But actually, Hephaestus is merely a name used by other races his dragon name is Velcuthimmorhar.

A pair of dragons that come up in Sojourn seem like this: their names are the mythologically-derived Hephaestus and the sesquipedalian Mergandevinasander.

As for boy's names, Zaknafein is often shortened to 'Zak.'

Among the drow, Maya is the only character whose name can also be a girl's name in the real world.

Adaptational Self-Defense: In the brief backstory given in the Icewind Dale trilogy, Drizzt backstabbed Masoj to liberate Guenhwyvar's figurine after Guenhwyvar had been forced to massacre the svirfneblin.

The Ace: Drizzt wins every grand melee after his first, which he lost through treachery, and he bests other students that have three or more years of training more than he does.

Thus begins the tale of one of the Forgotten Realms' most popular characters - in fact, Drizzt has become so well-known (and stories featuring the character so widely-read) that many readers don't know that there are other characters in the Forgotten Realms canon.Ĭhronologically followed by The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Upon leaving his homeland, Drizzt spends several years roaming the Underdark (a massive series of caverns and tunnels that span from one end of Faerun to another) before befriending a deep gnome and finding his way to the surface. At first, Drizzt refuses to acknowledge that such evil can exist unpunished, but is eventually forced to confront (and question) his nature after his family's various schemes almost force him down the same dark path. Unlike others of his race, Drizzt is honorable and kind, a mindset which clashes violently with that of his vicious kin.

The drow place very little value on life - children are set up as pawns in dangerous training exercises, the Academies of the city teach outright racism and genocide, and anyone who is not drow (and occasionally, not drow enough) is quietly executed before they can become a liability.

As long as it's done on-the-sly, and nobody remains to accuse you. In Menzoberranzan, and in drow society as a whole, ascension to a higher rank is gained not by merit, but by strength - if you can live long enough to kill those that outrank you, you gain rank and prestige. He being the third born male child (and thus due for ritual sacrifice immediately after birth), his mother, Matron Malice Do'Urden, spares him after his eldest brother is killed by second brother Dinin to gain in rank. Salvatore that describes the life of Drizzt Do'Urden, a young dark elf who starts his life in the drow city of Menzoberranzan. The Dark Elf Trilogy is a prequel series of books by R.A.

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