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| Created by | Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman |
| First appearance | Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984) |
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| Race | God of Good |
| Alignment | Good |
| Gender | Female |
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| Homeland | The Dome of Creation |
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. Dragonlance is an immense series of Fantasy Novels, with over 190 novels printed and is accompanied by a supplemental Campaign Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. Dragonlance is an immense series of Fantasy Novels, with over 190 novels printed and is accompanied by a supplemental Campaign She was the goddess that restored knowledge of the true gods to Krynn after the Cataclysm. In the Dragonlance books the Cataclysm (Great Destruction was a catastrophic event that occurred when the Kingpriest of Istar demanded to be given godlike She is the patron of healing, hearth, love and motherhood.
Mishakal was the wife of Paladine and she is the mother of the twins Kiri-Jolith and Habbakuk, as well as Solinari. Paladine is a fictional major deity from the Dragonlance fantasy series of novels and role playing games, originally published Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. Ionthas redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Ionthas (moth. Mishakal has been the chief god of good ever since her husband Paladine chose mortality at the end of the War of Souls. She of course was against Takhisis, former head god of evil, made mortal by her husband's sacrifice and killed at the very end of the War of Souls, but she is also against Morgion and Chemosh, who destroy life as masters of respectively disease and undeath. Chemosh (ˈkimɑʃ (from Hebrew כמש, pronounced /χeˈmoʃ/ was the God of the Moabites (Num
Clerics of Mishakal were the most numerous of the clerics before the Cataclysm, and Mishakal was the most loved god by the common people. In the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game, the cleric is one of the base character classes. She brought back the gift of divine healing to the world by giving the power first to Goldmoon [1][2], who convinced the people of the return of the gods [3][4].
Written on several indestructible platinum disks are the teachings of Mishakal known as the Disks of Mishakal[5]. These were part of the dragon Khisanth's hoard in the broken city of Xak Tsaroth. They were later stolen by the Companions.
Titles and Symbols
Mishakal is also called Healing Hand, Blue Lady, Bearer of Life, Light Bringer, Healer in the Home, Empress, Ke-en, Ka-Mel-Sha, Meshal, Mesalax, Quen Illumni, Quensti Pah, Skymistress, and White Lady. Her symbol is the sign for infinity (
), and she can be viewed in the night sky over Krynn as the constellation known as Infinity[6].
References
- [1] : Dragons of Desolation, a. k. a DL1, 1st DragonLance Module, written by Tracy Hickam (1984, publisher : TSR, brand : Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
- [2] : Dragons of Autumn Twilight, by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (1984, publisher : TSR, brand : DragonLance)
- [3] : Dragons of Winter Night, by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (1985, publisher : TSR, brand : DragonLance)
- [4] : Dragons of Spring Dawning, by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (1985, publisher : TSR, brand : DragonLance)
- [5] : Dragonlance Campaign Setting
- [6] : Holy Orders of the Stars
- The Search for Power
- The Search for Magic
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| Good: | Paladine | Majere | Kiri-Jolith | Mishakal | Habbakuk | Branchala | Solinari |
| Neutral: | Gilean | Sirrion | Reorx | Chislev | Zivilyn | Shinare | Lunitari |
| Evil: | Takhisis | Sargonnas | Morgion | Chemosh | Zeboim | Hiddukel | Nuitari |
| Other: | Chaos | Mina | |||||
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