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Riverwind (also known as ''Riverwind of the Que Shu tribe'' or ''Riverwind of the Que Shu'') is a fictional character from the Dragonlance series of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game supplements and novels, created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and published by TSR (and later by Wizards of the Coast). Riverwind made his first public appearance in the first novel of the original Chronicles Trilogy, ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'', in 1984. However, the character's proper creation was during a tabletop role-playing game session where Tracy and Laura Hickman, Margaret Weis and Terry Phillips, between others, developed the basic storyline of Dragonlance.〔 〕 Throughout the series, Riverwind became a well known character and, in 14 years, authors made him the protagonist in two novels, ''Riverwind the Plainsman'' (1990) and ''Spirit of the Wind'' (1998). == Introduction == Patrick Lucien Price, author of the "Bertrem's essay on numerology" short story, published in ''Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home'' (1987), describes Riverwind as a character that ''demands change, seeks variety and new opportunities to develop himself'', also a ''natural leader of men'' and ''generous, impressionable, a humanitarian''.〔 〕 Few facts are given about the early life of the character itself, a shepherd living just outside the village of Que Shu, a barbarian settlement in Ansalon, in the fictional world of Krynn. Laura Hickman and Kate Novak detail, in the short story "Heart of Goldmoon" published in the ''Love and War'' (1987) recompilation, Riverwind's faith in the ancient gods and especially in Mishakal, goddess of healing, although the common belief in the tribe was that the high priestess's ancestors become gods.〔 〕 Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman give a reason in the short story "True Knight", published in ''The Cataclysm'' (1992) recompilation, as Riverwind's family is not a native from the Que Shu tribe, but instead his ancestors, Michael, a cleric of Mishakal, and Nikol, daughter of a knight, travelled to the plains shortly after the Cataclysm, the event in which the gods threw a fiery mountain to punish Krynn arrogance, and kept practicing their religion.〔 〕 In "Heart of Goldmoon", Hickman and Novak also inform the reader about the journey to the ''Hall of the Sleeping Spirits'', in which Riverwind acts as a bodyguard to Goldmoon, protecting her life when Hollow-sky, the other bodyguard traveling with them, tries to force her to marry him. With Riverwind and Goldmoon declaring their mutual love, the story ends with Riverwind affirming his intention to request a ''Courting quest'', which would give him the right to marry Goldmoon. Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook give details of such quest in the novel ''Riverwind the Plainsman'' (1990), which takes place during the five-year period prior to the reunion of the Companions at Solace. According to Thompson, unlike some of the characters, "Riverwind wasn't fully developed in the earlier books. We essentially had a character and had to make up a lot of background for him".〔 The character, needing to find proof that the ancient gods existed, travels to Xak Tsaroth and retrieves the Blue Crystal Staff, a holy relic blessed by Mishakal herself, guarded by Khisanth, a black dragon.〔 〕 Although the novel ends with the delivery of the staff, in ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'' (1984) the authors explain, through Goldmoon, that the tribe tried to stone him when he could not explain how the staff could prove the existence of the old gods.〔 〕 However, before they started stoning, Goldmoon embraced him, and both vanished from the tribe.〔 〕 Character art for Riverwind was first created by Larry Elmore. According to Elmore, Margaret Weis appreciated Keith Parkinson's attempt to incorporate Weis's vision of Goldmoon as "Native American with a Celtic touch".〔Phillips, Casey (February 2010). "(QandA with Larry Elmore )", ''Chattanooga Times Free Press''. Distributed nationally by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, February 19, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riverwind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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