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This book marked the end of the 4th Age of Krynn and the start of the massive {{Retool}} that was the Fifth Age.
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* DarkestHour: As horrific as the Cataclysm and War of the Lance was, this is by far the worst time Krynn has ever had. Whether the Knights of Takhasis win or Chaos, Krynn is doomed unless Palin and Usha TakeAThirdOption.
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* GodsHandsAreTied: Paladin and the Gods of Light are outvoted by the Gods of Neutrality who think its better to let Takhasis win than Chaos.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Gilean sides with Takhasis in hopes of the Knights of Takhasis slowing Chaos down. Instead, she plans to ScrewThisImOuttaHere to another world. Which, as anyone knew Takhasis, could have predicted given she is a DirtyCoward.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Takhasis attempts to flee to another world in order to take it over. She plans on taking her knights but they say no.
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* GiganticSpaceFleaFromNowhere: While the Graygem of Gargath had an important role in lore, Chaos, itself, was never even hinted at existing before with the High God (his closest equivalent) being a GodIsGood character.
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''Dragons of Summer Flame'' is a HighFantasy novel by Creator/MargaretWeis and Creator/TracyHickman. They are the second trilogy in the Literature/{{Dragonlance}} series.
The Irda, a race of beautiful magically-gifted ogres, break the Graygem of Gargath in order to protect themselves from the newly-created Knights of Takhisis. This releases an entity known as Chaos, who proceeds to ravage the entirety of Krynn. Caught between the Knights of Takhasis conquering most of Ansalom and the forces of Chaos trying to wipe out all things, the world enters a new dark age with the Chaos War.
Meanwhile, a young orphan girl named Usha Majere was adopted by the Irda. She believes she is the half-ogre daughter of Raistlin Majere. Palin Majere, nephew of Raistlin, loses his two brothers in a battle with the Knights of Takhasis before being recruited to find some way of reimprisoning Chaos. The two team up with Tasslehoff Burrfoot to do one final adventure to the world of Krynn.
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!! ''Dragons of Summer Flame'' provide examples of:
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: The Knights of Takhasis are far less evil than the majority of servants to the Dark Queen. This is actually not a good thing because it means that they are more effective than the ArmyOfThievesAndWhores she had before.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Usha is painfully beautiful but doesn't know this because she grew up among the superhumanly lovely Irda.
* BittersweetEnding: Chaos is defeated through the use of the Graygem Tasslehoff's HeroicSacrifice but the gods of Krynn must leave, this time for good. Also, magic as it used to be will no longer be available to the people of Krynn. On the other hand, Palin and Usha are together as well as NotBloodSiblings.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Tanis and Sturm Majere die in a meaningless encounter with the Knights of Takhasis.
* GiganticSpaceFleaFromNowhere: While the Graygem of Gargath had an important role in lore, Chaos, itself, was never even hinted at existing before with the High God (his closest equivalent) being a GodIsGood character.
* GodIsEvil: Chaos is the most powerful of all gods in Krynn and the father to all of the other ones. He's also utterly insane and evil.
* GrandFinale: While it was not intended to be so by TSR, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman were leaving TSR and used the book to wrap up all of their loose ends. As such, the Gods of Krynn leave and take magic with them as well as proclaim it the "Age of Mortals."
* EvilVersusOblivion: The Knights of Takhasis versus the forces of Chaos are a group of fascists versus beings that want to eradicate everything.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Chaos has no interest in ruling the world and intends to simply exterminate all life on Krynn as well as the gods to punish them for imprisoning him.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tasslehoff dies while sealing a drop of blood of Chaos into the Graygem.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Takhasis made her knights ALighterShadeOfBlack in order to avoid some of the problems she had when her minions all suffered ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. Unfortunately, this results in them being unwilling to abandon Krynn when she wants to take them to conquer a new world.
* NobleDemon: The Knights of Takhasis attempt to weaponize this as they are actually honorable, noble, and loyal to each other rather
* NotBloodSiblings: Usha has grown up her entire life believing Raistlin Majere is her father. Raistlin informs her that, in fact, she's just a random girl the Irda adopted.
* {{Retgone}}: One of the powers of Chaos' minions is that they can not only kill someone but erase all memory of that person ever existing.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the fact that Sturm and Tanis Majere have HeroicLineage, they die in an ordinary battle against the Knights of Takhasis.
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[[caption-width-right:306:All good things must come to an end.]]]
''Dragons of Summer Flame'' is a HighFantasy novel by Creator/MargaretWeis and Creator/TracyHickman. They are the second trilogy in the Literature/{{Dragonlance}} series.
The Irda, a race of beautiful magically-gifted ogres, break the Graygem of Gargath in order to protect themselves from the newly-created Knights of Takhisis. This releases an entity known as Chaos, who proceeds to ravage the entirety of Krynn. Caught between the Knights of Takhasis conquering most of Ansalom and the forces of Chaos trying to wipe out all things, the world enters a new dark age with the Chaos War.
Meanwhile, a young orphan girl named Usha Majere was adopted by the Irda. She believes she is the half-ogre daughter of Raistlin Majere. Palin Majere, nephew of Raistlin, loses his two brothers in a battle with the Knights of Takhasis before being recruited to find some way of reimprisoning Chaos. The two team up with Tasslehoff Burrfoot to do one final adventure to the world of Krynn.
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!! ''Dragons of Summer Flame'' provide examples of:
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: The Knights of Takhasis are far less evil than the majority of servants to the Dark Queen. This is actually not a good thing because it means that they are more effective than the ArmyOfThievesAndWhores she had before.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Usha is painfully beautiful but doesn't know this because she grew up among the superhumanly lovely Irda.
* BittersweetEnding: Chaos is defeated through the use of the Graygem Tasslehoff's HeroicSacrifice but the gods of Krynn must leave, this time for good. Also, magic as it used to be will no longer be available to the people of Krynn. On the other hand, Palin and Usha are together as well as NotBloodSiblings.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Tanis and Sturm Majere die in a meaningless encounter with the Knights of Takhasis.
* GiganticSpaceFleaFromNowhere: While the Graygem of Gargath had an important role in lore, Chaos, itself, was never even hinted at existing before with the High God (his closest equivalent) being a GodIsGood character.
* GodIsEvil: Chaos is the most powerful of all gods in Krynn and the father to all of the other ones. He's also utterly insane and evil.
* GrandFinale: While it was not intended to be so by TSR, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman were leaving TSR and used the book to wrap up all of their loose ends. As such, the Gods of Krynn leave and take magic with them as well as proclaim it the "Age of Mortals."
* EvilVersusOblivion: The Knights of Takhasis versus the forces of Chaos are a group of fascists versus beings that want to eradicate everything.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Chaos has no interest in ruling the world and intends to simply exterminate all life on Krynn as well as the gods to punish them for imprisoning him.
* HeroicSacrifice: Tasslehoff dies while sealing a drop of blood of Chaos into the Graygem.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Takhasis made her knights ALighterShadeOfBlack in order to avoid some of the problems she had when her minions all suffered ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. Unfortunately, this results in them being unwilling to abandon Krynn when she wants to take them to conquer a new world.
* NobleDemon: The Knights of Takhasis attempt to weaponize this as they are actually honorable, noble, and loyal to each other rather
* NotBloodSiblings: Usha has grown up her entire life believing Raistlin Majere is her father. Raistlin informs her that, in fact, she's just a random girl the Irda adopted.
* {{Retgone}}: One of the powers of Chaos' minions is that they can not only kill someone but erase all memory of that person ever existing.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Despite the fact that Sturm and Tanis Majere have HeroicLineage, they die in an ordinary battle against the Knights of Takhasis.
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