They are not openly hostile to each other, but they are far from brothers now.
Flint found some evidence, and Tanis escaped from imprisonment, narrowly saving Gilthanas from being assassinated. He leaves Qualinesti fifty years prior to the War of the Lance because he does not agree with the elves on various subjects. Tanis then makes a grab for the Crown of Power which Ariakas wore; Soth attempts to take it as well. Tasslehoff agreed to tell his tale that he promised he would never tell. Upon returning to Solace, Tanis and the others are captured by Toede and sent in slave caravans to Pax Tharkas. Occupation
Tanis was then given Wyrmslayer by Kith-Kanan, an ancient elven king. Pregnant with Brand's child, Elansa goes back to Qualinost pretending she was raped to protect her and Tanis. Dragonlance Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Tanis and Flint met up with Tas, Caramon, Sturm, and Raistlin at a destroyed Aghar village at the foot of Cloudseeker. She accepts, and brings him to the meeting of the Dragon Highlord's to be presented to the Dark Queen though in fact Kitiara plans to betray Tanis as she has already promised Laurana's soul to the death knight, Lord Soth. Tanis's face is finely chiseled with a neatly groomed beard, although he appears gaunt. In addition, Kitiara has left a letter saying she will not be there.
Tanis married Laurana in 353 AC, and on the wedding day, Tas nearly traded the wedding rings to a street urchin for a jar of tadpoles. Tanis refuses Kit's offer, telling Kitiara he will protect Laurana with his life. Tanis leads the companions off to Tarsis, where the dragons attack. Half Elf Race
The first account is the Chronicles Trilogy, which states that Tanis was a product of rape.
Tanis lives because of his love of Laurana, and Raistlin because of his ambition. Goldmoon sings an enchanting song, which just about starts a riot. Tanis did this despite the fact that Laurana still believed Tanis and her were engaged to be married. Laurana Kanan This event was to honor Owen Glendower for being the first person to use the dragonlance in battle during the War of the Lance. Both agree that Tanis was born in Qualinost, in 258 A.C. The guy?s supposed to have charisma out the yahoo, and while that?s an interesting take for a half-elf fighter character, it sure doesn?t make sense the way the guy?s been written. Tanis also begins to feel a renewed attraction to Laurana, who has become much more mature since leaving Qualinesti. His mother, Elansa Sungold, originally was kidnapped by Brand's brigands, however later fell in love with him, resulting in Tanis. Tanis felt isolated growing up as a half-human amongst the elves and was only really close to Gilthanas and Laurana. Tanis was branded an outlaw and told never to return to Qualinesti. "Dragons of the Highlord Skies", Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance, "Fantasy Roleplaying: Heroes of the Lance", "The first Dragonlance novels gave Dungeons & Dragons a new dimension", "Why Dragonlance should be the next fantasy film franchise", Player's Guide to the Dragonlance Campaign, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanis_Half-Elven&oldid=981516251, Articles that may be too long from July 2019, Dungeons & Dragons articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 19:51. Tanis had met Flint years earlier when the dwarf had come to Qualinost to craft items for Solostaran and the two had developed a friendship. Nationality
Gadar wanted Tanis to come to him so the mage could use his life essence to sustain him. Upon returning to Solace, Tanis and the others are captured by Toede and sent in slave caravans to Pax Tharkas.
In approximately the year 353 AC, Tanis takes Laurana as his bride and she bears a son, Gilthas.
He journeys to the High Clerist's Tower and defends it from the Knights of Takhisis and the Tarmaks. This may have emerged from the sudden shock that she was given after she chased Tanis into the Sla-Mori. 249 AC He saves Steel Brightblade's life there, upholding the promise he made to the spirit of Sturm Brightblade.
Lord Soth appears soon after.
Tanis Half-Elven is a fictional half-elven character in the Dragonlance series of books, which were published by TSR, and are now published by Wizards of the Coast. According to one such account, Elansa claimed that her time with Brand was not rape, and that she chose to live instead of killing herself from the shame of being with a human. However, he has taken on the elven state of mind that killing is wrong. The boy asks Tanis for permission to die, and Tanis grants it holding the boy until he passed away. Silvanoshei, son of Porthios and Alhana, is technically his nephew.
He was the son of Elansa Kanan, wife to prince Kethranan - the younger brother of the Speaker of the Sun. In the Sla-Mori, the companions encounter a great slug monster that melts Tanis's sword, when he was momentarily distracted by Laurana, who had followed them. Tanis chases after Laurana as she fights her way out of the temple. However, Tanis again quarrels with Laurana due to his jealousy of her close friendship with the cleric of Paladine, Elistan, who Laurana is helping lead the refugees. In Late Winter, 345 AC a bird by the name of Wren came to the Companions seeking their help.
Caramon Majere respects him greatly. The violent nature of his conception, the nature of his birth, and the choice of his mother to die from shock after her assault all influenced the way the elves regarded Tanis and shaped his developmental years. Tanis is summoned to Palanthas some three years after his marriage and is told of Raistlin Majere's plan to destroy Takhisis and take her place as head god of evil. Tanis, Flint, Tas, Caramon, Tika, and Berem go to Neraka, to rescue Laurana. Luckily, Tasslehoff intervenes and saved Tanis from Soth by convincing him not to fight. Tanis Half-Elven is a fictional half-elven character in the Dragonlance series of books,[1] which were published by TSR, and are now published by Wizards of the Coast.
Following Goldmoon and Riverwind's wedding, Tanis and Flint went ahead of the refugees to Thorbardin, leaving clues behind for Riverwind to follow with the refugees.
They manage to bring to Steel to the High Clerist's Tower, but he will not leave the Knights of Takhisis. He had high, chiseled cheekbones, a lean and muscled torso, and brooding eyes that he got from his mother. In the Autumn, 329 AC Flint and Tanis enter a forest and run into a female human named Riana.
Tanis is then reunited with his childhood sweetheart, the elven princess Laurana.
Instead Laurana attacks Kitiara, stealing Kit's weapon and knocking the Highlord down. Class Here the story is elaborated on: his mother, Elansa Sungold, was originally kidnapped by Brand's brigands, however, she later fell in love with him, resulting in Tanis. Flint dies on the way there, suffering a heart attack. Tanis and Laurana then become emissaries between Qualinesti, Silvanesti and the Knights of Solamnia. Tanthalas was also known as Tanis of Qualinost, Tanis, Tan, and Half-Elven.
Tanis tackled Gadar, and soon discovered Gadar's young son who looked to be between 12-13 years old, but was much, much older.
Tanis met Tasslehoff Burrfoot (Tas) when the light-fingered kender tried to steal one of Flint's bracelets.
Sturm and Tanis left to find firewood, and soon find themselves lost. Even though he doesn't believe in the old gods, he has been searching for them, hoping to find some since of “him-self” along the way.
[4], The novel Tanis, the Shadow Years by Barbara and Scott Siegel takes place during the five-year period prior to the reunion of the Companions at Solace. Tanis however rejects Laurana, telling her that he is in love with the human woman Kitiara. Tasslehoff saw Tanis's death at Lord Soth's hands in an alternate future, and was able to stop Tanis from fighting Lord Soth.
He detests fighting, but whereas the elves believe that life should be preserved, Tanis believes that there are times when killing is needed, such as the battle with Verminaard.
Tanis would be rescued by Flint when the dwarf burst in while the mage was casting the spell for Tanis's life essence.
The Companions freed eight hundred refugees from Pax Tharkas, and just before they left, Tanis formed work parties for the people to gather supplies from the fortress before they fled.
Kit allows him to free Laurana, but Laurana refuses to go with him.
The companions are sent to Kalaman afterwards. During the toast, Caramon forgot Tanis's name. "[12], Lauren Davis of io9 notes that while the heroes of the series "are searching for truth, each of these individuals is deeply flawed", and that Tanis "is consumed by his inability to fit completely into either the human or elven worlds".[13]. Gilthanas, Tanis's cousin to some extent, seems also to have this state of mind, as does Porthios. Qualinesti Abanasinian The woman, Goldmoon, carries a Blue Crystal Staff, which Toede had mentioned to Tanis. Tanis, Raistlin, Caramon, Tika, Goldmoon, and Riverwind split off with the others after being rescued from Tarsis by the Silvanesti elf princess Alhana Starbreeze, who forces them to go to Silvanesti with her to free her father, King Lorac, from the dream and the dragon orb. He is presented with a breastplate by the Knights as well. It is also described in the first chapter of Kindred Spirits. An old man there also tells a story of Huma Dragonbane and the White Stag. Cassada, Jackie (June 15, 2007).
This fight led to the end of Tanis's friendship with Gilthanas and Tanis decided to leave Qualinesti. Tanis traveled to the nearby town of Solace where he began to work for the dwarven metalsmith Flint Fireforge.
Laurana then pushes Tanis off the ledge when he tries to stop her from running off. Eld Ailea named him "tanthalas" which could mean "everstrong" in the human tongue, but could also mean "deserving to rule" in elven. This fight led to the end of the friendship between Tanis and Gilthanas, as Tanis decided to leave Qualinost. Tanis was roughly six feet tall, wide-set, with tan skin, green eyes, and shoulder-length brownish-red hair that was streaked with silver in his later years. They journeyed to Qualinesti and were given a mission to break into Pax Tharkas and free the prisoners. He falls into the charade of being her officer, and she accepts him up onto her dragon, however she does not see the others, so she believes Tanis is alone. Tanis instead enters the Tower of High Sorcery along with Caramon and is able to save Dalamar from Kitiara, who is, at the time, mortally wounded.
The companions enter Pax Tharkas and free the slaves. Tanis then attempts to tell the people of this order of knights, but few believe him. Once in Neraka, he met Kitiara again and offered to trade himself for the captured Laurana. Laurana remains defiant though and Tanis, seeing her courage and beauty, finally realizes it is Laurana he loves not Kitiara. His human companions often looked to him for advice, making him the reluctant leader of the group which became the Heroes of the Lance. Birth A notable weapon of his, the Wyrmslayer, was given to him by the dead Elven King Kith-Kanan.
Tas had played his pipe which brought in a rabbit, deer, and ram along with Sturm and Tanis. He is about six feet in height, with a medium-large frame.
In the Autumn of 378 AC, Caramon asked Tanis to help him try to bring Sturm's son Steel Brightblade back to the side of good. The vest has a design worked into it, as does his dagger scabbard.