Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes

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infobox Book |
name = Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes


image_caption = Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes book cover
author = Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
cover_artist = Larry Elmore
country = United States
language = English
series = Tales, Dragonlance
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Wizards of the Coast
release_date = August, 1987 ("mass market paperback")
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 364 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-88038-382-8
followed_by = Love and War
preceded_by = The Magic of Krynn

Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes is a fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance campaign series and is the second of a trilogy of the Tales series.

Plot introduction

The book is a compilation of 10 short stories from various authors taking place in the fictional world of Krynn:

# "Snowsong" by Nancy Varian Berberick. This tale tells the story of an early adventure of the Companions. Tanis Half-Elven and Sturm Brightblade are caught in a blizzard and their only hope of being rescued lies in the kender, Tasslehoff Burrfoot.
# "The Wizard's Spectacles" by Morris Simon.
# "The Storyteller" by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel.
# "A Shaggy Dog's Tail" by Danny Peary.
# "Lord Toede's Disastrous Hunt" by Harold Bakst. This is the story of the (first) demise and death of the Dragon Highlord, Fewmaster Toede.
# "Definitions of Honor" by Richard A. Knaak. This is a tale of a young Knight of Solamnia, Torbin, who rides to the rescue of a village against a minotaur.
# "Hearth Cat and Winter Wren" by Nancy Varian Berberick. This is another tale of an early adventure of the Companions. A young Raistlin Majere uses his magic to help his friends against an evil wizard.
# "'Wanna Bet?'" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This is the tale of Caramon Majere's three sons: Palin, Tanin, and Sturm Majere who accidentally find themselves in an adventure to recover the Graygem of Gargath after losing a bet with a mysterious dwarf named Dougan Redhammer. This tale is also reprinted in the the novel, "The Second Generation."
# "Into the Heart of the Story" by Michael Williams. A gnome, Virum, tells his version of authorship of the songs involved about the heroes of the War of the Lance.
# "Dagger-Flight" by Nick O'Donohoe. A tale told from the viewpoint of a dagger involved in the novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight.