Elminster Must Die_ The Sage of Shadowdale - Ed Greenwood [0]
Elminster, the Old Mage, the Chosen of Mystra. Across the face of Faerûn and throughout her history, the Sage of Shadowdale, by whatever name, has always stood firm against the tide of darkness.
Elminster: The Making of a Mage
Elminster in Myth Drannor
The Temptation of Elminster
Elminster in Hell
Elminster’s Daughter
The Annotated Eliminster
Elminster Ascending
(November 2010)
Elminster Must Die
Bury Elminster Deep
(August 2011)
THE KNIGHTS OF MYTH DRANNOR
From the pastoral village of Espar to a road fraught with danger, magic, and the dubious attentions of villains and royalty alike, the rise of the Knights of Myth Drannor is a remarkable adventure.
Book I
Swords of Eveningstar
Book II
Swords of Dragonfire
Book III
The Sword Never Sleeps
ALSO BY ED GREENWOOD
The City of Splendors: A Waterdeep Novel
(with Elaine Cunningham)
The Best of the Realms, Book II
The Stories of Ed Greenwood
Edited by Susan J. Morris
Sage of Shadowdale
ELMINSTER MUST DIE
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Cover art by Kekai Kotaki
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Greenwood, Ed.
Elminster must die : sage of Shadowdale / Ed Greenwood.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-7869-5765-1
1. Forgotten realms (Imaginary place)–Fiction. 2. Elminster (Fictitious character)–Fiction. 3. Wizards–Fiction. I. Title.
PR9199.3.G759E575 2010
813’.54–dc22
2010019482
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v3.1
pereunt et imputantur mors ianua vitae
For Brian Cortijo, because this should have been his. And for Brian Thomsen, because he should have lived to read it.
Contents
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter One - Dark Decisions
Chapter Two - Another Bold Night in Brave Cormyr
Chapter Three - Spelldoom and Blood-Drenched Battle
Chapter Four - Traitors Behind Every Door
Chapter Five - Overheard and Spied Upon
Chapter Six - A Chalice, Much Blood, and a Masked Princess
Chapter Seven - Nobles, Shadows, and Deadly Doings
Chapter Eight - Much Brazen Creeping About
Chapter Nine - In the Name of the Dragon
Chapter Ten - Harder Than Harbor Rain
Chapter Eleven - Temptations for Many
Chapter Twelve - Darker and Darker
Chapter Thirteen - Nothing to Laugh At, At All
Chapter Fourteen - Justice, Order, and Refinement
Chapter Fifteen - Enter a Lord, Laughing
Chapter Sixteen - Something of an Uproar
Chapter Seventeen - Wizards Go to War
Chapter Eighteen - Talons and Peacocks and Worse
Chapter Nineteen - Expecting Much Blood
Chapter Twenty - When Vengeful Ghosts Walk
Chapter Twenty-One - A Night of Swords and Blood
Chapter Twenty-Two - Hands Clasped Over a Decanter
Chapter Twenty-Three - To Dream a Little Dream of Being King
Chapter Twenty-Four - A Storm in Shadowdale
Chapter Twenty-Five - Well Earned
Chapter Twenty-Six - Driving Wizards to Drink
Chapter Twenty-Seven - Blood on the Rooftops
Chapter Twenty-Eight - I Used to Be a Wizard
Chapter Twenty-Nine - To Fill Thy Brain with Weapons
Chapter Thirty - Your Castle or Mine
Chapter Thirty-One - We Must Do Whatever We Must
Chapter Thirty-Two - Hunting Elminsters