Vierna, angered by Drizzt's defiance, showed him what happened to those who defied the Spider Queen: she took him to a drider's lair. His time at the academy would have been perfect (by Drow standards) except for the graduation ceremony, where he disgraced himself by not taking part in a ritual, refusing the advances of two high priestesses, one of them his sister, Vierna, and damning Lolth. When it was clear that there were none in Drizzt's class who could beat him, the masters of the academy matched him against students three years above him. He began learning the skills that would lead him to become one of the most formidable swordsmen in both the Underdark, and Faerûn.Īt twenty years of age, he went to the Academy, specifically Melee-Magthere, Menzoberranzan's warrior academy, where he excelled in his studies despite his resistance to the attempted brainwashing by the masters of the academy. Thus, at the age of sixteen, Drizzt began his weapons training. Consequently, Zaknafein was able to persuade Malice that Drizzt should become a warrior, instead of replacing Nalfein as the house wizard. His first ten years were spent as a page prince in the care of his sister Vierna though she was far from kind, in his later years Drizzt would recall some affection for her, stemming from the fact they shared paternity through Zaknafein.Īs a child, Drizzt displayed amazing reflexes and coordination. However, the death of his older brother, and the first son, Nalfein, (incidentally, at the treacherous hand of the second son, Dinin) in the battle against House DeVir which raised Daermon Na'shezbaernon to the 9th ranked in the city during his birth, made him the second son and spared him.īeing a male in the matriarchal drow society, Drizzt Do'Urden suffered considerable abuse at the hands of his family, particularly his eldest sister Briza, in the first sixteen years of his life. As the third son, drow culture demanded that Drizzt be sacrificed to their goddess Lolth. He was the son of Malice, the Do'Urden Matron Mother and her consort, Do'Urden weaponmaster (and sometime Patron) Zaknafein. From here, the reader follows Drizzt on his quest to follow his principles in the cruel and competitive society of his underground homeland where such feelings are threatened.ĭrizzt was born to the tenth noble House of Menzoberranzan, Daermon Na'shezbaernon (more commonly known as House Do'Urden).

The book takes the reader into Menzoberranzan, the city of drow that is Drizzt's homeland. It follows the story of Drizzt Do'Urden from the time and circumstances of his birth and his upbringing amongst the drow (dark elves). Salvatore, the first book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Homeland is a fantasy novel by American writer R.

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