Stormblade (novel)
1988 novel by Nancy Varian Berberick
Stormblade is the second novel in the Heroes trilogy of the Dragonlance novels. It was written in 1988 by Nancy Varian Berberick who also wrote many short Dragonlance stories for Dragon magazine.
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Stormblade is a novel that chronicles Stanach the dwarf's quest to retrieve the powerful Stormblade. Stormblade is a kingsword: a blade intended to break the deadlock among the council of thanes and bring a new king to Thorbardin. This blade is stolen, but when it turns up, one dwarf is brave enough to go after it.
Stanach was an orphan who grew up like any other dwarf but was lucky enough to be taught the basics of smithing. Without the blade, his teacher becomes depressed, and eventually mad. Stanach sets out to find the blade for his teacher and to restore it.
Firstly, he meets Lavim, a kender.
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