Dragonlance Dragonlance Creators Reveal Why There Are No Orcs On Krynn

Talking to the Dragonlance Nexus, Dragonlance creators Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman revealed why the world of Krynn features no orcs -- in short, because they didn't want to copy Tolkien, and orcs were very much a 'Middle Earth' thing.

Weis told Trampas Whiteman that "Orcs were also viewed as very Middle Earth. We wanted something different." Hickman added that it was draconians which made Krynn stand out. Read more at the link below!

Why are there no Orcs in Krynn? Weis and Hickman give us the answer! - Dragonlance Nexus

Dragonhelm gets the scoop from Weis and Hickman on why there are no orcs in Krynn. Read More

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[Dragonhelm]

The topic of why orcs don't exist in Dragonlance is as old as Krynn itself, and has been raised again with the upcoming release of Shadow of the Dragon Queen. The Dragonlance Nexus talked to Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to get the scoop!

Why are there no Orcs in Krynn? Weis and Hickman give us the answer!

 

[jasper]

They didn't want to crack that whip!

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Seems like a thematic reason like that is absolutely fair enough to not include an element, however common it is otherwise.

 

[Cadence]

That is a great song though.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Wait, that can't be it! Clearly Weis and Hickman are unimaginative "addition by subtraction" tyrants!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Well, this will throw the metaphorical cat among the pigeons in that interminable DL thread lol...

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

They didn't want to crack that whip!

They'll be in trouble when a problem comes along, then.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Hey look, something that makes a world somewhat unique with good reasoning behind it.

 

[Cadence]

Hey look, something that makes a world somewhat unique with good reasoning behind it.

If only they'd applied that to Hobbit like things, we might have been spared Kender ;-)