Talk:Cataclysm (Dragonlance)

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Cataclysm (Dragonlance) redirect.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

This article was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

Redirect, 23 May 2020, see discussion.
no consensus, 17 July 2009 (UTC), see discussion.

Dungeons & Dragons Low‑importance

This redirect is within the scope of the Dungeons & Dragons WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Dungeons & Dragons-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, or join the discussion, where you can join the project and find out how to help!Dungeons & DragonsWikipedia:WikiProject Dungeons & DragonsTemplate:WikiProject Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons articles

Low

This redirect has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

D&D to-do:

view

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Merge : Various articles
Stubs : Dungeoneer's Survival Guide, Swords & Spells, Variant Dungeons & Dragons games, More...
Update : Rewrite to be out-of-universe: Companions of the Hall, Dark Sun, Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)
Verify : add sources to novels planned for merge to List of Dragonlance novels
Other : Collaboration: Dave Arneson, Drow (Dungeons & Dragons)

Divided

Divided into sections to make navigation easier. And I am thinking about quoting the First Son Revando last will and the explanations of the 13 warnings below in the same section. There should also be a cross reference with the Second Cataclysm as well. I like the consequences part, but it may be easier to read if it becomes a list instead of a paragraph. ReyBrujo 03:47, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

a mountain, or a meteor/comet?

In the article (and I believe, in the books as well), it refers to a "fiery mountain" striking Istar. Should that be described literally (including the link to the Mountain article), or should that be interpreted to mean a a meteor or comet (the way that I have always understood it)?

I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the article, but I have always thought that the pre-Cataclysm warnings were reminiscent of the Biblical plagues of Egypt. --Kyok o 22:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Every book talks about a fiery mountain. However, in a side note Tracy Hickman stated "That Istar was destroyed by a meteor strike because of the folly of the Kingpriest and his followers was part of the background history from before Chronicles was written." I am guessing it was a meteor with the shape of a mountain, but to make it "unique", they only mention it was a mountain. -- ReyBrujo 00:38, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Describing it as a mountain would be in line with the Dragonlance universe, because the people would have been familiar with the ideas of the sun, moon, and stars, but not so familiar with the idea of something falling from the heavens. --Kyok o 23:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, you say that Tracy Hickman has indeed verified that it was a meteor? Where is this? Annotated Chronicles? Dooms Day34 9 00:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the unsigned, I typed 5 ~ instead of four. Yes, it is in the Annotated Legends, page 428. -- ReyBrujo 00:38, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful! Now we can use meteor instead of fiery mountain. That's nice because fiery mountain is in-universe, now we can say meteor and make it more out-universe. Dooms Day34 9 00:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]