Palin Majere | DragonLance Saga

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Transcript
He had the makings of the greatest wizard on Krynn, then Chaos came…
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about Palin Majere. I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. I am referencing Second Generation, Dragons of Summer Flame, Dragonlance: Fifth Age Dragmatic Adventure Game and the War of Souls for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below!
Discussion
I think you would struggle to find someone who was let down more, yet stood in the face of loss, torture, gods, chaos and through it all inspired so many, and at the age of 59, walked away from the very obsession that drove him from birth. Palin Majere is the son of Tika Waylan Majere and Caramon Majere. As a child he was regaled with stories of his fathers adventures as a member of the Heroes of the Lance, and those of his uncle, Raistlin Majere, the most powerful wizard Krynn has ever known. He was led to believe that Raistlin sacrificed himself for Krynn, and with that knowledge Palin held him up on a pedestal. This heritage of magic, mixed with his raw talent placed him firmly on the path of the Magi, to the dismay of his parents, especially his father Caramon who wanted his son as far away from what he believed was the downfall of his twin brother Raistlin. I wonder if Palin would have been so insistent if Raistlin wasn’t his uncle?

Palin would not be deterred however, and when the Orders of High Sorcery conspired to present Palin with his Test of High Sorcery, they unintentionally awoke Raistlin Majere from his peace in sleep granted to him by Paladine. Raistlin truly believed that Palin would become an even greater Wizard than he himself had, and gifted him the Staff of Magius after completing his test. Raistlin would go to sleep again, but he would always hang over Palin’s thoughts and actions, and eventually return from death one last time. Palin could be said to be the very catalyst for the Chaos War, as if it weren't for him and his twin brothers Tanin and Sturm joining Dougan Redhammer in his attempt to steal back the Graygem, the Irda would never have laid their hands on it in the first place, and then broken it open, releasing Chaos. There is a fair amount of Irony that Palin was the keystone for the disappearance of magic, the very thing he devoted his life to.

Though the events preceding the Chaos War would mean the death of his brothers when the Knights of Takhisis invaded Ansalon, it would also lead him to his future wife, the love of his life Usha. He would discover in the end that he was just another puppet in Takhisis’ schemes, chasing that which she wanted him to chase. With the help of his uncle Raistlin, his cousin Steel Brightblade and Tasslehoff Burrfoot, Palin and Usha would travel to the Abyss, and together they would all defeat Chaos. The gods would leave Krynn to save it, all except for that wiley Queen of Darkness, who stole the world, appearing to Palin as both Paladine and Raistlin, and telling him that there is still magic on Krynn, it just needs to be discovered. And when it took him too long to discover it, Takhisis would appear to him again as the Shadow Sorcerer and teach both Palin and Dalamar Primal Sorcery, or Wild Magic. This was the primordial Magic that was instilled in Krynn upon creation. It was incredibly difficult to tap into and to reliably use, but it was all they had. Palin would go on to disband the Orders of High Sorcery, and build the Academy of Sorcery in 412 AC...

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Thank you for watching this Dragonlance Setting episode. What do you think about Palin Majere? Was he truly a talented Wizard on par with his uncle? Would he ever have discovered Sorcery in the Fifth Age if it weren't for the Shadow Sorcerer (Takhisis)? Leave a comment below!

[PinkAwesome]

The last bit of this video is incredibly insightful and why I watch your channel. You hit the nail on the head why this series reverberates so, the raw humanity of it. Thankyou for reminding me why Dragonlance is so special.

[trieze]

Wow. That was a deep look at Palin. Good for you.

[aedwardsss]

Miss these. I hardly have any time to listen in on your wonderful discussions

[talabastidas]

Just as the message of "Soul": what trully matters is life itself and the joy of living and feeling all the beautiful things that surround us. Great job!

[CANDROU]

I remembered the comment I was gonna make before your great message at the end of this vid turned me into a sentimental old fool. There are a ton of similarities between DL and Star Wars and Palin Majere is another example. He's like the Luke Skywalker of Dragonlance. His close relative (uncle for Palin, father for Luke) used "magic" to become ultra powerful and used that power for evil. Luke/Palin actually exceeded them in many ways as well as redeemed them (Raistlin said as much during Palin's test). And they both had their hands damaged. Eh? What's that you say, I have too much time on my hands?

[Wrek]

I've spoken to recovered addicts. Chase the dragon. Wow. Raistlin really was the most legendary junky! 🤣 Keep up the great work!

[brotherofastudio]

This was a great video about the character. The lesson about pursuing what actually does make you happy is very true, I wish that it didn't seemingly come with the implication that you need to pick between magic and family but that's just me. I'm very thankful you used one of my suggestions, I hope the others will appear as well but I'll just have to wait and see.

[CANDROU]

That last part of the vid made me forget my initial comment. That really resonated with me and gave me goosebumps. Definitely makes me reflect and will persist. Beautifully said my friend!

[perretecartago]

Me encanta DragonLance. Qué pena que no existan canales así en español

[AFCManUk]

It will be very interesting to see what happens to all these characters, like Palin and Steel, should Weis and Hickman continue to write more new Dragonlance adventures, now that the events of Dragons of Summer Flame, the whole Fifth Age and the War of Souls essentially never happened and the world of Krynn has been completely reset to a point in time just after 'Test of the Twins', with the most recent trilogy of novels.

[shalifi]

I got the impression Palin realized that his Uncle was afraid what happed to his mother, his own grandmother. Would happen to him if he didn't master magic. That it would consume and kill him. Conscious or not I think that's a true statement about Raistlin and his motivations.
Also I believe Raistlin was at least a journeymen healer with herbs? Maybe master. He did work for years as an apprentice I remember. I might reread some books. 😃

[Sykdude]

I always hated the 5th Age sorcery stuff and Palin saying no to Solitari at the end of the War of Souls. But, his son Ulin the dragon mage and Sunrise the gold dragon always captivated me as a kid reading the Heroes of the Heart books.

[Roninlorda]

As happy as I am that they are releasing 3 more novels I do wish they would write some more stories that could be expanded on. More on the mages after the Gods came back. I mean there was a novel and stories of various mages and when they got magic back but they could keep going with that story. I would love to read more about the elves in their new homeland and even the elves fighting the minitours in Sil. even the new ogre empire.