Kitiara at the High Clerist's Tower where Kitiara had behaved as an honorable enemy and had not tried to harm her even after catching her in an extremely vulnerable position) that she understood Kitiara and could trust her to honor a truce, so Laurana took Bakaris to the exchange site and was promptly betrayed and captured by Kitiara's forces. With
2254-504: Was only with the help of the sivak draconian Slith that Kitiara was finally able to subdue Laurana. Kitiara and Slith dragged Laurana off into an alley, but before they could kill the elfmaid they were interrupted by none other than Lord Crownguard, leading a group of Solamnic Knights, and Elistan, a cleric of Paladine. Kitiara fled, promising Laurana they would meet again. Meanwhile, the Emperor Ariakas had become convinced that Kitiara
2303-985: Was plotting against him. He had her arrested and scheduled to be executed though Kitiara managed to escape with the help of the black robe wizardess, Iolanthe. Kitiara regained her standing with the Dragon Empire by convincing the death knight Lord Soth to ally with the Dragonarmies. Ariakas then sent Kitiara on a secret mission to the city of Flotsam to search for the Green Gemstone Man. While in Flotsam, she found Tanis disguised as one of her own soldiers and assumed that he too had enlisted. This meeting rekindled their feelings for each other, and she encouraged Tanis to stay with her as her lover. But Tanis came to his senses shortly after, and fled from Kitiara in self-disgust to rejoin his companions on their flight into
2352-516: Was responsible for the corruption of the chromatic dragons, and appeared in one form as a dragon with heads the colors of blue, black, white, red, and green. Takhisis is also referred to as Dragon Queen (among elves), Nilat the Corrupter (among the barbarians of the plains), Tamex, the False Metal (among dwarves), Mai-tat, She of Many Faces (among the people of Ergoth), Queen of Many Colors and None (among
2401-538: Was shaped by her father. According to Daniell, "Kitiara has lived on the dark side of things from an early age. Her father, who was himself a mercenary, taught her about fighting. When he left, she had to fall back on her own resources and be self-sufficient. As a result, she came to value the power of being able to do and get what she wanted." In the Ravenloft novel Knight of the Black Rose , Lord Soth wants to possess
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