| “ | There is no pain greater than this; not the cut of a jagged-edged dagger nor the fire of a dragon’s breath. Nothing burns in your heart like the emptiness of losing something, someone, before you truly have learned of its value. Often now I lift my cup in a futile toast, an apology to ears that cannot hear. | „ |
| ~ Drizzt Do'Urden |
| “ | Drizzt: All my life, I have been searching for a home. All my life, I have been wanting more than that which was offered to me, more than Menzoberranzan, more than friends who stood beside me out of personal gain. I always thought home would be a place, and indeed it is, but not in any physical sense. It is a place in here. It is a feeling given by true friends. I know this now and know that I am home. Cattie-brie: But ye're off to Carradoon. Bruenor: And so're we! Drizzt: If circumstances will not allow me to remain at home, then I will simply take my home with me! |
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| ~ Drizzt to his friends. |
Drizzt Do'Urden is the titular main protagonist in The Legend of Drizzt as well as a major character in the Forgotten Realms as a whole, being one of the most popular D&D characters ever. He is a dark elf, who despised the evil ways of his people and left eventually went to the surface. There, he befriended a dwarf king named Bruenor Battlehammer, his adopted human daughter Cattie-Brie, a barbarian named Wulfgar, and a halfling thief named Regis. With these companions, he set out to make the world a better place in any way he could, eventually became a legendary ranger and hero in the North. He is the son of Malice and Zakneifen, the husband of Cattie-brie, and the former archnemesis Artemis Entreri.
In addition to appearing in almost every book in The Legend of Drizzt, Drizzt also appeared as a major character in several video games and short stories, as well as the adventure module The Accursed Tower.
Biography[]
Drizzt Do'Urden is a dark elf born in 1297 DR in Menzoberranzan, a city in the Underdark. He is the third son of Matron Mother of House Do'Urden; Matron Malice Do'Urden. Originally he was to be given as a sacrifice to the spider queen Lolth as is the custom of being the third living male of a house of a Drow family. Fortunately, he was spared when his oldest brother, Nalfein, died at the hands of his second oldest brother, Dinin, in the midst of a raid against the rival house DeVir.
Drizzt's father Zaknafein, a weapon master known for his combat prowess, trained Drizzt in the ways of combat. Unlike other Drows, Zaknafein secretely hated Dark Elf Society and was very moral and compassionate for his race. Drizzt and his father spent years in training and bonding due to Drizzt sharing the same morals as his father.
As a trial for his academy, Melee Magthere, Drizzt and his fellow students were forced to journey to the surface world and kill their distant cousins the wood elves. Drizzt, unable to kill a group of innocent wood elves, smears blood on a young wood elf girl and tells her to stay down and not move. The Spider Queen Lolth becomes very displeased with this and tells House Do'Urden that they will be defeated during an upcoming raid from house Hunnet. In response, Matron Malice sends word to capture her son Drizzt and offer him as a sacrifice to the spider queen. Zaknafein steps in to save his son and sacrifices himself to appease the spider queen.
Learning this, Drizzt decides to flee Menzoberranzan with a magical statue of a panther he acquired from the Faceless One. He reaches an underground Gnome city where he lives for a few years, until he heads for the surface world.
Once on the surface world he meets a man named Montolio Debrouchee who teaches Drizzt about the ways of the rangers. Drizzt then realizes that he has been following the principles of a ranger all along and makes Mielikki his patron Goddess. After Montolio passes away from old age, Drizzt ventures out to look for another new home. Ending up in Icewind Dale where he befriends Bruenor the Dwarf , Wulfgar the barbarian, and Cattie-brie, the adopted human daughter of Bruenor.
Abilities[]
As is common for any powerful civilization, the drow of Menzoberranzan compensate for both their lack of discipline and capacity to organize at a strategic level with phenomenal individual fighting talent. Drizzt followed in the footsteps of his father Zaknafein as the greatest drow swordsman of his generation, which is enough to make him one of the greatest swordsmen in the world.
Personality[]
| “ | Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know now that when I die, I will live on. That which is important will live on. This is my Legacy; and by the grace of the gods, I am not alone. | „ |
| ~ Drizzt Do'Urden. |
Thoughtful and sensitive to others, Drizzt held himself to the highest ideals but didn't expect the same of others. He credited Catti-brie for imparting cultural awareness and tolerance upon him. Ever alert for treachery and danger, he spoke little but was apt to be polite (if terse) in his dealings. A perfectionist who yearned to be accepted into places and groups and to make friends widely, Drizzt was haunted by the danger he brought to those he befriended, thanks to the scrutiny of the clerics of Lolth and his other foes (notably the demon Errtu and the human assassin Artemis Entreri). Those he met perceived him as having a grim manner.
In his later years, Drizzt's goal was perfection of the body with his blades in battle. Drizzt did not want his god to dictate his actions; he had to agree with those actions himself.
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Trivia[]
- Drizzt Do'Urden appears as a playable character in Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and its sequel, save for the fact he's considered a secret character in those games once unlocked and his appearance as a playable character in said games is non-canon.
- Drizzt was originally supposed to be nothing but a mysterious mentor for Wulfgar, who was originally going to serve as the protagonist of Salvatore's series. However, Drizzt was much more well-liked by fans, and Salvatore considered him more interesting than his apprentice, so he eventually became the unarguable main protagonist.
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