"But then Tanis was only half-elven, a child of violence, his mother having been raped by a human warrior during one of the many wars that had divided the different races of Krynn in the chaotic years following the Cataclysm." Book: 1, Chap. 1, p. 13

"The constellation known as the Queen of Darkness and the one called Valiant Warrior. Both are gone." Book 1, Chap. 5, p. 58

"Both of them knew that kenders did not feel the emotion of fear, yet were extremely sensitive to other creatures' natures. Tanis couldn't remember when the sight of any being on Krynn had ever given Tas an "eerie feeling"- and he had been with the kender in some tight spots." Book 1, Chap. 7, p. 76

"It had scaly flesh of a reptile; its large hands and feet were clawed, but it walked upright in the manner of men." Book 1, Chap. 8, p. 83

"Standing in front of his...