Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman introduce Goldmoon in chapter 3 of "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" (1984), titled ""Knight of Solamnia. The old man's party."" She is presented as a heavily cloaked, silvery-gold haired woman carrying a plain staff, accompanied by a tall stone-faced barbarian. The authors explain that shortly after their arrival to the Inn of the Last Home a fight breaks out and the true nature of her healing staff is revealed, forcing the barbarians and a group of friends to run away. It is after escaping with the barbarians that the friends realize Goldmoon's desire of traveling to Haven, where she hoped the "Seekers", priests who were in search of the old gods but degenerated into a political movement, would be able to teach her about the healing staff.