Raistlin is Fistandantilus Raistlin Majere is also known as Fistandantilus the archmage who originally tried to become a god himself Someone needs to justify this statement Unless I remember incorrectly and this is almost 20 years ago that I read the core books Raistlin merely owned Fistandatilus s staff They are not the same character In The Soulforge by Margaret Weis and this is an uber quick summary it is revealed that Raistlin R had made a deal with Fistandantilus F to complete the Test reneged on it but then F was able to put his soul for lack of a better term at the moment inside R s body In the Dragonlance Legends series Weis and Hickman R goes back in time to learn the rest of F s secrets and they have a magic battle While the victor is considered to be R and goes by R he actually possesses the memories abilities of both and they both had the desire to become a god by destroying Takhisis so it is unclear which one actually survived the battle So with the lack of clear evidence it is a Schrodinger s Cat situation By which I mean that from that point in the storyline R can be seen as both R AND F even though they started out as two different people Oh and quick side note Raistlin s staff was not F s it was the Staff of Magius