katikat | Dragonlance

These days, I've been translating the Dragonlance books. They'll probably never be my first choice in books but there are things that I really love about them: continuity and details.

Dragonlance has dozens and dozens of characters and you get to know every one of them. From their birth, throughout their lives to their deaths. There are many novels and many short stories in this series and all of them offer you a glimpse into the life of one or more characters, allow you to grow fonder of them.

So far, my favorite character is Tanis Half-Elven. A half-breed of elf and human who suffered for his lineage, found happiness with the elven princess Laurana, saw his son get hurt by the same hatred and bigotry and died a needless death while saving the son of his good friend who was a sworn enemy of his at the same time. He has quite the tragic fate and it made me cry when he died.

Some characters appear only to die shortly after. Like Steel Brightsword. He popped up only to get killed fighting Chaos, the Father of all Gods. Tanin and Sturm Majere... So sad, really.

I think that the funniest character is Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a kender. He is such a happy-go-lucky little guy, curious beyond what's healthy for him and always willing to cheer you up - or steal something. He knows absolutely no fear and the scenes where a friend of his dies and he suddenly feels his heart aching and he, all confused, doesn't understand why or why there are tears in his eyes, are so heartbreaking.

So, all in all, it's quite an entertaining series with very interesting characters :)

Oh, and this is a little note for my flist - I know that a lot of you friended me because of anime-related stuff or the fanfics I used to write. I now switched over to TV series and all my creative juices go into my translations so I don't feel like writing anything even though the ideas are still there.

So, if you want to de-friend me because our interests differ way too much these days, go ahead, you have my blessing :D No hard feelings!