Minor detail in context here, the King Priest wasn't truly evil, that's what made him so terrifying. But he was a slave to his own paranoia and delusions of grandeur.
The redemption arc on Lord Soth is weak as hell. He should have stayed in Ravenloft, and Weiss and Hickman shouldn't have messed with their own timeline.
@@TellmeLore - He's an ideal darklord. Tragic backstory, yet completely his own fault. Plus, Weiss & Hickman ruined the Dragonlance setting, by trying to "finish" their story. At a certain point, creators have to leave their setting alone, and let the players be the ones to change the world.
Going to agree to disagree. I loved his return to krynn but hated how his character ended, was retconned, and then summarily ended again. With Mina as an extension of takhisis soth should have been her right hand. Crushing resistance and spreading terror as only he can.
@@claysmith894 - If you recall (and this goes back to the Chronicles), Soth only agreed to serve Takhisis, because he found Kitiara worthy of his allegiance. Even the grudge against his former Order couldn't rouse him. I was against the entire concept of Weiss & Hickman finishing their story to begin with. At a certain point, Krynn belongs to the players, not to the game developers, who seem to have forgoten that it is indeed a _game,_ and not their own pet project. As much as I can't stand Eberron, I must admit they do one thing right: Every adventure or campaign begins exactly two years after the last war. The timeline ends, and the D&D players are the ones who affect the world's fate from that point onward. The logical starting point for DragonLance is either during the War of the Lance, if playing the original modules (which I highly recommend, albeit with much DM tweaking), or after the events of the _Legends_ series. Three "ages" are not supposed to go by, in a span of less than 50 years. The world of Krynn a is dark age, low magic setting, painfully transforming into one of long-lost high migic. The fact that the Gods seemingly abandoned the world, both knights and magic were extremely rare and highly suspicious, and that everyone forgot that dragons ever existed, was what made Dragonlance unique. It was Warhammer Fantasy, slowly becomming Middle Earth. When Weiss & Hickman "finished" with it, it was more like Game of Thrones, Season 8 1/2-- no gods, no dragons, no magic-- a stale world, with no more epic adventures to be had... Oh wait! But suddenly, there's _another_ war coming; one that's even more or a Mormon allegory, in case nobody got it the first time. A war against "Chaos." Now it's Middle Earth (for about 25 years) morphing right back into Warhammer! Ridiculous. Preachy. Totally unnecessary. Anyway, that's my extended rant. 😀
I have just gotten to the point in the book that Lord Soth makes his appearance in Dragonlance chronicles Soth gives me Darth Vader vibes the more I learn of him
Yeah, he feels like it, agree. Though Vader was more ambitious in his conquests, Soth feels more like an introvert, who is ready to join the game, but only if somebody invites him, otherwise he'd stay in his castle and feel ok :D
Did you see anywhere in your research about Death Knights even though they are evil they will fight you with honor .I think I read this or maybe watched it somewhere. I'm curious if you've seen this also. Great video thank you.
Thanks! Yes, I touched this in my first Death Knight video too. I think they mentioned it in Ecology of Death Knight, if to be more precise. You can check links in the description. I left there a couple.
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Imagine being such a badass that strahd von zarovich is afraid to fight you in his own house and tiamat becomes your rival for a time
To put it simply, Soth is basically Darth Vader in D&D universe.
Yea kind of. When playing or DMing Death Knight character, I think Darth Vader is the closest and easiest roleplay model
This is an excellent video about Soth!!
thanks!
Excellent. Very thorough. You even made a timeline exciting. I never knew all the Ravenloft parts, or the redemption.
Excited to see who is next!
Thanks! I like the part of Ravenloft most. Its great when they do famous character crossovers
I love watching this before I go to sleep at night. Thank you so much for this amazing lore!
Thank you! This is the best. You're the best!
Lord Soth has always been one of my favorite D&D villains
20:11 In his final moments he knew it was his fate to spend eternity to search for his wife and child in the afterlife, and calmly accepted this.
Minor detail in context here, the King Priest wasn't truly evil, that's what made him so terrifying. But he was a slave to his own paranoia and delusions of grandeur.
Every day Lord Soth wakes up a new Death Meral band is born....
Another extremely entertaining video! I remember reading the dragon lace novels when I was a kid so this was very nostalgic 👍🏻
Thank you for feedback! Glad it brought you good ol'memories back
very interesting video! I was looking for a bbeg for my dnd campaign and this is perfect! can't wait to see you get your youtube play button!
Could you please do bahamut too?
If that day would come, I would do the whole documentary on Elminster in one vid haha :D
I was thinking about next series, could be Dragon lore series
The redemption arc on Lord Soth is weak as hell. He should have stayed in Ravenloft, and Weiss and Hickman shouldn't have messed with their own timeline.
Agree, the best part of Soth is Ravenloft indeed!
@@TellmeLore - He's an ideal darklord. Tragic backstory, yet completely his own fault.
Plus, Weiss & Hickman ruined the Dragonlance setting, by trying to "finish" their story. At a certain point, creators have to leave their setting alone, and let the players be the ones to change the world.
Going to agree to disagree. I loved his return to krynn but hated how his character ended, was retconned, and then summarily ended again. With Mina as an extension of takhisis soth should have been her right hand. Crushing resistance and spreading terror as only he can.
@@claysmith894 - If you recall (and this goes back to the Chronicles), Soth only agreed to serve Takhisis, because he found Kitiara worthy of his allegiance. Even the grudge against his former Order couldn't rouse him.
I was against the entire concept of Weiss & Hickman finishing their story to begin with. At a certain point, Krynn belongs to the players, not to the game developers, who seem to have forgoten that it is indeed a _game,_ and not their own pet project.
As much as I can't stand Eberron, I must admit they do one thing right: Every adventure or campaign begins exactly two years after the last war. The timeline ends, and the D&D players are the ones who affect the world's fate from that point onward.
The logical starting point for DragonLance is either during the War of the Lance, if playing the original modules (which I highly recommend, albeit with much DM tweaking), or after the events of the _Legends_ series. Three "ages" are not supposed to go by, in a span of less than 50 years.
The world of Krynn a is dark age, low magic setting, painfully transforming into one of long-lost high migic. The fact that the Gods seemingly abandoned the world, both knights and magic were extremely rare and highly suspicious, and that everyone forgot that dragons ever existed, was what made Dragonlance unique. It was Warhammer Fantasy, slowly becomming Middle Earth.
When Weiss & Hickman "finished" with it, it was more like Game of Thrones, Season 8 1/2-- no gods, no dragons, no magic-- a stale world, with no more epic adventures to be had... Oh wait! But suddenly, there's _another_ war coming; one that's even more or a Mormon allegory, in case nobody got it the first time. A war against "Chaos." Now it's Middle Earth (for about 25 years) morphing right back into Warhammer!
Ridiculous. Preachy. Totally unnecessary.
Anyway, that's my extended rant. 😀
I do enjoy how thoroughly you address these topics👍👍👍
Even as an ‘old fart’, im learning things about this game I never knew.
Again, thank you
The fact that I could share something new with a dnd veteran makes me extra happy🙂 thank you!
Thank you
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I have just gotten to the point in the book that Lord Soth makes his appearance in Dragonlance chronicles Soth gives me Darth Vader vibes the more I learn of him
Yeah, he feels like it, agree. Though Vader was more ambitious in his conquests, Soth feels more like an introvert, who is ready to join the game, but only if somebody invites him, otherwise he'd stay in his castle and feel ok :D
14:51 A curse Soth would ultimately overcome.
If Soth could have learned to just keep it in his pants a lot of his tragedy could have been avoided...what a shame lol. Another killer video!
So true!
5:34 "Decided to get pregnant with the help of witch magic..." Is this spell called "Upstairs neighbor Vasya?"
Haha, better "hey neighbour, have some spare salt?"
Did you see anywhere in your research about Death Knights even though they are evil they will fight you with honor .I think I read this or maybe watched it somewhere. I'm curious if you've seen this also. Great video thank you.
Thanks! Yes, I touched this in my first Death Knight video too. I think they mentioned it in Ecology of Death Knight, if to be more precise. You can check links in the description. I left there a couple.
@@TellmeLore ok thank you
I believe, as lawful evil they would fight with some form of honor... or some form of ‘personal beliefs’
@@dougsteingraber2417 ok thanks 👍
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Ну я просто скажу что Китиара самая лучшая. А лорана отдыхает