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Realms of the Arcane

Edited by Brian M. Thomsen


Contents

Wes Nicholson ......................................................................................................... Prologue
David Cook ...................................................................................... Wishing You Many More
Elaine Cunningham .............................................................. Secrets of Blood, Spirits of the Sea
Tom Dupree .............................................................................................. Bread Storm Rising
Wes Nicholson .......................................................................................................... Interlude
J. Robert King ................................................................................. When Even Sky Cities Fall
Mark Anthony ....................................................................................... The Grotto of Dreams
Monte Cook ................................................................................................ A Narrowed Gaze
Ed Greenwood ..................................................................................... The Whispering Crown
Wes Nicholson .......................................................................................................... Interlude
Philip Athans ................................................................................... The Lady and the Shadow
Brian Thomsen ......................................................................................... Shadows of the Past
Jeff Grubb ........................................................................................... Tertius and the Artifact
Wes Nicholson ........................................................................................................... Epilogue

Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (November 1, 1997)
ISBN: 0786906472

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Release Date: March, 25th, 2005
Prologue

Most of the time, Wes enjoyed living at Candlekeep. He was serving a year's probation before
becoming a novice monk, and as a result, was one of the keep's most junior inhabitants. He and his fellow
probationers got the jobs no one else wanted.
Wes didn't mind. If he could get through this first year, everything would start looking better.
Slight, a shade over five-and-a-half feet tall, and rather plain in appearance, Wes turned nary a head.
Like many eighteen year olds, he was gangly and all out of proportion. His eyes had a deep sparkle, but the
rest of his face didn't match them, and his hair was as brown and tangled as a scullery mop.
It was not a mop but a broom that he now pushed slowly across the floor of the common room. He
sighed, contented in his work... and in his daydreams.
There were only two things in life that Wes was discontented with. The first was the pall that had
descended over the library in the last few weeks. The very stones of the place seemed sullen. The monks
were on edge; something was amiss. Wes prayed to all the gods to put it right.
The other unlikable thing made its baleful appearance even now, stomping to a halt in front of the
broom.
Brother Frederick—Wes's personal bane.
Wes stopped his sweeping and stood on the hard stone floor of the common room. His shoulders
shook in dread of what was to come.
Brother Frederick's boots dispersed the dust pile Wes had collected, and the angry old monk glared at
him from less than a foot away.