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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 8825829" data-attributes="member: 20741">You are being quite selective here in your recollections of the &quot;knowledge of the Old Gods&quot; in Krynn.It is true, that was the explanation that emerges in the first few DL modules and in Dragons of Autumn Twilight. You are correct in that.But it is also clear as the original novel series goes on, together with the raft of &quot;canon&quot; that emerged during DL's initial run -- that &quot;knowledge of the Old Gods&quot; was never lost to the Peoples of Krynn. The XXXIV Volumes of The Measure -- the laws and parables of the Knights of Solamnia, reveal the names and teachings of the Old Gods in great detail. The Elves had DIRECT knowledge of them and remember all of it. That was first-hand personal knowledge, seen with their own eyes and ears, too.The &quot;return of knowledge of the Old Gods&quot; from Goldmoon's recovery of the Disks of Mishakal is a narrative and literary device where those words are used in DoAT and Dragons of Despair. It is also within the context of South-Western Ansalon, the reason for a game-rule. But in terms of the broader continent of Ansalon, it's not literally true - and never was. Not even in the early days of the setting. Not even within the original DL1-14 module material, for that matter.So the canon isn't what you recall it to be. You have simply misremembered and allowed the words of DoAT to overcome conflicting evidence to the contrary. Which is fine - that is the way human memory generally works. The majority of fans have the same recollection as you do. That's not an accident.It's just so happens that is not an accurate recollection of what is within the original setting itself, that's all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 8825829, member: 20741"] You are being quite selective here in your recollections of the "knowledge of the Old Gods" in Krynn. It is true, that was the explanation that emerges in the first few DL modules and in [I]Dragons of Autumn Twilight[/I]. You are correct in that. But it is also clear as the original novel series goes on, together with the raft of "canon" that emerged during DL's initial run -- that "knowledge of the Old Gods" was never lost to the Peoples of Krynn. The XXXIV Volumes of The Measure -- the laws and parables of the Knights of Solamnia, reveal the names and teachings of the Old Gods in [I]great detail.[/I] The Elves had DIRECT knowledge of them and remember all of it. That was first-hand personal knowledge, seen with their own eyes and ears, too. The "return of knowledge of the Old Gods" from Goldmoon's recovery of the [I]Disks of Mishakal [/I]is a narrative and literary device where those words are used in [I]DoAT [/I]and [I]Dragons of Despair[/I]. It is also within the context of South-Western Ansalon, the reason for a game-rule. But in terms of the broader continent of Ansalon, it's not literally true - and never was. Not even in the early days of the setting. Not even within the original DL1-14 module material, for that matter. So the canon isn't what you recall it to be. You have simply misremembered and allowed the words of [I]DoAT[/I] to overcome conflicting evidence to the contrary. Which is fine - that is the way human memory generally works. The majority of fans have the same recollection as you do. That's not an accident. It's just so happens that is not an accurate recollection of what is within the original setting itself, that's all. [/QUOTE]

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