Changes

The [[Canon:Dragonlance Timeline|history of the world of Krynn]], and thus the settings for both the novels and gaming supplements, is roughly split into five separate ages. The first age is the time of creation, when the [[List of Dragonlance deities|gods]] are born and Krynn is formed. The Age of Dreams, the second age, is marked by the rapid growth of the world's first great civilizations and the appearance of myriad new [[character race |races]]. This era is also marked by three great wars between dragons and their minions. Following the Third Dragon War, in the Age of Might, the [[Cataclysm (Dragonlance)|Cataclysm]] obliterates the great empire of [[Istar]] and changes almost the entire surface of Krynn. A three-hundred year depression follows this event, in what is called the Age of Despair. This period also marks the [[War of the Lance]]. When Dragonlance was first introduced to ''Dungeons & Dragons'', events happened during The Age of Despair. Since February 2009, the Age of Mortals has been used for most of the setting's new novels.