The Best of the Realms II is an anthology of short stories by Ed Greenwood published in 2005. It reprints stories from earlier anthologies as well as other sources and presents three new stories.
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This anthology presents thirteen of your favorite Ed Greenwood stories taken from over fifteen years of Forgotten Realms novels. In addition, this anthology contains three brand new stories by Ed Greenwood!
Adventure across the myriad faces of Faerûn with warriors like Mirt the Moneylender and Alusair the Steel Regent, and with wizards like Elminster the Sage of Shadowdale and his three charges, Dove, Storm, and Laeral, as they roam the Realms, protecting the innocent from villainy, the ignorant from deception, and the insane from themselves.
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Contents[]
- "Not the Most Successful of Feasts" (an unused chapter from Elminster: The Making of a Mage)
- "Dark Talons Forbear Thee" (a new short story)
- "The Whispering Crown" (Realms of the Arcane)
- "So High a Price" (Realms of Infamy)
- "One Comes, Unheralded, to Zirta" (tagged as the "very first" Realms story)
- "A Dance in Storm's Garden" (tagged as a story very few have seen)
- "A Slow Day in Skullport" (Realms of the Underdark)
- "Bloodbound" (a new short story)
- "How Wisdom Came to the Maimed Wizard" (a story from the Wizards of the Coast website)
- "The Eye of the Dragon" (Realms of Magic)
- "Nothing but Trouble" (Dragon magazine 238)
- "The Grinning Ghost of Taverton Hall" (Realms of Mystery)
- "The Place Where Guards Snore at their Posts" (Realms of the Deep)
- "Living Forever" (an expanded story from the introduction of the computer game Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor)
- "The Long Road Home" (a new short story)
Index[]
Organizations[]
Appendix[]
Further Reading[]
- Ed Greenwood (2005-08-15). Revenge among Thieves (HTML). Books Publishing Archive. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2006-02-20. Retrieved on 2020-03-21. A bonus short story companion to The Best of the Realms II.