The Beginning

Before the Beginning, there is Chaos. Then, out of the Chaos comes thought and being-the High God. Paladine and Takhisis answer the High God's call, and Gilean serves the Balance between Good and Evil. These greater gods call lesser gods as their follower. The good god Paladine calls Mishakal, Majere, and Branchala. Gilean, the neutral god calls Reorx, Chislev, Zivilyn, Sirrion, and Shinare. And the evil goddess Takhisis calls Sargonnas, Morgion, Chemosh, and Hiddukel. And other lesser gods born: Kiri-Jolith, Habbakuk, and Solinari born of Paladine & Mishakal; Lunitari born of Gilean; Zeboim and Nuitari born of Takhisis and Sargonnas. Among their companion is Reorx, who forges a mighty hammer and smites the Chaos. The sparks that fly up from the hammer light the heavens as stars! Reorx then shapes the great globe of Krynn and a sun to light it. Paladine and Takhisis give birth to the First Born Five dragons - The Chromatic Dragons (Red, Blue, Green, Black and White), but the Dark Queen corrupts them. Grief-stricken Paladine breathes life into statues of precious metals to form metallic dragons (Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, and Brass). In the All Dragons War, the forces of Good and Evil release terrible devastation upon the world. Ashamed, the gods vow to stop the war. Soon, however, they covet the spirits of the living stars and battle erupts again in the All Saints War. Ultimately, the gods of light give the spirits physical bodies, the dark gods curse them with mortality, and the gray gods give them free will. Next, the deities of Good fashion elves, those of Evil shape ogres, and those of Neutrality create humans. The High God forms other children of Krynn. Finally, each family of gods produces one of the gods of magic, each taking as his symbol one of Krynn's three moons.