The Irda are a fictional species in the fantasy world of Dragonlance. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. A fantasy world is a type of Imaginary world, part of a Fictional universe used in Fantasy novels and games Dragonlance is an immense series of Fantasy Novels, with over 190 novels printed and is accompanied by a supplemental Campaign They are the first born of the Evil gods, and also the ancient predecessors of the contemporary Ogres. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs
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Physical description
Irda are tall, graceful, humanoid creatures with typically slender frames in females, with muscular but slender male counterparts. Their skin ranges from light green and blue shades to dark, almost black skin. Eye color among the Irda being black, grey, blue, silver or green, the hair is of any shade and of a silver hue. Irda are inherently magical and can cast spells very naturally. They are singular and contemplative, keeping to themselves most of the time. Irda possess the ability to shapeshift, an ability which they use often when traveling upon Krynn, for all other races fear them. Krynn is the Fictional world of the Dragonlance setting Creation Takhisis, the head god of evil duped her brothers into condoning The Irda have incredibly long lives, and Raistlin Majere was said to have exclaimed, when he met an Irda, that they did not age in his eyes, which saw the world as constantly dying. Raistlin Majere is a Fictional character from the Dragonlance series of Books created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman In ancient times the Irda culture promoted the sporting of luxurious rich fabrics and jewelery in their clothing, but upon the rebirth of their culture, and adoption of worship to the Gods of Good, they wore fine light linen clothing of white, blue or grey color.
The Valin
The Irda do not commonly associate with each other, preferring separation from each other. The wise among the Irda saw this as a problem for mating reasons; if the Irda did not interact, there would be no children and the race would die. They invented the Valin, a magical bond that was created between two Irda without consent. The bond linked their very souls, and the only way to lift it was for the female to bear the male's child. If the two Irda refused, they would undergo horrendous physical torment that generally led to death. Out of necessity, most Irda give into the Valin, decide what is best for the child, and then go their separate ways. Most Irda are only affected by the Valin once in their lifetime.
The short story "Raistlin's Daughter" details a rare occasion when the Valin is inflicted upon an Irda and Raistlin Majere, who eventually surrender to the Valin in a cave in Wayreth Forest. Raistlin later reveals the story to be just a rumor.
History
The ogres were first created on the world of Krynn by the evil goddess Takhisis. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, rather being simply large brutes with clubs Krynn is the Fictional world of the Dragonlance setting Creation Takhisis, the head god of evil duped her brothers into condoning Takhisis is a Fictional character from the Dragonlance universe Cruel, long lived, extremely powerful both physically and magically, they were able to overcome the elves, children of the gods of good, and the humans, children of the gods of neutrality. An elf is a creature of Norse mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. As elves could not work in the mines extracting precious gemstones, the ogres began enslaving humans. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive Mineral, which &mdash when cut and polished &mdash
Their strict society considered races other than the ogre to be insignificant. However, an incident in one of those mines in which Everlyn, the daughter of Igraine, a governor of an ogre province, became trapped in a cave-in, triggered a series of events which lead to the splitting of the ogre society.
Eadamm, a human slave, refused to follow Igraine's orders to abandon the cave, and with several other slaves rescued Everlyn. Igraine not only decided to refuse to execute the human, but befriended him, learning about human traditions. Better understanding them, he was able to give human slaves a better treatment, increasing the profits of his region.
After these events were discovered, the Ruling Council of the ogres charged Igraine with treason, ordering to execute him. He fled Takar, capital of the ogre empire, along with the ogres who sided with him and, after defeating several attempts to capture them thanks to the human slaves who sided with the exiled, reached Schall Bay. An empire (from the Latin " Imperium " denoting military Command within the ancient Roman government) is a State that
As punishment, Hiddukel and all the gods of evil punished them, killing many of them with a fire rain, abandoning them. Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. The goddess Mishakal took pity on these ogres and gave them a magical island to settle in, far away from Ansalon, said to be near the Dragon Isles. Mishakal is the goddess of healing in the fictional Dragonlance setting first true god (of good introduced in the roleplaying modules as well as the novels An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Ansalon is a continent on Krynn, the Fictional world of the Dragonlance setting However, in order to retain their magical abilities and beauty, the Irda were forced to relieve themselves of social contact, resulting in their isolation from the rest of Krynn's races and the distancing of themselves from each other.
In addition, since the Irda were not evil as were the other ogres, they were permitted to keep their slender bodies while the rest of the ogres were given hideous shapes by Takhisis in her rage. Takhisis is a Fictional character from the Dragonlance universe Igraine himself used the term irda to describe his group of followers for the first time.
"And the baby was beautiful, as beautiful as her mother. For it is said that, in the ancient days before they grew self-centered and seduced by evil, the most beautiful of all races ever created by the gods was the ogre. . . . " - Raistlin's Daughter
Irda shunned any contact with the other races, using their shapechanging abilities to disguise themselves, hiding their isle with a magical fog, and limiting travelling in Ansalon.
Involvement during the Chaos War
While preparing the invasion of Ansalon, the Knights of Takhisis set an expedition to investigate an island north of the continent. Ansalon is a continent on Krynn, the Fictional world of the Dragonlance setting In the Dragonlance Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the Knights of Neraka is a lawful Finding the isle inhabitated by a very primitive culture, they decided the isle was of no consequence to them and left.
The inhabitants of the isle, the Irda, were afraid the expedition may be followed by a conquering force, and decided to protect the isle by using the stored magical energy found in the Greygem of Gargath. The following are fictional artifacts from the Dragonlance universe Although the Irda controlled very powerful magic, they were corrupted by the innate force of Chaos, which led them to the right means to break the stone. Chaos is a Fictional deity in the Dragonlance universe who is also known as Ionthas
After being freed, Chaos destroyed most of the island, vanquishing the Irda from the face of Krynn. This began the Second Cataclysm. The Chaos War, also known as the Second Cataclysm, is a Fictional war in the Dragonlance setting
References
- ^ Weis, Margaret [1989]. Margaret Edith Weis (born March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri, United States) is a fantasy novelist who along with Dragonlance Legends Collector's Edition, Tracy Hickman, 1st edition, Wizards of the Coast. Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955 Salt Lake City is a best-selling fantasy Author, best known for his work on Dragonlance ISBN 0-1401-2698-8.
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2002). The Second Generation. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2694-5.
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2002). Dragons of Summer Flame. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2708-9.
- Linda P. Baker (1995). The Irda: The Lost Histories, vol. II. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-0138-1.
- Margaret Weis; Tracy Hickman (2000). More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1516-1.
- Margaret Weis; Dezra Despain. Raistlin's Daughter.
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