The Irda | DragonLance Saga
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Transcript
When you think of ogres, you inevitably conjure images of giant, monstrous, thick skulled brutes. But on Krynn, you would be only thinking of a tiny fraction of what ogres truly are.
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about The Irda ogres. I would like to take a moment and thank my collaborator patrons, the Heroes of the Lance, and invite you to consider becoming a patron or member of this channel by visiting the links in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. This episode is primarily informed by the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition resource book, DLR1 Otherlands, but extensive information is also pulled from the various Dungeons & Dragons edition campaign sourcebooks.
Discussion
In the Age of Dreams, the ogres believe they were the first-born after Dragons. They were tall, handsome and strong. They were created by Takhisis as her favored children and were seemingly immortal. The ogres were a proud race-with a dark grace and cold beauty was unsurpassed by anything on Krynn. They were distrustful of others, so when they came across the graceful elves, brooding dwarves and industrious humans, they met them with anger and then violence. Their hearts were cold and bent toward evil. They enslaved Marans or barbarian humans and used them to build their mighty nation of Cold Stone. Then Igrane came on the scene. Igraine was governor of the northern lands of Khal-Theraxian. In a mine collapse which he barely escaped, his daughter became trapped, and his slave disobeyed his orders of evacuation to save Igraine’s daughter. The slave was put in chains and taken to the royal manor for execution due to his disobedience. Igrane was supposed to slay the human, but instead he learned the concepts of compassion and free will from him, and would eventually flee the ogre nation. He was wiser than all, save the noble dragons, and taught the ogres another way. He taught that violence would inevitably lead to death or enslavement, and he would forge a different path. A path of peace and kindness. He rejected the inherent evil and violence within his race and a clan of ogres followed him. His new philosophy was inspired by humanity, through the power of choice. Igrane chose to try and live in wisdom and faith in the freedom of choice.
With the slave uprising due to Igraine’s Heresy, the ogre nation fell. The ogre race was split, and ‘the evil ones chose to war with Igrane’s clan. Ultimately the goddess Mishakal saw Igrane’s plight and granted them the ability to shapeshift, so they could exist in safety. Igrane’s clan followed him to the sea where they sailed away in a single great canoe through storm and struggle. In Igrane’s absence the ogres would degenerate over the centuries through their corruption. Some may see it as inevitable with Takhisis as their mother, but they would war with each other as much as with the other races on Krynn. Igrane and his clan would finally arrive at a great island. Igrane passed his authority to his daughter and retired into the mountains. He returned to his people centuries later with his great book, the Irdanaiath. He renamed his people the Irda, which means “the Gentle Ones”, and then he died. The Irda would live in peace for centuries. They were a magical race whose powers were fed by the Age of Dreams from which they emerged. They built their civilization in the glorious northern sea, free from the troubles of the world. And their island was named Anaiatha
The Irdanaiath was never intended to be a sacred book, but rather a philosophical stepping off point. Igrane refused to allow it to be copied, but anyone who wanted to read it, simply had to travel to its location and do so. They could then interpret its passages as they saw fit, and debate its meaning with others who have read its text. It was simply meant to be advice and opinions from a wise man, rather than a set of commandments. The Irdanaiath’s overarching theme is that the individual must be knowledgeable and full of love in order to become happy and prosperous...
there were high ogres on the other continent as well - they lived in a giant walled off city there but were burlier.
I also wrote all the high ogre info in the dragonlance lexicon :)
That's awesome!
Oh, Krynnspace would be a nice topic to cover - always fun to hear how the plague of tinker gnomes spread to other setting via spelljammer :D
Irda are a great unique race to Krynn, yet a bit to many off-shots make it overly complicated. Their magical and shape shifting abilties made them good NPCs and their peaceful nature a challenge to play.
It's a challenge, unless players disregard their nature, and only take the race for their shapeshifting powers (which they _will)._ In my day, the big murder hobo trope was the chaotic-evil halfling assassin.
I have to do some research on Speljammer for that one!
Simple. As it is done in reality those who chose to be violent in all it's corruption & perversion survive getting shot & such wether they like it or not, tried, convicted & imprisoned in a dungeon. Not a generalized population or confinement due to a lack of facilities in the first place....that is due to a lack of sobriety/vegan as ever......dungeon.
You'll notice they are fearful, hateful, insulting, mocking, indifferent or each per species having been witnessed having killed outright or molested at all for that matter.
A Irda that is a grand champion martial artist & scientist is the perfect example of our species prior to schism.
Great work as always. You really do great with giving life to these ideas.
Could you go more in detail on Irda? As in the different versions and islands they live on with a sequel video?
Thanks
Joshua
I talk about them in my lost lands of Krynn video
I dislike the fact that the Irda have slight builds and pointy ears in the official art. Makes them seem like another subspecies of elf. I wanted them to look like beautiful, statuesque and physically powerful. So I use art from India representing blue-skinned heroes and gods to represent the glory of the Irda.
Another change I made is to use "Mischta" (twilight people) to represent both the Irda and the Nzunta. Dark Irda are too good as villains to keep them isolated to Selasia.
You could have the Dark Irda get in a ship and meet up with the Ogre Titans...
It's the Irda (also Mischta and Nzunta) are the "tiny fraction" of ogre-kind, not the standard ogre. Their populations are barely enough to replenish themselves.
Takhisis did not create them. Evil cannot create true life (just ask Raistlin!). She corrupted their hearts, using the Sword of Tears, and twisted their appearance-- and apparently, their very genes, since the Nzunta still suffer the occasional birth of a child with characteristics of the Orughi (sea ogres).
Once again, this is all from memory. Pretty sure I even got the spelling right. :-D
I was referencing the text, so the information is accurate. Next week is the other side of Ogres....
My favorite race in Krynn! Cuelos was my cleric. TheOtherlands book does not do a good job of visually representing them. Loved the memories associated to this race and Dragonlance as a whole within your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! I never played an Irda, and I agree with the illustrations...
i loved the quote from Summer flame. Tass is the best.
I totally agree.
I really hope the new book series has their come back in the works.
I am not sure I understand what you mean.
@@DLSaga I corrected that jumble I put above. After dragons of summer flame it was believed that were wiped out.
Isn't it Irda as in "earda" since there is no vowel after the "r"?
Example: irresistible Vs ivory
It’s however you want to pronounce it. With regional dialects, unless the writers themselves spec it, it’s up to the reader.
A Irda monk/rogue/bard......
Whoa
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