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The story begins from Raistlin's childhood, and follows his progress through magic school. Many things occur that foreshadow the great power that he would one day attain, and offer an explanation as to why he is often vindictive and power hungry. The book concludes with Raistlin's test at the
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trilogy, but gives a much more detailed account of how Raistlin came by his golden skin and hourglass eyes, and also how he bested the ancient archmage, Fistandantilus, from the time before the fall of
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I would like to acknowledge the work of Terry Phillips, whose original Adventure Gamebook,
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wrote a song about the novel, titled "The Soulforged", on their album
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Margaret Weis
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Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles
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