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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 6867218" data-attributes="member: 30022"><p>In the Dragonlance setting, Takhisis (Queen of Darkness) is usually identified with Tiamat. They both have a five-headed chromatic dragon form, and they're both considered the Queen of Evil Dragonkind. In the Dragonlance series of novels, the home of Takhisis is repeatedly identified as the Abyss.</p><p></p><p>Various D&D supplements have explained this away as being an error by Krynn natives who don't know any better. According to the early supplements, she's the same entity as Tiamat, but she's actually based in Hell. Hence, the place that characters in the books (like Raistlin, etc) refer to as the Abyss is actually Hell. I'm guessing a key reason for switching the name to the Abyss for the novels was to avoid the real world Biblical implications. "The Abyss" is a fairly generic term; "Hell" is quite specific.</p><p></p><p>On a side note, some D&D supplements identify Takhisis as being CE in alignment (which is clearly Abyssal, and not at all the same as Tiamat). Others peg her as LE. The original trilogy pretty clearly implies that her methods are LE. Her armies are very organized, have a clear structure, snazzy uniforms, and a goal that tends towards domination rather than pure destruction and anarchy.</p><p></p><p>I also vaguely recall an old supplement which stated that draconians were formed when the spirits of abishai devils (earlier edition devils that haven't appeared in 5e yet) were infused into good dragon eggs. This is further proof that Takhisis = Tiamat, she's actually LE, and the mortal inhabitants of Krynn are simply confused about which plane she comes from (i.e. they have no concept of individual lower planes, and refer to all of them as "The Abyss").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 6867218, member: 30022"] In the Dragonlance setting, Takhisis (Queen of Darkness) is usually identified with Tiamat. They both have a five-headed chromatic dragon form, and they're both considered the Queen of Evil Dragonkind. In the Dragonlance series of novels, the home of Takhisis is repeatedly identified as the Abyss. Various D&D supplements have explained this away as being an error by Krynn natives who don't know any better. According to the early supplements, she's the same entity as Tiamat, but she's actually based in Hell. Hence, the place that characters in the books (like Raistlin, etc) refer to as the Abyss is actually Hell. I'm guessing a key reason for switching the name to the Abyss for the novels was to avoid the real world Biblical implications. "The Abyss" is a fairly generic term; "Hell" is quite specific. On a side note, some D&D supplements identify Takhisis as being CE in alignment (which is clearly Abyssal, and not at all the same as Tiamat). Others peg her as LE. The original trilogy pretty clearly implies that her methods are LE. Her armies are very organized, have a clear structure, snazzy uniforms, and a goal that tends towards domination rather than pure destruction and anarchy. I also vaguely recall an old supplement which stated that draconians were formed when the spirits of abishai devils (earlier edition devils that haven't appeared in 5e yet) were infused into good dragon eggs. This is further proof that Takhisis = Tiamat, she's actually LE, and the mortal inhabitants of Krynn are simply confused about which plane she comes from (i.e. they have no concept of individual lower planes, and refer to all of them as "The Abyss"). [/QUOTE]
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