Wickless in the Nether

"Wickless in the Nether" is a short story by R.A. Salvatore first published in the 2004 anthology Realms of the Dragons, and reprinted in the 2011 omnibus The Collected Stories: The Legend of Drizzt Anthology.

Summary
In the, Artemis Entreri and Jarlaxle encounter the dragon sisters Tazmikella and Ilnezhara in Heliogabalus, Damara.

Tazmikella, appearing as a plain shopkeeper, tells the duo how an item of great sentimental value is in the possession of Ilnezhara, and hires Entreri and Jarlaxle to steal it. They soon realize they are in way over their heads when they discover their mark is an ancient and powerful copper dragon. Ilnezhara commands the two to go and kill Tazmikella for her in exchange for their lives. They journey back to kill Tazmikella and find out Tazmikella is also a copper dragon&mdash;and Ilnezhara's sister. Jarlaxle and Entreri agree to work for the two dragon sisters.

Continuity
The events of "Wickless in the Nether" are referred to in Road of the Patriarch, when Entreri reminds Jarlaxle that the dragon sisters played them for fools.