Writing The Legend of Drizzt Do'Urden, Book 1, Homeland The Graphic Novel {Spoilers}

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I just bought this graphic novel recently. I know they made an actual novel also for the Homeland series. I bought the graphic novel and read it all straight through. It takes place in the Forgotten Realms and it is about a Dark Elf(Drow in Dark Elf terms) named Drizzt Do'Urden. He lives underground with the rest of his kin folk in a deep lair called Menzoberranzan. Here is where all of the Drow hide away from the surface, for they don't like the races above ground. They also hated the sun!

On the night Drizzt was born, he was born into House Do'Urden. When a Drow is born in Menzoberranzan, they are born into specific houses, depending who the mother is. Now Drizzt was his mothers 3rd boy, meaning that he was to be sacrificed, on the night of his birth, to their god, the Spider Queen Lolth. However, Drizzts eldest brother slain his other brother, Zalfein. Because of that death, Drizzt was not sacrificed and was chosen to live.
Drizzt was born with purple eyes which is unusual because Drows usually had bright red eyes. He had bright purple.
Drizzt Do'Urden grew up learning basic fighting and dodging techniques. When he reached the desired Drow age, the weapons master, Zaknafein, gave Drizzt a choice between weapons and told him that he would be trained in whichever he chooses. It didn't take Drizzt long to choose 2 scimitars.(He's used 2 scimitars in all of his books. Weapon of Choice). Zaknafein trained Drizzt as best as he could until Drizzt was equally as good.

As the book goes on, Drizzt goes to the Academy after learning the ways of a weapon. He goes to learn about the magical techniques of his culture. He really doesn't like using magic however. He excels quickely with his scimitars.
Drizzt continues training for a few months and at the end, he gets hired to be a patrolman. So he goes out into the Underdark(tunnels of Menzoberranzan) with a group of other patrolmen and they slay any monsters nearby.

Drizzt also aquires a new friend. A drow he knows keeps a Onyx figurine that looks like a black panther. This Drow could use the figurines powers to summon a beautiful Black Panther named Guenwyvar. This panther is vicious but only to whoever the Drow told it to go after. After some time, Drizzt finds that Guenwyvar starts liking Drizzt more than its own master. The Drow freaks out and tells Guenwyvar to kill Drizzt. Guen likes Drizzt more so she listens to Drizzt instead and disobeys his master. Drizzt and Guen get in a 2 on 2 battle and Guenwyvar helps him out. From that moment on, Drizzt made a life friend and protector.

One night they are asked to go to the surface at night and kill a tribe of Faeries. Faeries are Drow's rival race because they are the surface elves.The Drows go and slaughter the Faeries, from women to little children. Drizzt, however, stands and watches the atrocity! He walks up to a little girl who just watched her mom get slaughtered. He tells thegirl to follow his moves, and he pretends to whack her in the face and stab her.He tells everyone shes dead when really she isnt.
Lolth the Spider Queen sees this and notifies the Malice(Drizzts Mother) of house Do'Urden.
Drizzt returns and goes to see Zaknafein. He goes and spars with him. They get in an argument with eachother and Drizzt ends up telling him that he didn't slay the Faerie child. Zaknafein is pleased to hear of this because Zaknafein is not too fond of the Drow's ways. Drizzt then finds out that Zaknafein is his father. He is shocked and happy to know his father thinks the same as him.

Drizzt goes on another little adventure to kill creatures and while he is gone, Zaknafein is approached by the Malice and she tells him she knows he didnt kill the child. She tells Zaknafein that Drizzt will be killed when he returns. Instead, Zaknafein tells her to sacrifice himself for Drizzt to live. And so it happens...

Drizzt returns to find out that his father was murdered by his mother. Drizzt freaks out and ends up running away from Menzoberranzan. And thats where it leaves off.

I really want to get the second graphic novel for the series, as well as the actual novel so that I can read the more detailed parts that the graphic novel left out.


I love Drizzt Do'Urden. I have 4 books of him and this graphic novel. I also have the Baldurs Gate game that Drizzt is in and I am hopefully buying his 2 Scimitars(Twinkle and IcingDeath) soon. I have done alot of research on him. Well thats my huge report. Anybody else want to share their theories on this book and on Drizzt in General?

This is Drizzts one Scimitar, Twinkle
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And this is his other, IcingDeath.
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And Here are a few pictures of Drizzt Himself
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