Goldmoon

DL character
name = Goldmoon


caption = Goldmoon riding a pegasus on her way to Xak Tsaroth. Illustration by Clyde Caldwell.
alias = Goldmoon of the Que Shu
class = Cleric
title =

High Priestess of the Que Shu tribe

Cleric of Mishakal
homeland = Que Shu
race = Nomad
gender = Female
creator = Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
debut = "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" (1984)

Goldmoon (also known as "Goldmoon of the Que Shu tribe" or just "Goldmoon of the Que Shu") is a fictional character from the "Dragonlance" fantasy series of novels and role playing games, originally published by TSR, Inc. and later by Wizards of the Coast.

Introduced in the first book of the original Chronicles Trilogy, "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in 1984; Goldmoon has became a recurring character for over 16 years in multiple "Dragonlance" novels and series, either as a protagonist or as a supporting character.

Character background

According to Patrick Lucien Price, author of the "Bertrem's essay on numerology" section published in "Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home" (1987), Goldmoon was designed to be a kind and understanding female barbarian, who loved to travel, advise, and take care of others. As a high profile member of her community, she was a natural speaker, able to inspire others to reach for their goals.cite book
author = Patrick Lucien Price
coauthors = Michael Williams, Kevin Swan, William Wells, Roger E. Moore, Jeff Grubb, Doug Niles, Kate Novak, Mike Breault, Michael Dobson, Bruce Heard, Harold Johnson, Mary Kirchoff and Kris Bartyzel
editor = edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
others = developed by Mary Kirchoff, designed by Kristine Bartyzel
title = Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home
origyear = 1987
origmonth = February
edition = 2nd edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-88038-465-4
pages = 173
chapter = Bertrem's essay on numerology]

The "Dragonlance" novels do not cover Goldmoon's childhood, although her birth date, February 5, 322 A.C. ("Alt Cataclius" or "After Cataclysm") can be found in the "Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home" source book. Different novels and short stories agree that her parents are Arrowthorn, Chieftain of the Que Shu—a tribe located in the plains of Abanasinia, a desolate area in the central western area of Ansalon in the fictional world of Krynn—and Tearsong, deceased high priestess of the tribe.

The short story "Heart of Goldmoon", written by Laura Hickman and Kate Novak and published in the "Love and War" (1987) recompilation, gives insight about her life after her mother died, explaining that the Que Shu community is built around the figure of a high priestess, and whoever marries the priestess becomes Chieftain of the tribe, with the first daughter of the couple becoming the next priestess.cite book
last = Pierson
first = Chris
authorlink = Chris Pierson
title = Spirit of the Wind
origyear = 1998
origmonth = July
edition = 1st edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1174-3
pages = 79
chapter = Chapter 6] The focus of the story is Goldmoon journeying to the "Hall of the Sleeping Spirits", the place where the tombs of her ancestors are kept, to commune with their spirits in order to become the high priestess of the tribe. The journey ends with an exchange of confirmation of love between Goldmoon and Riverwind, a shepherd who was acting as her bodyguard during the travel, as well as the meeting between Goldmoon and Tearsong's spirit, in which Goldmoon is taught about the ancient gods and given a task in the name of Mishakal, goddess of healing, which she later fulfills.cite book
author = Harold Bakst
coauthors = Nancy Varian Berberick, Tonya R. Carter, Dezra Despain, Laura Hickman, Richard Knaak, Kate Novak, Nick O'Donohoe, Kevin D. Randle, Barbara Siegel, Scott Siegel, Paul B. Thompson, Michael Williams
editor = edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
title = Love and War
origyear = 1989
origmonth = October
edition = 9th edition
year = 1987
publisher = TSR
id = ISBN 0-88038-519-7
pages = 261
chapter = Heart of Goldmoon] At the end of the short story it is stated that Riverwind will be taking the "Courting quest", a task he must finish before being able to marry Goldmoon.

Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook explain this quest in the novel "Riverwind the Plainsman" (1990), from the "Tales" series, in which he succeeded in bringing back a Blue Crystal Staff, proof that the ancient gods existed.cite book
author = Paul B. Thompson
coauthors = Tonya C. Cook
title = Riverwind the Plainsman
origyear = 1990
origmonth = January
edition = 1st edition
year = 1987
publisher = TSR
id = ISBN 0-7869-3009-8
pages = 300, 310-313
chapter = Chapter 26, "Whom the gods favor is a hero born—Astinus, the Iconochronous"] However, the staff was not accepted as a valid proof by the tribe, and as related by Weis and Hickman in "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" (1984), moments before he was stoned by the tribe, Goldmoon embraced him, and they both vanish from the village.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of Autumn Twilight
origyear = 1984
origmonth = April
edition = 4th edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1574-9
pages = 35
chapter = Chapter 3, "Knight of Solamnia. The old man's party."] Reappearing just outside the city of Solace, they decide to travel, to look for someone who could tell them more about the staff, which marks the proper beginning of the "Chronicles" trilogy.

Development through the series

Chronicles trilogy

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman introduce Goldmoon in chapter 3 of "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" (1984), titled "Knight of Solamnia. The old man's party." She is presented as a heavily cloaked, silvery-gold haired woman carrying a plain staff, accompanied by a tall stone-faced barbarian. The authors explain that shortly after their arrival to the Inn of the Last Home a fight breaks out and the true nature of her healing staff is revealed, forcing the barbarians and a group of friends to run away. It is after escaping with the barbarians that the friends realize Goldmoon's desire of traveling to Haven, where she hoped the "Seekers", priests who were in search of the old gods but degenerated into a political movement, would be able to teach her about the healing staff.

In the following chapters, Weis and Hickman continue to make the female barbarian the main focus of the story, stating that she discovered two constellations were missing from the firmament, and then revisiting when the staff protected Riverwind when the tribe was going to stone him. However, her protagonism fades in the battle sequences that follow, where she is protected by Riverwind, Sturm Brightblade, a Squire of the Knights of Solamnia and Tanis Half-Elven, the leader of the group. This behavior becomes constant throughout the rest of the series.

The authors give the story a harder push when they explain the group, later known as the Heroes of the Lance, travels to Xak Tsaroth, which is the broken city where Riverwind previously found the magical staff. The sixteenth chapter, "A bitter choice. The greatest gift." presents the earlier conversation between Goldmoon and her deceased mother, Tearsong, and an appearance of Mishakal, goddess of healing and protector of the "Blue Crystal Staff" Goldmoon carries, in which she explains the different sacrifices Goldmoon must do in order to obtain the goddess' gift and the tasks she must fulfill, including the retrieval of the Disks of Mishakal, a sacred book of platinum with the teachings of Paladine, highest god of light in Krynn within it.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of Autumn Twilight
origyear = 1984
origmonth = April
edition = 4th edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1574-9
pages = 177
chapter = Chapter 15, Escape. The well. Death on black wings.] The novel continues, indicating that Goldmoon receives the power of healing before the goddess departs, which Goldmoon promptly uses to save a mortally wounded Riverwind after an encounter against Khisanth, a black dragon protecting the broken city.

Goldmoon reaches the peak of attention when the authors write about her apparent sacrifice to defeat Khisanth, during the retrieval of the "Disks of Mishakal". However, it is soon explained that her sacrifice was the last test the goddess Mishakal needed from her, and as the group nears the exit of the dungeon, they find Goldmoon waiting for them, blessed by the deity as a true cleric of Mishakal with the power of calling upon Mishakal's help when in need.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of Autumn Twilight
origyear = 1984
origmonth = April
edition = 4th edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1574-9
pages = 260
chapter = Chapter 22, Bupu's gift. An ominous sight.]

Fulfilling her final mission, Goldmoon delivers the "Disks of Mishakal" to a former "Seeker", Elistan, whom the group meets in Pax Tharkas after they have been captured by the Dragonarmies of Ansalon, the forces of evil invading the continent of Ansalon. In this way, at the end of the book, Goldmoon marries Riverwind in a valley not far from Pax Tharkas after their group defeated Lord Verminaard in Pax Tharkas and freed the slaves.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of Autumn Twilight
origyear = 1984
origmonth = April
edition = 4th edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1574-9
pages = 431
chapter = The Wedding] The marriage vows the characters take are based in the Mormonism Celestial marriage.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = The Annotated Chronicles
origyear = 1999
origmonth = November
edition = 1st edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1870-5
pages = 463
chapter = Volume 1, book 2 appendix, The Wedding]

Her involvement in the last two books of the trilogy—and therefore during the War of the Lance—abruptly diminishes at the beginning of the second book, "Dragons of Winter Night" (1985). Her appearances are mostly to give counsel, spread the teachings of Mishakal and order new clerics. During the second half of the last book, "Dragons of Spring Dawning" (1985), Goldmoon learns she is pregnant. Her goodbye to Laurana Kanan in Kalaman is the last apparition in the Chronicles trilogy.

According to Tracy Hickman, "The restoration of truth and faith are Goldmoon's central theme and, to a great extent, the theme of this first book in the series."cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = The Annotated Chronicles
origyear = 1999
origmonth = November
edition = 1st edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1870-5
pages = 197
chapter = Book 1, chapter 16, A bitter choice. The greatest gift.]

Legends trilogy

Although the series focus heavily on Caramon and Raistlin Majere, Riverwind makes an appearance at the beginning of the first book of the "Legends" trilogy, "Time of the Twins" (1986), written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and published by TSR, in which he is recognized as leader of the Que Shu and other barbarian tribes by wearing the "Mantle of the Chieftain".

This apparition is also used by the authors to explain the current situation of the couple. With a two year old son—Wanderer—and twin daughters—Moonsong and Brightdawn—the couple have worked hard to join the different tribes of Abanasinia, their homeland. It is finally explained that Goldmoon is spreading the teachings of her patron deity there, but nothing more is said about her.

Chaos War series

Goldmoon was not specifically included in the Chaos War, an event in which the mad god Chaos tries to destroy the world of Krynn. However, in "Spirit of the Wind" (1998), Chris Pierson explains that Wanderer, Riverwind and Goldmoon's son, has a three year old son, Cloudhawk, but nobody remembers his mother. The author hints that Goldmoon's tribe was attacked by "shadow wights", chaotic creatures that banish anyone they possess to utter oblivion, destroying even memories from others about the person in question. This hint is given through Wanderer's sisters, Moonsong and Brightdawn, when they speculate that one such creature killed her.cite book
last = Pierson
first = Chris
authorlink = Chris Pierson
title = Spirit of the Wind
origyear = 1998
origmonth = July
edition = 1st edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1174-3
pages = 73-74
chapter = Chapter 6] The novel ends with the death of Brightdawn and Riverwind while fighting the red dragon overlord Malystryx, and Moonsong scarred forever, events that weighted heavily on Goldmoon's spirit.

The Fifth Age series

The Age of Mortal starts at the end of "Dragons of Summer Flame" (1996) novel, with the departure of the krynnish gods and the banishment of magic and clerical powers known to Krynn until that moment. Needing a new source of power, a special kind of magic named "mysticism" is created based on previous abilities found in the "Dragonlance" novels.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Don Perrin, Jamie Chambers, Christopher Coyle
editors = Michele Carter, Cal Moore, Charles Ryan, Ray Vallese, Val Vallese
title = Dragonlance Campaign Setting
origyear = 2003
origmonth = August
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1999
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-3086-1
pages = 100
chapter = Chapter Three, Magic of Krynn.]

Jean Rabe's novel "The Silver Stair" (1999) explains how Goldmoon, following a recurrent dream, travels to the Isle of Schallsea with Jasper Fireforge, where she finds the fabled "Silver Stairs", an endless stair that was thought to be a portal to reach Solinari, the white moon of Krynn. The novel reveals that while climbing it, she experiences a new vision about the "Power of the Heart", a special magic that would come to replace the one provided by the gods of oldcite book
last = Rabe
first = Jean
authorlink = Jean Rabe
title = The Silver Stair
origyear = 1999
origmonth = January
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1999
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1315-0
pages = 29-30
chapter = Chapter 2, The Celestial Ladder] and which she first discovered while healing a dying Jasper, three years before in Solace.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Fallen Sun
origyear = 2000
origmonth = March
edition = 3rd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1807-1
pages = 514
chapter = Chapter 27, The Touch of the Dead]

The novel continues explaining the different difficulties the group had to establish a camp, while at the same time introducing a branch of mysticism, "dark mysticism", which was discovered by Goldmoon's wish to talk with Riverwind. From that point Goldmoon continued using it to communicate with Riverwind's spirit, although conversations between the couple are usually kept secret from the reader. Other authors like Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman made use of that bond between the couple in subsequent books.

By the end of the novel she has managed to found the Citadel of Light, which was established as the healing center of Ansalon.cite book
author = Peter Archer
coauthors = Linda P. Baker, Nancy Varian Berberick, Steven Stan! Brown, Sue Cook, Jeff Crook, John Grubber, Miranda Horner, Harold Johnson, Nicole Harsch, Kevin James Kage, Richard A. Knaak, Mary Krammes, Steve Miller, Kate Novak, Nick O'Donohoe, Janet Pack, Don Perrin, Chris Pierson, Jean Rabe, Paul B. Thompson, Margaret Weis, Michael Williams
editor = edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
title = More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home
origyear = 2000
origmonth = June
edition = 2nd edition
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1516-1
pages = 245-253
chapter = A timeline of the Age of Mortals] Because of this, Goldmoon has been used by "Dragonlance" authors to first bring clerical healing back to Krynn during the Fourth Age, and then to bring mysticism during the Fifth Age.

Dragons of a New Age trilogy

Goldmoon's most controversial appearance was in the Dragons of a New Age trilogy, written by Jean Rabe between 1996 and 1998, in which it is related the coming of the "Dragon Overlords", dragons of exceptional size and power, to the world of Krynn.

In "The Dawning of a New Age" (1996), the first book of the series, Jean Rabe indicates that Goldmoon appears as an illusion to Dhamon Grimwulf, a former Knight of Takhisis, summoning him to the Last Heroes' Tomb, the tomb where the heroes of the Chaos War are kept. The author gives the reader, at that point, the guidelines for Dhamon's mission throughout the trilogy.cite book
last = Rabe
first = Jean
authorlink = Jean Rabe
title = The Dawning of a New Age
origyear = 1996
origmonth = September
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2002
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2842-5
pages = 121-122
chapter = Chapter 14, The faces of Goldmoon]

The author keeps Goldmoon's interventions small, especially through visions and communications with Jasper Fireforge and Palin Majere, until the second half of the second book in the series, "The Day of the Tempest" (1997), when the party of adventurers arrives at the Citadel of Light. It is here when the author details how an enchanted Dhamon is forced to slay Goldmoon.cite book
last = Rabe
first = Jean
authorlink = Jean Rabe
title = The Day of the Tempest
origyear = 1997
origmonth = August
edition = 1st edition
year = 2000
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2857-3
pages = 284-289
chapter = Chapter 22, Red Hands]

The prologue of the last book in the trilogy, "The Eve of the Maelstrom" (1998), relates a shortened version of Goldmoon's death, adding her travel to the afterlife and her meeting with Riverwind, her husband. However, while at the end of the second book Riverwind was expecting her, in the third book she is told that her time has not arrived yet. During the length of the book, Goldmoon appears as an encouraging voice when her friends need her. It is towards the end of the book when the author reveals how Goldmoon is brought back to Krynn, as Goldmoon tells a dying Jasper he was supposed to die in Schallsea, and that his faith and his death against Onysablet, the black dragon overlord, restores her life.cite book
last = Rabe
first = Jean
authorlink = Jean Rabe
title = The Eve of the Maelstrom
origyear = 1998
origmonth = February
edition = 1st edition
year = 2002
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2860-3
pages = 297-302
chapter = Chapter 20, Rebirth]

:"See also the Controversy section"

War of Souls trilogy

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman give Goldmoon a more prominent role during the War of Souls trilogy, when she is well over her nineties. During the first chapters of the first book, "Dragons of a Fallen Sun" (2000), Weis and Hickman explain how Goldmoon is transformed by a magical storm, regaining the body she had during the Chronicles trilogy. The authors use this occasion to show an angry, depressed, and bitter side of her that had not been exploited in depth before. Her new behavior is explained due her expectation to die soon and join the soul of her already deceased husband in the afterlife,cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Fallen Sun
origyear = 2000
origmonth = March
edition = 3rd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1807-1
pages = 447
chapter = Chapter 23, The Hedge Maze] even calling this change a curse instead of a blessing.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Fallen Sun
origyear = 2000
origmonth = March
edition = 3rd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1807-1
pages = 441
chapter = Chapter 23, The Hedge Maze]

Her protagonism increases near the end of the first book when she becomes the first character to discover that the souls of dead people are draining the magic from clerics, mages, and dragons, giving the reader the first solid reference of the reason about why magic has been weakening in the world of Krynn.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Fallen Sun
origyear = 2000
origmonth = March
edition = 3rd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1807-1
pages = 516
chapter = Chapter 27, The Touch of the Dead] The initial shock is replaced with the unexplained urge of following the "River of Souls", also referred as the "river of the dead", the continuous stream of wandering souls moving towards an unknown meeting location. Goldmoon spends the end of the first book and most of the second book, "Dragons of a Lost Star" (2001), following the stream until arriving to Nightlund, where the Tower of High Sorcery of Palanthas was hidden.

The final chapter of the second book relates the meeting between Goldmoon and an orphaned girl she found in the Isle of Schallsea whom she had raised and trained in the clerical arts, Mina. Mina now serves the One God, or Takhisis in disguise, in her attempt to bring the "true gods" back to Krynn, like what Goldmoon did many years ago. During this meeting the reader is revealed that Goldmoon's body was restored by Takhisis, evil goddess of darkness, through Mina's prayer. However, refusing to become Takhisis' herald, the goddess drains the life out of Goldmoon and orders Mina to secure her corpse in an amber sarcophagus.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Lost Star
origyear = 2001
origmonth = April
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2002
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2706-2
pages = 541-547
chapter = Chapter 35, The One God] cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Vanished Moon
origyear = 2002
origmonth = June
url = http://www.wizards.com/books/dnd/samples/88602.pdf
format = PDF chapter sample
accessdate = 2006-05-20
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2950-2
pages = 3-13
chapter = Chapter 1, Lost Souls]

In the first chapter of the last book of the trilogy, "Dragons of a Vanished Moon" (2002), Weis and Hickman rehearse Goldmoon and Mina's meeting, and is the last time Goldmoon is seen alive in the "Dragonlance" series. From that point, it is explained that her soul was enslaved and forced to join the other magic draining ghosts. Throughout this book she is only present as a body in a coffin that is being carried to the "Temple of Huerzyd", where Takhisis would possess it to spread the word of her return, confident that people would worship her if one of her own greatest enemies, Goldmoon, has been converted.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Vanished Moon
origyear = 2002
origmonth = June
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2950-2
pages = 416-417
chapter = Chapter 18, Day's Dawning]

In the last chapter of the book, the authors explain that her spirit is freed after Takhisis is defeated, and has joined her friends' souls to travel to the afterlife.cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = Dragons of a Vanished Moon
origyear = 2002
origmonth = June
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2003
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-2950-2
pages = 610
chapter = Chapter 32, The Age of Mortals] Her death puts an end to the Heroes of the Lance, as she was the last surviving character from the original group created in 1984 by Weis and Hickman.

Controversy

The character of Goldmoon was killed in the Dragons of a New Age trilogy, during events explained in "The Day of the Tempest" novel, and resurrected in the last novel of the series, "The Eve of the Maelstrom". In the "Dragonlance" environment, resurrection is extremely rare (with Beldinas Pilofiro, latest Kingpriest of Istar, resurrecting Cathan MarSevrin with Paladine's intervention in "Chosen of the Gods" (2001),cite book
last = Pierson
first = Chris
title = Chosen of the Gods
origyear = 2001
origmonth = November
edition = 2nd edition
year = 2001
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-1902-7
pages = 323-329
chapter = Chapter 31] Fistandantilus through his powerful magic and his bloodstone in "Fistandantilus Reborn" (1997),cite book
last = Niles
first = Douglas
title = Fistandantilus Reborn
origyear = 1997
origmonth = October
edition = 4th edition
year = 2002
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-7869-0708-8
pages = 295-296
chapter = Chapter 44, Fistandantilus Reborn] and Raistlin Majere returning from the Abyss through Dalamar and Palin intervention in "The Legacy" short story in "The Magic of Krynn" (1987)cite book
author = Margaret Weis
coauthors = Tracy Hickman
title = The Magic of Krynn
origyear = 1987
origmonth = March
edition = 17th edition
year = 2002
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
id = ISBN 0-88038-454-9
pages = 340-342
chapter = The Legacy, chapter 10] the main examples). Although fans theorized about her death and resurrection, the matter was clarified by a mail sent to the "Dragonlance" list by Miranda Horner, Wizards of the Coast Web Content Developer, and a forum post in the official "Dragonlance" forums by Jean Rabe, author of the trilogy.

According to Miranda Horner:cite web | url=http://oracle.wizards.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0006a&L=dragonlance-l&D=1&F=&S=&P=907 | date=2000-06-01 | accessdate=2007-12-30 | publisher=Dragonlance mailing list | title=Re: Jean Rabe and Goldmoon, a new perspective (I think and hope) was: Re: [DL] Populations in cities and towns?]

Jean Rabe wrote in the official "Dragonlance" forums:cite web | last = Rabe | first = Jean | authorlink = Jean Rabe | title = On Goldmoon's "Tempest" Death | publisher=Dragonlance Forums | date = 2005-01-11 | url = http://dragonlanceforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40063&postcount=5 | accessdate = 2007-12-30]

Synchronization problems between novels and gaming material, and even between novels themselves are common in the "Dragonlance" environment where, except in few cases, the novel authors do not assist in the creation of the role playing game modules.

Dragonlance movie

Actress Lucy Lawless voiced Goldmoon in the animated movie,cite web
url = http://www.dragonlance-movie.com/movie/cast/
title = Cast
accessdate = 2006-07-30
publisher = Cinemagine Media Ltd.] directed by Will Meugniot, written by George Strayton and produced by "Toonz Animation", "Commotion Pictures", "Epic Level Entertainment", "Kickstart Entertainment" and "Paramount Pictures". It was released January 15, 2008.

ee also

* List of Dragonlance deities
* War of the Lance
* War of Souls
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References

Further reading

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External links

* [http://www.dlnexus.com/lexicon/13320.aspx Goldmoon] at Dragonlance Nexus.