CARAMON MAJERE Caramon was strong from birth. He was healthy and Kitiara needed to spend little time with him to know that he would survive. As he was growing up he was always larger than others his age. That with his good looks mad him very popular among the other children. He learned from an early age how to take care of his physically weaker twin, often protecting him from the bullies that didn't like the haughty, smaller brother. He received his first sword from Kitiara who taught him how to use it properly. He later advanced this skill against the hopeful knight Sturm. Caramon was the muscle of the companions during the War of the Lance. Be it killing draconians or slamming goblin heads together, Caramon was always in the center of the fight. At the end of the war he married the barmaid and companion Tika and he started building a home for them in Solace. Soon though he fell into a deep depression over the loss of his brother, who had turned towards darker goals, and began to frequent the Inn of the Last Home more often, drinking more and more dwarf spirits. With time the mighty hero of the lance became the town drunkard. After an embarassing visit from Tanis, Tika forced Caramon to go to Wayreth for news of his brother. It was from there that Caramon travelled back in time and was forced to fight in the arena of Istar. He soon rebecame the giant of his former self and was forced to follow Raistlin/Fistandantilus through time so that the black robe could carry out his plans. Upon completing from this adventure, Caramon returned to a surprised Tika, finished building their home, and helped raise five children.

FLINT FIREFORGE Flint, a hill dwarf from Hillhome, is the proud grandson of Reghar Fireforge. His profession was metalsmithing but he liked to create many works with his hands. It was because of this ability that he was invited to visit Qualinost to trade his wares. In the elven capital he created toys for the children and met a half-elf who would become a lifetime companion, Tanis. During his travels with the companions, Flint was an inexhaustable source of complaints, mostly about "that doorknob of a kender" Tas. He also adamantly refused to ride horses or get in a boat (Caramon once almost drowned him). Although he wouldn't admit it, he had a special place in his heart for Tas and is now with the kender under a great vallenwood in the sky. Flint died of a weak heart in Godshome.

GILTHANAS KANAN Gilthanas is the younger son of the Speaker of the Sun, ruler of Qualinost. He is haughty and proud of his royal elven heritage. He never liked his sister's infatuation with Tanis Half-Elven from the beginning and didn't actually think much of Tanis himself until he grew to know him better. In Ergoth he met and fell in love with a Kagonesti woman named Silvara. It was not until they reached the Monument of the Silver Dragon that he found out that she was actually a dragon. He found this very difficult to bear but he later accepted it. The two have not been seen in many years.

GOLDMOON Goldmoon is the daughter of the Chieftain of the Que-shu tribe. She received and could use the blue crystal staff. Goldmoon was responsible for saving the lives of the companions on many occasions. She once healed Riverwind after he had been horribly mutilated by the acid breath of the black dragon Khisanth. After reading the Disks of Mishakal she became the first true cleric on Krynn since the Cataclysm. During her travels with the companions, she spread the word of the True Gods through song. There were soon many people across the world wearing the symbol of Mishakal. She married Riverwind after the slaves were freed from Pax Tharkas and later returned to her homeland to help rebuild the Que-shu tribe.

LAURANA KANAN Lauralanthalasa is the daughter of the Speaker of the Sun, the Qualinesti ruler. She became infatuated with the half-elf Tanis at a very early age, much to the dismay of both her father and her brothers Gilthanas and Porthois. When the companions visited Qualinost and brought news of the true clerics's return to Krynn, Laurana told Tanis how she felt. When the companions left she snuck out of the elven capital and secretely trailed them. She was shortly discovered and immediately saw her first battle - the heroes had run in to a giant slug. On her travels with the heroes she was forced to grow up very quickly, abandoning her childlike mannerisms. Later in the war she became known as the Golden General, helping plan attacks and raising the morale of the troups. Laurana devised the plan that upset the attack of the blue dragons against the High Clerists Tower. After the war she married Tanis and together they had Gilthas (named after her brother Gilthanas).

RAISTLIN MAJERE The name Raistlin Majere, Master of Past and Present, can instill fear in the hearts of the strongest warriors. Raistlin almost died at birth. While his twin, Caramon, was a robust, healthy baby, Raistlin was a sickly child and depended on his half-sister to get him through the first weeks of life. His ability for magic was discovered during the Red Moon Fair where he saw Waylan, an illusionist, performing slight of hand tricks along with some real but simple magic. Later that night, the small child was able to amaze his brother and sister by repeating the tricks perfectly. He was schooled by a local White Robe who was at the same time awed and scared by the young boy. Raistlin was invited to take the Test by Par-Salian when he was 21. Near the end of the Test, Raistlin saw his oxlike brother cast a lightning spell to defend his twin. Raistlin was enraged and jelous that Caramon was able to wield the magic that the frail twin held so dear and struck down his illusionary brother with a burning hands spell, ending the Test. Because of this, Par-Salian changed Raistlin's eyes to install a compassion by showing his mortality. His pupils became hourglasses, seeing time as it affected all things. People age and decay, flowers wither and die, trees rot and fall down. This was not the only change that occured however. Raistlin's skin turned gold and his hair became white. The young spell caster had made a deal with the long dead arch-mage Fistandantilus during his test. Raistlin sacraficed his body for power that he was not supposed to have. As a reward for completing the Test, Raistlin received the arcane Staff of Magius.

As time passed, Raistlin's powers grew. His robes changed from red to black and he took up residence in the cursed Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas. He could never gain as much power as he wanted though so he devised a plan to destroy Takhisis and take her place. He travelled back in time to just before the cataclysm and killed Fistandantilus to take his power. He entered the portal to the Abyss hoping to lure the Dark Queen to the mortal plane where he could destroy her. Seeing his folly, he gave the Staff of Magius to his brother to close the portal while he kept Takhisis inside, sacraficing himself for the world.

He remained in the Abyss until Caramon's son, Palin, entered and freed him. Back on the mortal plane, however, Raistlin could no longer use magic, his punishment for challanging Takhisis. At the end of the Chaos War he was forced to leave Krynn with the gods.

RIVERWIND Riverwind, grandson of Wanderer, is a stoic and good natured warrior. He is sometimes distrustful of others, though, and is often over-protective of Goldmoon. He was a poor member of the Que-shu tribe and it was for this reason that the chieftain was so angered and upset when he discovered that his daughter, Goldmoon, was in love with him. He ordered that Riverwind journey to find evidence of the True Gods in order to receive his blessing. Riverwind travelled to the ruins of Xak Tsaroth "where death flew on black wings" and was given the blue crystal staff by an apparition of the goddess Mishakal. He returned to his tribe disoriented and tired but he knew that he would now be able to wed his beloved. The chieftain saw Riverwind and was angered that the warrior was still alive and making blasphemous claims of the origin of the staff which he had given to Goldmoon. Riverwind was sentenced to stoning. Goldmoon heard of this and ran to the aid of the tribesman. The staff she held glowed bright blue and then they appeare in Solace, far away from the tribe. Here they met and joined the companions. Riverwind and Goldmoon wed after the slaves were freed from Pax Tharkas. Their children were good friends with those of Caramon and Tika Majere.

SILVARA Silvara is the sister of the silver dragon Heart who fell in love with the legendary Huma Dragonbane. She broke the oath of the dragons and travelled krynn in the guise of a Kagonesti. She met and fell in love with the elflord Gilthanas but did not tell him of her true nature. This she revieled at the Monument of the Silver Dragon, to the disappointment of Gilthanas. He later learned to love her for what she was and the two disappeared.

STURM BRIGHTBLADE Sturm was the son of a proud Solmanic family of a long line of knights. At a young age he was forced to flee with his mother when a mob attacked their castle. His father stayed to defend their home, giving his life so that his family would have time to escape to safety. Sturm was not able to grow up as a squire of a true knight but he never forgot who he was. He lived by the Code and the Measure when he was not forced or required to do so. Sturm moved to Solace where he met Caramon and Raistlin and later the rest of the companions. During the War of the Lance, his honor was constantly questioned by knights like Derek Crownguard, threatening his future in the knighthood. He finally became a knight of the crown when Laurana spoke on his behalf to Lord Gunthar. Sturm's brightest moment came when he was given the command of the knights of the crown defending the High Clerists Tower against a critical dragonarmy attack. He stood upon the walls and alone faced the highlord Kitiara and the blue Skie. He died in that battle but his effort gave the defenders the time they needed to set the Golden Generals plan into action and fend off the attack. Sturm was given a special burial and knights today visit his tomb with respect and awe. Although many would deny it, Sturm had a son named Steel. He was a valliant warrior who became a knight of Takhisis. Some believe that the mother of his child was Kitiara Uth Matar.

TANIS HALF-ELVEN Tanis Half-Elven, or Tanthalas Quisif nan-Pah, is the product of violence. His elven mother was raped by a human soldier in one of the several wars between man and elf and died soon after givin birth to him. He was raised by the Speaker of the Sun, his mother being a distant relative of the elflord, but he was never completely accepted because of his mixed heritage. In Qualinost he met and built a friendship with a dwarven smith named Flint Fireforge. Unhappy with his life amongst the elves, Tanis followed the dwarf to the tree-top town of Solace where he built a home and later met up with the Companions. One day upon returning from a visit to his homeland he heard a battle in the woods off the trail and found a woman fighting a hobgoblin. After a small misunderstanding between himself and the woman, they travelled back to Solace together. This was the beginning of his relationship with the swordswoman Kitiara. It was also the beginning of much pain for Tanis because now his heart was torn between the love of two women: Kit, and the elven princess Laurana. Tanis lead the companions during the War of the Lance. His decisions were not like those made by a general but rather like those made by a parent for he made most of them with his heart and not his head. He helped in the rescuing of the dream-torn Silvanesti, and he killed the dark cleric Ariakus. After the War of the Lance Tanis married Laurana and they had Gilthas. Tanis died in a battle defending the High Clerists Tower during the Chaos War.

TASSELHOFF BURRFOOT Undoubtably, Krynn's most famous kender is Tasselhoff Burrfoot. Tas met Flint during the Spring Festival of Solace when, after admiring a copper bracelet and then wandering off forgetting he still had it on, the dwarf grabbed the kender and accused him of thevery. Tas was a skilled mapmaker (although some of the maps he had "acuired" are from before the cataclysm) and tracker. He has also accomplished some amazing feats in his day. He destroyed one of the few remaining dragonorbs at the Council of Whitestone in order to keep the peace between the elves and knights; he traveled to the past, threatening the flow of time and the future of the world; and he drew blood from the father god Chaos with his dagger Rabbitslayer (a name Caramon gave to the small knife) in order to capture the essence of Chaos in the Gemstone of Gargath and end the Chaos War. Tas was killed in his confrontation with Chaos and is now being chased around a great vallenwood in the sky by Flint.

TIKA WEILAN MAJERE Since late childhood, Tika was given lessons in thevery. The move that changed her life forever was when she attempted to steal from Otik Sandath, proprietor of the Inn of the Last Home. Otik took pity on her and gave her shelter and a job as a barmaid to keep her out of trouble. Tika fell in love with Caramon at first sight and later followed the companions so that she could be with him. She had to develop some fighting skills to stay alive but most often she attacked with her shield since she was just as likely to injure friend as foe with her sword. After the War of the Lance she married Caramon and had five children: Tanin, Sturm, Palin, Laura, and Dezra.

USHA Usha is a human that was raised among the Irda in the northern sea. She was sent away from the island when the Irda were planning to use their magic to manipulate the graygem to protect their homes, the Irda thinking that her presence may interfere with their spellcasting. She arrived in Palanthas where she got into some trouble and met Tas. The kender, upon seeing her, told her the legend of Raistlin's Daughter because he suspected, with her golden eyes and silver hair, that she was it. Raistlin later assured her that this was not true. This was good news to Usha because she had fallen in love with Palin Majere, who would have been her cousin. In the Chaos Was, Usha used her simple thevery skills to steal the graygem from shadow demons, and caught the blood of Chaos that Tas had let loose, trapping the Father God.

PALIN MAJERE Palin Rintalaisin Majere, named after the great god Paladine, is the third child of Caramon and Tika. His family learned quickly that he had strong magical abilities but were afraid to let him develop them, thinking that he may suffer the same fate as Raistlin. Palin did learn more, though, and travelled to the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas where he took the Test. As a reward for passing, a wraith came forward and offered him the staff of Magius that had been sealed for years in Raistlin's lab. This was the only item that he owned that once belonged to his legendary uncle and he treasured it dearly, never letting it out of his sight. At the beginning of the Chaos War, in the battle that took his brothers' lives, Palin was captured by the Knights of Takhisis and was forced into the Abyss in search of Raistlin. Surprisingly, Palin succeeded in retreiving the once powerful arce-mage. He later met and fell in love with Usha, Child of the Irda. He faught in the battle against Chaos, survived, and is now learning the new form of magic that exists on Krynn.

LORD SOTH "Lord Soth was a true and noble knight of Solamnia. But he was an intensely passionate man, lacking in self-discipline, and this was his downfall. "Soth fell in love with a beautiful elfmaid, a disciple of the Kingpriest of Istar. He was married at the time, but thoughts of his wife vanished at the sight of the elfmaid's beauty. Forsaking both his sacred marriage vows and his knightly vows, Soth gave in to his passion. Lying to the girl, he seduced her and brought her to live at Dargaard Keep, promising to marry her. His wife disappeared under sinister circumstances. "The elfmaid remained true to the knight, even after she discovered his terrible misdeeds. She prayed to the Goddess Mishakal that the knight be allowed to redeem himself and, apparently, her prayers were answered. Lord Soth was given the power to prevent the Cataclysm, though it would mean sacrificing his own life. "Strenghtened by the love of the girl he had wronged, Lord Soth left for Istar, fully intending to stop the Kingpriest and restore his shattered honor. "But the knight was halted in his journey by elven women, disciples of the Kingpriest, who knew of Lord Soth's crime and threatened to ruin him. To weaken the effects of the elfmaid's love, they intimated that she had been unfaithful to him in his absence. "Soth's passions took hold of him, destroying his reason. In a jelous rage he rode back to Dargaard Keep. Opening his door, he accused the innocent girl of betraying him. Then the Cataclysm struck. The great chandelier in the entryway fell to the floor, consuming the elfmaid and her child in flames. As she died, she called down a curse upon the knight, condeming him to eternal, dreadful life. Soth and his followers perished in the fire, only to be reborn in hideous form." --Chronicles, vol.3, p.147

In the War of the Lance, Soth struck a deal with the Highlord Kitiara. He would help her and she promised to deliver Laurana's soul to him in order to make his existance easier. When Kit died before she was able to complete her part of the deal, Soth took her soul as payment. He has not been seen since.

KITIARA UTH MATAR Kitiara is the daughter of Gregor Uth Matar, a solmanic turned mercenary, and Rosamun, mother of the twins Caramon and Raistlin. Gregor taught Kit how to use a sword and showed her her first battle. At thirteen she left home to become a mercenary - she loved fighting. She gave Caramon his first sword and taught him how to use it. For a short time she and Tanis were lovers but she left him to join the dragonarmies where she rose in rank and received a loyal blue dragon named Skie. Kit was the dragonrider that struck down Sturm, who was ironically the father of her child Steel. Kit's life revolved around the need for power. She also had an unusual relationship with the death knight Soth. She was killed by Dalamar in the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas and her soul was taken by Lord Soth as a substitute for her failing to deliver Laurana to him.